If you’re looking for a day tour from Melbourne that offers something different, this exclusive and unique tour is ideal. With a focus on wildlife, comfort and following the path less followed, this tour offers something for everyone. Discover seaside towns, spectacular ocean views, and dramatic cliffs. This tour offers an exclusive visit to a family-owned free-range nature park: home to over 60 native species including kangaroos, emus, wallabies, and wombats.

Travel in a special customized Mercedes designed for space and comfort
Blankets, cushions and wet weather protection provided to ensure a comfortable wildlife experience
This small-group tour will have a maximum of 11 people
Entrance fees are included so you won’t need to worry about extra costs

What's Included

Central pick up - St. Paul's Cathedral. Complimentary return to your accommodation(Melbourne city)
Expert local guide
Luxury custom built Mercedes vehicles - unmatched space and comfort
All entrance fees included
General Admission Viewing tickets - Penguin Parade. Upgrades only available on our website

Return to accommodation outside Melbourne City central.
Penguin viewing upgrade options ONLY available direct on our website

Meeting And Pickup

You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

Meeting point

St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne
Flinders St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
If arriving from outside the city. Otherwise, Door-to-Door service to all hotels and locations within the central Melbourne city area, Southbank and Docklands (Please let us know your specific accommodation details). Look out for our exclusive blue Mercedes vehicles on the day.

Pickup point

St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne
Flinders St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
NOTE: We drop off directly back to your hotel at the end of the tour

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Pickup details

NOTE: Please see our website for all viewing upgrade options. Price includes General Admission only. Drop off to all hotels and locations within the central Melbourne city area and Southbank (Please let us know your specific accommodation details if not listed). We meet at St. Paul's Cathedral on Flinders Street, opposite Federation Square Look out for our distinctive blue Mercedes vehicles on the day.

What To Expect

San Remo Jetty

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Phillip Island Wildlife Park

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Cowes

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Summerlands Lookout

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

The Nobbies Centre

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Phillip Island Nature Parks - Penguin Parade

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Infant seats available
Surfaces are wheelchair accessible

Most travellers can participate
Please let us know of any dietary or mobility requirements we need to accommodate for you
Option upgrades (Penguin viewing) have limited availability, and sometimes sell out very quickly. We will always do our best to secure the option you have chosen. In the event of this, we will advise you accordingly and seek alternative viewing options on your behalf with your consent.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 11 travellers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires a minimum number of travellers. If it’s cancelled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Gurkirat_S

Absolutely loved this tour and my guide Paul too. He was very helpful and incredibly informative and I really enjoyed seeing the wildlife that was there. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

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PENGUINS!!

laura_w, July 2023

Had an all around great time! The wildlife sanctuary was enjoyable. I half expected it to be kitschy, but it wasn’t at all. Seeing the penguins come out of the water was great! Even better, though, was seeing them from the walkway as they made their way to their dens. Our guide, Pail, was great. I’d highly recommend this tour and this company.

Penguin parade

Sarannga_V, Nov 2022

Penguin parade Our guide Paul was excellent he was understanding flexible knowledgeable Due to miscommunication from trip advisor we went to the cathedral 11.45 instead of 12.45 Otherwise I would have given 5 stars

A tour you must do!

Gurkirat_S, Nov 2022

Absolutely loved this tour and my guide Paul too. He was very helpful and incredibly informative and I really enjoyed seeing the wildlife that was there. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Wonderful day trip!

MariCarmen_N, July 2022

The day trip to Philip Island was wonderful. The guide Paul made the whole trip very enjoyable and gave many explanations about Melbourne and all the way to the island. Once on the Island we visited a park to be with animals such as kangaroos, wallabies, Koalas and finally to see the little penguins coming out of the sea and going to their burrows. I highly recommend this excursion. The experience is unforgettable. The day trip to Philip Island was wonderful. The guide Paul made the whole trip very enjoyable and gave many explanations about Melbourne and all the way to the island. Once on the Island we visited a park to be with animals such as kangaroos, wallabies, Koalas and finally to see the little penguins coming out of the sea and going to their burrows. I highly recommend this excursion. The experience is unforgettable.

Phillip Island adventure

Joshua_T, June 2022

I really enjoyed the trip, we had an amazing lunch followed by the trip to the Nature Park where we saw Australia's amazing animals. Seeing the little penguins was a good highlight. The tour guide is highly knowledgeable and makes the trip very enjoyable. I would definitely recommend.

Love the experience!

YewHong_T, May 2022

Huge thanks to our best guide, Paul, who has countless interesting information to share about Melbourne's city and Phillip Island! Phillip Island Wildlife Park - this is the best location to visit if one loves animal encounters. You get to be surrounded by the safer animals (kangaroos, wallabies) without a fence to block the experience. Love the Wild Food Farm and Cafe too!

Sit back and enjoy

ROBIN_L, Feb 2020

What a great day. Pick-up from the hotel was on time. Our driver, Paul, gave an excellent commentary along the way to Phillip island, explained the beach boxes and the wildlife. At the penguins our tour leader supplied us with blankets and soft seating to enjoy the last and fantastic part of the day. Thanks Paul

Fab tour

sandralynch70, Feb 2020

Fab tour, Paul was very knowledgable and gave the tour a personal touch! The trip to wildlife park was great. Would definitely recommend paying the bit extra for the guided ranger inside Phillip island.

Escape Adventures Rocks!

douglasgrahamnolan, Jan 2020

Four of - Husband and wife with two grown children took EscapeAdventures Penguins with Beach Boxes including the Ranger Tour on January 23, 2020. Paul was fantastic, the tour was top notch, and his van and his local knowledge was outstanding. I highly recommend this tour, to anyone interested in taking a day out to see the Penguin Parade and other Australian wildlife up close and personal.

Wonderful day out.

susanparsons27, Jan 2020

Lots seen. Hundreds of penguins. Excellent guide . Cushion pad and waterproof provided ( it did rain a lot ).

Highly Recommend this tour! Great day!!!

Eugene_Y, Aug 2019

This was a good time; Frazier was our tour guide. Our 1st stop was at the Brighton Beach Houses; they were very colorful. After lunch we stopped at the Phillip Island Wildlife Park; This was great , we met up with a 2nd tour and their guide Paul led us through the wildlife park. There were many different animals there, but the highlight was hand feeding the kangaroos!!! It was also great seeing so many Tasmanian Devils out, and the were all running around too. We drove around the island and saw lots of Wallabies in the wild and then we got to the penguin parade. We got the ranger guided tour and I would recommend that to anyone. We had a ranger take us around and give us information and then we went to a different viewing area. It seemed that we had many more penguins come ashore near us than the main viewing area. Our ranger was pointing out the penguin "rafts" long before we ever noticed them, so we knew exactly where to look for them when to did come on shore. As walking back, we were next to the penguin highway and had lots of penguins walking back to their burrows next to us. We even saw a 4 - 5 week old penguin chick. They took great care of us providing us with umbrellas when it was raining at the wildlife park and they gave us thick coats and seat cushions for the penguin parade. Frazier made sure everyone was taken care of at each stop Even though it was top secret, we would like to thank Paul for the Vanilla Slice Cake he bought for several people at our lunch stop...It was really good and appreciated.

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