Phillip Island Wildlife Tour and Penguin Parade Afternoon Departure from Melbourne

Sightseeing  :  Australia  :  Victoria  :  Melbourne  :  Day Trips

Experience a truly unique wildlife experience with a small group as you depart Melbourne towards Phillip Island. See Phillip Island's little penguins and visit Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park for a hands-on wildlife experience.Departing Melbourne in the early afternoon, your first visit will be the Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park. Here you will see native animals in their natural habitat, have the opportunity to hand-feed kangaroos and wallabies, enjoy a close encounter with a koala (own expense) and learn about the conservation work of this important sanctuary. This eco-certified sanctuary showcases the famous and endangered faces of Australian wildlife including southern bettong, eastern quolls and rare fluffy gliders. Get close to these beautiful animals with the opportunity to hand feed them, watch and be captivated like never before!

At the Nobbies take a stroll along the clifftop boardwalk and enjoy breathtaking views of Phillip Island's wild south coast, and there are further lookout points among natural sea birds gardens which have spectacular flowering displays in Spring.

Next stop is Summerland Beach, home to Victoria’s largest colony of little penguins for the nightly Penguin Parade. Watch as hundreds of little penguins make their way across the beach and return to their sand dune burrows before returning back to Melbourne.