About 14km west of Murray Bridge, this excellent open-range zoo is home to Australian and African beasts including cheetahs, meerkats, rhino, zebras and giraffe (and the photogenic offspring thereof). A hop-on/hop-off bus tour is included in the price; keeper talks happen throughout the day. There's a cafe here too, if you forget your sandwiches/thermos.
Monarto Zoo
Murray River
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19.12 MILES
Wow! What a cool building, and what a fabulous setting. Camera-conducive views and contemporary varietals (viognier, pinot grigio, pinot gris), plus an…
29.79 MILES
This 175-year-old winery is home to Australia's best-known wine − the legendary Grange. Taste the product at the cellar door; dine at the fab restaurant…
26.75 MILES
From Cleland Wildlife Park you can bushwalk (2km) or drive up to Mt Lofty Summit (a surprising 727m), which has show-stopping views across the Adelaide…
27.59 MILES
Within the steep Cleland Conservation Park, this place lets you interact with all kinds of Australian beasts. There are keeper talks and feeding sessions…
28.3 MILES
Yes, it's a gully. And yes, there's a waterfall at the end of it – a rather spectacular 30m-tall one, too, especially if it's been raining in the Adelaide…
23.88 MILES
High on a hill behind Lenswood (itself behind Lobethal), Pike & Joyce is an architectural doozy, with rammed-earth walls, jaunty corrugated-iron roof…
25.05 MILES
Gumeracha's main attraction is climbing the 18.3m-high Big Rocking Horse, which doesn't actually rock, but is unusually tasteful as far as Australia's …
7.76 MILES
Down on the riverbank, lurking in a gloomy cave, Mulyawonk the bunyip has been terrifying small children since 1972. Press the button and see him emerge –…
Nearby Murray River attractions
1. Murray Bridge Regional Gallery
7.26 MILES
This is the town's cultural epicentre, a great little space housing touring and local exhibitions: paintings, ceramics, gorgeous glassware, jewellery and…
7.76 MILES
Down on the riverbank, lurking in a gloomy cave, Mulyawonk the bunyip has been terrifying small children since 1972. Press the button and see him emerge –…
13.74 MILES
About 9km out of Mannum on the way to Murray Bridge, these cascades surge impressively over granite boulders after it's been raining (not much action in…
13.77 MILES
For a solid Langhorne Creek wine overview, try the Winehouse, a collective cellar door for five wineries.
14.08 MILES
Run by two savvy sisters, Bremerton is an innovative operator in an old-school region. Top chardonnay and shiraz.
14.23 MILES
The district's first winery has a wide range of wines, historic cellars and an old red-gum lever press (don't get your fingers stuck).
15.05 MILES
Laratinga is the Peramangk name for Mt Barker Creek, now corralled into a thriving man-made wetlands (constructed in 1999) that's become a real haven for…
8. Mannum Dock Museum of River History
17.13 MILES
Inside the Mannum Visitor Information Centre, this museum features info on local Ngarrindjeri Aboriginal communities, an 1876 dry dock (possibly the only…