On Sunday we decided to head out to the Otago Peninsula to finally see the ocean and hopefully see some wildlife. We got lucky and stopped by The Penguin Place and were able to book the first tour out to the Yellow-Eyed penguin colony. They told us we may only see one or two penguins because they are very territorial instead of staying in big groups like most penguins. They are also the most endangered penguins, with only around 4000 left total. We were lucky that we happened to be there during molting season where the penguins loose their feathers and grow new ones. They are unable to leave the land during this time. We got to see 5 Yellow-Eyed penguins and 2 Blue penguins on our tour of their natural habitat and then saw five more in the penguin hospital at the visitor center. This area is also home to a seal colony so we got to see many of these, even very close up. There were many sunbathing and a few playing in the water.

Later that afternoon we made our way up to coast to the Moeraki Boulders. These are bunch of huge spherical stones found along the beach on New Zealand's Otago coast. We were hoping for some nice weather since we were on the beach, but it ended up being cold and windy. There were still some very amazing views though. We then made our way to Oamaru to stay the night and get some supper. We ate at a little place on the harbor called Portside that was right next to the Blue Penguin Colony. Blue penguins are the smallest of all penguins and come in from the ocean at dusk. We were again lucky because one little penguin had come in and was trying to get across the road right near where we were parked. We went down to watch him. At one point he got very scared and hid under a car. A lady standing near watching started yelling at everyone to give him some space, and finally he came out from under the car and waddled only a few inches from me and made his way across the road.