When starting to do some research online and read through our guidebooks before visiting Sydney, everywhere recommended a visit to Taronga Zoo. The zoo is located on the opposite side of the harbour from the Sydney Opera House, so we took a ferry across to the zoo. You can save a few dollars by purchasing a combined zoo and ferry ticket at the ferry ticket office, I think this was a little over $40. When you arrive at the ferry stop for the zoo, you can take a cable car or a bus up to the entrance, and we opted for the cable car. It takes you right over the top of the zoo, giving wonderful views of some of the animal enclosures. The first thing ...  Read the complete review

Taronga Park Zoo; the zoo with a view. It's not only the humans who appreciate it either, see the beautiful giraffes as they haughtily peer around. I wonder if they can see what we see: back to Sydney's city skyline, the Harbour Bridge, the Opera House or beautiful Sydney Harbour. Taronga Park Zoo is an interesting day out for people of all ages; it's just great for the animals too. They enjoy a charmed life, bereft of the stresses their cousins have in trying to survive in the wilds. The 2000 different exotic and Australian native animals live in a sensitive environment, presented to the public in as near to natural ...  Read the complete review