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Penguins & Wildlife: Melbourne Nature Experience
4.8
153 Ratings
Pearcedale
Embark on a full-day adventure from Melbourne to experience Australia’s iconic wildlife. Get up close and personal with penguins, explore nature spots, and visit a wildlife conservation park.
Embark on a full-day adventure from Melbourne to experience Australia’s iconic wildlife. Get up close and personal with penguins, explore nature spots, and visit a wildlife conservation park.
Duration:
12 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park - At Moonlit Sanctuary, visitors can encounter iconic Australian wildlife such as kangaroos, wallabies, reptiles, Tasmanian Devils, and of course, Koalas! There may even be a chance to get up close to a Koala or wallaby. *A small fee applies.
- Cape Woolamai - Feel the sand between your toes with a…
- Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park - At Moonlit Sanctuary, visitors can encounter iconic Australian wildlife such as kangaroos, wallabies, reptiles, Tasmanian Devils, and of course, Koalas! There may even be a chance to get up close to a Koala or wallaby. *A small fee applies.
- Cape Woolamai - Feel the sand between your toes with a walk across Woolamai Beach, and watch surfers perform impressive tricks on the stunning waves at this world-famous surf beach. (Time permitting)
- The Esplanade - Immerse yourself in the Island’s seaside holiday atmosphere in the township of Cowes, and enjoy a stroll along the Pier and The Esplanade. The town is lively with restaurants, cafes, boutiques, and a microbrewery.
- The Nobbies Centre - At The Nobbies, explore the boardwalks and enjoy sweeping coastal views of Bass Strait. Walk along the clifftop boardwalks with views out to the Nobbies and Seal Rocks. Visitors can take in a variety of breathtaking sights as they explore the boardwalks, and if fortunate, they might even witness the blowhole in action!
- Phillip Island Nature Parks - Penguin Parade - Witness the incredible sight of little penguins waddling home from the ocean to their burrows at Phillip Island. Home to the largest little penguin colony in the world, visitors can watch these remarkable seabirds every night of the year from the general viewing platform and boardwalks.
What's Included
- All fees and taxes included
- Admission into Moonlit Sanctuary
- General admission to Penguin Parade
- Return transport to/from Melbourne
- All fees and taxes included
- Admission into Moonlit Sanctuary
- General admission to Penguin Parade
- Return transport to/from Melbourne
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Snacks
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Snacks
Additional Information
Interested in experiencing Australia’s renowned wildlife firsthand? Don’t miss the Penguins & Wildlife Nature Experience!
Join our small group day tour that leaves from Melbourne. We’ll guide you to Australia’s hottest natural attractions, such as the Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park, The Nobbies boardwalk, and the internationally revered…
Interested in experiencing Australia’s renowned wildlife firsthand? Don’t miss the Penguins & Wildlife Nature Experience!
Join our small group day tour that leaves from Melbourne. We’ll guide you to Australia’s hottest natural attractions, such as the Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park, The Nobbies boardwalk, and the internationally revered Penguin Parade.
This tour presents an incomparable chance to intimately connect with the beauty of nature and wildlife!
Location
Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park
550 Tyabb-Tooradin Rd
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(153 Ratings)
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Jessica_d
Jan 31, 2026
We had the most... - We had the most incredible experience!! I couldn’t recommend it enough!! Our tour guide Peter was so great!!
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Debra_g
Jan 26, 2026
Highly recommend - Not to be missed! We got to see lots of animals at the wildlife preserve, and the penguin parade was incredible. Alan, our driver/guide, was excellent.
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Soraymap2025
Nov 24, 2025
Wildlife experiences - Our guide José was lovely and did everything to make the experience unforgettable for us; his enthusiasm was the best!
Our guide Scott was able to tell us a lot about the wildlife on French Island as well and knew exactly where to go for the perfect sightings.
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Bryan_y
Oct 3, 2025
Relaxing, value for money, totally worth it. - A relaxing, no-hard-selling tour experience. A very comfortable trip for us to wind down indeed. Our guide Stuart was always on time, gave lots of best practices tips on what to do/ look out for on site and during the road trip, good music in the bus, knew when to speak/ when to be quiet, passionate about preserving the nature and the animals. No rush from one place to another. We got to touch the koala and feed the kangaroos/ werribees/ ducks in Moonlit, witness the magnificent waves and wonderful little penguins in Philip island. Though meals are not included in the package, we got to buy nice food on premise and in the Cowe town.
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Grace_c
Sep 8, 2025
The smallest (and cutest) penguins in the world - We enjoyed the day- it was an easy pickup from the Mail Exchange hotel, then a seamless drive to the Moonlit Sanctuary (we got to feed so many wallabies and kangaroos), a few other less memorable stops, then Phillip Island for the smallest penguins in the world. We had a wonderful time seeing the animals, and I also appreciated that our guide/driver gave us an additional information about the city sights as we drove to the different drop-off locations.
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353silvanos
Aug 21, 2025
great day order to see koalas and penguins - a well organized tour everything worked very well and our guide José was always super attentive, helpful and kind.
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235swapnag
Dec 26, 2025
Plus seats are over priced for the number and placement of many of those seats. - The overall experience was good. Although for the Plus seats, the extra expense was too much given that many of the plus seats don’t even face the sea. E only realized towards the end that we were missing a big part of the experience of seeing the penguins gathering on the beach since we couldn’t see the sea at all.
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Kala_k
Aug 8, 2025
A tour to remember - A very good tour . Driver and guide was awesome . Enjoyed the tour and the penguins . It was a delight to see them walking together
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P5866agrickr
Feb 24, 2026
Incredible sights, but bus needs improvement - We saw some incredible sights among the nobbies, the penguins and the ocean pyramids. But, there was a lot of lost time waiting for the bus to pick up at different locations. The seating on the bus was too tight. No leg room, especially when you are spending several hours on the bus. The driver was very nice, but less joking and more facts would have improved the tour.
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Ericahm2026
Feb 3, 2026
Don’t go on a weekday!! - I took this tour on a weekday, which turned out not to be the best choice. One of the towns we stopped in had all their cute souvenir and boutique shops closed which left only restaurants open, so we ended up with about an hour there and very little to do.
We also visited Moonlit Sanctuary, which was a huge letdown. The sanctuary looked run down and not very well maintained, and the overall atmosphere was quite depressing. We spent around an hour and a half there, which felt far too long for what there was to see.
The rest of the tour included a few quick stops at beaches and coastal viewpoints, but nothing that really made up for the earlier parts of the day. I would have been better off renting a car and exploring on my own, especially just to see the penguins. NOT WORTH IT!
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