Joey Encounter Tour

Operating daily at 12.00pm & 4.00pm – duration 45 minutes.

Bookings highly recommended

Get up close with some of our younger animals.

Want to get up-close and personal with some of our younger animals?

The Joey Encounter tour will take a small group of LUCKY visitors around our sanctuary, and introduce you to some of our youngest residents. You will meet and learn about the softer and much cuter side of Tasmania’s most fearsome species. This is a unique opportunity and will be a very special and memorable experience, ideal for families and animal lovers of any age.

Operating at 12pm & 4pm daily this tour will incorporate handling by our keepers, and afford visitors the opportunity to pat and get photographs with these beautiful young ambassador animals.

Many of these hand-reared animals will remain at the sanctuary as species ambassadors and will become important breeding animals in the next year or two. When joining this tour you will be directly supporting these animals and threatened species conservation.

General Entry to the sanctuary is included in this tour ticket, so visitors are welcome to wander the sanctuary at their leisure before and after the tour and can also join one of our Day Keeper Tours.

Twilight Joey Encounter (May - Aug)

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For our information on our 4pm OFF Season Twilight Joey Encounter click here.

Fees

Adult (16 years & over)$75
Children$50
 Please note: no concession or family rates available  

Children 3 and under are free of charge. All children must be accompanied by an adult. 

PLEASE NOTE:

Devils and quolls are marsupials with annual breeding cycles. Whilst we do use our young ambassadors, it is not always possible for us to have very young joeys available for these encounters. Breeding does vary slightly from season to season, but generally speaking, our hand-reared animals used on this tour are considered joeys (~Oct-Apr) and juveniles or sub-adults (~May-Sept).

We will endeavour to introduce you to one or more of our focused species (devils and/or quolls), however this cannot always be guaranteed. Where these species are not available, we will introduce you to one or more of our rescued orphaned animals.

We value our animals’ welfare above all else, therefore each animal will only be included in the tour, or stay on the tour for any length of time, when they feel comfortable in doing so. 

Please contact us prior to booking if you would like more information for these encounters throughout the year.

BOOKING TERMS: Cancellations more than 24 hours prior to the tour start time will be eligible for a refund. Cancellations made within 24 hours of the tour commencement, or in the event of a no show for a tour or experience, are ineligible for a refund. Please read all terms & conditions prior to booking.

PARTICIPATION TERMS AND CONDITIONS: 

All participants must agree to follow instructions given by the keeper or other staff. 

Participants are not permitted to hold any animal, but will be allowed to pat certain animals under strict instruction and supervision of the keeper. 

Parents and guardians are to take responsibility for their children at all times. 

Participants may be asked to leave the tour at any time at the discretion of our staff should the safety of our animals, staff and other guests be at risk, or to prevent interruptions to the experience.

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