Details

Availability

Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday at 8:45am

Maximum participants

Duration

1 hour

Minimum Age

10 (All children under 16 years must be accompanied by a paying adult)

Allergy information

None

Accessibility

Not wheelchair accessible

Important Information

Enclosed, flat footwear is required to participate

Feed our hungry cats their meaty lunch!

Ask people what the fiercest animals are at Adelaide Zoo and a lot of them will say big cats! Want to meet them?

Get within a whisker of these awesome predators and experience the thrill of looking an African Lion or Sumatran Tiger in the eye.

Learn all about lion and tiger conservation from our dedicated and knowledgeable keepers and hear stories of the charismatic cats who call Adelaide Zoo home.

Highlights of this experience

Get closer than ever to some of the world’s most awesome predators
Hand feed our African Lions and Sumatran Tigers
Go behind the scenes and discover the carnivore area

Tigers are the largest living cats in the world, with the Sumatran Tiger being the smallest of the six tiger subspecies.

A lions roar can be heard from as far as eight kilometres away.

The pattern of a tiger’s stripes is unique to each animal, just like fingerprints are to humans. The stripes are found on a tiger’s skin and, if shaved, its distinctive pattern would remain.

How your ticket helps our conservation efforts

One hundred years ago it was estimated that there were 100,000 wild tigers – today the number is thought to be as few as 3,200. The Sumatran Tiger is the last surviving subspecies of tiger in Indonesia and current estimates indicate there is around 300-500 left in the wild with a rapidly decreasing trend due to habitat destruction for unsustainable palm oil plantations and poaching for the illegal wildlife trade.

By purchasing a ticket to our Big Cat Interactive encounter at Adelaide Zoo, you are not only supporting the incredible species in our care, you’re also helping us raise awareness and valuable funds to safeguard their wild cousins. Part of the income generated from our Animal Experiences contributes to the work Zoos SA does in support of a wide number of conservation programs both within and beyond our gates.