Capes Raptor Centre

4.7 (608 Google reviews)

Capes Raptor Centre

341 Boodjidup Rd, Margaret River WA 6285

Open Wednesday to Monday, 10 am - 4 pm. Closed Tuesdays. Open 7 Days During WA School Holidays.

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Encounter remarkable raptors while exploring native bushland at Western Australia’s largest bird of prey sanctuary.

Explore lush native bushland and encounter over 50 remarkable birds of prey at Capes Raptor Centre, just a five-minute drive from the Margaret River town centre. 

Join a twice-daily Bird of Prey Flight Display, where you will learn about raptors’ natural behaviours, hunting strategies, and exceptional sensory abilities. Finish with the chance to have a photograph taken beside an owl for a memorable experience. 

As Western Australia’s largest care and rehabilitation facility for birds of prey, Capes Raptor Centre provides a permanent home for eagles, hawks, falcons, owls, and other raptors that are unable to return to the wild. Each year, many more birds are successfully rehabilitated and released back into their natural habitat by the dedicated Capes Raptor Centre team.    

Before or after the flight display, walk the 1km Bird of Prey Trail situated in native bushland and view aviaries housing resident diurnal and nocturnal birds of prey. The Bird of Prey Trail is ideal for spotting wildflowers and orchids during spring.  

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Capes Raptor Centre

341 Boodjidup Rd, Margaret River WA 6285

Open Wednesday to Monday, 10 am - 4 pm. Closed Tuesdays. Open 7 Days During WA School Holidays.

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Capes Raptor Centre

341 Boodjidup Rd, Margaret River WA 6285

Reviews

4.7 (608 Google reviews)

Kelly 14 January 2025

Lovely morning visiting the Raptor Centre on our recent holiday to Margaret River. We had booked our tickets in advance online prior to our visit, we arrived early and there were quite a few visitors arriving also. If you have are wanting to catch a morning show it possibly would be okay to just turn up although with many of our activities during our holiday I always like to book in advance so we aren’t disappointed by just turning up in case they end up super busy. There was a good amount of parking. We were greeted with a friendly young lady at reception who gave us lots of info regarding the display and the self guided nature walk. You can choose to do this prior to the bird display or after. It’s a good 15 to 20 minute look of the birds of prey but this walk could take longer with smaller children or if you spend reasonable amounts of time at each bird enclosure. We didn’t give ourselves enough time to complete before so we decided to watch the display first and complete the walk after. The bird display arena is moderate in size and consisted of rows of wooden bench seating, however they are all one level so if you do have very small children I highly recommend arriving early and getting yourself seated to try and get one of the benches along the front to give smaller children a better view. The show started promptly and was given by a friendly and very informative guide. We were given lots of information regarding the barn owl we got to see and the Black Kites, we were also given opportunities to ask questions, kids and adults took the opportunity to do so and were given great responses by the guide which was great as they were on the spot questions so she really knew her stuff 😊 The centre is doing great things in rehabilitation for these birds of prey and they are living long and healthy lives at the centre. They are non for profit so all the money they make from our tickets etc goes straight back in to the rehabilitation of the birds. Whilst the display only had to displays there are lots of birds to walk around and see on the trail you even get to have a picture with the sooty owl which the kids love (and me) 😊 so the ticket fees are super reasonable and good value for a short activity. There’s toilets onsite which were clean and a gift shop at the end which we always try and purchase from to help put money into the rehabilitation of the birds too.

Brigitte Atterton 21 November 2024

A highly recommended visit. Beautiful not for profit centre dedicated to the rehabilitation of these magnificent birds of prey. Delightful staff whose dedication and passion showed through in their warm welcome and informative service. See a great demonstration and wander through the park to see some magnificent birds of prey. Get up close and personal with the gorgeous Boobook owl, great photo opportunity. Well worth the visit.

Mathew Garbelini 11 January 2025

Thoroughly enjoyed our visit to the Capes Raptor Centre, the staff were great, very knowledgeable and friendly. The walk through the natural bush settings to view the birds was relaxing and the kids loved discovering the different type of birds and learning about their natural habitat. The show was fantastic, watching how the birds dive for their food, the trainer was very informative, it’s great to see how much care they put into trying to rehabilitate the birds that have been injured or poisoned. Highly recommend taking the family for a visit. This is a non funded centre so all proceeds from ticket sales goes towards keeping this fantastic place open, so happy to support such a great cause.

Fiona Goodlet 04 January 2025

A great show - loved seeing Albie the owl and also the kites flying. Very informative. Enjoyed the forest walk as well - the barking owls a highlight. Well worth a visit