Puffing Billy Steam Train & Phillip Island Penguin Parade: Full-Day Scenic Tour from Melbourne CBD

Embark on a full-day scenic tour from Melbourne CBD to experience the Puffing Billy Steam Train and witness the magical Penguin Parade at Phillip Island. Book now!

Duration: 11 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Puffing Billy Railway Lakeside Visitor Centre - Puffing Billy and Lunch
    Ride Puffing Billy Emerald Lake Park to Belgrave. Enjoy this iconic steam train ride through the glorious Dandenong Ranges. One of the most popular tourist destinations in Victoria. You will have the opportunity to purchase your own lunch at the picturesque Emerald Lake. Time…
What's Included
  • Entry to ride Puffing Billy (Belgrave to Emerald Lake)
  • Entry to Phillip Island Penguin Parade
  • Entry to Emerald Lake
  • Entry to The Nobbies
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Guide
What's Not Included
  • Bottled water
Additional Information

Embark on this full-day tour with a comfortable air-conditioned ride from a readily accessible location in Melbourne CBD. Begin your journey with a stop at the scenic Emerald Lake, nestled in the stunning Dandenong Ranges, where you can take a tranquil walk around and buy your lunch. Next, get ready to board the renowned Puffing Billy Steam Train that…

Location
Puffing Billy Railway Lakeside Visitor Centre
Emerald Lake Road
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Annms4945fq
Jun 12, 2025
Amazing trip - Fabulous day out, highly recommended. Mars was a great tour guide, very friendly and knowledgeable. Loved sitting on the window of the Puffin Billy train. The scenery on Phillips Island is stunning and watching the penguin parade is a bucket list activity.
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Claudia
May 30, 2025
Excelente recorrido hacia Phillip Island and the train - The guide helped us explaining the best places to see the penguins and was super friendly to us. the bus was clean and comfortable, and communicated before the trip to corroborate the information
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A2597jtjessiel
May 28, 2025
Exceptional excursion! - Two very unique experiences! The penguins were amazing and a highlight of the trip—definitely opt for penguins plus! The puffing Billy was also fantastic with a great story of how the community saved the train. Alan was a wonderful guide—very friendly, full of good information, organized, helpful and had some dad jokes as well. Exceptional excursion!
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Tomladhams
May 18, 2025
Great experience - Was a great experience, our guide mars was very knowledgeable very entertaining and really made the tour. The train was great and seeing the penguins coming off the beach was adorable. Highly recommend
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Teach01
May 6, 2025
A great day out😎 - This was such a fun day out. The train ride was great , especially being able to sit on the window ledge with legs hanging out. The Phillip Island part of the tour was also beautiful. A great sunset and beautiful scenery and to top it off saw lots of fairy penguins coming out of the ocean and onto the beach. William was a new tour guide but was knowledgeable, organised and friendly.
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Huilin77
May 3, 2025
Amazing day - Matt did a great job, making the experience fun. The group size is just nice, not too many people. The pace of the tour is perfect, no rushing. Ample time for us to enjoy every bit. Definitely recommend everyone to join this tour when they’re in Melbourne.
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Sean_s
Apr 22, 2025
Amazing the tour guide... - Amazing the tour guide was awesome she really knew her stuff about Melbourne the train and the penguins will be back again.
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Andrea_p
May 18, 2025
Love the penguins but puffing Billy was filthy and terrible for environment. - Loved penguins but train boring and very sooty Bad for environment. Long day. Just do penguin tour and don’t waste time on train.
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Daytrip62582055544
May 14, 2025
Fun puffy train ride and lovely to see the penguins - We had a big bus of about 40 passengers. The train ride was rather fun as we got to sit on the window sill area. There’s no time for lunch before we proceeded to Penguin Island. I find that there’s a lack of information given by the guide. He didn’t tell us the timing we were expected to reach each destination and no introduction of the places we passed by on our way. It’s a far cry from the tour we joined to the great ocean road with another tour company. Dinner were at 4 plus before we proceeded to Penguin Island, and this info wasn’t dispensed to us before hand. Seeing the penguins crossing to their burrows was a highlight of the trip but it took patience. A lot of the people left to go to the boardwalk before they saw the penguins crossing. I’ll encourage those who go for the tour to wait till they see the penguins crossing the beach to their burrows before heading doe the boardwalk. Advice is to bring some finger food along so that you won’t be too hungry for missing lunch. However one isn’t allowed to eat in the bus. Just eat when you are off the bus
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Micki_b
Apr 21, 2025
Love puffing Billy - Puffing Billy was a blast. We loved it. Definitely site on the ledge. Penguin parade was disappointing. I wouldn’t recommend it. You don’t really see a penguin and our guide didn’t talk to us about the lives of the penguins or tell us much about them.
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From $149
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).