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Exceptional Kangaroo Island - Kangaroo Island In Style
Day 1
Fly from Adelaide to Kangaroo Island where you will be greeted by your guide and depart on tour. Get an introduction to Island life - where things take time. Where drivers wave as they go by - or even stop for a chat. Have a cuppa with some home-made cakes before walking down a country track through tall Eucalyptus trees where koalas snooze overhead, or perhaps wake briefly for a feed.
Travel through some of the Island’s best farming country to the North Coast and Lathami Conservation Park. Walk quietly through the bush with your guide - what makes that noise, who’s tracks are those, and who left THAT little pile there?? Look for wallabies which are extinct on the mainland, and a kangaroo found only on Kangaroo Island.
Break for lunch and enjoy a delicious meal featuring local sea fish, fresh salads and fine South Australian wines at a private bush location.
At Seal Bay Conservation Park, walk with your guide among Australian sealions on a beautiful sandy beach. Watch pups nursing, or playing in the surf, see old bulls bearing the scars of territorial disputes and learn about their unique breeding biology. The remainder of the afternoon is spent exploring more of the south east region of the Island with destinations and experiences chosen to reflect seasonal opportunities. At the conclusion of the tour you will be taken to your accommodation - dinner and breakfast included.
Day 2
After breakfast depart for your second day of touring. Flinders Chase National Park is the focus for today's tour. This vast wilderness covers the entire western end of the Island, and is home to kangaroos, wallabies, possums, goannas, echidnas, koalas, platypus and many birds including rare Cape Barren Geese. Visit Rocky River, site of an impressive visitor centre interpreting many facets of the park and it’s history.
At Cape du Couedic visit a fur seal colony which now number over 20,000 after being decimated by hunting in the early 1800’s. These animals can be observed at rest on the rocks or frolicking in the surf under Admirals Arch - a spectacular coastal grotto. On the headland above is a beautiful stone lighthouse where three light keepers and their families lived, maintaining a warning for ships. With no road access until 1940 life was tough - supplies came by sea only every 3 months.
Another impressive stone structure had a different architect. The Remarkable Rocks, huge natural granite sculptures, have been carved by relentless winds, rain and salt from the Southern Ocean. The end result looks like a meeting of the minds of Henri Moore and Salvador Dali! Good wines and local produce features in an elegant picnic which we can enjoy out in the bush before exploring more of the Island. Depending on the season, the afternoon might include a visit to 'Grassdale' in Kelly Hill Conservation Park, the secluded pools of the Rocky River or a rugged South Coast cove. On conclusion of the tour, transfer to Kingscote airport to connect with your return flight to Adelaide.
Tour Includes
* Return airfares from Adelaide.
* Two full days share touring with Exceptional Kangaroo Island knowledgeable and friendly local guides
* Homebaked morning teas, elegant lunches set in the bush with South Australian wines, beer and soft drinks.
*All National Parks and Wildlife Service admission fees.
* One nights dinner, bed and breakfast at one of the Island’s finest accommodations. (Pricing based on hotel accommodation however other options are available).
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