Join your ranger guide for an informative journey through the penguin colony, enjoying their commentary via your personal headset. Take your seat in the wonderfully located beachfront viewing stand offering superb viewing of the penguins emerging from the water and crossing the beach. Minimum age 12 years.
Your visit helps us protect nature for wildlife!
Note
- Please note that bookings must be made more than 48 hours in advance, no bookings can be accepted with 48 hours
- Please note bookings are not confirmed until you receive confirmation from Phillip Island Nature Parks directly.
There will be interrupted daytime access to the Penguin Parade car park, boardwalks and Summerland Beach from Monday 26 August to Friday 13 September between 6.30 am to 3.30pm due to planned works on the boardwalk redevelopment. Please follow the directions of staff who will be on site.
A helicopter will be operating in the area during this period to lift materials into place with all works overseen by qualified wildlife officers and guided by sensitive methodology to ensure the surrounding wildlife and habitat is protected.
The Penguin Parade Visitor Centre will open as usual from 5.15 pm daily with no impact to the nightly Penguin Parade. The Nobbies Centre will remain open from 10.00 am to 4.30 pm daily.
Highlights
- Premium viewing of Little Penguins
- 90 minute Eco-accredited Tour
- Enjoy beach front viewing
- Informative commentary
- 10 people per tour
- Every visit helps protect nature for wildlife!
Time
- Penguins arrive at sunset every night of the year. Click here for the penguin arrival time calendar to help plan your visit
- The Visitor Centre will open at 5.15pm
- We recommend arriving one hour before the penguins
Additional Information
- Photography is strictly prohibited
- Minimum age of 12 years for all participants
- Ability to ascend/descend stairs required - alternative viewing location offered if unable to negotiate stairs
- Binoculars and headset supplied
- Bookings are essential as numbers are limited to a maximum of 10 people
- Tour duration approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, but may be extended subject to penguin arrival times
- Please allow extra travel time if visiting from mid-December to late January, during Long Weekends, School Holidays or other peak periods as traffic can get very busy.
Booking Information
- A tour voucher will be received at time of booking, your booking is not confirmed until you have received e-tickets from the operator.
- If you do not receive tickets directly from the operator, please contact them directly.
- Availability was accurate at the time of booking however, is subject to change due to circumstances out of our control
- Offers and inclusions are subject to change without notice.
- For your information, complete Tour Operator Information including contact details is included on your tour voucher
Claire Jinnette
Phillip Island Nature Parks
Witness the natural spectacle of the world’s smallest penguins arriving home at sunset each evening on Phillip Island. Watch as they emerge from the waves and waddle across the sand to the safety of their burrows. .
“Spend some time on the boardwalks after the penguins have arrived to get some up close views of the penguins near their burrows.”