Excursion Penguin parade & phillip island winery dinner (inclusive event, no booking necessary) tour at Melbourne

Board your coach at the pier to transfer to a local Winery. The grounds are stunning yet simple with expansive grassed areas, a boutique cellar door and rural views. Enjoy some of the winery's lovely wine together with a BBQ buffet with local meat and produce.

After dinner, continue to the island's most southwestern point in anticipation of this wondrous experience. Sometimes called blue, fairy or little, these penguins are the world's smallest measuring just 13-inches high and weighing only two to three pounds. Like all penguins they cannot fly, but their paddle-like flippers are excellent for "flying" at speeds of over three miles per hour through the water. Each day the little penguins leave their burrows about an hour before sunrise and swim up to 62 miles before returning at dusk.

Affectionately known as the Penguin Parade, the spectacle of watching these cute creatures waddle across the sand has been entrancing visitors since 1920. As soon as you arrive at Summerland Beach, you'll disembark for a tour of the Visitor Center where you'll learn about the island's wildlife through a series of interactive and educational displays. Next, guides will escort you down the Penguin Parade boardwalks through the penguin colony. Look for the penguin burrows where some might be resting or where other penguins return to at sunset. Then, as the sun slowly sets, a hush falls over the crowds as hundreds of little penguins waddle up the beach to the safety of their homes in the sand dunes.

At the end of your adventure you'll return to the pier with memories of this beautiful island and the local wildlife residents.

Points of interests

Points of interest seen on this excursion include: BBQ Dinner at a Winery, Penguin Parade

Note

Please note: no photos or video taking allowed at the penguin parade