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Werribee Open Range Zoo
🇦🇺 Australia
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, Australia 37 spp. present
Werribee Open Range Zoo is an African themed zoo in Werribee, about 32 kilometres (20 mi) south-west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is part of the Zoological Parks and Gardens Board or Zoos Victoria, which also includes Melbourne Zoo, Kyabram Fauna Park, and Healesville Sanctuary. It is situated on approximately 225 hectares (560 acres) and is located on the Werribee River in Werribee Park, adjacent to the Werribee Park Mansion. It was originally agistment land to the Melbourne Zoo. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
37.923° S 144.667° E
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Essentials
Entrance
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Tourism
High
Species present
37
speciesOpened
1983
Size
Large
Visit
Opening hours
Every day · 9:00–17:00
Getting there
Who runs it
- Run by
- Zoos Victoria
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
Before you go
Where is Werribee Open Range Zoo?
Australia
Werribee Open Range Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in Australia. Its coordinates are 37.923° S, 144.667° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Great Otway National Park, about 110 km away.
What animals can you see at Werribee Open Range Zoo?
37 species
Citizen-science photos record 37 species at Werribee Open Range Zoo, including Common Ostrich, Dromedary Camel, Common Eland, Emu and Nyala. 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 Werribee Open Range Zoo in the wild?
Common Ostrich: De Hoop Nature Reserve
Some of the animals photographed at Werribee Open Range Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Common Ostrich (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in De Hoop Nature Reserve), Dromedary Camel (about 30% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park) and Common Eland (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in De Hoop Nature Reserve).
When is Werribee Open Range Zoo open?
Every day · 9:00–17:00
According to its open map listing, Werribee Open Range Zoo 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 Werribee Open Range Zoo open and how big is it?
Opened 1983, 219 ha
Werribee Open Range Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in Australia, opened in 1983 and covers about 219 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 37 species are photographed there.
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Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)