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Awesome Roarsome Tour

Feed a tiger, serval, bear and hyena for an unforgettable experience.
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African Savannah Safari

Feed a giraffe and discover the texture of a rhino’s skin
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Meet a Meerkat

Meet and feed our beautiful and charming meerkats!
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Owl Encounter

Go inside the aviary to meet our Barking Owl siblings, Rocco and Ruby.
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Ostrich
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Spotted Hyena
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Squirrel Monkey
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Ring-tail Lemur
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Red Rumped Agouti
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Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo
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Asian Small-clawed Otter
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Llama
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Alligator
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Siamang
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White Lion
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Tiger
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Northern Swamp Wallaby
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Alpaca
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African Painted Dog
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Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur
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White Rhinoceros
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Giraffe
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Black-and-white Colobus
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African Lion
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Barking Owl
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Fallow Deer
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Humphead Maori Wrasse
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Common Marmoset
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Common Eland
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Little Penguin
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Galah
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Black-Capped Capuchin
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Koala
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Wombat
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Plains Zebra
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Tasmanian Devil
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Francois Langur
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Tawny Frogmouth
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Barbary Sheep
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Reticulated Python
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Brush-tailed Bettong
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Blackbuck
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The Aquarium
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Serval
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Pygmy Marmoset
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Long-nosed Potoroo
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Black tipped Reef Shark
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Cheetah
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Cotton-top Tamarin
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Dingo
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Meerkat
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Emu
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Wapiti Elk
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Sri Lankan Leopard
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Malaysian Sun Bear
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Rhinoceros Iguana
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Awesome Roarsome Tour

African Savannah Safari

Meet a Meerkat

Owl Encounter

Where does your money go? Over $1,000,000 donated to conservation!

Monies raised from animal encounters and Jamala Wildlife Lodge help support a number of local and overseas conservation initiatives and charities. In the past few years alone, over $1,000,000 was donated in cash and kind to these funds.

Our beautiful & amazing animal residents...

Ostrich

Spotted Hyena

Squirrel Monkey

Ring-tail Lemur

Red Rumped Agouti

Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo

Asian Small-clawed Otter

Llama

Alligator

Siamang

White Lion

Tiger

Northern Swamp Wallaby

Alpaca

African Painted Dog

Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur

White Rhinoceros

Giraffe

Black-and-white Colobus

African Lion

Barking Owl

Fallow Deer

Humphead Maori Wrasse

Common Marmoset

Common Eland

Little Penguin

Galah

Black-Capped Capuchin

Koala

Wombat

Plains Zebra

Tasmanian Devil

Francois Langur

Tawny Frogmouth

Barbary Sheep

Reticulated Python

Brush-tailed Bettong

Blackbuck

The Aquarium

Serval

Pygmy Marmoset

Long-nosed Potoroo

Black tipped Reef Shark

Cheetah

Cotton-top Tamarin

Dingo

Meerkat

Emu

Wapiti Elk

Sri Lankan Leopard

Malaysian Sun Bear

Rhinoceros Iguana

Zoocation Holiday program

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