Phillip Island: Penguin Parade & Wine Tasting

Embark on a journey to Phillip Island and experience the best it has to offer. Enjoy a winery dinner and tasting, explore the beaches and wildlife retreats, and witness the world-famous Penguin Parade.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Cowes - Cowes is Phillip Island’s main commercial hub and is a bustling location of restaurants, cafes, breweries, and boutique shops. This is where our tour starts!
    Here you will have time to explore in your own time. Our guide will point out the notable spots, and then allow you some freedom to wander.
    Visit the ever popular brewery, take a seat…
What's Included
  • Nobbies Golden Hour & Scenic Wildlife Boardwalk
  • Gourmet Grazing Feast at our Winery or Bay-Side Location
  • Convenient Pickup & Return from your accommodation or location on Phillip Island
  • Authentic Small Group travel with an engaging Local Guide
  • Entry to Phillip Island Penguin Parade - General Viewing
  • Cellar Door Wine Tasting & Grazing Platter
  • Premium Seating Ticket - Window Seat Guarantee, WiFi
What's Not Included
  • Additional Food or Drinks other than what is stated
Additional Information

Starting with a Pickup (and return) on Phillip Island, from your chosen accommodation location.
Experience the best of Phillip Island, with a local guide by your side, including of course a visit to the Phillip Island Penguin Parade to watch the famed little Penguins come up onto the beach.
Journey with us onto picturesque Phillip Island, as you enjoy…

Location
Hotel Phillip Island
The Esplanade
For those meeting us at Cowes, we will meet you on the Esplanade, outside Hotel Phillip Island. We ask that you arrive on time, so that we know we have located you - you will then have 10-15 minutes to relax before we depart.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Lkmackin
Nov 5, 2024
Magical and even better than advertised! - The tour was everything as advertised - but better! This truly is a local, family owned business and our driver, Ray, went above and beyond to make every part of our time together just a little bit more special. We knew we would be stopping for pizza and wine tasting but we did not expect Gourmet Pizza smack in the middle of an exciting race day festival! The wine samples were very generous and the Winery was just delightful. On the way to the Penguin Parade Ray took us to a lovely scenic beach and shared so much about beautiful Phillip Island. At some point Ray even treated the whole bus to champagne - which may explain why we found our fellow travelers to be so much fun! Before letting us out to see the penguin Ray gave us absolutely Priceless advice about the best way to deal with the crowd and see the penguins up close. And then, in a magical finish to the day, he played Over the Rainbow by Iz for our gorgeous drive back to the port. Thank you Ray!
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Thomas_s
Oct 22, 2024
Best way to see the Penguins! - Ray was terrific! We had great food, wine and stories! Best experience of our trip! Thank you, Ray. When we come back, we’ll do it again. We’ll also recommend it to everyone who comes to Philip Island!
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Tanyas836
Oct 20, 2024
Excellent tour! - Ray is an amazing driver and tour guide. He shared all kinds and f knowledge about the industry slang, penguins and even the stars! He showed us the southern cross! Thank you, Ray, for an unforgettable experience! Oh, and the BEST pizza crust ever!
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Ocdiva
Sep 29, 2024
Excellent Tour of Philip Island and Penguins - Very informative and enjoyable tour, Wine and Penguins. Fun tour guide Rod, excellent driver Dave and a lovely new bus. Philip Island Winery, nice tasting, really good food and gorgeous views of the island and ocean. Rod was really good at sharing information regarding the wildlife and history of Philip Island. He even pointed out a nest of baby chick Penguins near the road, had driver stop for photos from the bus. Nobbies Point nice walk, lots of birds and a terrific spot for photos. Taste of bubbly to finish this part! Off to the Little Penguins. A tour of information center, film and reminders of "no photos allowed" during Little Penguin return from the sea!! An excellent program overall. Well planned and executed by Local Way Tours!
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Y7658kvcherylm
Sep 21, 2024
Great day to Phillips Island. - This was a wonderful, professional tour. Great stops and venues. Our guide, Thern, was perfect. This was a perfect blend of food, wine and nature.
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R0sswilliam0
Aug 10, 2024
Fun, Magical and Delicious - It was a wonderful trip! Thern was awesome and nice and led us to some the most beautiful places I've ever seen! Food wand wine were great as well!
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Eireanno220
Jul 26, 2024
Would definetely recommend! - My time on the trip was phenomenal and my tour guide Rod was such an amazing character, I had the best time! The day I had had been probably the best day I’ve had so far while on my visit to this beautiful country.
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982lachlanv
Apr 21, 2024
Amazing Experience - The whole family had an unforgettable experience. Caitlin our guide made our trip so fun from start to finish. We would highly recommend Caitlin and Local Way Tours to anyone.
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Jamesgj2543lr
Mar 25, 2024
Phillip Island Penquin and Winery with the Superb Sue tour guide extraordinaire! - We met Sue our friendly tour guide at the easy to find pickup location, from that moment on we had such the best time with her truly local insightful knowledge. Above and beyond service all day long as we visited the locations of our tour with some lovely unexpected extra touches. We highly recommend Local Way Tours for a friendly relaxed way to see some of the buetiful highlights of the area. We won't ever forget this trip!
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Sara_s
Mar 11, 2024
Highly recommend, great experience - The guides were amazing, super funny and courteous, the winery was the best we’ve been to with the most amazing pizza! the sightseeing was fantastic. everything was organized, they had our tickets ready for the penguin parade and gave us great advice. So much cheaper and more value than booking with the cruise line.
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From $107
up to 15 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).