Kangaroo Island and South Australia Holidays and Tours 2015/16 visit sealink.com.au Welcome to SeaLink – there’s more to explore! SeaLink is an award winning South Our extensive range of guided tours offer SeaLink Tours Australian company and we have full day and longer stay tours along with SeaLink tours utilise our fl eet of modern, specialised in creating life long holiday personalised 4WD and adventure tour air-conditioned vehicles and our drivers memories of Kangaroo Island and South options. Courtesy hotel pick-ups are offered are Kangaroo Island locals so their Australia for over 25 years. We are proud in both Adelaide and on Kangaroo Island. knowledge of the Island, its wildlife, history, of the SeaLink reputation for Did you know that SeaLink can help you landmarks, food and wine and special professionalism, friendliness, knowledge, with holidays, tours and accommodation in places are second to none. Touring is safety and value and it’s our pleasure other parts of South Australia too? Just ask perhaps the most relaxing way to enjoy to ensure you get the most out of your our friendly consultants for more details or your Kangaroo Island experience and Kangaroo Island holiday. visit www.sealink.com.au you’ll relish your new found knowledge and Your holiday starts the moment we realise you do learn a lot more on a guided Sealion 2000 and Spirit welcome you aboard for your 45 minute tour with SeaLink. of Kangaroo Island crossing from Cape Jervis to Penneshaw. Group Travel Sit back, relax and feel a sense of freedom SeaLink’s car and passenger ferries offer 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 Island getting closer and closer. ferries complete with air-conditioned are also available for charter, so whether it 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 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 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. from Adelaide, Glenelg or Victor Harbor. We also operate shuttle bus services on the Island. Exploring the coastline Pennington Bay 2 Contents Welcome to SeaLink 2-3 We’re here to help you Welcome to Kangaroo Island 4-5 For enthusiastic, knowledgeable and friendly advice on all aspects of Getting to and around Kangaroo Island 6-7 your Kangaroo Island holiday, talk to Choose your way to tour the Island 8-9 our highly-trained Kangaroo Island specialists. We will handle everything Guided Tours 10-11 for you – ferry, coach, self-drive or rental car packages, accommodation, 4x4 Tours 12 coach/4WD tours and activities such as Wilderness/Adventure Tour 13 marine and nocturnal tours, quad biking and National Park passes. If you have Explore Kangaroo Island – Self-Drive 14-15 any questions or you require further Kangaroo Island Self-Drive Short Break Packages 16-17 information, just ask! We look forward to assisting you. South Australia Holiday Packages including Kangaroo Island 18-19 Call 13 13 01 or visit sealink.com.au Self-Drive Ferry & Accommodation Packages 20-21 Dudley Peninsula 22-27 American River 28-31 Kingscote and Emu Bay 32-39 North Coast and Heartland 40-43 Western Kangaroo Island 44-47 South Coast 48-50 Activities and Experiences 51-52 Things to See and Do 53 Adelaide and Surrounds 54-59 Kangaroo Island Regional Maps 60-61 Kangaroo Island Map 62-63 Terms and Conditions 64 (back page) 3 Welcome to Kangaroo Island – Paradise Found In a world of concrete, glass and seemingly Added to the food and wine journey of You are welcome to journey with us to endless highways, Kangaroo Island is one Kangaroo Island is another journey and this place of wonder – Kangaroo Island, of Earth’s last, unspoiled refuges. it’s all about art. Artists are moved by the with its spectacular landscapes and beauty of this place which has resulted in coastlines, its maritime heritage and It’s the type of place where you are only a thriving art culture and has earned memorable wildlife encounters. 45 minutes by ferry from the mainland but Kangaroo Island a reputation for both you’ll feel like you’re a million miles away! People travel the world looking for an island unique and high quality artwork with an Just a short distance off the coast of South like this one. Search no more. Paradise abundance of art galleries and showrooms. Australia, Kangaroo Island is internationally found. It’s called Kangaroo Island. famous for its pristine wilderness and Recreation activities on Kangaroo Island wildlife. Across the Island, kangaroos and are exciting and diverse and you don’t Tammar wallabies abound. Listen carefully have to travel far before you fi nd another and you will hear echidnas and goannas fabulous experience. scuttling around in the undergrowth. Up If you love the ocean, then there’s plenty in the trees, koalas eye you with mild of it here! Dangle a line from a jetty, fi sh amusement. Spend time at Seal Bay, home from a beach, launch your own boat or to a colony of Australian Sea-lions and charter one. watch them playing in the shallows, surfi ng the waves and basking on the sand. View SOUTH You can swim with dolphins or enjoy AUSTRALIA the Little Penguins parading in the evening sailing, swimming, snorkelling, surfi ng and marvel at the New Zealand Fur Seals and scuba-diving too. If you’d rather as they come out of the surf to sunbathe keep your feet on terra fi rma, then on the rocks at Admirals Arch. there’s caving, bushwalking, quad biking and sandboarding. Whilst Kangaroo Island is much celebrated for its wildlife, its food and wine are integral parts of the Kangaroo Island experience. Try sheep’s cheese and yoghurt along with KANGAROO a generous dollop of organic honey from ISLAND the Island’s famous Ligurian Bee. Enjoy some of Kangaroo Island’s fi ne, home- grown and award winning wines. Experience the delicate taste of Kangaroo Island’s freshwater crayfi sh – the Marron, or savour the famous King George Whiting. There is nothing wild or untamed about the Island’s food and wines! ClimbingRemarkable Rocks Rocks PenningtonFlinders Chase Bay National Park 4 History and Facts What to Wear Caring for the Island Named in 1802 by English explorer, Kangaroo Island enjoys a more Kangaroo Island is a special place Matthew Flinders, Kangaroo Island temperate climate than the mainland. with a delicate environment. Please is Australia’s third largest island, after Summers are a little milder with cool help protect it and keep it safe from Tasmania and Melville, and is about seven evenings and winter often a little warmer. pests and diseases. Please do not bring times the size of Singapore but with less From March to June, the weather is unwashed potatoes, vine cuttings, foxes than 1% of the population! The Island is often spectacular with long, balmy days or rabbits onto the Island. located 110km southwest of Adelaide. Its and calm seas. Be sure to take warm Kangaroo Island is a Ligurian Bee closest point to the mainland is 13km off clothing in the winter months of June Sanctuary. Importing honey, pollen Cape Jervis on the Fleurieu Peninsula. through to September. At any time or bee products is prohibited. A penalty however, comfortable, casual clothing Coastline: 540km of $10,000 may apply. is the order of the day. If you plan to Length (East-West): 155km do some walking, take some boots or Please help to protect the Island’s sturdy shoes and hats and sunscreen natural environment by taking care Width (at widest point): 55km are recommended (at all times). Other when visiting its beaches, walking trails Width (at narrowest point): 1km than that, bring your camera and a and camping sites and remember sense of adventure. Feel free to leave when observing wildlife – observation Total area: about 4350km² your worries and stress on the mainland not interaction! Population: approx. 4400 – everyone else has! 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! Don’t forget intermittent or not available in some to drive on the left hand side! areas of the Island.