Meet the incredible Nyalas! Monarto Safari Park is home to nine fascinating Nyala on display. Female Thandi and along with male Alberto, have called Monarto Safari Park home since 2017 after making the journey from Werribee Open Range Zoo in…

Meet the prickly porcupines! Monarto Safari Park is home to five beautiful Cape Porcupines, Oliver and Rita, and their offspring Louie, Walter and Winni. Oliver and Rita, both born in 2015, arrived in April 2017 after making the journey from…

Meet the merry meerkats! Monarto’s meerkat mob consists of 12 mischievous meerkats across two mobs. The first group consists of three energetic brothers who were all born in Melbourne Zoo in 2012 before making their way to Monarto Safari Park…

Meet the dazzling zebras! Monarto Safari Park is home to six herds of striking Plains Zebras. A breeding herd of ten zebras takes up residence in the off limits areas and is headed by dominant male, Storm. Storm arrived at…

Meet the remarkable rhinos! Monarto Safari Park is home to a rhino crash of six Southern White Rhinoceros: two mature bulls and four mature females. Females Umqali and Savannah are housed together. Our other two females, Carrie and Uhura, live together in…

Meet the inquisitive hyenas! Who runs the world!? Girls! Well in the life of a Spotted Hyena clan, this is certainly the case. The beautiful Spotted Hyena at Monarto Safari Park live in a matriarchal hierarchy, meaning the girls rank…

Meet ginormous giraffe! Fifteen giraffes inhabit our drive-through waterhole, while a bachelor group of eight giraffe bulls are housed in an off-limits area of Monarto Safari Park. 2 bulls have moved into our new Wild Africa precinct. The first calf…

Meet the charismatic Cheetah! Monarto Safari Park is home to 16 Cheetahs, five males and 11 females. Each Cheetah plays an important role within the park as well as to the greater region. In June 2012, female Kwatile was born, not…

Meet Monarto Safari Park’s radiant rhinos! Monarto Safari Park is currently one of only two Australian zoos that house the magnificent Black Rhinoceros. The two males, Induna and Sentwali, came to the park from Taronga Western Plains Zoo in 2007….

Meet the majestic lions! Monarto Safari Park is home to one of Australia’s largest lion prides. With three adult females, three adult males, six sub adult cubs (four female and three male) and four cubs born in August 2023 (three…

Meet the playful dogs! Monarto Safari Park is home to a pack of seven African Painted Dogs, Baraka, Onika, Ajani, Masikio, Bulu,  Amani and Sanaa. Bulu is the proud mother of the last litter, who were born in April 2021….