Opening Times

Melbourne Zoo is open from 9am every day of the year. The usual closing time is 5pm, but on selected evenings during summer the Zoo stays open until 9:30pm for the Zoo Twilights concert series.

The average length of a visit is four hours but each habitat zone, for example, the Australian zone, can be experienced in about 60–90 minutes.

If you arrive after 3pm, you should plan to visit most exhibits well before 4.30pm on weekdays and by 5.00pm on weekends and holidays.

Special Opening Times

Trail of the Elephants
(weekdays)
(weekends & public holidays)


9.30am–4.30pm
9.30am–5.00pm

The World of Bugs and Butterflies
(weekdays)
(weekends)


9.30am–4.30pm
9.30am–5.00pm

Platypus House

9.30am–4.30pm

Great Flight Aviary

9.15am–5.00pm

Reptiles and World of Frogs

9.30am–4.30pm

Kangaroos
(weekdays)
(weekends)


9.00am–4.30pm
9.00am–5.00pm

Carousel
(weekends, public holidays and school holidays)


11.30am–2.00pm

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