Hunter Valley Zoo
A family-friendly zoo near Cessnock where you can hand-feed kangaroos and get up close to koalas, a great place to take children.
Hunter Valley Zoo is located in Nulkaba, north of Cessnock. It is small but highly interactive. Visitors can buy feed to hand-feed the free-roaming kangaroos and wallabies, and the zoo also has koalas, wombats, meerkats, monkeys and a range of Australian birds. Keeper talks and animal encounters are held daily, and some require an extra fee and advance booking. The grounds are flat, a visit takes about 2 hours, and there are picnic areas and a café. It is about a 10-minute drive from Pokolbin.
Opening hours
About 09:00–16:00
Nearby sights
- Tempus Two
- Hunter Valley Hot Air Ballooning
- Brokenwood Wines
- McGuigan Wines
- Hunter Valley Gardens
- Pokolbin Wineries
- Mount Pleasant Wines
- Audrey Wilkinson