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An Evening of Wildlife Wonders
As the sun sets over the breathtaking hills of the Otways, the forest comes alive. Elusive native Australian animals like potoroos, bandicoots, and pademelons begin to wake, starting their active night of feeding and foraging. Our Dusk Discovery Wildlife Tour offers you a rare opportunity to witness these incredible creatures in their natural habitat. 🌅
Exclusive Guided Conservation Experience
Led by an expert conservationist guide, this intimate 90-minute journey provides deep insights into the lives of the unique species that call the Otways home. Along the way, you will enjoy spectacular sunset photo opportunities as the twilight glow settles over the landscape. 📸
Tour Highlights and Inclusions
- Accessible Exploration: Follow a gentle, 1.4km path designed to be comfortable for all fitness levels.
- Intimate Group Sizes: Enjoy a personalised experience, highly recommended for participants aged 10 and older. 🦉
- Emu Cafe Dining: Unwind after your walk with a simple, delicious meal and a refreshing cool drink.
Important Tour Details
This exclusive experience runs on Wednesday and Friday evenings, with departure times adjusting seasonally to match the sunset. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to the departure time listed on your confirmation ticket and allow 2 hours for the full experience.
Please note: Our kitchen team requires at least 48 hours’ notice to cater for any specific dietary requirements.
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Our guide Amelia, was really good.
We saw perchance an Emu at the light dinner they serve before the tour. It graced is by standing in front of the window.
Coz after that there were no emus to be seen anywhere. Though we did see one grey backed Kangaroo, a couple of Koalas , many, many wallabees and a few other.
Enjoyable
Our guide was very nice and knowledgeable and the people working there are all very friendly. Also by going there you support the conservations projects in the Otways. Highly recommended.
Afterwards my husband and I visited the cafe and enjoyed a delicious bowl of soup in the the cafe a had wonder around the little gift shop
All in all a great morning, good value for money and is highly recommended
Food was excellent
The team at reception & the emu cafe were also friendly and welcoming. Plus the food & beverages were good.
Overall we would recommend a visit
Note that this is not a zoo - animals are not confined, so there are no guarantees as to what animals will be visible during your visit. That being said, we were able to see kangaroos, potoroos, koalas, and emus. The tour lasts 75 minutes, and each person on the tour is provided with a set of binoculars and an earpiece which makes it easier to hear the guide.
Cherish, our guide, was very informative and told us lots of interesting information about the various animals we saw.
We saw all that we'd hoped for and more!
Nice meal before and good company
Easy tracks to walk the different biodiversity’s on the 90 minute tour.
We were really lucky to see koalas, emus, wallabies, pademelons, long necked tortoises, gang gang cockatoos & lots of other bush birds.
Great cafe for coffee & lunch.
Fantastic selection of books in the shop.
Highly recommend if you’re on the Great Ocean Road passing through Apollo Bay.
The tour is very respectful of the animals’ space and they all roam freely - no cages or enclosures. The animals seem very comfortable there, with koalas, pademelons, wallabies, emus, and kangaroos feeling unbothered by our presence.
Truly a magical place and would recommend to anyone who wants to see Australian wildlife without supporting cruel zoos.
Coffee shop and clean loos are plus points too.
Well done Wildlife Wonders! Highly recommended.
From booming the tickets with ease online, to showing up. My partner and I booked a Dusk Tour. We were greeted by a smiley Erin who welcomed us and wasted no time making us feel comfortable offering drinks and a chat. Part of the package is a meal and I thought this was fabulous as the time you booked included the dinner, we were welcomed to sit down at a long table with other participants in the group, meet new people - whom I have to say were exceptionally nice and being the only Aussies in our tour made the conversations with the Americans, Canadians and British even better. We then went into a room to get our binoculars, ear piece and a brief on what’s next. The tour itself was incredible, Erin seriously took the time to ensure everyone had gotten a look at the animals we were searching for, so informative and her care and passion for the wildlife wonders was genuine. She was open for questions and conversation whilst maintaining an informative tour.
Erin offered to take photos of the group at a viewpoint too.
Would seriously recommend!
The coffee at the café was excellent and the atmosphere so relaxing.
The guided tour was amazing, we saw lots of beautiful birds and animals with stunning views of the hills.
The team was super friendly and helpful.
This was my second visit and I really enjoyed seeing the changes.
Highly recommend!
We did the morning tour (about 75 minutes) They have a well-organized setup, with audio headsets and excellent binoculars provided. The grounds are spotless and well maintained. Some reviews mention the price, but knowing that the fees directly support conservation made it feel more than worthwhile.
Be sure not to miss the café—the food and coffee were delicious!
Overall, it’s inspiring to see such a passionate team carrying out important conservation work. Highly recommended.
Wildlife Wonders also has a lovely little Cafe attached, and an extensive gift shop (including books and literature about the flora and fauna native to the region), and all proceeds go towards helping conserve out beautiful wildlife.
If you are staying in or near Apollo Bay, Wildlife Wonders is an absolute must-visit! Cannot recommend highly enough!
As this my first time following tour,its pretty excited especilly kids got to experience to see wild animals.
Our tour guide was english lady origanlly from uk ( sophie) was very experience and explain every single thing about wild animals. She is very patient each time answering question.
We manage to see pademelon, koala,kangaroo, baby emu and many more !
The tour requiry walking about 1.5hrs and its pram friendly not to worries for parrents who bring baby on pram.
For those driving, plenty parking lot available and its free














































