Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park — Attraction in Kangaroo Island

This was an experience I will never forget. I got to meet the koala survivors of the bushfire and their offspring. The Australian Army assisted and helped this park survive during those dark times. They even assisted with bottle-feeding these amazing animals. It is worth a visit just to see these incredible koalas who survived against all odds, the rest of the park is just a bonus.

KI Wildlife Park has moved and I've been lucky enough to return to their new location. Not disappointed. What this park does for the injured wildlife on KI is admirable and the knowledge they happily pass on to the visitors is incredible, with a smile. From the time you enter the park until you leave, every staff member is full of knowledge and happy to explain and show you what they are doing. Walk around and meet the very friendly chocolate brown kangaroos, unique to KI and give them a bit of food and they'll love you. Make sure you are there for a Koala talk and meet Barry with his 9 or 10 girlfriends, all of them bushfire survivors and only alive today because of the work they do at this fantastic park. (Many more koalas are not for public display as they are too injured - they still care for them). There are many more animals around and they look after them like family, making puzzles with food and insect repellents(onions) for the monkeys, playing with the dingoes as if they were a family pup. I love this park and every dollar I spend there I'm happy to part with. It's going to the best cause I can think of. Thanks to all the staff, from the lady at the entrance to the wonderful young woman who told us so much about the primates she was entertaining to all the koalas (sorry don't know her name but she's been working there for 9 years). I'll be back - again

FYI - KI had a koala population of around 80,00 before the bushfires 2019 - 2020. 70,000 of those were lost. It will take 50+ years before the koala populations returns to a...

We were so disappointed by our visit to this wildlife park. I was expecting something aligned to the natural environment of Kangaroo Island. However was so distressed to see birds in tiny cages, animals in small spaces with little or no natural environment. It was dirty, run down and did not look or smell clean for the animals. Overall though I was so sad while I was there for these animals. The crocodile had a small pool of water and a very small space, birds were in tiny cages - so sad they had no room to fly around. Many of the reptiles were sharing small spaces with so many others. Please find a way to prepare larger spaces for these beautiful animals. We had to leave after 15 minutes as I just could not see any more of this and also wanted to let my 9 and 12 year old know that this is to how animals should be kept. I spoke to one of the staff and her comment was that she did not agree but we all had the right to our own opinion. To their credit they refunded our entrance fee and did offer for me to speak to the manager. I wasn't sure what the manager could do about the conditions and was so upset that I declined, but I do appreciate that they did offer this. I sincerely hope that something is done to improve this space for animals. We have seen many wildlife parks around the world and these conditions were not among any of the best. Overall quite sad, but I genuinely hope they consider upgrading and providing more space more akin to the natural...

I was going to give 2 stars because at least the meerkats looked somewhat happy, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it.

I thought coming to a wildlife park at Kangaroo Island would mean it would be more free and less of a place of depression and stress for the animals. Nope, I was wrong.

This is by far one of the worst zoos I have been to. It’s a poorly constructed zoo, not a “wildlife park”.

Within this zoo:

animals are jam packed into small places: 3 long snakes in a small enclosure, several large birds (cockatoos, eagles) in cages too small for their capacity, atleast 15 turtles in a pond which should hold less. These were only the ones I remember. the usual zoochosis is present in some animals (notably the echidna who was walking in circles with all of its natural hunting stimulation removed) free feeding (not free money wise of course - you’ll pay $3 a bag) of wallabies and kangaroos promote 0 physical activity and stimulation. several non Australian animals on exhibition. This makes one wonder the ethics of the facility.

This was a common theme across all enclosures - space, capacity. I was genuinely disappointed and the joke is on me for constantly supporting these kinds of places. $73 for 2 adults and 2 bags of kangaroo food.

These places deserve to be shut down and replaced with actual conservation animal sanctuaries.

What a disappointment to see in such a beautiful place like...