5 Day / 4 night- Melbourne Adelaide Via Kangaroo Island

Tour Details

Operator

Coast to Country Touring

Destinations

Great Ocean Road, Hobart, Kangaroo Island, Huonville, Innamincka, Hobart International Airport, Horseshoe Falls, Huon Valley and Halls Gap

Departs From

Melbourne

Tour Description

Departs weekly - Monday - 8:30 am from Melbourne

Day 1 – Great Ocean Road
The Great Ocean Road is one of the world’s most spectacular journeys, an amazing road that winds its way beside long sandy beaches, towering tree covered cliffs and sculptured limestone formations created by the relentless pounding waves of the Southern Ocean.
At Maits Rest, we take the 600-metre long walk along the forest floor under the under canopy of ancient tree ferns, the type of terrain where dinosaurs once roamed. See magnificent Mountain Ashes (a variety of giant eucalyptus trees native to the region that can grow in excess of 100 metres / 300 feet in height).
Highlights - Lorne, Koala spotting, Apollo Bay, Otway Ranges, Twelve Apostles and Lochard Gorge.

Day 2 – Grampians National Park
Gariwerd is the aboriginal name for the Grampians National Park. The 414,000 acre park is as rich in its variety of fauna and flora, as it is in its cultural significance with 80% of the aboriginal rock art sites listed in Victoria located in the Grampians. Lakes, waterfalls, spectacular lookouts and bounding wildlife are all part of our experiences today. Our overnight accommodation is ideally located providing a bush retreat and an opportunity to get close and personal with kangaroos, wallabies and all other native animals that inhabit this picturesque region.
Highlights - Wildlife spotting, hiking, panoramic scenery and time to explore.

Day 3 – Grampians - Kangaroo Island
This morning we travel west towards the Victorian / South Australian border and the fabulous wine region of McLaren Vale. Located along South Australia’s Fleurieu
Peninsula. The moderate maritime climate with long summer/autumn ripening periods results in one of Australia's premium wine growing regions.

An opportunity to indulge and sample wines accompanied with an a la carte lunch.

A late afternoon ferry crossing from Cape Jervis brings us on to the stunningly beautiful Kangaroo Island at Penneshaw for a two-night stay.

Overnight – Seafront Resort - Penneshaw

Day 4 – Kangaroo Island
We spend the day exploring the many treasures of Kangaroo Island. We travel to Seal Bay for a close encounter with a colony of wild Australian Sea Lions, walk along the magnificent beaches of Vivonne Bay before exploring the wildlife rich Flinders Chase National park. Tonight there’s an opportunity to take a close look at the little penguins in their natural habitat.

Overnight –Seafront Resort - Penneshaw

Day 5 – Adelaide (Breakfast)

A mid morning crossing of the backstairs Passage provides another opportunity to spot some marine wildlife before arriving at Cape Jervis and the mainland.

We wind our way over the Mount Lofty Range and down into the city of churches, Adelaide and tours end around midday.

Transfer to required city hotel.