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Black Rhino Experience

at Taronga Western Plains Zoo

Black Rhino Experience

at Taronga Western Plains Zoo

Black Rhino Experience

Hop on board an electric cart and let a Zoo Guide transport you behind the scenes to our Black Rhino conservation breeding facility.
Here, you’ll meet a Zoo Keeper, see a Black Rhino and learn more about this critically endangered species and the work we’re doing to conserve it.

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Learn about the Black Rhino

Did you know that Taronga Western Plains Zoo is the most successful institution breeding Black Rhinoceros outside Africa? We’ve welcomed another calf this year, and you may get a glimpse of him during this special behind the scenes experience.

Need to know

  • Cost: $129 per person, max 2 people
  • Minimum age: 10 years
  • When: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
  • Time: 11.15am
  • Duration: 30 minutes
  • Departure: Meet Guide at meeting point Map Ref 12I

How to book

Bookings can be made online and via the Ticketing Desk.

Black Rhinoceros experience tickets exclude Zoo admission, tickets to Tickets to Taronga Western Plains Zoo Dubbo can be purchased separately online prior to your visit.

Guest requirements: 
•    Guests must be able to walk a 500m distance
•    Sturdy, enclosed footwear is recommended

Photos of the Black Rhino

Black Rhino
Black Rhino

We proudly Acknowledge the Cammeraigal (Taronga Zoo, Sydney) and Wiradjuri (Taronga Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo) people, their Country, spirit and traditions as customary owners of the lands upon which our Zoos stand.