Penneshaw Penguin Centre

The Penneshaw Penguin Centre is a wildlife interpretation and conservation centre at Penneshaw on Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Located near the Penneshaw ferry terminal on Howard Drive, it is dedicated to the little penguin (Eudyptula minor) colony that comes ashore at Penneshaw Beach. The centre provides educational displays and nightly guided tours to observe penguins returning after sunset in their natural habitat.

Visitors can expect a small interpretive centre with educational displays about little penguins and local ecology, followed by a guided night tour to a viewing area on Penneshaw Beach. Tours operate after sunset in low light and involve walking on beach sand and uneven ground. Guides use low lighting to locate penguins as they cross the beach to burrows. The setting is coastal and exposed, with views of Backstairs Passage and the ferry terminal area.