Maleny Botanic Gardens Bird Aviary Adventure: A Treat to a Scenic Birdwatching

Embark on an adventure at Maleny Botanic Gardens Bird Aviary and experience the beauty of native and exotic birds up close. Enjoy guided tours and picnic amidst stunning views and enchanting attractions.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Maleny Botanic Gardens & Bird World - Meet over 700 native and exotic birds, enjoy a picnic overlooking the breathtaking Glasshouse Mountains, stroll along over six kilometres of meandering pathways amongst lakes, waterfalls and tropical flora from around the world. The Maleny Botanic Gardens & Bird World offer a spectacular day out for the whole family, just an hour from Brisbane in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland!
What's Included
  • All fees and/or taxes included
  • Access to the Gardens and Bird Aviary Experience
  • Free photo opportunities with birds
  • Complimentary Wifi access
What's Not Included
  • All food and drink, golf buggy hire
Additional Information

Overlooking a backdrop of the iconic Glass House Mountains our 18 acres of gardens are surrounded by stunning waterfalls & lakes which only add to the majestic nature of this unique attraction that sits high on the escarpment. Four walk-through aviaries are home to over 700 native and exotic birds from around the world. It’s not very often that you can get up close & personal with these amazing birds, they love to come and land on your hand, shoulder or even head and say hello. You will learn so much about our beautiful birds on our daily interactive guided tours.

Other points of interest are over 18 gazebos with beautiful views for a perfect picnic. The kids will love exploring our fairy tale garden, giant chair, and old fishing trawler, there is even a treehouse to climb!.

Location
Maleny Botanic Gardens & Bird World
233 Maleny-Stanley River Rd, Corner Mountain View Road
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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S7499wtmatthewm
Oct 5, 2024
Fun for everyone - The gardens are huge with something for everyone! Offering fantastic views of the hinterland from the many look out points, plenty of photo opportunities from the large deck chair to the boat that you can freely step on and off from. If the walking is something that puts you off you can rent a buggy to get around on and boost your experience. The aviary itself is host to a great many species of feathered friend with knowledgable staff to guide you through it's a must do activity there (don't worry if you're not keen on birds they provide feather dusters which keeps them from landing on you). There is also a small farm which hosts a number of goats, sheep, donkey's and chickens. Would absolutely recommend this to anyone looking for something to do. Prices are fair and will not leave you feeling short changed
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L8676olemmae
Sep 30, 2024
Beautiful 🤩 - Beautiful place and views are spectacular!! Going in with the birds was fantastic and viewed birds that were native to Aus and have never seen before.!
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Crutt13
Sep 29, 2024
Beautiful birds - If you're a bird lover you have to go here. The staff are great and try to make the experience as best as possible. The park is relatively small, and the gardens are nice, but the bird experience was the best i ever had. This was such a great way to see many of Australias birds up close. Birds are literally everywhere. Note, don't wear jewelry or hats with buttons if you can avoid it. This is close to Australia zoo so you could make a day and do both
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Tonyld2216sg
Sep 14, 2024
Great day taking photos - Had a great day today taking some photos of the birds and the gardens, took way to many photos to post them all on here though.
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Platypi
Sep 11, 2024
Wonderful visit to Maleny bird world - Great place, really scenic and the birds were super friendly. Many birds sat on us. Very memorable experience. Loved it. Totally worth the drive up to Maleny.
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Madilyn
Aug 24, 2024
So many birdies!!! - This was a great way to spend the afternoon! The guide for the Bird Tour was passionate and knowledgeable about the all the birds and keeping them safe. There was lots of opportunities to take photos and interact with the birds. Love it! Plus!! The miniature farm friends section was sooo fun to feed and pat the Donkey’s and goats!
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Becsgnz
Oct 6, 2024
Worth a visit - Incredible views, great gardens. The farm animals were a bit much jumping up on us as soon as they saw the food. The birds were beautiful and a great experience to see so close. Would recommend but watch little children in the farm area.
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Kiwiexplorers21
Sep 29, 2024
Interactive - The aviary can only be accessed by tour. Whilst it was great to see all of the birds and have opportunities to interact with them, I was seeking a more educational experience and wanted to learn more about the birds. Limited information was provided by the guide on the birds but I think it would have been too difficult for her to provide a detailed commentary of the different birds given the size of the group, the noise, there’s not enough time and not all of the audience may be interested. There were no information plaques anywhere and so we left having seen some very interesting and colourful birds but having no idea what many of them were or anything about them. The experience seems to be pitched more at interacting than learning. Perhaps I missed something but to my knowledge the only information I found about the birds was a list of species at the entrance. Still, if interacting is your desire then this is a great experience.
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Kenc753
Sep 4, 2024
A must see but be prepared for the hills - It was great fun but the lack of seating in the aviary was a disappointment. The staff were terrific and made a very nice chai latte plus a delicious gluten free ham, cheese, tomato toastie
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V159eiedc
Aug 20, 2024
Poor - Firstly, the Bird Avery Experience. The conditions for visiting this expensive exhibit are NOT shown at the reception and are left until your time to take the 35 minutes tour. This is then a dilemma for having bought the expensive tickets you may be obligated to continue. If you wear hearing aids then you are warned to remove them, obviously the tour commentary would be nil. Remove hats, and all trinkets, earings and piercing. We did not taken the tour and asked for our money back which happened. We substituted the hire of a buggy for the cash and drove around the grounds. Botanic Garden. The gardens are not botanical, very little of significance, nothing botanical is given name tags. A great planting of bedding plants, the spring will bring colour. Over sold in advertising; over priced for the worth of the visit. We did not sample the food and drinks!
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