Diamond Island Resort & Bicheno Penguin Show

“Go for the Penguins!”

Great location with bonus of the fairy penguins on site. Top floor apartments are worth extra. Rooms are fine. Restaurant is average with a mix of Australian and Korean dishes. Restaurant service slow. Resort needs a little TLC to be top class.

“Older style accommodation”

The place is an older style “resort”/motel with dining room, pool and gym. Rooms are in a long two-storey building. Most rooms open to the grassed area which boasts a BBQ enclosed in a gazebo. Staff are friendly and helpful. Beds are comfortable. Rooms and bathrooms are clean and well-appointed.… lisää

The place is an older style “resort”/motel with dining room, pool and gym. Rooms are in a long two-storey building. Most rooms open to the grassed area which boasts a BBQ enclosed in a gazebo. Staff are friendly and helpful. Beds are comfortable. Rooms and bathrooms are clean and well-appointed. Good quality linen and towels etc. Tea and coffee making facilities provided. Microwave in kitchenette. During the day, it is possible to walk down to the beach and to the causeway between the main beach and Diamond Island. The causeway is accessible at low tide. Visitors should be extremely careful about crossing when it is not low tide. Our only criticism is that the resort (overly) promotes a penguin parade on-site when in fact, it has limited access to the main rookery in the evenings when the Little Penguins come ashore. To visit the rookery in the evening, tickets must be bought from the official government-run penguin tour. The resort staff do provide some information and a walk down to the fenceline near the rookery. But the resort pretends a little too much that the penguins walk through resort property. One or two or more may (or may not) traverse the bottom of the garden near the rookery fenceline. But some resort staff suggests play it up a bit too much.

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