Echidna Experience
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Meet a friendly and active echidna in an intimate habitat setting
Assist with feeding while observing the echidnas unique natural behaviours
Learn about training methods that support animal choice and wellbeing
Capture memorable moments with unlimited photo opportunities
Echidna Encounter Offers a Rare Behind-the-Scenes Wildlife Experience at Maru
Visitors to Maru Wildlife Park can enjoy a unique opportunity to meet one of Australia’s most distinctive native animals during an intimate echidna encounter. Guided by an experienced wildlife keeper, guests gain fascinating insights into the echidna’s remarkable adaptations, including its specialised feeding habits, extraordinary tongue, and the behaviours that make this iconic species so unique.
As part of the experience, participants assist with the echidna’s daily feeding routine while observing how positive reinforcement training encourages natural, voluntary behaviours. Keepers share engaging stories about each animal’s personality, intelligence, and individual characteristics, creating a memorable and educational wildlife encounter.
The experience is designed with animal welfare at its core, allowing the echidna to participate at its own pace while ensuring a calm and respectful environment for both visitors and wildlife. Guests are welcome to capture photographs throughout the session, preserving unforgettable moments with one of Australia's most unusual mammals.
Held within the echidna habitat, the encounter can be adapted for guests with mobility requirements when arrangements are made in advance. General park admission is required in addition to the encounter booking, while weather conditions and the animal’s comfort may influence each session, ensuring the highest standards of safety, conservation, and animal care.
Echidna Encounter Offers a Rare Behind-the-Scenes Wildlife Experience at Maru
Visitors to Maru Wildlife Park can enjoy a unique opportunity to meet one of Australia’s most distinctive native animals during an intimate echidna encounter. Guided by an experienced wildlife keeper, guests gain fascinating insights into the echidna’s remarkable adaptations, including its specialised feeding habits, extraordinary tongue, and the behaviours that make this iconic species so unique.
As part of the experience, participants assist with the echidna’s daily feeding routine while observing how positive reinforcement training encourages natural, voluntary behaviours. Keepers share engaging stories about each animal’s personality, intelligence, and individual characteristics, creating a memorable and educational wildlife encounter.
The experience is designed with animal welfare at its core, allowing the echidna to participate at its own pace while ensuring a calm and respectful environment for both visitors and wildlife. Guests are welcome to capture photographs throughout the session, preserving unforgettable moments with one of Australia's most unusual mammals.
Held within the echidna habitat, the encounter can be adapted for guests with mobility requirements when arrangements are made in advance. General park admission is required in addition to the encounter booking, while weather conditions and the animal’s comfort may influence each session, ensuring the highest standards of safety, conservation, and animal care.
- Guided keeper
- Feeding and training activities
- Gratuities
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Customer Reviews
Nice little zoo much bigger than you would think from the road! The staff are really friendly and helpfull and the animals are really well kept the marmoset monkey loves playing hide and seeks its so cool! Would definitely come again as it's quite reasonably priced aswell👍
What a little hidden gem . Easy to get too a big car park and if you have a child that loves reptiles or animals in general they are going to love this place the highlight of my 8 year olds day was getting to hold the giant snail 🐌 cockroach 🪳 turtle ... 🐍 Snake and the large stick looking insect he was fascinated this place is well worth a visit and very reasonably priced too with a lovely cafe and seating area glad I came across this place great experience today They also do school tours
Nice little place with some unusual animals, the meerkats are brilliant and the babies are adorable. You can sit and watch them from outside the restaurant. The food from the restaurant is amazing. The reptile house is very nice with a variety of reptiles and insects from snakes to cockroaches and the reptile/bug encounter is great. It's a nice opportunity for children to interact with animals they wouldn't normally see. There's also a lovely little walk around the pet farm with a big playground. I would definitely recommend spending a few hours here with the kids.
