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Discover Melbourne's Essence City Tour and Penguin Parade Tour

Discover Melbourne City and Penguin Parade Eco Tour

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Overview

We present a captivating Half-Day Melbourne City Tour, providing a curated exploration of Melbourne's history, architecture, and landmarks. Highlights include visits to the Melbourne Museum, Royal Exhibition Building, Parliament House, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Albert Park F1 Track, Queen Victoria Market, James Cook Cottage, Fitzroy Gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens, and the War Memorial. Additionally, their Express Phillip Island Tour offers a 12-14 hour nature experience featuring Seal Rocks, The Nobbies, and the world-famous Penguin Parade. With limited group sizes, personalised experiences, and inclusive amenities, We invite travellers to immerse themselves in Melbourne's cultural essence and natural grandeur.

Activity location

  • Queen Victoria Market
    • Victoria Street, Corner of Elizabeth Street
    • 3000, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Rendezvous Hotel Melbourne
    • 328 Flinders Street
    • 3000, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedPrivate transport
  • What's includedWhat's includedGST (Goods and Services Tax)
  • What's includedWhat's includedAir-conditioned vehicle
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedService charge

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • The remaining for the total duration will be allocated for travel time to each destination and for the length of time the penguins will be visible during the Penguin Parade.

Activity itinerary

Queen Victoria Market
  • 30m
The Queen Victoria Market is a major landmark in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Covering over seven hectares, it is the largest open air market in the Southern Hemisphere.
Melbourne Museum
  • 15m
The Melbourne Museum is a natural and cultural history museum located in the Carlton Gardens in Melbourne, Australia. Located adjacent to the Royal Exhibition Building, the museum was opened in 2000 as a project of the Government of Victoria, on behalf of Museums Victoria which administers the venue.
St. Patrick's Cathedral
  • 15m
The Cathedral Church and Minor Basilica of Saint Patrick is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, and seat of its archbishop, currently Peter Comensoli. In 1974 Pope Paul VI conferred the title and dignity of minor basilica on it.
Cooks' Cottage
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
Cooks' Cottage, also known as Captain Cook's Cottage,[7] is located in the Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne, Australia. The cottage was constructed in 1755 in the English village of Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, by the parents of Captain James Cook, James and Grace Cook, and was brought to Melbourne in 1934 by the Australian philanthropist Sir Russell Grimwade. It is a point of conjecture among historians whether James Cook, the famous navigator, ever lived in the house, but almost certainly he visited his parents at the house.
Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)
  • 15m
  • Admission ticket not included
Photo stop at one of the world's biggest cricket grounds.
Shrine of Remembrance
  • 30m
The Shrine of Remembrance is a war memorial in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Kings Domain on St Kilda Road. It was built to honour the men and women of Victoria who served in World War I, but now functions as a memorial to all Australians who have served in any war.
Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park
  • 1h 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park is a 25-acre (10 ha) biopark within the Pearcedale Conservation Park located at Pearcedale on the Mornington Peninsula near Melbourne, Australia. It aims to display the fauna that was found in the Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve prior to European settlement as well as working towards the recovery of threatened Australian fauna.
Cowes Beach
  • 1h 30m
  • Admission ticket included
The only northern facing beaches in Victoria, the Cowes Main Beaches are ideal for swimming and summer fun. These golden, sheltered, sandy beaches in Cowes are located in Westernport Bay with low winds and gentle waves, making them a popular choice for families. The beaches at high tide offer excellent swimming, and have an abundance of shallow rocks and tidal flats to explore at low tide. The jetty is perfect for fishing and is the departure point for several ferries. You'll also find the Cowes Yacht Club west of Mussel Rocks.
The Nobbies
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
The Nobbies is an incredibly important site for Australia’s largest colony of Fur Seals. These cobblestone rocks that jut out of the water are a dramatic strip of land attached to the Phillip Island coastline. At the Nobbies Visitor Centre boardwalk that leads out to the lookout, keep an eye out for the penguins who nest underneath the boardwalk.
Phillip Island Nature Parks - Penguin Parade
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Watch little penguins dash home across the sand at dusk at Phillip Island Nature Parks' Penguin Parade. Explore boardwalks after dark to see, smell and hear these penguins in the colony, greeting neighbours, partners and their chicks. While you wander, keep an eye out for resident wildlife including swamp wallabies, Eastern barred bandicoots, Cape Barren geese and short-tailed shearwaters.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESQueen Victoria Market
    • Victoria Street, Corner of Elizabeth Street
    • 3000, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLERendezvous Hotel Melbourne
    • 328 Flinders Street
    • 3000, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEGrand Hyatt Melbourne
    • 123 Collins Street
    • 3000, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • PEOPLEPEOPLERadisson Hotel on Flagstaff Gardens Melbourne
    • 380 William Street
    • 3000, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEibis Melbourne - Hotel & Apartments
    • 15-21 Therry Street
    • 3000, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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