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Highlights

• Visit the famous Brighton Beach boxes
• Guided tour at the award-winning Moonlit Sanctuary Conservation Park
• Meet a wide range of Australian animals including koalas, wombats, dingoes & many more
• View the spectacular "Conservation In Action" wildlife show at Moonlit Sanctuary
• Hand feed kangaroos, wallabies, pademelons, emus & more
• Visit Point Grant to view the Nobbies and Seal Rocks.
• Stroll the coastal boardwalks to enjoy amazing panoramic views
• The amazing Phillip Island Penguin Parade.
• Standard Penguin viewing at the Penguin Parade.
• Time to explore the award-winning visitor centre.
• FREE onboard Wi-Fi service.
• Complimentary city pickup and drop off from most accommodation providers.

Your Day

If you're a lover of amazing views and fabulous fauna, then this is definitely the tour for you!

Departing Melbourne at around midday, journey to the city's most colourful attraction - the iconic Brighton Beach bathing boxes - for an opportunity to visit the beach and take some time to admire these historic landmarks.

Continue the Phillip Island tour journey through Melbourne's bayside suburbs on the way to the award-winning Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park for a unique Australian wildlife experience. Here, enjoy a guided wildlife walk where you have the opportunity to meet and hand-feed many species of native Australian animals. Learn about iconic species such as kangaroos, koalas, emus & wallabies, as well as some of the lesser known favourites including quolls, owls, bandicoots & Tasmanian devils.

Included in the visit here is the spectacular "Conservation in Action" wildlife show, which showcases a number of lesser-known Australian species in a series of interactive and engaging ranger presentations.

Continuing on to Phillip Island itself, a visit to Point Grant and The Nobbies gives you an opportunity to enjoy views over Westernport Bay and Bass Strait, including Seal Rocks, home to Australia's largest population of fur seals.

And then reach what will undoubtedly be the highlight of your Phillip Island tour - the main event - where just after dark the world's smallest penguins parade ashore after spending the day fishing out at sea. You'll be truly enchanted as the stars of the show emerge from the surf and pass right before your eyes on their journey back to their homes. Your tour guide will assist in ensuring you are able to get the best possible vantage point to enjoy the famous Penguin Parade.

Just on sunset, as some visitors begin to doubt that the birds will arrive, dark patches appear in shallow waters. The penguins' familiar "huk huk" call is heard and they magically appear on the water's edge. The penguins stand in the shallows, sometimes retreat in to the sea if they sense danger, regain confidence and again come to the beach. They usually regroup, sometimes numbering over 100 birds, and make their way up the beach to the dunes.

The Phillip Island Penguin Parade takes place every night of the year as the little fairy penguins surf in on a wave, waddle up the beach and make their way to their burrows in the dunes as their ancestors have done for thousands of years.

The number of birds arriving on the beach varies significantly throughout the year due to seasonal factors. The penguin's year is divided into four different "seasons"

• Moulting (February / March / April)
• Nest Building (May / June /July)
• Egg laying (August / September / October)
• Chick Feeding (November / December / January)