Hamilton Island Wildlife Festive Opening Hours From 24 December - 2 January, Hamilton Island Wildlife Park will be open from 8am - 4pm. A great activity the whole family will love, Hamilton Island Wildlife gives you the opportunity to get up close to some iconic Australian wildlife. Did you know, Hamilton Island Wildlife Park is unlimited for the duration of your stay with a single entry purchase! Why you’ll love Hamilton Island Wildlife: Central location. Hamilton Island Wildlife is conveniently located on the resort side of the island. Unique experiences. Get up close to all kinds of Australian marsupials, snakes, lizards, koalas and kangaroos. You can even meet the park’s very own giant crocodile! Guided tour. Take a fun, guided tour with one of the expert keepers, who will help you feed, talk to, and touch some of the Aussie animals. Guided tours are run daily at 10.00am and 3.00pm. Fun day out. When you’re finished exploring the park, you can enjoy a coffee and light lunch with the Koalas at the Wildlife Park café open from 8.00am daily. Aussie Animal Encounters. Get up close and have your photograph taken with some of Australia's most popular wildlife! This includes koalas, dingoes, pythons and lizards! VIP Animal Experience. Enjoy getting to know your choice of iconic local wildlife at a relaxed pace, with a 30 minute private/small group tour guided by one of our expert keepers, and 4 souvenir photos to capture the fun. Encounters and VIP Experiences: Koala Encounter Come and meet one of our cuddly koalas. Keepers will take you into their Café exhibit where you can get up close and personal. Close enough to touch feel and smell the eucalyptus. Keepers will take a digital photo of you and the Koala and send it to your email that day. Reptile Encounter Snakes and Lizards have more personality than you think. Keepers will bring our remarkable reptiles down to you at the Café. You can meet either a lizard or snake and learn a little about how cool they actually are. You can get a digital photo of you holding one of our amazing reptiles and we will email it to you that day. Dingo Encounter Come down to the Café and meet Albury, Piper or Koen our very own Australian wild dogs. Keepers will come down to the Café with the Dingo so that you can sit with one of them and learn about their unique history and how they came to be a wild Australian animal Icon. We’ll take a digital photo and send it your email that day. Koala VIP We will take you into their Café exhibit where you can get up close and personal. Have a digital photo of you and the Koala taken, then head off to the Koala exhibit and spend some quality personal VIP time with a keeper and the rest of our Koala group. Spend 30 minutes learning about our special individuals and about wild Koalas, their amazing lives, their habitat, and how we can protect them. Have more photos taken of you and your new cuddly friends and we will email them to you that day. Reptile VIP Head on up to our Reptile Deck and keepers will bring out some of our remarkable reptiles. You can spend 30 minutes of VIP time with our keeper and meet four of them. You can touch, hold, feel and learn a little about how cool they actually are. You can get a digital photos of you holding each of the amazing reptiles and we will email them all to you that day. Dingo VIP Come up and spend time inside the Dingo exhibit with all three of our Dingoes Albury, Piper and Koen and one of our knowledgable Keepers. You’ll get 30 minutes of VIP time to sit with them and learn about their unique history and how they came to be a wild Australian animal Icon. We’ll take four digital photos of you and your new best friends and send it your email that day. Details at a glance Opening hours Wildlife Cafe Opening Hours 7.30am - 3.30pm Wildlife Park Opening Hours 8.00am – 4.00pm Daily Schedule Bookings recommended for all encounters and VIP experiences. 7.30am – 3.30pm Snacks, cakes and hot/cold beverages available at the cafe 9.30am – 10.00am Koala Encounter 10.00am – 10.30am Park Guided Tour (included in entry price) 10.30am – 11.00am Reptile Encounter 11.00am – 11.30am Dingo encounter VIP Experiences: 11.30am - 12.00pm VIP Dingo Experience 12.00pm - 12.30pm VIP Koala Experience 12.30pm – 1.00pm VIP Reptile Experience For VIP encounters: Four Guests per session, four photos per paying guest. For Koala and Reptile 3-14 years must be accompanied by a paying guardian. For Dingo 5-14 must be accompanied by a paying guardian. Enclosed footwear is required 3.00pm – 3.30pm Animal Feeding Tour (Crocodile, Cassowary and Macropods, included in entry price) Pricing General Admission – Unlimited Entry Adult - $35 Child - $25 2 adults and 2 children (aged 3-14 years) - $95 Animal Experiences Koala Encounter - $35pp Snake or Reptile Encounter - $30pp Dingo Encounter - $35pp (6 years and older) VIP Koala Experience - $160 per Adult $80 per Child (3-14 years old) VIP Dingo Experience - $160 per Adult $80 per Child (6-14 years old) VIP Reptile Experience- $160 per Adult $80 per Child (3-14 years old) Combo value packages Admission Adult and your choice of a Snake, Lizard or Koala Encounter - $62pp Admission Child (3-14 years) and your choice of a Snake, Lizard or Koala Encounter - $48pp Special offer Combine on-island family favourites, Mini-golf, Bowling and Hamilton Island Wildlife, with the Activity Superpass, only $165 for 2Adults 2Kids 3-12yrs. Find out more here. Sights and highlights Meet iconic animals such as kangaroos, koalas, a range of marsupials, cassowaries, dingoes, snakes and lizards and even a giant salt water Crocodile. Enjoy a guided tour from one of our expert guides. What to bring Sun hat Sunscreen Money for souvenirs or a light meal/snacks at the café. Booking information Please enquire at Hamilton Island Wildlife’s front desk to secure your spot in one or all of these amazing animal encounters. Encounters and VIP tours book out fast so payment is essential. Bookings can be made in advance by emailing wildlife@hamiltonisland.com.au or by calling 07 4946 8635 between 2.00pm and 4.00pm and credit card payment can be made over the phone. How to get there Hamilton Island Wildlife is located on the resort side of the island. Terms and Conditions Terms and conditions apply. For full Dingo Encounter Terms and Conditions, please click here. Age restrictions apply with animal encounters so please contact the Wildlife Park to avoid any disappointment, prior bookings and payment are essential. At Hamilton Island Wildlife, we have made the ethical decision to not allow guests to hold our Koalas. During our encounters, guests can enter the exhibit, touch and pat a koala, get close enough for a photo but are not allowed to stand and hold the Koala during their experience. Cancellation policy If your booking is cancelled within 4 to 24 hours notice, 50% of the ticket price will be forfeited. If your booking is a no show or cancelled less than 4 hours notice, 100% of the ticket price will be forfeited. The information above should be used as a guide only. Activity/tour details, prices and timings are subject to change at any time. Purchase Gift Card Hamilton Island Wildlife Café Hamilton Island Wildlife Café Relaxed and convenient, Hamilton Island Wildlife Café can be part of a great day out. 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