Healesville sanctuary and Blue Dandenong Ranges
Located just one hour from Melbourne, tucked into the foothills of the stunning Yarra Valley, the Sanctuary’s 30 hectares of bushland provides a distinctly Australian setting. Here you will experience close-up encounters with some of Australia’s most unique and captivating wildlife, including koalas, kangaroos, wombats, emus, dingoes, birds of prey and platypuses.
Let your driver take you on a tour through the magnificent countryside of the Dandenong Ranges where you will enjoy a ride on Puffing Billy, Australia’s oldest steam railway and one of the finest preserved steam railways in the world. Travel the 24 kilometres through the beautiful forests and fern gullies from Belgrave, to Emerald Lake Park and Gembrook where you will ride on Australia’s most notable narrow gauge railway in open-sided carriages through the spectacular Blue Dandenong Ranges with bellbirds and kookaburras echoing the steam train’s whistle.