Full-Day Phillip Island Tour: Experience Kangaroo, Koala, and Penguin Parade

Experience the incredible Penguin Parade on Phillip Island with our full-day tour. Explore top attractions and witness the unforgettable phenomenon of penguins emerging from the water at sunset.

Duration: 10 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park - Moonlit Sanctuary is home to stacks of well-known Aussie animals including kangaroos, wombats, and Tasmanian devils, plus many lesser-known species such as the spot-tailed quoll, yellow-bellied glider and long-nosed potoroo.
What's Included
  • Entrance to the Moonlit Sanctuary
  • General admission to the Penguin Parade
  • Wildlife Viewing
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Melbourne CBD Pick up and Drop off
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Bottled water
Additional Information

Each evening at dusk, the remarkable Penguin Parade takes place on Phillip Island’s beaches. The resident group of small penguins rises from the ocean to venture back to their burrows in the sand banks - and this journey is your opportunity to experience this indelible event firsthand!

We’ll spend our daytime visiting premier sights like the Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park and the Nobbies, before getting comfortable on the beach, primed for the main event at the Penguin Parade. With all admission costs covered, this value-packed tour is the optimal means to explore Phillip Island’s spellbinding coastal landscapes and lovely wildlife.

  • Unfortunately we cannot take infants under the age of 3 years old
Location
Immigration Museum (Museums Victoria)
Flinders Street
Corner of Flinders Street and Market Street
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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S7796
Aug 21, 2024
The best tour and the best tour guide! - We went on the full day bus tour to Philip Island. While the penguins were fantastic, the highlight was our tour guide, Luke! He was fun, made us laugh, and brought everyone together as a team. Our son loved him and was a little upset when the tour ended as he wouldn't see him again :-D
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Tamara_k
Aug 18, 2024
Great trip!! - The penguin parade was definitely the highlight of the trip, but we also really enjoyed the sanctuary where we got to hand feed the kangaroos and pet a koala!
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Katsumi_r
Aug 15, 2024
Cute penguins parade! - Weather was nice and saw more penguins than last visited in October 2023. The tour driver was good knowledgeable and funny. My daughter and I enjoyed the bus ride.
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Rachellk3538lo
Aug 14, 2024
Amazing experience seeing the penguins - The Philip Island tour with Sightseeing Tours was great. We were able to see so many different Australian animals at the Moonlight Sanctuary including koalas, kangaroos and wombats. Watching the penguins come onto the land on Phillip Island was a truly unique and magical experience. We were able to see so many penguins up close. Our tour guide Burt was funny, knowledgeable and very passionate. The tour is also reasonably priced and great value. I would highly recommend this tour.
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Asiia_e
Aug 12, 2024
Great tour - A great tour, we managed to have enough time on each stop – the sanctuary, anzacs beach, the Philip islands biggest city - Cowes, and of course the Pinguin parade. Thanks to James it was not only educating but also much fun
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Ellenhi3380sq
Aug 12, 2024
Amazing Day. Easy and Fun. - Solo traveller and first time in Melbourne. I booked for the phillip island tour with a visit to Moonlit Sanctuary and couple of other stops. Driver/tour guide James made sure we arrive on our destinations safe and on time. We were ahead of other tourist buses which gives time for us to enjoy the location with not too many people. I love how James shared, not only his knowledge about different places and wildlife but also his personal experiences on particular places and animals. It felt like I am sitting in the bus with my "uncle" on the driver's seat. It felt homey. The itinerary is well planned, allowing enough time to be spent at each location. Pick up location is easy to go to and James even offered to take guests closest to their locations when he can. The booking was easy to do. The long drive was comfortable. The bus was not crowded. I highly recommend this tour company as they made it very easy and fun for my first time exploring melbourne. Im already looking at mt next possible tour to join for this coming weekend.
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Connormulcahy98
Aug 8, 2024
Highly recommended this trip! - An amazing trip great value for money and the coach driver was extremely helpful. Just a shame a certain group of people are to thick to understand no photos after sunset after being told 10 times by several different people.
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Laverne_c
Aug 7, 2024
Happy bus driver, happy bus - We had an amazing tour last week! Luke, our bus driver, was energetic and enthusiastic, and got the whole bus singing along to “The Land Down Under.” He really tried to get to know all of us. The Moonlit Sanctuary was charming, and we had perfect weather to view Woolamai beach. Lunch/dinner in Cowes had limited options- not many restaurants had open kitchens at that time in the afternoon and in the middle of winter, but, luckily, we had brought our own food, so we just found a sunny spot for drinks. The penguin parade was adorable- there were tons of tour buses there as well, but Luke did a good job of making sure we knew what to expect and how to find him afterwards. It’s a long day of driving but it flew by, thanks to the beautiful sights and Luke’s cheer.
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Shuthamathi_i
Aug 21, 2024
Cute Penguins! - The whole trip was a fruitful one It was amazing to have patted the Koala and Kangaroo. It was worth waiting till late evening for the cute penguins to arrive.
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Elsin_s
Aug 11, 2024
Visiting the little penguins at Melbourne - The arrival of the little penguins from the ocean was the most exciting moment! The only down point was that, we won't given enough time to wait for most of the Penguins to return due to the designated return time. And this can be a real disappointment if the penguins return late. Then, you will not be able to see them at all.
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