Pippin
South Island ▷ Coastal Otago ▷ Oamaru ▷
4.0/5
Both the best and worst place to be if you adore penguins!
The penguins nest in the campsite so if you're sat on the deck quietly just after dark they will go about their business around you quite happily, it's pretty magical! However, there is a huge lack of signage and education for patrons of the campsite, folks were walking right up the the penguins trying to get photos and videos, shining torches into penguin nests and so on. Pretty hard to watch when you know the possible consequences on the birds. A little more effort from the hosts to educate around this would have made it far nicer both for us, but also for the penguins!