Sanctuary
Healesville Sanctuary
🇦🇺 Australia
🛖 Sanctuary, Australia 105 spp. present
The Healesville Sanctuary, formally known as the Sir Colin MacKenzie Sanctuary, is a zoo specialising in Australian native animals, located at Healesville in the Yarra Ranges of Victoria, Australia. The sanctuary has a history of breeding native animals and is one of only two places to have successfully bred a platypus, the other being Sydney's Taronga Zoo. The sanctuary also assists with a breeding population of the endangered helmeted honeyeater. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
37.684° S 145.534° E
🎟️ Visit
Essentials
Entrance
Paid
Tourism
High
Species present
105
speciesOpened
1920
Size
Large
Visit
Opening hours
Every day · 9:00–17:00
Getting there
- Address
- Badger Creek Road
Who runs it
- Run by
- Zoos Victoria
- Founded by
- William Colin Mackenzie
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
LC
Blue Flyer
Osphranter rufus
Before you go
Where is Healesville Sanctuary?
Australia
Healesville Sanctuary is a sanctuary in Australia, at Badger Creek Road. Its coordinates are 37.684° S, 145.534° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Wilsons Promontory National Park, about 160 km away.
What animals can you see at Healesville Sanctuary?
105 species
Citizen-science photos record 105 species at Healesville Sanctuary, including Koala, Emu, White-headed Pigeon, Bush Stone-curlew and Blue Flyer. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.
Where can you see the animals of Healesville Sanctuary in the wild?
Koala: Flinders Chase
Some of the animals photographed at Healesville Sanctuary also live in the parks and cities we cover: Koala (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Flinders Chase), Emu (about 60% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Flinders Ranges National Park) and White-headed Pigeon (about 30% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Lamington National Park).
Does Healesville Sanctuary charge an entrance fee?
Yes, it is paid
The open map data for Healesville Sanctuary lists it as a paid-entry attraction. It does not include ticket prices or any change since it was last edited, so check the official website before you go.
When is Healesville Sanctuary open?
Every day · 9:00–17:00
According to its open map listing, Healesville Sanctuary is open Every day · 9:00–17:00. Opening hours change with the season and on public holidays, so confirm them on the official website before you travel.
When did Healesville Sanctuary open and how big is it?
Opened 1920, 32 ha
Healesville Sanctuary, a sanctuary in Australia, opened in 1920 and covers about 32 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 105 species are photographed there.
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Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)