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: 24 hours
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…

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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_lisanilsson2003
Mar 15, 2025
A great experience! - Very well organised tour to Philip Island which also included the Moonlit Sanctuary on route. Amazing day experiencing wildlife close up and beautiful nature. The day was made particularly enjoyable thanks to our driver/guide Craig, who was really fantastic!
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Broonage91
Mar 14, 2025
Worth every cent and the guides are amazing - The tour was well put together and the guide yan was very knowledgeable and made the trip worth every penny. My favourite was the dolphin cruise and swimming in the boom net at the back
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Mihaly_m
Mar 14, 2025
Excellent experience!... - Excellent experience! Very well organised tour. (For the penguin parade I would recommend to bring binoculars to see them better when they swim to shore.)
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Melaniebj580nq
Mar 12, 2025
Super, absolutely book - We had a great day and were not disappointed here.The guide(Garry?) tried very hard and was also very pleasant in his way. We saw great animals and the Penguin Parade with Ranger was the absolute highlight.Happy again
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A6348jgtristans
Mar 12, 2025
Amazing guide - Amazing guide who managed to create an amazing atmosphere between everyone 🙌 shout out to the tall guide with curly hair
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Tee_s
Mar 11, 2025
Over great experience - Great experience! Our tour guide had a friendly aussie banter personality which matched the overall vibe of our group. Penguin parade were definitely the highlight of the tour however very disappointing when people around us kept standing up and on the phones despite being told by staff to sit down and phones away.
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Sharon_l
Mar 9, 2025
I love a parade! - Great stops throughout the tour. Loved Woolamia Beach and the Nobbies. Guide did a great job explaining where to best see the penguin parade!
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James_m
Mar 13, 2025
Long day - Was a very long day and excellent viewing of wildlife and coastland around Melbourne. Penguins were malting season when we went so we're not plentiful.
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Pradeepgooner
Mar 13, 2025
Experience at the penguin parade - Trip was properly organized. Driver greeted us while pickup and was so polite throughout the trip. He came commentary about each place we crossed. Regarding the location, the penguin parade wasn't great. Got to see only 8-10 coming out of sea to the colony. Rest went from different way. However the return path from sea to the parking area has many penguins walking throughout the path. Overall it was a pleasant experience.
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Daniel_w
Mar 10, 2025
Don’t bother! Exhausting in all of the wrong ways! - Lots of time on a coach and our driver literally talked at us every second of the day very loudly down the speakers. It was not relaxing at all and was actually quite stressful! He wouldn’t turn the speakers down and honestly his stream of consciousness was exhausting. One of the stops we didn’t make and given how long we were on the tour, the stops we did make were rushed. The moonlight sanctuary really wasn’t great- not much there and by the time we got there all of the talks and interactions were over. We didn’t get to see the seals at all, the driver just didn’t make that stop. Dinner was rushed- we got 45 minutes and the beach stop was 5 minutes. The penguin parade was fine but in general admission- we literally saw about 6 people goons come out of the sea- they were all up the other end of the beach where the VIP stand was and it was a huge anti climax. Honestly just not a good day. Would not recommend! More time at the beach, more time for food and less time at a sub rate ‘sanctuary’ and please tell your driver to stop bloody talking!!!
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