Private Tour
From Phillip Island: Wine and Wildlife Tour with Penguin Parade
Overview
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6 hours
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Experience the best of Phillip Island in one unforgettable afternoon, combining award-winning wine, gourmet food, dramatic coastal scenery, and the world-famous Penguin Parade.
Begin at Phillip Island Winery with guided tastings of six premium wines paired with a regional grazing platter, followed by a gourmet feast of woodfired pizzas, salads, and fries.
Explore The Nobbies' dramatic coastline on scenic boardwalks during golden hour, spotting wild wallabies, seabirds, and Australian fur seals. Toast the spectacular sunset with sparkling wine before heading to the evening's highlight.
Witness the magical Penguin Parade where thousands of Little Penguins—the world's smallest penguin species—emerge from Bass Strait and waddle to their burrows each evening.
Travel in premium comfort with WiFi, charging ports and a local guide in our small-group coach. With convenient pickup and return from Phillip Island accomodation, this tour perfectly blends wine, wildlife, and coastal beauty.
Additional Info
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Minimum Drinking Age is 18
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
Premium Comfort Guarantee - midi coach, WiFi, guaranteed window seat for every booking
The Nobbies sunset boardwalk - 30-60 minute coastal walk with sparkling wine
Cowes village exploration - beaches, shops, and streetscape
Small group tour with local guide (maximum 15 guests)
Gourmet lunch - woodfired pizzas, gourmet salads, and fries at winery or bay-side location
Entry to Phillip Island Penguin Parade - General Viewing
Wildlife viewing in natural habitats - wallabies, seabirds, and native fauna
Phillip Island Winery cellar door tasting & grazing platter - 6 Victorian wines, local cheeses
Pickup and return from Phillip Island or San Remo accommodation (Cowes, Ventnor, Summerlands, Rhyll)
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
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What To Expect
Phillip Island Winery
Arriving at this beautiful estate, you'll quickly realize why the Phillip Island Winery is a favored spot for both locals and visitors alike. Take part in a Wine Tasting Experience, right at the cellar door - tasting a range of different wines harvested throughout the Gippsland Region. Following your tasting, you will sit down and enjoy a delicious share-plate Winery Lunch feast. Complete with Wood Fired Pizzas, Antipasto Platters, Salads, and the ever favorite hot chips (fries). Take some time out here to buy more wine, beers, or ciders should you wish - it's a chilled experience here.
Cowes
Cowes is Phillip Island's main commercial hub and is a bustling location of restaurants, cafes, breweries, and boutique shops. This is where our tour starts! Here you will have time to explore in your own time. Our guide will point out the notable spots, and then allow you some freedom to wander. Visit the ever popular brewery, take a seat at the pub overlooking the waterfront, take part in some retail therapy, take a stroll along the jetty, or even go for a dip in the sparkling blue waters. The time is yours!
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From Phillip Island: Wine and Wildlife Tour with Penguin Parade
Pickup included
Reviews
32 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Lovely, small group tour....
George m,
Feb 10, 2025
- Viator
5.00Lovely, small group tour. Enjoyed the camaraderie, our guide and the locations. Little glitch on locations due to public holiday, but they made it very enjoyable anyway.
Penguin Parade
Sharon L,
Jan 21, 2025
- Viator
5.00Our Penguin Parade tour with Local Way Tours was absolutely great. Our driver/guide, Ray, had everything well organized from our wine tasting, to a pizza dinner, and finally the Penguin Parade. Had a great day...saw great scenery and too many wallabies and penguins to count. We were back to the tender pier in plenty of time. Would recommend this tour to anyone visiting Phillips Island.
Best way to see the Penguins!
Thomas S,
Oct 22, 2024
- Viator
5.00Ray was terrific! We had great food, wine and stories! Best experience of our trip! Thank you, Ray. When we come back, we’ll do it again. We’ll also recommend it to everyone who comes to Philip Island!
Highly recommend, great experience
Sara S,
Mar 11, 2024
- Viator
5.00The guides were amazing, super funny and courteous, the winery was the best we’ve been to with the most amazing pizza! the sightseeing was fantastic. everything was organized, they had our tickets ready for the penguin parade and gave us great advice. So much cheaper and more value than booking with the cruise line.
Perfection!
Brandon C,
Jan 26, 2024
- Viator
5.00Ray is amazing! The whole tour is phenomenal! I would do it again in a heartbeat. Penguins are great, wine, is great. Just book it.
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