Pinguin Parade – greiner.mu

Tonight we have booked the penguin parade, the ultimate tour promises a tour off the beaten track with a ranger right on the beach.
We set off at 17:00 and were warmly welcomed by Gary, our ranger. After a brief introduction and details of the technical equipment (earphones with receiver for the commentary, binoculars and safety waistcoat), we set off. The waves on the beach were too high at high tide (we've been here before), so we were served plan B. Probably the better option... We were allowed to look over the shoulder of the ranger boss in the control room. Then we had a separate area in the centre with the best view of the beach and, last but not least, we were able to observe the penguins at eye level in the underground station. Almost 2000 penguins came back to the beach in many groups to their nests. The first group was huge - about 150 penguins came to the beach at once. We were able to experience everything up close. It's a good thing that photography is not allowed, it would disturb the animals too much.

The little penguins

Many thanks to Gary who explained everything to us very well, in between we were Dutch, but in the end he got it right. The one lady penguin was very interested and waddled under our bench. You really can't get any closer than that.