Kangaroo Island and South Australia Holidays and Tours 2014/15 visit sealink.com.au Welcome to SeaLink – there’s more to explore! Contents SeaLink is an award winning South Our extensive range of guided tours offer SeaLink Tours Welcome to SeaLink 2 We’re here to help you Australian company and we have full day and longer stay tours along with SeaLink tours utilise our fl eet of modern, Welcome to Kangaroo Island 4-5 specialised in creating life long holiday personalised 4WD and adventure tour For enthusiastic, knowledgeable air-conditioned vehicles and our drivers memories of Kangaroo Island and South options. Courtesy hotel pick-ups are offered and friendly advice on all aspects of Getting to and around Kangaroo Island 6-7 are Kangaroo Island locals so their Australia for over 25 years. We are proud in both Adelaide and on Kangaroo Island. your Kangaroo Island holiday, talk to knowledge of the Island, its wildlife, history, Choose your way to tour the Island 8-9 of the SeaLink reputation for our highly-trained Kangaroo Island Did you know that SeaLink can help you landmarks, food and wine and special professionalism, friendliness, knowledge, specialists. We will handle everything with holidays, tours and accommodation in places are second to none. Touring is Guided Tours 10-11 safety and value and it’s our pleasure for you – ferry, coach, self-drive or other parts of South Australia too? Just ask perhaps the most relaxing way to enjoy to ensure you get the most out of your rental car packages, accommodation, 4WD Tours 12 our friendly consultants for more details or your Kangaroo Island experience and Kangaroo Island holiday. coach/4WD tours and activities such as visit www.sealink.com.au you’ll relish your new found knowledge and Adventure Tours 13 marine and nocturnal tours, quad biking Your holiday starts the moment we realise you do learn a lot more on a guided Sealion 2000 and Spirit and National Park passes. If you have Explore Kangaroo Island – Self Drive 14-15 welcome you aboard for your 45 minute tour with SeaLink. of Kangaroo Island any questions or you require further crossing from Cape Jervis to Penneshaw. Self-Drive Short-Break Holiday Packages 16-17 Group Travel information, just ask! We look forward Sit back, relax and feel a sense of freedom SeaLink’s car and passenger ferries offer to assisting you. Self-Drive Ferry & Accommodation Packages 18-19 as you leave your hectic life behind. Feel up to 12 ferry departures per day at peak If you are travelling as a group, travel the excitement mount as you see Kangaroo times. Both are twin hulled, catamaran concessions may be available. Our coaches Call 131301 or visit sealink.com.au Kangaroo Island Regions and Accommodation Island getting closer and closer. ferries complete with air-conditioned are also available for charter, so whether it Dudley Peninsula 20-25 lounges, aircraft and café style seating, free is for a special interest, sporting group, or Planning your Kangaroo Island holiday Wi-Fi and a licensed café. Sit out on the top pre/post conference tour – our Group Travel American River 26-29 is easy with SeaLink. You have the option deck enjoying the sunshine and fresh department can plan every detail of your to take your own car, rent a car or use Kingscote and Emu Bay 30-37 sea air, or relax inside with a hot or cold itinerary, including accommodation, meals one of our connecting coach services beverage and fresh snacks. and visits to attractions. North Coast and Heartland 38-39 from Adelaide, Glenelg and Victor Harbor. We also operate shuttle bus services Western Kangaroo Island 40-43 on the Island. South Coast 44-46 Activities and Experiences 47-48 Things to See and Do 49 Adelaide and Surrounds 50-55 Kangaroo Island Regional Maps 56-57 Kangaroo Island Map 58-59 Terms and Conditions 60 (back page) Stroll along one of KI’s pure, white sandy beaches Emu Strolling Bay along the beach Pennington Bay 2 3 Welcome to Kangaroo Island – Paradise Found In a world of concrete, glass and seemingly Explore the delicate taste of Kangaroo You are welcome to journey with us to endless highways, Kangaroo Island is one Island’s freshwater crayfi sh – the Marron, this place of wonder – Kangaroo Island, of Earth’s last, unspoiled refuges. or savour the famous King George Whiting. with its spectacular landscapes and History and Facts What to Wear Caring for the Island There is nothing wild or untamed about the coastlines, its maritime heritage and It’s the type of place where you are only Island’s food and wines! memorable wildlife encounters. Named in 1802 by English explorer, Kangaroo Island enjoys a more Kangaroo Island is a special place 45 minutes by ferry from the mainland but Matthew Flinders, Kangaroo Island temperate climate than the mainland. with a delicate environment. Please you’ll feel like you’re a million miles away! Added to the food and wine journey of People travel the world looking for an island is Australia’s third largest island, after Summers are a little milder with cool help protect it and keep it safe from Just a short distance off the coast of South Kangaroo Island is another journey and like this one. Search no more. Paradise Tasmania and Melville, and is about seven evenings and winter often a little warmer. pests and diseases. Please do not bring Australia, Kangaroo Island is internationally it’s all about art. Artists are moved by the found. It’s called Kangaroo Island. times the size of Singapore but with less From March to June, the weather is unwashed potatoes, vine cuttings, foxes famous for its pristine wilderness and beauty of this place which has resulted in than 1% of the population! The Island is often spectacular with long, balmy days or rabbits onto the Island. wildlife. Across the Island, kangaroos and a thriving art culture and has earned located 110km southwest of Adelaide. Its and calm seas. Be sure to take warm Kangaroo Island is a Ligurian Bee Tammar wallabies abound. Listen carefully Kangaroo Island a reputation for both closest point to the mainland is 13km off clothing in the winter months of June Sanctuary. Importing honey, pollen and you will hear echidnas and goannas unique and high quality artwork and an Cape Jervis on the Fleurieu Peninsula. through to September. At any time or bee products is prohibited. A penalty scuttling around in the undergrowth. Up abundance of art galleries and showrooms. however, comfortable, casual clothing in the trees, koalas eye you with mild Coastline: 540km of $10,000 may apply. Recreation activities on Kangaroo Island is the order of the day. If you plan to amusement. Spend time at Seal Bay, home are exciting and diverse and you don’t Length (East-West): 155km do some walking, take some boots or Please help to protect the Island’s to a colony of Australian Sea-lions and have to travel far before you fi nd another sturdy shoes and at all times, hats and natural environment by taking care watch them playing in the shallows, surfi ng Width (at widest point): 55km fabulous experience. sunscreen are recommended. Other when visiting its beaches, walking trails the waves and basking on the sand. View SOUTH AUSTRALIA Width (at narrowest point): 1km than that, bring your camera and a and camping sites and remember the Little Penguins parading in the evening If you love the ocean, then there’s plenty sense of adventure. Feel free to leave when observing wildlife – observation Total area: about 4350km² and marvel at the New Zealand Fur Seals of it here! Dangle a line from a jetty, fi sh your worries and stress on the mainland not interaction! as they come out of the surf to sunbathe from a beach, launch your own boat or Population: approx. 4400 – everyone else has! on the rocks at Admirals Arch. charter one. Whilst Kangaroo Island is much celebrated You can swim with dolphins or enjoy for its wildlife, its food and wine are integral sailing, swimming, snorkelling, surfi ng parts of the Kangaroo Island experience. and scuba-diving too. If you’d rather Try sheep’s cheese and yoghurt along with keep your feet on terra fi rma, then KANGAROO a generous dollop of organic honey from there’s caving, bushwalking, ISLAND the Island’s famous Ligurian Bee. Enjoy quad biking and sand-boarding. some of Kangaroo Island’s fi ne, home- grown and award winning wines. Roads and Driving Camping and Caravan Parks Services and Facilities Kangaroo Island is widely accessible There are various Council, National Most major services and facilities with an extensive bituminised road Park and privately owned caravan are located within the townships on network. We urge caution on all island parks and camping areas scattered Kangaroo Island, including fuel stations, roads, especially the unsealed ones. across Kangaroo Island. Ask our supermarkets, ATM’s, Post Offi ces, Many native animals come out early in SeaLink team for further details and Banks, a Hospital, Retail Shops, Hotels the morning, at sunset and at night and please note that camping permits and Restaurants. It is advisable to they tend to congregate at the sides are required to camp in National and check opening and closing times of of the road. Please be careful at these Conservation Parks. fuel stations before commencing travel. times as many of the animals have not Mobile phone reception can also be been to road safety school! intermittent or not available in some areas of the Island.