Bicheno penguin tours are privately owned, fully accredited and fully licensed. The origin of this tour came about due to the need of the founding partners to merger their need for sea life while also being able to create a business.

Conservation is the forefront of the tour and most of this has seen the original 60 birds grown into more mating pairs

Tasmania’s East Coast is home to the Bicheno tours. This location of the tour ensures that visitors are not without any suitable accommodation due to the popular nature of this location. There are many options available for visitors who wish to book the Bicheno penguin tours and these range from phone, online, fax and in person at the offices located in Bicheno. Prior to booking it is advised that visitors should look at the seasonal calendar in order to know what might be the possible penguin activity at the time of the month.

In order to truly understand what you will be getting on this tour, it is advisable to take the virtual tour before embarking. This virtual tour is located on the website so that people are able to have a ‘taster session’ of what awaits them.

This tour is a guided tour as this allows visitors to truly engage with the tour. Here you can get all your questions answered as well as acquire the right information pertaining to the tour. This further enhances this wildlife, yet educational experience. Visitors also get to learn about the local habitat of the penguins including information about the penguins themselves.

It is important that you are comfortable when you are embarking on this tour, so comfortable and warm clothing is essential. This is also important because all penguin tours happen at dusk or late evening and in some days the weather can turn cold. Rain proof clothing and wind breakers are advisable so are closed comfortable shoes. Ideally walking boots with a comfortable and grip sole would be a great option.

The future of the tours will see visitors being able to enjoy an education centre where they will be able to see what the penguins get up to in their burrows. This will be made possible by the fact that cameras will be installed in the burrow so as to allow visitors to enjoy a day in the life of penguins. It is also help to highlight the importance of conservation work so that these penguins can grow in numbers.