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Arrive at the Coastal Reserve, Low Head.
The pristine beach faces Bass Strait, the sea to the north of Tasmania.
One of highly trained and friendly guides will meet you.
A gentle three minute walk to the viewing platform overlooking the beach.
After a short wait the Littler Blue Penguins or Fairy Penguins as they in some areas will begin to swim to the surface, stand up and preen and waddle up the beach.
The very cute penguins, standing just 30cm high return to their burrows which are carefully set-out by the penguins in the Box Thorn bush which lines the Coastal Reserve.
The number of penguins you will see will vary depending upon the season. Between November and February 100 to 200 penguins will come ashore each night. Between March and October 10 to 100 penguins.
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Low Head Penguin Tours Reviews
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We thought the tour was certainly very informative, but perhaps not as superb as we thought years ago. There were a dozen penguins coming ashore during our 60 minutes and over 50 people joining the..... more »
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Low Head is the perfect place to see little Penguins. It is not very busy and you can get up really close to the penguins as they come out of the water and up from the beach. We were told summer is.... more »
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Excellent Penguin tours!!! We joined the penguin adventure at the Philip Island before. If you love that, you must joined this one as well. I promise you won’t get disappointed. We had a very friendly guide John who gave interesting information about the tiny penguin and took good care of all the group members during the tour. We saw the little creatures jumped from the sea and popped up to the rock. Then we had a walk and saw lots of them, the baby, chicks and parents coming back from the sea to feed their babies. We were also permitted to take some pictures but strictly not to touch them. Happy tour. Highly recommended. Tips: You may need to wait for some time outdoor. Prepare some warm clothes. Have mosquito repellant applied.
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Beautiful experience and great staff. Well worth visiting during summer and spring with mating season, went during early Feb so got to see a few babies. Very lucky!
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