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Phillip Island Day Tour

If you’re a lover of fine food and fabulous fauna, then this is definitely the tour for you! Our tour visits the very best of the Gippsland region’s gourmet attractions where your sampling of the local produce is all included in the tour price.

Our first destination is the delightful Phillip Island Winery. This boutique winery is set amongst Phillip Island's lush southern fields and offers stunning outlooks and exceptional wines. Here we sample and learn about the range of estate produced wines, and will also enjoy a sampling of Gippsland’s finest cheeses & other gourmet produce.

Selected from the broad range of dairy delights produced in this fertile district, the cheeses are impeccably matched with the local wine varieties and will truly tantalise your taste buds. The locally produced olives, olive oil and other seasonal produce will give you a wonderful appreciation of the artisan foodstuffs that the Gippsland region in rightly famous for.

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Our next stop, the Phillip Island Chocolate Factory has recently unveiled a magnificent new attraction designed to get chocoholics everywhere in a lather - Panny’s Amazing World of Chocolate. Using only the finest Belgian chocolate and ingredients, it has taken Panny over eight years to perfect the final product – and what a product it is!

While some visitors might be overwhelmed by the world’s largest chocolate waterfall or the newly renovated 4.8 metre chocolate village (complete with buildings, street houses and landscaping), the more artistically inclined will be awestruck in the Chocolate Art Gallery.

It contains chocolate versions of some of the world’s better known artworks including a two metre chocolate statue of Michelangelo’s David, chocolate painted versions of Edward Munch’s The Scream and Sidney Nolans Ned Kelly, and a 12,000 piece mosaic of Dame Edna Everage.

For those interested by the processes of chocolate-making, Panny’s World of Chocolate also features an educational exhibition on the chocolate making process, as well as interactive exhibits, quizzes and demonstrations. And of course, at the end of this awesome viewing experience, there are lots of chocolate varieties to purchase, including Panny’s famous chocolate dipped bananas and his truly mouth-watering hot chocolate shots!

We also visit the Koala Conservation Centre to meet some of the friendly locals. We’ll walk among the treetops and view and learn about the numerous wild koalas up close at this iconic wildlife attraction.

We take some time to explore the sights of Westernport Bay and Phillip island itself before making our way to Summerland Beach where, as dusk falls, it’s time for the stars of the show – the Little Penguins - to make their appearance and bedazzle you at close range as they make their way across the beach to their homes.

Time is allowed to explore the visitor centre and to shop for souvenirs before commencing the journey back to Melbourne.

We depart Melbourne earlier than most to ensure that you have plenty of time to enjoy all that Phillip Island and the area have to offer. You will travel in air-conditioned comfort with a maximum group size of 29 passengers, allowing a personal touch with the benefits of a small group environment.

So come along and let our experienced guides give you a value-packed day of outstanding sights and entertainment, with plenty of fun and a few little surprises along the way.

Stay overnight with great deals on Phillip Island accommodation at Wotif.com.

Visit these links for more info on the little fairy penguins or the Phillip Island Penguin Parade.

View a map of Phillip Island or discover the History of Phillip Island Victoria.

See also our Great Ocean Road Day Tour.

* Our currently listed prices and inclusions are valid until 31st March 2012.

Other Tour Options

We also offer other tour options that you can add on to the original tour or even up grade with the ultimate Private Penguin Parade Experience:

Penguins Plus Tour
Private Penguin Parade Experience (PPPE)
Book both tours and save
Charter tours