Back to Nature

Tour Details

Operator

Kangaroo Island Tourist Services

Destination

Kangaroo Island

Tour Description

Back to Nature Tour includes the following Kangaroo Island highlights:

Seal Bay Conservation Park

A large sandy beach and dune area where Australian Sea-lions rest and nurse their young. The habitat of this colony of several hundred Sea-lions is protected by a Conservation Park and Aquatic Reserve. On the beach visitors have the rare opportunity to participate in a guided stroll amongst Sea-lions basking on the sand and watch them as they play and surf. About 75% of the world’s population of this rare species live in South Australia. A fabulous wildlife experience.

Koala Walk

As you stroll down the gum tree lined track you are given a rare opportunity to view these beautiful animals in their natural habitat at relatively close range.

Flinders Chase National Park

This park covers 10% of the Island’s surface area, and is the only National Park. It is an area rich in natural features. It is home to approximately 750 different plants, trees and shrubs and around 250 species of birds. The following are highlights within the Chase, which became a National Park in 1919.

Rocky River Interpretative Centre

This small cleared area, near the entrance to Flinders Chase, is in the heart of a Sugar Gum forest has become well known for the large number of kangaroos, wallabies and Cape Barren geese that graze there. Rocky River is also home to the newly developed National Parks and Wildlife Interpretative Centre for Flinders Chase.

Remarkable Rocks

Nature has carved the well-named Remarkable Rocks. On top of a huge dome-shaped granite mound are many weirdly shaped granite boulders. Their cavernous shell like appearance is a result of rock being dissolved. Water collecting in cracks and on surfaces, is protected from sunlight and wind, and gradually weathers the rocks. The microscopic roots of the orange coloured lichen further contribute to this weathering. This is an Australian geographical oddity, attracting visitors from all over the world.

Weir’s Cove

Following three major shipwrecks in the area at the turn of the century, the lighthouse was built. With no established roads, all building materials were required to be brought by sea being landed at Weir’s Cove via a flying fox. This landing was critical for the ongoing supplies of food, clothing etc. arriving at 3-monthly intervals for light keepers and their families. The ruins of the storeroom atop Weir’s Cove still exist.

Cape Du Couedic - Admirals Arch

Cape du Couedic is the southwest extremity of Kangaroo Island. It was named by a French explorer, Captain Nicolas Baudin in 1803. Offshore lies the Casuarina Islets, known to the locals as The Brothers.

Seen from the Cape, Admirals Arch is a spectacular limestone cave framing spray-drenched rock slabs and sea. New Zealand fur seals can been seen basking on the rock slabs below the Arch and as they pit their skills against the rough ocean waters. Entry into breeding and nursing grounds is prohibited.