Australian Butterfly Sanctuary: Experience the Colorful Majesty of Over 1,500 Tropical Butterflies
4.6
20 Ratings
Kuranda
Immerse yourself in the beauty of nature at the Australian Butterfly Sanctuary. Discover over 1,500 tropical butterflies and explore the largest butterfly aviary in Australia. Join a complimentary tour and enjoy a behind-the-scenes experience.
Duration:
1 hour
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Australian Butterfly Sanctuary - Wander the tropical rainforest aviary where jewel-coloured butterflies float in the air. See the fluorescent green and yellow Cairns birdwing, the vibrant Blue Eggfly and more! The sanctuary is home to more than 1,500 butterflies that have all been hand reared on the premises.
Visit the laboratory and learn about the breeding cycle, see how the butterfly eggs are collected and cleaned, and then hand raised into caterpillars before turning into beautiful butterflies. The museum displays many different species from around the world. Don't forget to see the moth exhibit, home to the Hercules moth with a wing span reaching up to 14 inches (36 cm).
What's Included
- Includes admission fee
- Daily guided tours at no extra cost
- Exclusive behind the scenes laboratory tour for free
- Complimentary guided tour of the Foodplant
What's Not Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information
Be dazzled by more than 1,500 tropical jewel-colored butterflies at the Australia Butterfly Sanctuary. Located in the heart of Kuranda, the Australian Butterfly Sanctuary is the largest butterfly flight aviary in Australia. Wander through the landscaped gardens that replicate the natural rainforest environment as hundreds of butterflies float around you, including the vibrant green Cairns Birdwing. Complimentary tours take place through the day and a ‘Behind-the-Scenes’ Laboratory Tour is also included with entry. Complimentary food plant walk also included.
- Sanctuary closes at 3 pm
Location
Australian Butterfly Sanctuary
8 Rob Veivers Dr,
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(20 Ratings)
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Woorana
Sep 24, 2023
Butterflies - Our Family loved it! The girls wore bright clothes to attract the Butterflies, it worked! Ricky gave an excellent explanation of what goes on in the facility. Very interesting! Thank you all!
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Yota
Aug 1, 2023
Great - 5/5 we were so happy to come though the butterfly sanctuary again this wasn't planned and it was a nice day coming here thank
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Q6996rhjuliaj
Oct 4, 2021
Love Butterlies, you will love this Sanctuary!! - Butterflies Butterflies everywhere! What an amazing Sanctuary and so beautiful inside to walk around. Take your time and move slowly through the Sanctuary and you will see more than you could ever imagine. So great to see the Butterflies being looked after so well. You will leave with a better respect for these colourful and gentle beauties.
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Erinc742
Sep 28, 2021
OMG amazing place - butterflies are one of my favourite things - this place is so worth a visit
will return to kuranda to see this again
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Mjmcculkin
Oct 5, 2020
A must do, a delightful experience - Despite it being busy and Covid rules (and this was managed well) we found our visit to be a delight. After chasing butterflies all around Nth Qld for photos, they were all here, flitting around and providing us with so many photo opportunities. So many butterflies including lots of Ulysses butterflies right in front of us, many landing on us whilst we were wandering. A very enjoyable experience, for adults and kids.
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268kyliev
Sep 22, 2020
Amazing beauty - There were so many different colours & shapes of butterflies. It was so cool to have them flying around you.
Take your time to soak up the experience, however if you're on a tour make sure you keep an eye on the time.
My teenage daughters loved it just as much as I did.
And the staff were friendly too.
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Nick
Aug 18, 2020
Getting up close to a wide range of species - I would thoroughly recommend a visit to this Sanctuary if visiting Kuranda village. As well as getting up close to a wide range of species, the centre is a good educational experience as well. Your ticket lasts all day, so you can pop in and out any time. Great work guys!
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285lucindaw
Feb 24, 2020
Butterfly sanctuary - Amazing can spend as much time as you like and free re entry all day to go back as many times as you like
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Gay
May 25, 2023
Do not travel just to visit here try to include other sights - Not a lot of stunning Butterflies around and it was nearly lunchtime in the sunshine and heat thought more would of been flying around. Only saw 3 different ones that were impressive and worthy of photos.
The walking path was a bit tricky in places being uneven surface and wet too
Feel the 1 in NZ down Southland is more impressive
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David
Jan 26, 2024
Short trip seeing butterflies in a hot environment. - Pleasant sanctuary to visit but hot and took less than 20 minutes to complete. Did see a few lovely butterflies which we might not otherwise have seen.
Relatively expensive compared with other trips. Okay if money is not an issue.
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