Phillip Island Afternoon Day Trip: Encounter Native Australian Animals and Watch Penguin Parade

Embark on a personalized afternoon day trip to Phillip Island and encounter native Australian animals. Watch the famous Penguin Parade and explore the stunning Nobbies. Limited to 11 passengers.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park - See Australia’s unique wildlife
  • The Nobbies - watch
  • Phillip Island Nature Parks - Penguin Parade - The new visitor centre provides more information about the Little Penguins, souvenir shop and cafe. Here you will see the penguin parade. Times vary depending on season between 90 minutes and two hours.
What's Included
  • Nobbies and Seal Rock
  • Moonlit Sanctuary
  • Selected City Centre Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Live commentary on board
  • Transport by air-conditioned minivan
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Experience an unforgettable excursion to Moonlit Sanctuary Conservation Park, getting up close and personal with a variety of indigenous Australian wildlife including koalas, kangaroos, wallabies, dingoes, along with a spectrum of bright birds and reptiles. Take a journey to the Nobbies, the residence of the most expansive colony of fur seals in…

Location
Mercure Melbourne Southbank
Riverside Quay
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Goplaces58786591428
Jan 14, 2025
Excellent trip for animal lovers! - It was an amazing trip and definitely worth to go!! It including feeding kangaroos, koala talking, wallabies and also seeing penguins. Even general viewing, you can find the good way to see the penguins. Also the guide tour was nice and has the patience.
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V3844fdfranka
Jan 13, 2025
Great tour from Melbourne - This was a great tour with a friendly knowledgeable guide, comfortable minibus, a stop at a nature sanctuary half way to Philip Island, a guided drive around the island, stop for dinner (on your own) and then the penguin viewing which was quite the experience on its own.
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Dianelepage
Jan 8, 2025
Fantastic Tour! - We had an amazing day with Travis on this tour. It was a day to remember forever! Travis himself was very friendly, knowledgeable, and did his best to provide us with a wonderful day. He pointed out landmarks and told us interesting information while driving. He clearly loves animals and was great at showing us around Moonlit Sanctuary, and at the Penguin Parade, both beforehand where we were able to see the penguin nests, and providing us invaluable information to get the best views of the penguins as they left the ocean to return to their nests. Thank you so much Travis for an incredible day!
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Marshanj
Jan 8, 2025
Penguin parade tour - Had a great time. Visited a sanctuary where we saw koalas & wallabies. Visited gorgeous coastal area & after dinner went on to penguin parade. Josh, our guide and driver was on time, polite and very knowledgeable. Highly recommend.
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182barbp
Jan 7, 2025
Can’t see this anywhere else! - Our tour was awesome! Our guide, Josh, was very entertaining and knowledgeable about the areas we visited. Of course, the penguin parade was the highlight! Josh told us exactly where to stand for the best view. The penguins waddled directly beneath our area on the boardwalk! FYI it was VERY windy so dress warm for the parade. Enjoy!
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Alexs4808
Jan 6, 2025
A great experience - Well organized tour. We enjoyed the animal sanctuary and the penguins. Dinner stop in a cute little town with plenty of restaurants. Expect a long day. We got back to our hotel after midnight.
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Stacey_m
Jan 6, 2025
Fantastic experience!!! - This was our first time in Melbourne and knew we had to take some day trips and this was something we cannot recommend more! Kevin was a great tour guide, very informative and funny. He got us to all the good places and we got to stop in a cute town for dinner. Seeing the penguins was such an amazing experience!
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Peterw1183
Jan 4, 2025
The cutest PENGUINS and the most fun guide - What a lovely way to spend an afternoon and evening. Our guide Fred made our what would have been long ride super fun, entertaining, and informative. He not only had interesting stories but was very engaging as well. He knew the small ways to maximize our experience. Also, Moonlit Sanctuary and the Penguin experience were everything we hoped for. Close views of many animals and experiences we never would have gotten otherwise. The upgrade for Penguin Plus was well worth it.
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Cathy
Jan 5, 2025
Little penguins - This was a good tour although long. Might of enjoyed just going to Phillips Island and spending more time there. Also, Viator did not give us the option of preferred viewing which would have been much nicer. The penguins themselves were great fun to see and hear.
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Diane_g
Jan 15, 2025
Disappointed - It was unnecessarily long for a 20 min. Penguin parade. We left hotel at 1:30 but the info sent to me stated 2pm pick up. Our guide was OK. The Moonlit Sanctuary was disappointing because it is poorly maintained .W felt sad for the workers and animals.There were a few koalas and snakes. I was able to feed a kangaroo but There was a lot of pushing and shoving. We were brought to the beach town of Cowe. The town was very disappointing and choices of restaurants were mediocre. We got to the penguin center around 7:30 to start the experience. But it didn't actually start until 9:15. We had the discovery tickets.The seats for the siting was good. We saw 3 rafts of penguins maybe saw 200 penquins in total The brochure picture makes it look like you would see thousands! We got back in the van around 10 Arriving at hotel at midnight. Our guide played loud rock music all the way back but we would have appreciated at bit of quiet. Overall,much too long a tour for a 20 min. Penguin experience
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