Before you go
Tickets, hours & how long to stay
Gate rates in the Philippines move, and this park has changed its pricing more than once. Everything below is written to help you plan — confirm the number at the booth.
Opening hours
Open every day
Monday – Sunday
08:00–17:00
Google lists 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM daily. Older directory entries show 7:00 PM, and evening fire-dance nights can run later — ring the park before planning an after-dark visit.
Call (082) 286 8883Included in a gate ticket
- The crocodile park circuit — breeding pens, grow-out ponds and the viewing decks
- The zoo section: tigers, raptors, parrots, reptiles and hoofstock
- The butterfly house
- Tribu K’Mindanawan cultural village (bundling has varied — check the tariff board)
Charged separately
- Animal feeding experiences and hold-a-reptile photo sessions
- Evening cultural performances sold as a separate ticketed show
- Adventure activities elsewhere in the Riverfront complex
- Food and drink at the restaurant and snack bars
Admission
What a ticket costs
The park sets its own gate rates and has revised them repeatedly. Published figures over recent years disagree with each other, which is why no single price is quoted here as current.
| Ticket type | What to expect |
|---|---|
| Adult | Published rates over the past several years have ranged from roughly ₱200 to ₱450, depending on the year and on how much the ticket bundles in. Read the tariff board. |
| Child | Reduced, typically for children up to around 12 years old, with the youngest sometimes free. Bring ID if your child is near the cut-off. |
| Senior citizen / PWD | Philippine law grants a 20% discount to senior citizens and persons with disabilities on admission. Present a valid senior or PWD ID at the booth. |
| Students & groups | Group and school rates exist and are arranged in advance by phone. Bring a school ID for any student rate on offer. |
| Add-ons | Animal feeding, photo-with-a-python style encounters and the adventure activities in the wider Riverfront complex are charged separately from the gate ticket. |
Two things worth knowing
- Several listings note a higher rate after 3:00 PM. If you are arriving late in the afternoon, ask at the booth before you queue.
- Payment at Philippine attraction gates is often cash-first. Bring pesos rather than assuming a card terminal.
Best time to visit
Two good windows, one bad one
Davao is hot and humid year-round. Both the animals and the photographs are better at the ends of the day.
08:00 – 10:00
bestStraight after opening
Coolest air of the day, thinnest crowd and the animals at their most alert. If you only have one shot at this park, take this one.
10:00 – 12:00
goodLate morning
Usually catches the first wildlife or feeding presentation. Heat is climbing but the shade along the river side of the circuit still holds.
12:00 – 15:00
avoidMiddle of the day
Hot, humid, and the flattest light you will get. Crocodiles are motionless, the tigers are asleep, and there is very little to photograph.
15:00 – 17:00
bestLate afternoon
Warm low light, the afternoon presentation, and a good hand-off into dinner. Note that some listings apply a higher gate rate after 15:00 — check before you queue.
Days of the week
Weekday mornings outside school-trip season are the quietest the park gets. Sunday afternoons and Philippine public holidays are the busiest, and that is also when the car park fills. If you are here for photographs rather than atmosphere, avoid Sunday.
Time of year
Davao sits outside the main typhoon belt, so the park works all year. Rain tends to arrive as short heavy bursts rather than all-day drizzle; a shower usually costs you twenty minutes under a shelter, not the visit.
How long to allow
Budget your afternoon
Crocodiles only
1 hour
Straight down the main circuit and out.
The standard visit
1.5 – 2 hours
Crocodiles, zoo side, butterfly house, one presentation.
With a show and lunch
3 – 4 hours
Add the cultural village and a crocodile sisig at the riverside restaurant.
Whole Riverfront day
5 hours +
Park, show, meal, plus the adventure activities in the surrounding complex.
Visitors report anything from one hour to three and a half. The circuit itself is short and flat; what stretches the visit is waiting for a presentation and eating on site.