About this tour
Head into the Adelaide Hills to Cleland Wildlife Park, where you'll spend three hours getting up close with more than 130 native Australian species. Your 5-hour outing includes transport from the city, a guided introduction to the park's residents, a bag of feed, and a koala close-up encounter. The park sits 30 minutes out, offering genuine wildlife interaction without the theme-park feel.
Highlights
- Hand-feed kangaroos, emus and potoroos yourself
- Koala close-up experience included in entry
- Keeper talks reveal animal behaviour and ecology
- Over 130 native species across natural bushland
- Mt Lofty Summit views en route
- Air-conditioned minivan from city hotels
- Park maps in six languages provided
What to expect
You'll be picked up from your Adelaide hotel and driven to Cleland in a comfortable minivan. A guide leads the group for roughly the first hour, introducing you to the park layout and its inhabitants. You then explore independently for the remaining two hours—armed with your feed bag and park map—watching koalas doze in gum trees, hand-feeding roos and emus, and spotting smaller marsupials like potoroos. Keeper talks run throughout the day. The experience ends by 2pm, leaving time for lunch elsewhere before your return drive.
Good to know
Koala encounters don't run on days forecast above 32°C or if the park closes for animal welfare. Tours skip catastrophic fire-weather days. Pack water and wear sturdy shoes; the park operates rain or shine. Lunch isn't included. The koala-hold upgrade (separate booking via Cleland) may not be available the same day.
Tour sold and operated by Viator via Viator. Descriptions on this page are original BugBitten summaries written by our team — not copied from the operator. Prices and availability are confirmed at checkout.