Platypus House — Point Of Interest in Beauty Point

Reviews of Platypus House

• Carlos

  Added 2016.06.24

  Informative and close up and personal experience with the platypus and ecidneas. Loved it
• Madison

  Added 2016.05.13

  I do not believe anyone could come here and leave disappointed.
• Anthony

  Added 2016.04.19

  Awesome place to get up close with platypus and echidna
• Samuel

  Added 2015.09.13

  Absolutely brilliant! The tour was full of information and the guide was extremely lovely. Travelled with a special needs client and all the ladies made her feel so welcome! I will be recommending this place for a long long time
• Andrew

  Added 2015.04.06

  Very informative. Loved the up close encounters.
• Cody

  Added 2015.01.28

  Yes yes yes. This place is 10 stars. There are 3 must do's in Tasmania, Cradle Mountain, Port Arthur and Platypus House. If you have lined up for hours at Taronga zoo to catch a glimpse of Platypus, only to be disappointed, this will literally take your breath away and renew your faith in the works wildlife rescue can achieve. The staff are courteous and friendly, and in no way do they talk it up or raise your expectations when you arrive. In fact we sat down and had a coffee whilst we waited for the next tour which was in about 20 minutes. They run on demand and we had 8 people on our tour. If I knew what we were about to experience I would have been toe tapping at the head of the line. The intro provides a thorough background to all those pesky Platypus questions, the ones you can never find in a textbook. The guide was great and we learnt a lot, in fact every Australian should have this Platypus background brief. The next room was incredible, we walked in to be fronted by a huge glass tank water level about 1.5 mtr (eye height) and we were immediately greeted with 3 female Platypuses feeding in the tank. The scene was as if someone had literally cut a section of a woodland river and placed it into this biosphere, incredible. I had my nose on the glass with a Platypus on the other side of the glass cm's away. Unbelievable. For 20 minutes we all stood there mesmerised watching these magnificent mammals feeding and frolicking. Taronga, come see how it can be done. There was more but you have to come see for yourself, having an echidna walk over your foot was rather interesting but also very cool.
• Austin

  Added 2014.07.26

  Web photos understate the true experience.