Day 1 – Adelaide to Kangaroo Island
Afternoon pick up from your Adelaide hotel (or transfer direct
from the airport to Adelaide Central Bus Station) for 1545
departure for the scenic coach trip through hills and farmland
and along the coast to Cape Jervis. There you will connect
with SeaLink's fast and comfortable ferry for the 45 minute
cruise to Kangaroo Island.
On arrival in Penneshaw transfer to the Kangaroo Island Seafront Hotel, check in and order your 2 course dinner from the a la carte menu before taking a guided penguin tour. Here you will walk with a guide along a boardwalk with the Little Penguins as they come ashore in the evening. At the end of the tour return to the Seafront Hotel for your dinner, served with Kangaroo Island wine.
Day 2 – Kangaroo
Island
After a continental breakfast you will be collected by your SeaLink guide and taken to the ferry terminal to meet the other passengers joining your tour. Or you can take a leisurely stroll down the hill to the ferry terminal and meet your guide there.
Your tour departs from the terminal and your experienced SeaLink tour guide will
show you some of Kangaroo Island's special places. First stop is Robs Shearing,
an opportunity to see sheep shearing and learn about the wool industry, all
in a small and authentic original shearing shed.
From there we drive to Andermel for a look at the marron ponds (fresh water lobster) where these delicious crustaceans are farmed. You will see how they are grown and harvested and see marron in storage tanks. Andermel is also a winery and so a wine tasting is also included. Lunch is in the Andermel restaurant, your choice of two marron dishes served with white wine.
After a leisurely lunch we visit the Hanson
Bay Sanctuary where we take a walk to look for koalas and other
wildlife. It is now late afternoon and for the last stop of
the day we visit the Western KI Sanctuary an area where kangaroos
and wallabies feed in the evenings.
Accommodation for
the night is at the 4 star Kangaroo Island Wilderness Retreat,
near the entrance to Flinders Chase National Park and set in
the bush. Watch for the wallabies and possums as you go in
for dinner, a two course a la carte meal served with Kangaroo
Island wines. Remember to close your hotel room door while
you are at dinner as the possums love to visit !.
Day 3 – Kangaroo
Island to Adelaide
After continental breakfast we drive into Flinders Chase National Park to visit
Remarkable Rocks, a spectacular eroded granite rock formation and paradise for
photographers. We stop at Weir's Cove to see the ruins of the old lighthouse
store and see how they hauled supplies from sailing ships up the cliffs to the
store. In winter watch for whales which sometimes pass along the coast here.
At Admiral's Arch take the boardwalk into the Arch, another spectacular natural
formation and home to a colony of playful fur seals.
From there we drive to Vivonne Bay for a two course lunch served with Kangaroo Island wines in a natural bushland setting. After lunch there is a Birds of Prey free flight demonstration and then we drive to the bay to see what has been rated by one of Australia's leading Universities as Australia's best beach.
From Vivonne Bay it is a short drive to Little Sahara, an inland area of large white sand dunes, unusual in that the dunes are not coastal and are surrounded by dense bushland.
Another short drive brings us to Seal Bay Conservation Park where we have one
of the world's special experiences - a walk on the beach with your SeaLink
guide amongst a breeding colony of wild and rare Australian sealions.
From Seal Bay travel into Kingscote, the island's main town, where you will see the feeding of the wild pelicans and learn about these ancient birds. Then it is time to return to Adelaide and your tour ends at the airport or ferry terminal for evening travel back to your Adelaide hotel.
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