Penguins Granite Island South Australia

Take a short stroll or horse tram ride over the wooden causeway that connects the mainland at victor harbor to granite island recreation park.

Penguins granite island south australia. Home to the magical little penguins and the majestic southern right whale this island is characterised by huge granite boulders tinged with orange lichen. The little penguins and hearing about the efforts to protect them will warm your heart. There you will find a rescue center or centre devoted to fairy penguins. Whilst in south australia it s worth it to go to victor harbor and walk out to granite island.

A shore based bay whaling station operated at granite island in the 1830s 2 although there are no permanent residents there are buildings and shelters. Experts are calling for south australia s nature reserve and tourist attraction granite island to be closed to the public at night to protect little penguins which are bouncing back from the brink of extinction. While in years gone by the number of wild little penguins living off granite island had dropped significantly after successful management of their predators and revegetation of their habitat they are making a comeback albeit a slow one. Twilight tours are conducted for guests to the island to spot the little penguins as they return from the ocean at sunset.

This year 10 little penguins have been born on granite island so far adding to the 44 adults on the island. We ve also installed an ultra sonic fox deterrent on the causeway to victor harbor so that emits a high frequency that dogs and foxes do not like she said it had been 14 years since foxes were last on the island. Granite island also known by the ramindjeri people as nulcoowarra 1 is a small island next to victor harbor south australia about 80 km south of south australia s capital city adelaide. But it s not only little penguins you will see with all the islands natural wildlife to discover after dark.

Experience temporarily not available join a guided tour to discover granite island home of the little penguins. Granite island is home to a small colony of rare wild little penguins. See 1 010 reviews articles and 660 photos of granite island ranked no 5 on tripadvisor among 36 attractions in victor harbor. Book your tickets online for granite island victor harbor.

The granite island penguin tour is must when you visit victor harbor.