The Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony provides you with the perfect opportunity to watch blue penguins as they return from a day at sea. You will see them, climb the steep and make their way inland to their burrows. Just only 5 minutes from the town centre by car.

Oamaru is the easiest place in NZ for people to see blue penguins close and view them. The local penguin population is approximately 3,000 birds and growing steadily. They nest in the harbour area and coastline. Since the natural nesting site is a burrow or any kind of whole, blue penguins use the nest boxes provided by the Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony. Eco-tourism at it's best.