Australian Reptile Park presents Jurassic Zoo and inaugural alligator feeding encounters during Summer holidays

This holiday season sees the Australian Reptile Park deliver Jurassic Zoo as its ‘biggest holiday promotion’ alongside the launch of their inuagural Alligator Feeding encounters where visitors have the opportunity to feed the Alligators themselves.

Jurassic Zoo presents giant statues of many species of dinosaur such as the Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Allosaurus and Parasaurolophus which come to life with interactive sounds that will dwarf visitors and leave them in awe while educating them on the extinct reptiles.

Additional entertainment during the Jurassic Zoo event series, will be daily shows featuring the park’s resident crocodilians - the closest living relative and ancient cousins of the dinosaurs. Australian Reptile Park icon Elvis, a five metre Saltwater Crocodile renowned to be the ‘crankiest croc in Australia’, will be fed daily during a thrill seeking show demonstrating the strength of his snapping jaws, capable of crushing the skull of prey as large as a water buffalo.

The Fossil Dig returns to the park to give visitors and young paleontologists the chance to unearth ancient fossils while Zookeepers will be roving the park with a variety of reptiles and mammals for guests to meet and greet.  

Events extend into the park’s lagoon, home to 40 American Alligators. Their daily feeding show consists of park keepers entering the danger zone of the lagoon, and dangling their food over a walking plank, while tempting the giant reptiles to launch high out of the water allowing visitors to marvel at their erratic jaw snapping for food. The Australian Reptile Park is also launching for the first time  – Alligator Feeding encounters where visitors have the  opportunity to walk on the ramp and feed the Alligators themselves.

To really get up close and personal with The Australian Reptile Park residents, guests can book either a Behind-The-Scenes tour or one of the popular and interactive Kids 2 Keepers programs.

For more information go to www.reptilepark.com.au

Images credit: The Australian Reptile Park