Day 1 - Adelaide
Transfers from the Adelaide International or Domestic Airport to the Majestic Roof Garden Hotel.
Day 2 - Adelaide
to Kangaroo Island
Afternoon pick up from your Adelaide hotel (or transfer direct from the airport to Adelaide Central Bus Station) for 1545 departure for the scenic coach trip through hills and farmland and along the coast to Cape Jervis. There you will connect with SeaLink's fast and comfortable ferry for the 45 minute cruise to Kangaroo Island.
On arrival in Penneshaw transfer to the Kangaroo Island Seafront Hotel, check in and order your 2 course dinner from the a la carte menu before taking a guided penguin tour. Here you will walk with a guide along a boardwalk with the Little Penguins as they come ashore in the evening. At the end of the tour return to the Seafront Hotel for your dinner, served with Kangaroo Island wine.
Day 3 - Kangaroo Island
After a continental breakfast you will be collected by your experienced SeaLink guide and taken to the ferry terminal to meet the other passengers joining your tour. The tour departing from the ferry terminal then begins as you travel around the island experiencing the best it has to offer. First stop is Robs Shearing, an opportunity to see sheep shearing and learn about the wool industry, all in a small and authentic original shearing shed.
From there we drive to Andermel for a look at the marron ponds (fresh water lobster) where these delicious crustaceans are farmed. As Andermel is also a winery wine tasting is included before Lunch is in the Andermel restaurant, with your choice of two marron dishes served with white wine.
After your leisurely lunch we visit the Kelly Hill Caves for a Parks Ranger guided tour of the limestone caves and then continue after a brief stop at the Flinders Chase Visitor Centre, we drive back along the south coast road to an area where kangaroos and wallabies feed in the evenings. Accommodation for the night is at the 4 star Kangaroo Island Wilderness Retreat, near the entrance to Flinders Chase National Park and set in the bush. Watch for the wallabies and possums as you go in for dinner, a two course a la carte meal served with Kangaroo Island wines. Remember to close your hotel room door while you are at dinner as the possums love to visit!
Day 4 - Kangaroo Island to Adelaide
After breakfast we drive back into Flinders Chase National Park to visit Remarkable Rocks, a spectacular eroded granite rock formation we then stop at Weir's Cove to see the ruins of the old lighthouse store. In winter watch for whales which sometimes pass along the coast here. At Admiral's Arch take the boardwalk into the Arch, another spectacular natural formation and home to a colony of playful fur seals. Then we stop off at the Hanson Bay Sanctuary where we take a walk to look for koalas and then to Western KI Sanctuary an area where kangaroos and wallabies feed in the evenings.
From there we drive to Vivonne Bay for a two course lunch served with Kangaroo Island wines in a natural bushland setting. After lunch there is a Birds of Prey free flight demonstration and then we drive to the bay to see what has been rated by one of Australia's leading Universities as Australia's best beach. From Vivonne Bay it is a short drive to Little Sahara, an inland area of large white sand dunes, unusual in that the dunes are not coastal and are surrounded by dense bushland.
Another short drive brings us to Seal Bay Conservation Park where we have one of the world's special experiences - a walk on the beach with your SeaLink guide amongst a breeding colony of wild and rare Australian sea lions. From Seal Bay travel into Kingscote, the island's main town, where you will see the feeding of the wild pelicans and learn about these ancient birds. Then it is time to return to Adelaide and your tour ends at the airport or ferry terminal for evening travel back to your Adelaide hotel.
Day 5 - Adelaide to Andamooka
After your tour guide pick you up from the Majestic Roof Garden Hotel you will travel via 4WD along the Spencer Golf towards Roxby Downs home to the Olympic Dam Uranium mine. Then on to Andamooka a unique opal mining town where you have the opportunity to tour an underground working mine where you could take your chances on trying to strike some opal. Accommodation is at the Andamooka Hotel where you will have the chance to meet the locals.
Day 6 - Andamooka to Coober Pedy
First stop for the day is Woomera, Australia's rocket range,
the stop off at Island Lagoon and Lake Hart before travelling
the Stuart Highway and the outback plains on the way to Cooper
Pedy Australia's famous Opal mining region. You will take
a guided tour through the town and into an underground opal
mine with local workers of the mines where you will learn
the value of the opal gem.
Before being taken to your hotel you will have the opportunity to explore many shops of Coober Pedy maybe purchasing some amazing opal products to take home. Your overnight accommodation is staying at the famous Desert Cave Underground Hotel where you may get to experience life underground.
Day 7 - Coober Pedy to Blinman
Today you will travel through the outback plains of South
Australia sighting the Moon Plains and the Dog Fence, the
longest fence in the world stretching more than 5300 kilometres
from the Great Australian Bight to Queensland's Bunya Mountains.
Drive through Anna Creek cattle station a massive 24,000 square
kilometre property. From there to Lake Cadibarrawirracanna
(the longest place name in Australia) and then onto William
Creek, one of Australia's smallest towns.
We then follow the Oodnadatta Track the old Ghan Line
to see artesian mound springs and Lake Eyre the largest salt
lake in the country. Lunch is at the Maree Hotel a unique little pub in
a town which history stems back to early days in Australia's Railway history
and the start of the Birdsville Track. Travelling on, the Flinders Ranges
come into view and you make the journey up to the highest town in South
Australia. You stop in Blinman for the night at the quaint outback pub.
Day 8 - Blinman to Adelaide
Today travel through the picturesque tree-lined Brachina
Gorge then marvel at the changing colour as you travel through
the 'corridor in time'. You will be guided through the habitat
of native wildlife such as emus, kangaroos and reptiles and
you may also have the opportunity to spot a rare Yellow Footed
Rock Wallaby. Keep an eye out for the brightly coloured Ring
necked Parrots and perhaps a wedged tail eagle, Australia's
largest bird of prey.
Today will be spent exploring the region which provides
a stark contrast to the deserts and salt lakes you travelled
through yesterday. You will travel through the southern ranges in as you
make your way into the vineyard country of the famous Clare Valley wine
region before making your way back to Adelaide for the completion of your
Opal Trail journey. You will then be dropped at the Majestic Roof Garden
for your night's accommodation.
Day 9 - Adelaide
Today we will transfer you from the Majestic Roof Garden Hotel to the Adelaide International or Domestic airport.
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