Kangaroo Island

🇦🇺 Australia’s Kangaroo Island, the must-visit regions for 2024 by Lonely Planet: It’s blessed with amazing beaches, offers delicious food, wine, and spirits experiences, and delivers on the drama when it comes to outdoor adventures. And then there’s the wildlife!

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A Sanctuary for Wildlife and Natural, Rugged Beauty 🇦🇺 There’s an unmistakable sanctity about Kangaroo Island. With its raw and rugged coastline, impeccably clear waters, natural wonders and wildlife, Kangaroo Island is known as nature’s playground. As you step off onto the island, it's impossible not to relax. Follow the road less traveled and discover unique wildlife, mouth-watering food and wine, breathtaking scenery and a laid-back lifestyle. You can get to Kangaroo Island via ferry with Sealink, fly with QantasLink or embark on the Southern Ocean Drive road trip.

Kangaroo Island is a nature lover's paradise, with prolific native wildlife, dramatic coastal sightseeing and bountiful farmlands. Kangaroo Island, 13km off the coast of South Australia, is one of the best places in Australia to see wild animals like koalas, kangaroos, sea lions and seals. Throw in jaw-dropping geology and a hyper-local food and beverage scene, and Kangaroo Island is a destination that will leave you inspired.

TOP THINGS TO DO on Kangaroo Island

Walk among sea lions: At Seal Bay, walk among the Australian sea lion colony, watching mothers rest, pups playing and males squabbling. Stroll the short boardwalk independently, or join a guided tour to learn about these endangered animals.

Eat your way around the island: With fertile farms and pristine ocean, the island is a foodie’s delight. Sample pure Ligurian-bee honey, taste a ‘Chatter Platter’ from Millie Mae’s pantry, or local oysters and King George whiting at The Oyster Farm Shop.

Explore the Little Sahara sand dunes: Visit the sand dunes of Little Sahara to explore your way. For thrills and spills, slide down on a toboggan or sandboard. Try a guided tour on a fat bike, or strap in for an open buggy tour through the dunes, spotting koalas in trees.

Dine under an enchanted fig tree: A fig tree planted on Kangaroo Island more than 100 years ago has grown to become an enchanting dinner destination. From December to April, savour a delicious meal surrounded by gnarled branches and dazzling fairy lights for a magical experience.

Frolic in a lavender field: Visit Emu Bay Lavender, a working farm where you’ll find over 7,500 lavender plants grown to produce essential oils for handmade therapeutic goods. Stop in at the farm café for breakfast, lunch or over-sized lavender scones.

Swim with wild dolphins: Jump in with the wild bottlenose dolphins as they choose to interact with you, swimming right up for a close inspection. Tours run all year and include morning tea on a remote beach. Tours often spot seals, rays and sea eagles.

Find your new favourite drink: Kangaroo Island is home to a diverse array of wineries, with a handful of breweries, a distillery, and a cidery thrown in for good measure. Drop in to some of the cellar doors and meet the characters behind the drinks.

Join a wildlife tour: The island is famous for its wildlife, but some of the fascinating animals are well hidden. Join an expert guide on an escorted day tour to discover wild koalas, unique kangaroos and wallabies, birds and maybe a shy echidna.

See nature’s geological wonders: Explore the island’s incredible physical features, like the aptly named Remarkable Rocks. Don’t miss the Admiral’s Arch, an open-ended cavern to the sea where New Zealand fur seals play, and the beaches, like glittering Stokes Bay.

Take a five-day nature hike: For those with adequate fitness, the Kangaroo Island Wilderness Trail traverses the island’s southwest. Supported by a guide, you’ll see some of the most spectacular landmarks while learning about the bushfire regeneration occurring.

The Best of South Australia

We are not home to the obvious. South Australia is a place of hidden gems,unexpected curiosities and unspoiled vistas. A place of «world-firsts» and «only ins». Thinking of drafting one of those bucket lists? We have a few items to add to the inventory of your life. Like Australia's darkest night sky and only national park city; the globe's best wine and the world's first shark cage divers; UNESCO World Heritage Sites and underwater gardens. Travel our way, venture that bit further and breathe it all in – deeply.

With a world class festival and events calendar that spans the whole year, you'll always find frivolity on your South Australian itinerary. Think festivals dedicated to Australia's most watched game, or all things culinary excellence; Australia's biggest cycling race, international sporting debuts or the world's second largest arts festival. There's a reason why South Australia is known as the festival state.

Have you got a bucket list you are just itching to scribble on? South Australia is the spot to start - at least if you are considering a trip down under. Whether you are an international traveller looking for that world first, once in a lifetime experience or a local hoping to rediscover your own state - South Australia will reward your wonder. Only in South Australia could you find a lush city filled with parks, within driving distance to an outback mountain range and rugged coastlines. SA is a place that boasts Australia's darkest night sky, where hot springs silently bubble in the depths of the outback and gardens grow under water. Read on to discover what South Australia is known for and the things you can't see or do anywhere else.

As the state capital, Adelaide has a great number of cultural institutions, many of them along the boulevard of North Terrace. The Art Gallery of South Australia, with about 35,000 works, holds Australia's second largest state-based collection. Adjacent are the South Australian Museum and State Library of South Australia. The Adelaide Botanic Garden, National Wine Centre and Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute are nearby in the East End of the city. In the back of the State Library lies the Migration Museum, Australia's oldest museum of its kind.

The Adelaide Festival Centre (which includes the Dunstan Playhouse, Festival Theatre and Space Theatre), on the banks of the Torrens, is the focal point for much of the cultural activity in the city and home to the State Theatre Company of South Australia. Other live music and theatre venues include the Adelaide Entertainment Centre; Adelaide Oval; Memorial Drive Park; Thebarton Theatre; Adelaide Town Hall; Her Majesty's Theatre; Queen's Theatre; Holden Theatres; and the Hopgood Theatre.

Adelaide has produced musical groups and individuals who have achieved national and international fame. These include the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, the Adelaide Youth Orchestra, rock bands The Angels, Atlas Genius, Cold Chisel, The Superjesus, Wolf & Cub, roots/blues group The Audreys, internationally acclaimed metal acts I Killed The Prom Queen and Double Dragon, popular Australian hip-hop outfit Hilltop Hoods, pop acts like Sia, Orianthi, Guy Sebastian, and Wes Carr, as well as internationally successful tribute act, The Australian Pink Floyd Show.

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