We first visited the Lion Gorge which also hosts tigers, snow leopards, the Tassie Devil and an interesting animal called a coatis, which is a lot like a lemur but with a pointy nose.
From there we wandered through the Wild Sea with pelicans, seals, and penguins. Then it was on to Growing Wild where we saw the beautiful red pandas and a gorgeous Japanese garden.
The Gorilla Rainforest was next, with tree-top apes and monkeys, lemurs - who roam freely around the human visitors, sunning themselves and showing off - tapirs, followed by the Trail of the Elephants and orang-utans. Finally we visited the giraffe, zebras and baboons.
All of this took so much time that we didn't even see the meerkats, any Aussie animals or the frogs and reptiles - maybe next time.
Zoos Victoria is helping fight extinction, particularly with 21 native threatened species. And the Melbourne Zoo is well laid out with large enclosures and so much greenery visitors really feel they are out in the bush with the animals.
A wonderful experience!
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