Sovereign Hill Tour W/ Ballarat Wildlife Park VIP Tour

Enjoy a lovely day trip from Melbourne and visit Ballarat Wildlife Park with a VIP wildlife experience en-route to Sovereign Hill. Highlights of this tour include: - Ballarat - enjoy a complete town tour of this gracious city with its exquisite gardens and noble statues - Pass by Eureka Stockade - site of the 1854 Miner's Rebellion - Visit Ballarat Wildlife Park (owned by the Parker family) nestled in a native bushland habitat where you can join a guided tour - A surprise greeting awaits you on arrival - Feed free range kangaroos - Experience an emu encounter - Meet our cute cuddly koalas - At some point during the guided tour, our VIPs will be taken away for their close encounter - This is an excellent opportunity for an intimate behind-the-scenes wildlife encounter - Exclusive access to selected wildlife with a photo for an unforgettable close-up experience - Enter the enclosure with a keeper and observe a reptile feeding or spend one-on-one time with a favorite Australian animal - Visit Sovereign Hill - an authentic recreation of an 1850s gold mining town - Gold panning in Red Gully Creek - Witness original working conditions and demonstrations of early mining equipment - Blacksmiths and traditional craftsmen - Perhaps try some homemade boiled lollies! - Be entertained by costumed ladies, gents and other goldfields characters who are happy to pose for a great photo - The Chinese Village - highlighting Chinese involvement in the goldfields - Why not ride a stagecoach! - Watch the Giant Crushing Battery - Visit the Gold Museum - an impressive and valuable collection of gold nuggets, gold coins, alluvial deposits and priceless gold artifacts

Tour departs at 8:20am and returns at 5:30pm.