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Australian Butterfly Sanctuary
Showcasing 1500 hand reared tropical butterflies from local rainforest species living freely for you to walk through.
The Butterfly House and Flight Aviary is the largest butterfly flight aviary and exhibit in Australia, and it is located in the heart of the Kuranda village, which is renowned for its beauty.
You’ll be enthralled by the aerial dynamics of these mysterious, rare nature wonders as you wander through our rainforest aviary’s gardens, home to over 1500 tropical butterflies. Cairns Birdwings, a local rainforest species renowned for its green and yellow colouring, are among our butterflies.
The aviary is of equal attraction and you can join guided tours and visit the laboratory to explore butterfly life cycles and see how their breeding success rate is better than nature's. An aviary filled with over 1500 tropical butterflies, you will be mesmerised by the magnificence of these elusive nature wonders as you wander through the rainforest gardens. The Cairns Birdwing, a local rainforest species, is green and yellow.
It's an attraction of all age appeal and makes excellent photo opportunities.
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Suggest editAdults $20.50 - Entry with self guided aviary & laboratory access
Children $13.00
Free Under 3 years
Last Update 2023
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The Australian Butterfly Sanctuary is the ideal setting for students to gain knowledge about butterflies and their life cycles. Our program is connected to the Australian Curriculum and meets English, Mathematics, Science, and other curriculum standards.
Students will be given entry to our butterfly aviary and laboratory during our local schools program. Students will be shown pupae for every species, caterpillars in all phases of development, and butterflies with pupa. Students will also be able to see butterfly wings through a cutting-edge microscope.
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