Wildlife Experience

Wildlife Experience

Get up close and personal with some of Australia and New Zealand’s furry, fuzzy or feathered friends. Whether your dream is to cuddle a koala, view majestic kangaroos, swim with a pod of dolphins of hang out with penguins, Down Under Answers can point you in the right direction.

Much of Australia’s wildlife is unique and found nowhere else in the world including kangaroos, koalas, echidnas, dingoes, platypus, wallabies and wombats. While sometimes hard to spot in the wild, a number of world class wildlife parks across Australia gives you the chance to meet these Aussie inhabitants.

Take a unique journey and lose yourself on an island wildlife sanctuary with hopping kangaroos, koalas sleeping in tress and sea lions frolic on the beach. Fly south to Kangaroo Island and come face-to-face with some of Australia’s most recognizable residents in some of the most spectacular coastal scenery as your backdrop.

Roam the New Zealand forests in search of the secretive Kiwi Bird, the sole survivor of an ancient order of birds and New Zealand’s national icon. Also Indigenous to New Zealand is the yellow-eyed penguin is one of the rarest penguins on earth. Found on the south-east coast of the South Island, its distinctive yellow eye and bring yellow stripe that runs around its head makes them easy to identify. Also found on the South Islands is Taiaroa Head, the Albatross capital of the world. Marine life in the area includes New Zealand fur seals, sea lions, dolphins, ocras and migratory whales.

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