New Moonlight Sanctuary bus service for day and night visits
Moonlight Sanctuary has been enticing visitors to the Mornington Peninsula for the past six years with its eco-accredited tours showcasing the region’s unusual and endangered wildlife species, such as the Southern Bettong (a miniature kangaroo) and Giant Fluffy Glider.
Until recently, the only way visitors could get to the sanctuary was by car, but last month Moonlight Sanctuary commenced regular express Melbourne-to-Sanctuary bus tours that include pick-ups from city hotels. The tours operate every Monday and Thursday with a special tour on Saturday nights featuring a BBQ dinner.
Tourists can visit the sanctuary as a same-day trip, either during the Sanctuary’s normal sunlight hours (11am to 5pm) or in the evening to attend sanctuary’s popular lantern-lit night walks (those doing the ‘night shift' tour are dropped back at their hotel by 11pm). The Moonlight Sanctuary night walk gives visitors the chance to encounter some of Australia’s remarkable nocturnal creatures, including pademelons, potoroos, owls, quolls, thickness, koalas and frogmouths. As part of the night tour, guests also ‘meet-and-greet’ Monty, the not-so-vicious house python and have chance to hand-feed wallabies and kangaroos.
More information: www.moonlit-sanctuary.com
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