Wildlife
Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony
Oamaru, Otago
Little blue penguins waddle home from the sea at dusk past a grandstand.
- Price
- Adult entry, check website
- Booking
- Best to book
- Time to allow
- 2 hours
A purpose-built viewing area on the harbour where the world's smallest penguins come ashore after a day fishing. Evening tours put you in a grandstand to watch the groups arrive. Daytime visits can include the nesting boxes. Numbers vary by season.
Good to know
- Book the evening viewing, popular in summer
- No flash photography is allowed
- Dress warm, it is cold at dusk
- Best time
- Dusk
- Open
- All year, best in summer
- Getting there
- Sealed road, car park at the harbour, fine for campervans
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- No dogs
Facilities
- Toilets
The location is approximate. Check the official website before you go.
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