Private Phillip Island Tours

Discover some of Australia’s most iconic native wildlife on a personalised full-day relaxing Private Phillip Island tour from Melbourne. Your comfortable minibus or coach will pick you and your party up from a convenient central location in Melbourne. Phillip Island is only 140km from Melbourne. Make a short stop to see koalas and kangaroos in their natural habitat at Maru Koala and Animal Park. 

See the interesting Nobbies rock formations, home to Australia’s largest population of fur seals, and sea birds. Discover these seals frolicking amongst the rocky shore as we wait for sunset. We then make our way to Summerlands Beach, home to the thousands of colonies of Fairy Penguins who have spent the day out at sea fishing to feed their young at night. 

The setting sun’s rays signal to the fairy penguins to start to make their waddling journey up the beach. This hour-long ritual up the beach will take them back to their safe burrows for the night and to feed their young. This delightful scene is the famous Penguin Parade. Victoria’s Park rangers erected special viewing platforms and boardwalks so we do not disturb these quaint creatures. There are several options to view the parade:

Penguin Parade General Admission – Tiered seating in the General Viewing stands overlooking Summerlands Beach.

Penguin Plus – Superb up-close viewing from the tiered seating to see the penguins better and closer.

Underground viewing – get an eye-level view of the little penguins in their natural habitat through an Underground viewing window. 

Guided Ranger Tour – Join your ranger guide for an informative journey through the penguin colony, enjoying their commentary via your personal headset. Commentary delivered in English only. Minimum age 12 years.

Penguin VIP – Be treated like a VIP on this exclusive guided tour with viewing from the Skybox before heading to the Underground viewing area for up-close views of the penguins. Commentary delivered in English only. Minimum age 12 years.