Details

Availability

Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at 1:40pm

Maximum participants

Duration

15 minutes

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
Check in at Zoo Shop on arrival

Feed our hungry lions their lunch!

Get within a whisker of one of the planet’s most awesome predators!

Go behind the scenes to explore their exhibit before you hand feed our hungry African Lions their meaty lunch and feel their excited snarls reverberate through your chest.

It’s a wild experience you’ll never forget – we’re sure of it.

Highlights of this experience

Get exclusive, behind-the-scenes access to the lions’ exhibit
Feed our enormous lions their lunch
Get within a whisker of these incredible creatures

Lionesses share the hunting and babysitting duties while the males are responsible for protecting the pride and territory.

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

How your ticket helps our conservation efforts

Sadly over the past 21 years, the equivalent of three lion generations, the wild lion population is believed to have been reduced by 43%. It’s now estimated that there may be as few as 20,000 lions remaining in the wild.

We’re on a mission to save lions from extinction and that’s why we support a large group of rangers to patrol the Sera Conservancy in Kenya to protect lions and other African species from poaching. We are also raising valuable funds to safeguard lions in their native Zambia through our partnership with Painted Dog Conservation Inc supporting the Zambian Carnivore Program.

By purchasing a ticket to our Lion Encounter, you are helping us save lions from extinction in the wild. To support us even further you can also adopt our African Lions or make a tax deductible donation. Your support will help us continue our important conservation work and help safeguard this species.