Tasmania Zoo, Launceston

We had a fantastic time at the zoo! It's only quite small, but they have a great range of endangered animals to see and interact with. The animal encounters are very reasonably priced and the staff were friendly and knowledgeable about the animals, and clearly cared about their wellbeing. We were informed when we booked that some of the animals may not want to interact with you, and you must respect that. We were very lucky though that all the animals seemed very happy to interact with people! The kiosk has a small range of staples, like fish and chips, toasted sandwiches, and ice-creams, plus cold and hot drinks. They were reasonably priced though and there's a comfortable seating area to eat and watch various animals. There is also a BBQ area and you can bring your own food and drinks. You will need to bring your own water if you don't want to buy some as they don't have water bottle refill stations. One thing we did find was that on a hot day there isn't a lot of shade or seating away from the kiosk area where you could sit and rest. They usually have a mobility scooter you can borrow, however when we were there the battery had died and needed to be replaced.

Such a lovely Zoo, had a great family day walking around to look at all the animals. My kids loved the Jurassic dinosaur area and feeding the wallabies. Cafe food and coffee was good and reasonable priced. Nice drive through the counrty to find the zoo.