Night Penguin Viewing Tour

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Night Penguin Viewing Tour

Nature and wildlife
1 min guests
8 max guests

Highlights

  • Experience the enchanting arrival of little penguins during dusk tours, revealing their natural behaviour in the wild.
  • Contact your guide to confirm penguin numbers and weather conditions, ensuring a tailored and memorable viewing experience.
  • Dress warmly in dark clothing to blend into the environment, enhancing your chances of observing these charming creatures.
  • Support local wildlife by donating to improve penguin habitats, contributing to the conservation of this unique species.

Tours commence at dusk each night. However, seasonal factors may affect the number of penguins present. It is best to contact the tour guide beforehand to ascertain likely penguin numbers, their arrival time and expected weather conditions. Due to the rough terrain the tours may not be suitable for the elderly, physically handicapped and young children, although your tour guide can organise an alternative venue for these visitors so they do not miss out on the wonderful experience of seeing penguins in the wild.

Bookings are important due to limited seating and space for parking vehicles on site. Warm, dark clothing is essential. Binoculars can be useful but torches, cameras and smartphones are prohibited as these may frighten and/or harm the penguins. Your guide will provide special penguin-friendly lighting during the tour.

Donations are gratefully accepted and used to improve little penguin habitat.
This activity is supported by Wildcare Inc and the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service.
Penguin tours are currently suspended till late September 2020 due to Coronavirus.

Itinerary highlights

Doctors Rocks

Tour details

  • Nature and wildlife
  • Customised
  • Evening
  • Land – Motorised
  • Land – Self Propelled
  • Moderate
  • On demand

Features

Service facilities

  • Non Smoking
Accessibility

This business does not currently offer accessible facilities.

Operation information

Wynyard Penguin Tours

With Wynyard Penguin Tours, visitors have the fascinating and thrilling opportunity to see penguins up close and personal in their natural environment on the North West Coast of Tasmania only minutes away from the township of Wynyard.

Watch the penguins come ashore each night as they make their way to their burrows. See them climb cliffs, feed their chicks and listen to them socialise with their partners. Tours are conducted on environmentally sensitive lines so the penguins are not disturbed.

Your guide will give visitors a personalised and detailed insight into the lives of the penguins, their unique habits and behaviours. Penguin numbers can fluctuate due to seasonal factors.

Phone bookings are essential as spaces are limited and a meeting location will be arranged during your booking process. Visitors will need to bring their own vehicle. This activity is not suitable for young children and the elderly. There is no charge for this activity but donations are gratefully accepted.

This wildlife viewing activity is supported by Wildcare and the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service.

In order to ensure penguin safety visitors are asked not to bring torches, mobile phones and cameras. The guide will provide special penguin friendly lights.

Penguin tours normally cease at the end of April and recommence around mid September.

Activities

  • Birdwatching

Tags

  • Adventure

Accreditations

  • Quality Tourism Accreditation

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