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Need to know

  • When

    Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
  • Time

    Meet: 11.15 am
    Duration: 30 minutes
  • Cost

    $129 per person
    max 2 people
  • Minimum age

    10 years

Behind-the-scenes

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.

Bookings

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

Taronga Western Plains Zoo is the most successful institution breeding Black Rhinoceros outside Africa? We welcomed our latest calf in 2024, and you may get a glimpse of him during this special behind the scenes experience. 

Black Rhino Calf with mother