Chat with a Cheetah

You can get up close and personal with a cheetah, or some other animal, or even a shark, at Canberra's two-in-one National Zoo and Aquarium.

Visit the zoo and aquarium and stroll through the grounds, or join one of the guided tours that bring you right within paw's reach of jungle beasts — or jaw's reach of ocean predators — just west of Canberra city centre.

Get on to Tuggeranong Parkway and exit into Lady Denham Drive, and savour your close encounter of the animal kind.

• National Zoo and Aquarium