Brief introduction to kangaroo island
(Kangaroo Island, a kangaroo island south of Adelaide, Australia's capital of South Australia, is South Australia's most famous tourist destination, and South Australia has been named the world's top 10 tourist destination by Lonely Planet in 2017. There are also kangaroo islands a lot of hard work. Kangaroo Island is a very large island, covering an area of about 4400 square kilometers, equivalent to 3.5 Chongming Island or 1 / 8 Hainan Island, with a permanent population of less than 5000 people, and only a few small towns, most of which are rarely populated. The ecology of the island is very well preserved, there are a great variety of wild animals and plants, and the kangaroo island has no bridge or tunnel connection with the mainland of South Australia. It can only be reached by ferry or plane, and the fares are not cheap, transportation is inconvenient, and the population is very small. The picturesque landscape makes kangaroo island more like a real outdoor peach. If you haven't been to kangaroo island on a trip to Adelaide, you'll have to regret it.
The one-way trip from downtown Adelaide to Cape Jervis pier is about one and a half hours.
As mentioned earlier, the kangaroo island does not have access to the bridge and tunnel and can only be reached by ferry or plane. There is a flight from Adelaide to Kingscott, a small plane with only 20 or 30 seats, with about 2, 3 flights a day, and the flight time is about half an hour. The fare is about 140,180 Australian dollars per person, slightly expensive, and you have to rent a car at the airport after you get off the plane. The local bus is almost zero. Without a car, you can't go anywhere, and it's a lot more expensive to rent a car on the island than in Adelaide. There are fewer options, so it's recommended to rent a car in Adelaide and take a ferry.
If you want to follow the tour group, you can find a travel agency in the downtown Adelaide area, but there are also Chinese groups in small numbers, and you can also sign up on domestic travel websites. The visitors are all about 250 to 300 Australian dollars a day, so you don't have to bother with the group. Anyway, just get in the car, sleep, get out of the car, take pictures and follow the guide, and our playbook is for self-driving or chartered tourists.
Kangaroo island self-driving strategy
Schedule selection
If there is plenty of time, it is suggested that 2 days or 3 days travel, can more fully experience the beauty of kangaroo island; A one-day tour will be OK, but it will be very tiring and not fun. It will take about three hours from Adelaide to and from Cape Jervis Terminal, and the round trip ferry (45 minutes one way) plus the waiting time will also take at least two hours. And the main attractions on kangaroo island turn around at least 300 kilometers, and it takes four to five hours on the road alone. How much time can there be for sightseeing, photo-taking, pleasure and gourmet food? And from an economic point of view, it's not cheap to go to kangaroo island once. It takes about 300 Australian dollars for a ferry to and fro a passenger car (depending on the number of people on the bus). It's just a day's play. Anyway, I don't think it's cost-effective. So the best time must be two or three days.
Vehicle selection
The roads on the island are perfect, the majority of destinations are qualified by ordinary 2-drive cars, and a few beaches and inland hinterlands require 4-drive cars to enter, but unless they travel in-depth for many days, ordinary tourists are generally less likely to travel. So this paper mainly focuses on the destination where the 2-drive can reach. Another note is that if you rent a car, some rental car companies are not allowed to drive to kangaroo island, please make sure to consult clearly to avoid disputes.
Shipping ticket information
The ferry between Cape Jervis (Cape Jervis) in South Australia and Penny Shaw (Penneshaw) in kangaroo island is operated by SeaLink Company. This one has no branch, and the monopoly is expensive. The one-way car is 98 Australian dollars per person, and the adult passenger is 49 Australian dollars per person. Children's $25 per person, kangaroo island for 7, 9, 10, 15, 16, 18, 19, and back to Adelaide 5-30, 8-30, 10-30, 14-20, 16-30, 17-30, 19-30, notice that some of the trips are not daily, please check the SeaLink website. Remind you to book tickets in advance, although you can buy them directly at the dock, but it is very common to be sold out very early in the peak season of tourism. If Xingchong drove more than 100 kilometers to the dock, it would be very embarrassing to be told that the tickets were sold out on that day. In addition, the ferry is affected by the weather and may be suspended in the event of bad weather. Therefore, it is important to keep the correct telephone number and keep the mobile phone unblocked when booking. If there is any accident, the staff of the ferry will call. You can also check on the official website for the latest class dynamics, SeaLink official website please move: https://www.sealink.com.au. After the payment is successful on the Internet, you will receive confirmation that the Email, is printed out or exist in the mobile phone, and drive directly to the docks and show them to the staff. Generally, it is appropriate to arrive at the dock 10 / 20 minutes in advance.
Introduction of the main purpose
A list of the main destinations of kangaroo island
- Penny Shaw (Penneshaw): kangaroo island wharf location, is a small town, nothing special, but at night you can see little penguins go home, here is the same breed of penguins as Philip Island, Victoria. It's the smallest penguin in the world, but it's not as numerous as Philip's, especially in the last 15 years, which can be ignored if you've been to Philip. Pennyshaw's Penguin Centre offers guided tours for $13 per person. Booking method please move: http://australia51.com/place/AF09BD26-F095-03F1-7F82-F01332B083EB
- The Cape Willerby lighthouse, (Cape Willoughby Lighthouse):, located on the easternmost side of kangaroo island, was about half an hour's drive from Penny Shaw. The road was not very good and fast, but there was no problem with the second drive. This is also the only destination of the whole kangaroo island east of Pennisshaw. The lighthouse is built on the cliffs of the seaside, and there is no sign of human activity except for a small restaurant. Since it is not the hottest spot on the kangaroo island, it is rarely visited. Often in the vast wilderness no one can see, the true sense of the ends of the earth, but Lao Chen strongly recommends not to miss here, from Pennesiao to here all the way scenery, absolutely can be described as amazing, the sea, forests, wetlands, The beautiful pictures of swamps and wild animals will make you reluctant to leave.
- About 100km from Cape Willerby by car, (Seal Bay Conservation Park): is home to nearly 600 rare Australian sea lions (it's a strange feeling that the sea lion is not a seal). These cute, meek little things are not afraid of people at all. They set up POSE to take pictures of tourists and make a postcard with any photo at hand. Tickets can be divided into two categories: one is a guided tour, can walk to the beach, closer to the seal, there are fixed sessions every day, basically every 45 minutes to 1 hour, adult A $35 children A $20; The other is self-help without a guide, can not walk to the beach, can enter at any time, adults 16 Australian dollars children 10 Australian dollars, the latest admission time is 16:15, late can not get in.
- King Scott (Kingscote):, the largest town on kangaroo island, is located in the middle of kangaroo island, with supermarkets, restaurants, shops, etc. Hotels also have the most choice, usually two-day tours will usually stay here. Kingscott is a small seaport town with a beautiful landscape, where, like Penny Shaw, there are little penguins to settle down, but the number has plummeted over the last decade and there are few opportunities to be seen now. Now the most famous animals here are the big-mouthed pelicans, hundreds of them gathered near the docks, and every night at 5: 00 a. M. there is an old man (sometimes a couple, perhaps sons and daughters-in-law). (unconfirmed guesswork) holding barrels of fish to organize a pelican feed show at the wharf will last about 10 minutes or so, and the pelicans are used to it and lined up early. To be honest, the show worked well, but the old man, who has been around for more than 20 years, has become a symbol of King Scott, and his fees are not expensive ($5 for adults and $3 for children). So there are still a lot of people watching every day.
- Clifford Honey Farm (Clifford') S Honey Farm): this is a small bee farm near Kingscott, where a rare bee is raised, and shops on the farm sell bee products such as honey, ice cream, soap, etc., 100% high-quality pure nature, and not expensive. Buy some of the most gift to give people a very nice, if you pass by, you can take some time to visit.
- Little Sahara (Little Sahara):, a dunes in south-central kangaroo island, I don't know why a desert exists so close to the coast on an island, but that's where it is. Sand skiing is a favorite sport for Australians, sitting on a skateboard and rushing down the dunes, the actual stimulus is much more intense than anyone else looks. Australia has a lot of places to slide sand, small Sahara is one of the resorts, the sand here is very fine, high and steep, it will be a rather exciting experience here. Sand skiing is free, sand skateboards can be rented from the tourist center at the entrance to the small Sahara, and other sports equipment such as beach motorcycles and beach bicycles are available for rent.
- Flinders Zeiss National Park, the largest and most famous of six national parks on the Flinder's Chase National Park): kangaroo island, occupies almost the entire western part of the island. With its rugged but spectacular coastline, it is a paradise for seals, sea lions, egrets and many other species of wildlife, and the vast inland forests and grasslands off the coast live in large numbers of wild kangaroos, koala, possum and ecole. Lizards and even platypus. The park requires tickets, $11 for adults and $6 for children, which can be purchased at tourist centres after entering the park. Flinders Zeiss National Park's three most famous attractions are the miraculous rocks in the south, the flagship arch and the Borda Cape Lighthouse in the north.
- Magic Rock (Remarkable Rocks): is a group of naturally formed, artistic boulders, standing on granite cliffs adjacent to the seaside, is a real natural spectacle, amazing. These twisted boulders are a masterpiece of millions of years of waves and must be visited by tourists, including a loving cave that attracts couples to lift their selfie poles.
- The flagship arch, (Admirals Arch):, is a huge rock cave formed over the years by years of stormy water, shaped like an arch for its name. Very close to the magic rocks, also located by the sea, is also the nature of the ghost axe craftsmanship. There is a trestle path from the parking lot all the way down the cliff to the arch, and along the way you can see a large number of seals (not sea lions) living on the rocks and in the sea on the side of the trestle, these honest-looking guys or fishing in the sea. Or stumble onto the shore against the waves, or lounging over the rocks by the sea to take a nap in the stomach, you can even see warm pictures of the sea lion's mother feeding the little sea lion, because it is a long distance from the tourists. So a minister focal camera is essential.
- The Borda Cape Lighthouse (Cape Borda Lighthouse Station): is located just north of Flinders Zeiss National Park, about 70 kilometers from the flagship arch. This 100-year-old lighthouse is square, with a museum and newspaper kiosk, refreshments and souvenirs, artillery fire at 12:30 every day, and a footpath around the lighthouse that leads to the cliffs.
- The kangaroo island wildlife park, (Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park):, near Kingscott, has a small area but a large number of animals that feature close contact with koalas, touching and even feeding them, and a large number of koalas. A lot of time is worth going, with tickets of A $25 for adults and A $15 for children.
- Hanson Bay Wildlife Conservation Park (Hanson Bay Wildlife Sanctuary): is located in the southwest of kangaroo island, not a very popular scenic spot, usually not to go with a group, this is the famous wild koala reserve, where a large number of wild koala live in the eucalyptus forest. There is almost no need to look for it. There are tourist centers and restaurants, tickets are also purchased here, $9 for adults and $5 for children.
- Looking forward to mountain (Prospect Hill): is the highest point of kangaroo island, just on the road from Kingscott to Pennyshaw, about 20 minutes from the foot of the mountain, overlooking the whole kangaroo island view. However, the road to the viewing platform was closed when Lao Chen last went. I don't know if it is open now. Friends with updated messages can leave a message here. Thank you.
Entertainment recommendation
- In Kingscott, local companies organise dolphin tours, float in shallow waters, and have zero-distance contact with wild dolphins, providing snorkeling equipment priced at A $190 for adults and A $110 for children, not limited to time but affected by the weather. If you come in the summer, you can experience it. Book your website at http://www.kimarineadventures.com.au/booknow/.
Accommodation recommendation
There are plenty of places to stay on the kangaroo island, which can be found on both Booking and Airbnb. Here are a few that are characteristic or representative:
- If you have a car or tent, there are three well-equipped RV camps, Kangaroo Island Shores Caravan Park, Kingscott of Pennyshaw and Western KI Caravan Park; at the east entrance of Flinders Chase National Park. There are also makeshift campsites in Flinders Zeiss National Park;
- Kangaroo Island Seaview Motel: located in King Scott, sea view, cost-effective;
- Kangaroo Island Seaside Inn: located in King Scott, sea view, cost-effective;
- Aurora Ozone Hotel: is located in King Scott, Sea View, is King Scott's most modern hotel;
- Hanson Bay Cabins: is located on the southernmost beach of the Hanson Bay Wildlife Reserve. It is sparsely populated and has an invincible sea view with a total of six wooden huts. The only drawback is that it takes two nights to get up (three nights in the peak season), and the only drawback is that it will take two nights to get up and book (three nights during the peak season). It's a difficult time schedule, and you can't choose this place unless you travel for 3 days or more;
- A Dune Escape: 's Emu Bay (Emu Bay), north of Kingscott, is a two-bedroom villa on the beach with up to four people. The price is high (about $550A / night), the environment is invincible, and the facilities are new. Also can often see wild kangaroos running around the door, because there is only one set, so very hot, whether can order need to see luck;
- Searenity Holiday Accommodation:, also located in Emu Bay, has one-bedroom apartments (up to 2 people) and three-bedroom villas (up to 8 people), which you can try if you can't book A Dune Escape;
- Located on the north coast, Kangaroo Beach Lodges is the most luxurious hotel on kangaroo island, with invincible sea views and private beaches. It is located in a working cattle farm, with three separate villas of 2 to 8 people, which are expensive but well worth it.
- Recommendations for Historic Architecture accommodation: in the kangaroo island country, there are hotels that have been transformed into historic buildings, run by SeaLink in goverment, South Australia, and are inaccessible in the evenings, listening to the waves count the stars, a different kind of experience. Alternative accommodations include: Cape du Couedic Lightstation (Flinders Zeiss National Park, near the flagship arch,), Cape Borda Lightstation (Flinders Zeiss National Park, next to the Cape Borda lighthouse on the edge of), Cape Willoughby Lightstation (Willeby lighthouse), There are different rooms to choose from. The maximum number of rooms varies from 2 to 7. The peak season (September 1 to April 30) will be booked in two nights and can be booked on the SeaLink website.
Recommended travel schedule
- 1 day tour:
- Adelaide-> Jervis Cape-> Penny Shaw-> Cape Willerby Lighthouse-> Panther Bay Conservation Park-> flagship arch-> Magic Rock-> Penny Shaw-> Jervis Cape-> Adelaide
2 day tour:
- Day1: Adelaide-> Jervis Cape-> Penny Shaw-> Cape Willerby Lighthouse-> Clifford Honey Farm-> Seopard Bay Conservation Park-> Little Sahara-> King Scott
- Day2: King Scott-> flagship arch-> Magic Rock-> Borda Cape Lighthouse-> Penny Shaw-> Jervis Cape-> Adelaide
3-day tou
- Day1: Adelaide-> Cape Jervis-> Penny Shaw-> Cape Willerby Lighthouse-> Mount of display-> Clifford Honey Farm-> Kim Scott, Sukin Scott
- Day2: > King Scott-> Panther Bay Conservation Park-> Little Sahara-> Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park-> Kim Scott, Sukin Scott
- Day3: King Scott-> Hansen Bay Wildlife Conservation Park-> flagship arch-> Borda Cape Lighthouse-> Penny Shaw-> Cape Jervis-> Adelaide
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Boarding at Cape Jervis.
If you take the earliest boat to kangaroo island, you can see the sunrise at sea
Pennyshaw's dockway
The beautiful view of the lighthouse from Pennyshaw to Cape Willerby
Willebee lighthouse
Sea lions in the sea leopard bay conservation park
Kim Scott's pelicans.
Small Sahara sand slip
Clifford honey farm
Flagship Arch Seals by the Sea
Flagship arch
Cape du Couedic lighthouse (on the way to the flagship arch)
Magic rock
Kangaroo island wildlife zoo
Hansen Bay Wildlife Conservation Park and Cabins
