Little Blue Penguin Viewing - Oamaru
See the worlds smallest penguins in their natural environment.
The premium evening viewing stand gets you are a lot closer to the penguins sitting only 2-3 metres from where they arrive and cross into the colony. You have individual seating which makes the experience more comfortable. You will also get an informative commentary that is given by a well informed member of staff . When you make your way out to the grandstand you will enter into the breeding colony on a boardwalk and walk amongst their nesting burrows.
Blue penguins come onto land mainly to breed and moult, but will also spend time ashore during non-breeding months. They are only active on land at night. They leave from the colony early in the morning before sun-rise, and return to the colony after dark. During the day, if the penguins decide not to go to sea, they will stay hidden inside their nests.
The penguins will normally make their nests by digging a burrow into soil or sand or finding a crevice amongst the rocks. At the Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony we have provided artificial nesting boxes for the penguins to use, as they are less prone to collapsing or flooding than natural nests.
The premium evening viewing stand gets you are a lot closer to the penguins sitting only 2-3 metres from where they arrive and cross into the colony. You have individual seating which makes the experience more comfortable. You will also get an informative commentary that is given by a well informed member of staff . When you make your way out to the grandstand you will enter into the breeding colony on a boardwalk and walk amongst their nesting burrows.
Blue penguins come onto land mainly to breed and moult, but will also spend time ashore during non-breeding months. They are only active on land at night. They leave from the colony early in the morning before sun-rise, and return to the colony after dark. During the day, if the penguins decide not to go to sea, they will stay hidden inside their nests.
The penguins will normally make their nests by digging a burrow into soil or sand or finding a crevice amongst the rocks. At the Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony we have provided artificial nesting boxes for the penguins to use, as they are less prone to collapsing or flooding than natural nests.