KangarooIsland,
yourway.
Skip the listicles. Tell us how long you’ve got, who you’re bringing, and what you’re into. We’ll plan a day-by-day trip you’ll actually want to follow.
Tell us a few things.
We’ll plan the rest.
- Ferry from Cape Jervis45 min · SeaLink
- Pennington Bay swimBeach · 1 hr
- Dinner at Sunset Food & WinePenneshaw
- Seal Bay boardwalkWildlife · 2 hr
- Little Sahara dunesAdventure · 2 hr
- Kingscote sundownerDrinks
- Remarkable Rocks at first lightWildlife · 1 hr
- Admirals Arch & fur sealsWildlife · 1 hr
- Flight home from Kingscote40 min · Rex
What kind of traveller
are you?
Six honest starting points. Pick the one that sounds most like your trip and we’ll build a draft itinerary around it. You can change anything you don’t love.
Wildlife lover
Dawn at Seal Bay, fur seals at Admirals Arch, and the kangaroos you came for. Plans that put the animals first, the photo ops second.
Adventure seeker
Sandboarding Little Sahara, kayaking Harriet River, sea cliffs that don’t end. For travellers who’d rather come back tired.
Foodie
Ligurian honey, free-range eggs, oysters lifted that morning. A working-island food trail by the people growing it.
Family with kids
Short drives, big swims, the kind of wildlife days that win parents back. Tested with our own under-tens.
Couple’s retreat
Slow mornings, paddock dinners, a hot tub looking at the Southern Ocean. Honeymoon energy without the cliches.
Solo wanderer
Walkable towns, a car, no one’s agenda but yours. A few stays we’d quietly recommend to a friend travelling alone.
Where to go,
and roughly when.
Kangaroo Island is bigger than people think. About 155 km from end to end. Most first-time visitors try to see too much. Here’s a slower way to think about it.
How to get there.
Three honest options. We’ve done them all enough times to have opinions.
Ferry
Cape Jervis to Penneshaw. Drive on, drive off. The classic way over, and the one most locals would tell you to take. Yes, the ferry stings on the wallet. We tell you the trick to make it worth every dollar.
Plan ferry tripFlights
Land at Kingscote. Fastest way over if you’re short on time or coming from interstate. Picks up where the ferry leaves off.
Find flightsSelf-drive
Bring your own car across on the ferry, pick up your hire car at Penneshaw, or go with our packaged 3-day self-drive. We’ll sort the logistics.
See the packageRead before you go.
5 things you didn’t know about Ligurian honey
KI is home to the world’s last pure strain of Ligurian honeybee. Here’s what that actually means in a jar.
The honest guide to Seal Bay
It’s touristy. It’s also worth it. When to go, which tour to pick, and what to do with the rest of your day.
Why Little Sahara is Australia’s best-kept dune secret
Sandboarding rentals are $40. The dunes are 70 metres high. The bus tours mostly skip it.
Where to sleep on KI without spending a fortune
Six places we’d send a friend, from a $140 farm cabin to a self-contained shack on the south coast.
The free 28-page
KI planning kit.
Maps. Drive times that aren’t a lie. A packing list for a south-coast spring. Six itineraries we’d run ourselves. Drop your email and we’ll send it over.