Campwild operates active tours which involve hiking, swimming, rock scrambling, wildlife viewing etc, please bring gear which is appropriate for you for these activities, in particular consider the following: Hat, sunscreen, walking shoes, insect repellent, water bottle, bathers (swimming gear), and a sleeping bag (or hire one from us for $15). Otherwise all the usual stuff, and most important a sense of adventure!

3 Day Wildlife Safari Itinerary

Day 1: Our tour starts when we pick you up from your hostel in Adelaide at 10:00am and drive towards Kangaroo Island via the Fleurieu Peninsula where there is great swimming, snorkelling, walks and fantastic coastal views. During winter and cooler days we have heaps of other options, including whale watching at Victor Harbour, wine tasting at McLaren Vale and hiking in Deep Creek Conservation Park.

We arrive at Cape Jervis and jump on our own charter boat (weather permitting) and actively search for dolphins as we cross the Backstairs Passage to the island. We then make our way to our private bush camp (summer) or eco hut (winter) located on private coastal property and literally only 30 metres from the beautiful Ante Chamber Bay Beach. Our site is equipped with showers, toilets and a campfire.

Day 2: Our day of action, wildlife and wilderness includes sand boarding at Little Sahara (like snowboarding on sand), surfing and snorkelling at Vivonne Bay and optional quad biking around the bush at sunset. We also visit Seal Bay, where we get up close to the Sea Lions on the beach walk. The night is spent around the campfire at our exclusive bush camp near Vivonne Bay (or the farm house in winter). After cooking an Aussie BBQ feast we take a nocturnal walk and see those animals active at night, including penguins, wallabies and possums.

Day 3: We head for a busy day in the Flinders Chase National Park, the largest on the island. Depending on the conditions we can choose the magnificent Ravine Des Casoars or a selection of shorter hikes. We also visit the famous Remarkable Rocks and Admirals Arch. Flinders Chase is home to the elusive platypus, vast tracts of untamed wilderness and heaps of other wildlife, which we'll do our best to see lots of. From Flinders Chase we make our way back to Penneshaw and return back into Adelaide at approximately 9:30pm.

Our wildlife commitment

Our guides are committed to finding as much native wildlife as they can in the 3 days, and then providing you with a wealth of information. We see all wildlife in the wild and are one of the few tours who can take you on a private beach walk at Seal Bay instead of a ranger guided tour. Expect to see Kangaroo, Wallabies, Australian Sea Lions, New Zealand Fur Seals, Platypus, Echidnas, Southern Right Whales (in season), Koalas, Dolphins, Brush Tailed Possums, Penguins, Goannas (in season), Cockatoos and lots more.

Our wildlife activities include nocturnal walks, wild penguin viewing on a remote beach (not a penguin parade) and platypus viewing at black swamp lagoon.

Private Charter Boat.

The get you to and from Kangaroo Island for the 3 day tour, we use a private charter boat rather than the ferry, this allows us to get to the island quicker as this boat is not only faster, but we have greatly reduced loading time.

The best thing about the Charter boat however is the ability to see dolphins, the body of water between Kangaroo Island and the mainland is full of dolphins and we often see them from the boat. It's a fantastic experience sitting on the front of the boat when a pod of dolphins joins in and swims with the boat, at this point you are literally metres from the dolphins as they jump and play in the water.

Bush Camping.

From the 1st of Nov to the 30th of April, our 3 day tour bush camps.

We have a variety of places to camp on the island, both by the beach and in the bush, we sleep in comfy swags under the stars (a swag is like a bed roll, it is a thick mattress inside a large canvas bag, you put your sleeping bag inside the swag and throw your swag next to the campfire, your body is covered and your head is exposed, falling asleep looking at Australia's southern sky full of stars is an amazing experience. If you are worried by creepy crawlies you can relax, you are well protected in a swag.).

We have permanent shelters like that pictured to the right in case of rain and bad weather, although sunshine and clear skys are the norm for this time of year.

Accommodation.

Our private stone wilderness cottage is located on a 500 acre bush property at Vivone Bay on the South West coast of the island, it borders Cape Kersaint Conservation Park and has access to private coast and beaches. The cottage has bunks in 2 rooms, a kitchen, common area with large open fire, an outdoor campfire and BBQ area and shower and toilet. It’s cosy and warm in the winter, cool in the summer and whole property supports an abundance of Native Wildlife.

The trip

Kangaroo Island is a fantastic place and we'll need every bit of the 3 days to see it. The island is famous not only for it's Kangaroos but for it's fantastic coastal scenery, crystal clear oceans alive with Dolphins, Sea Lions, Seals and Penguins, it's eucalyptus forests full of Koalas, Possums, Echidnas, rare Tammar Wallabies and of coarse Kangaroos and the elusive platypus.

The two most popular places on the island are Seal Bay and Remarkable Rocks. As well as visiting these amazing places, our longer trip and 4WD also gives us the time and ability to explore the rest of the island and that's what makes Campwild special.

It's an active trip with plenty of hiking and swimming, we carry snorkels and masks for swimming (if you're lucky the dolphins join in) and sand boards for some extreme action at a place called Little Sahara. There's also the option to do some quad bike tours from one of our campsites.

In between the activities there's time to relax and chill out, one of the most enjoyable chill out times is getting up early to sit quietly by a billabong and wait for a platypus or 2 to show up. Platypus are elusive little creatures and very few people ever see one in the wild. They're not always guaranteed to show up at this place but if the platypus don't then quite often something else will, either way, it's a great time of the day to be around.

It's a small group (max 10) so you don't get lost in the crowd and group involvement is encouraged in everything we do. We camp in comfortable swags under the stars and the food is good and healthy and there's plenty of it.

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