Phillip Island Afternoon Day Trip: Encounter Native Australian Animals and Watch Penguin Parade
4.8
329 Ratings
Southbank
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: 1 day learn more
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
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Moonlit Sanctuary
  • 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 Australia. Next, you’ll head over to the grand spectacle! Relish the enchantment of a trip to the globally-renowned Phillip Island Penguin Parade where you’ll witness the awe-inspiring spectacle of endearing little penguins emerging from the sea to one of the most populous penguin colonies in Australia. After a lengthy swim, they’ll appear as though they are donning tuxedos - observe the captivating sight of these flightless birds as they shuffle past you on their way home. The tour can be customized according to the season, allowing you to explore Phillip Island at your leisure.

This special tour is designed to be intimate, accommodating only up to 11 participants.

  • Children 3 and under not catered for. Booster seat available for children 4 to 7 available.
  • Tour not normally suitable for cruise ship passengers. Tour starts between 1 and 2 pm depending on time of year from city centre and finishes between 8:30 PM and 11:45 PM. It is your responsibility to check you can make it on time to avoid missing out on tour and cancellation fees.
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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(329 Ratings)
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J9391trpatrickm
Jun 2, 2024
A Highlight of our Trip - We recently booked the Phillip Island tour as part of our recent holiday in Australia, and would definitely recommend the outing. Our tour guide Travis was the perfect host, and his passion for animals and pride in Australia contributed to an overall excellent experience. With respect to the Phillip Island penguin parade, I recommend splurging and going for the underground viewing experience. Definitely worth the money.
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Zijunjason_y
May 13, 2024
Unique experience for visitors to Melbourne - We had a fabulous day trip with Travis. They do city hotel pick ups at around 1pm. First stop is the moonlight sanctuary where you can get up close and personal with a. Koala (extra fee) and feed wallabies, kangaroos and pottaroos. Park is small but let's you get up close with Australian fauna including spotted quolls, kookaburras etc. Tour makes a short stop at the nobbies before the penguin parade. Make sure you book the pro tickets as you get to see thousands of penguins come onshore from sunset. A memorable experience as you get to see the penguins up close from the board walk. Well worth the visit. Special shoutout to Travis for being a great tour guide throughout the day with useful tips and boundless enthusiasm. He has also an in-depth knowledge of the animals and tour.
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Northstar13284966740
May 4, 2024
Amazing! - The tour was so fun. We had an amazing tour guide Travis. He was so knowledgeable and he made sure that we had the best experience. He gave amazing advice what to do in Melbourne the next day. In the Moonlit Sanctuary we saw so many animals. The koalas were stunning and I hade the chance to see a womat for the first time in my life. The coast line we went to see was breathtaking. Will deffenity go back. The penguin parade was a once in a life time experinence. Everyone has to see this sight at least once in their life. I recommend to do this tour, you get to see a lot and the experince is so much better because it's a small group.
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Lejusbarbara
Apr 23, 2024
Poetry, freedom, respect, serenity - I had one of the best days of my life thanks to Travis. Everything was perfect from start to finish. We are amazed. THANKS! Barbara
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Adventure36225437552
Apr 22, 2024
Highly recommended - The tour takes you to the amazing and quiet Moonlit Sanctuary, where you can feed wallabies and see koalas, kangaroos, Tasmanian devils, dingos, emus, local birds, etc. Then you get to see spectacular views of the coast and finally the penguin parade, which is incredible but true. The guide Travis is super knowledgeable, kind, and knows a lot about nature and animals. Highly recommended tour and guide.
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Marjorie_m
Apr 10, 2024
My experience - Seeing the penguins, and learning so much from Travis. We learnt lots of new facts and saw lots of wildlife.
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Bipin_m
Apr 9, 2024
Seeing peguins coming out... - Seeing peguins coming out night and noise they make and finding their family and also driving through and seeing kangaroos
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Jeffrey_o
Apr 6, 2024
Loved the penguins! - Great tour. We all very much enjoyed the visit to Phillip Island as well as stopping at the conservation center to see the wallabies and koalas. Everything was well organized and smooth. Our guide was excellent!
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Clare_p
Apr 4, 2024
Excellent trip and worth to go - i love my tour guide, his name is Allan, he is so funny and gives so much information about the places where we go. I definitely recommend my friends if they go on the day tour in Melbourne or anywhere else in Aussie.
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Soundararajan_g
May 20, 2024
Penguins - Over all good experience and excitement with penguin. Driver was nicely explained every location and history also. Time allowed every area is fine
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