South Australia
Reward your Wonder in South Australia
Australia’s third largest state, South Australia borders all the other mainland states and is home to a spectacular range of diverse regions. With dramatic variations in landscape and climate, there is a huge choice of unique experiences and unforgettable adventures.
Not only the heart of Australia’s wine industry, but South Australia also offers a brilliant blend of unspoilt nature and wildlife, the legendary outback, rugged mountain ranges, fascinating Aboriginal culture, pristine coastline, and magnificent river experiences.
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Reward your Wonder
in South Australia
Australia’s third largest state, South Australia borders all the other mainland states and is home to a spectacular range of diverse regions. With dramatic variations in landscape and climate, there is a huge choice of unique experiences and unforgettable adventures.
Not only the heart of Australia’s wine industry, but South Australia also offers a brilliant blend of unspoilt nature and wildlife, the legendary outback, rugged mountain ranges, fascinating Aboriginal culture, pristine coastline, and magnificent river experiences.
Experience Adelaide
- Admire the elegant architecture and parklands of Adelaide, then relax by the beach or explore the lush and charming countryside – within 20 minutes drive of the city
- See the widest range of Australian native animals in their natural habitats on Kangaroo Island
- Discover towering rock walls, spectacular gorges and Aboriginal rock art in the spectacular Flinders Ranges, or drive into the deep Outback to explore legendary desert tracks
- Share a drink with the winemakers and be charmed by the picturesque countryside, rolling hills and quaint villages of the Barossa
- Explore the Eyre Peninsula, home to national parks, ancient caves, the Nullarbor Plain and more than 2000 kilometres of coastline
- Take a cruise on the Murray River through deep limestone canyons, where world class wines are grown alongside wetlands filled with wildlife
- Experience the laidback lifestyle of the Fleurieu Peninsula and discover national parks, top golf courses and high quality cuisine
- Take a leisurely tour of the Limestone Coast, with its lush farming country, volcanic craters, caves, vineyards and picturesque fishing villages
- Visit the charming vineyards of the Clare Valley and discover the picture-perfect white beaches, fishing towns and historic ports of the Yorke Peninsula
Superbly set beside the River Torrens and surrounded by extensive parklands, Adelaide is a city of great visual harmony with a classical elegant style. It boasts a charming combination of wide streets, gracious colonial architecture and lively cafés and restaurants. Being level and compact, everything is easily accessible by foot. Adelaide enjoys a rich cultural life through its many galleries, museums, and theatres, and boasts a year-round calendar of festivals and events for the arts, music, food, wine, and literature.
Here is a small selection of the accommodation available in Adelaide but we have many alternative Hotels and Apartments to suit all tastes and budgets.
Crowne Plaza, Adelaide
Located within the city’s tallest building, Frome Central Tower, Crowne Plaza Adelaide will greet you with sprawling city views when you enter its light-filled lobby Skydeck. Designed with leisure and business travellers in mind, the hotel features social workspaces such as its Plaza Workplace and offers seamless connectivity all throughout. Other facilities include the fitness centre, Japanese restaurant Koomo, and heated outdoor infinity pool with adjoining rooftop bar, while its East End location offers laneways, galleries, shopping, bars and dining right at its doorstep.
Oval Hotel
Oval Hotel is Australia’s first stadium hotel, set amongst the lush parklands of Adelaide Oval just minutes from the city centre. It offers contemporary custom-furnished guest rooms, studios, and suites, all with expansive views of the historic parklands so you can take in the tranquil setting. Don’t miss the exquisite dining experience at Five Regions Restaurant, which celebrates Adelaide’s renowned wine regions and ingredients through an innovative seasonally driven menu.
Mayfair Hotel
It’s hard to think of a hotel more deeply and historically “Canberra” than Art Deco Hotel Kurrajong. It was the 1940s home of former Australian prime minister Ben Chifley, but this is no outdated stay.
You’ll find stunning, large-scale artworks in bedrooms, historic memorabilia in common spaces and a restaurant serving local produce and offering a 120-bottle wine list.
Some of the experiences available from South Australia are outlined below, but there are many, many more, so please ask for details of any other activity you would like to include during your stay.
Adelaide City Package: 4 Nights
This suggested city package includes 4 nights’ accommodation, half day city tour and full day tours to Kangaroo Island and the Barossa Valley. It can be booked with the accommodation of your choice and adapted to suit the time you have available. Please request a quotation for your preferred travel dates.
Day 1: Arrive Adelaide
Arrive into Adelaide and settle into your accommodation. The rest of the day is free to explore the city.
Day 2: Half Day City Tour
Discover the main attractions on this introductory tour of Adelaide. Travel along North Terrace, the cultural boulevard of the city, see great views from Montefiore Hill, enjoy a cruise on the Torrens River and sample tempting chocolates at Haigh’s Chocolates. The afternoon is free to explore the interesting shops in stylish North Adelaide, or travel on the heritage tram to Glenelg.
Day 3: Kangaroo Island
Travel by road down through the Fleurieu Peninsula to Cape Jervis and join Sealink’s fast ferry to Kangaroo Island. On arrival, commence a full day of sightseeing. Visit Seal Bay and enjoy a beach walk among a breeding colony of Australian sea-lions. Following lunch, spend the afternoon exploring Flinders Chase National Park and visit Remarkable Rocks and Admiral’s Arch. Transfer to the airport for your flight back to Adelaide.
Day 4: Barossa Valley
Travel with an experienced wine tour guide on this exploration of South Australia’s famous wine region, rich in Germanic/Silesian culture and heritage. Discover the fine wines and food of the Barossa and meet the personalities behind the wine industry.
Day 5: Depart Adelaide
Depart Adelaide.
Kangaroo Island in Style: 1 Night
This popular, small group two-day Kangaroo Island in Style tour with a knowledgeable local guide features the iconic landscapes and wildlife encounters that Kangaroo Island is famous for. We will help you choose your overnight accommodation and return transport to Kangaroo Island.
Day 1: Island Life
Arrive on Kangaroo Island and start your day getting a feel for Island Life – where things take time, drivers wave as they go by – or even stop for a chat. Enjoy morning tea with some home-made treats before taking a walk down a country track through tall Eucalyptus trees where koalas snooze overhead or wake briefly for a feed. Listen for the sounds of the bush – brightly coloured honeyeaters and brilliant parrots, cicadas or perhaps just the sound of silence. Travel through the Island’s most productive country to the north coast. Walk through the bush with your guide – through strangely shaped trees learning what makes that noise, whose tracks are those, and who left that little pile there? Look for small wallabies almost extinct on the mainland, a kangaroo found only on Kangaroo Island and a variety of other birds, plants, and animals.
Break for lunch at a private bush camp and enjoy a delicious meal featuring King George whiting (local sea fish), fresh salads and fine South Australian wines.
At Seal Bay Conservation Park, your guide will take you on a private tour to see Australian sea-lions on a beautiful sandy beach. Watch pups nursing or playing in the surf, see old bulls bearing the scars of territorial disputes and learn about their unique breeding biology.
Arrive into Adelaide and settle into your accommodation. The rest of the day is free to explore the city.
Begin the day travelling through some of the fire-affected landscapes of Kangaroo Island, which are recovering quickly following generous winter rains. Learn about fire ecology and how nature deals with fire. Some of the native flora species only flower following fire! Travel into Flinders Chase National Park and explore the massive shapes of Remarkable Rocks, a natural sculpture perched impossibly on top a granite dome plunging into the ocean
Break for an elegant picnic lunch in the bush, or if weather permits, on a spectacular clifftop. Lunch features marinated poached chicken, fresh salads, cheeses accompanied by local wine, beer, soft drinks and spring water.
Evidence of the power of the Southern Ocean swell continues at Admirals Arch – a coastal grotto which provides a haul out for a large colony of Long-nosed fur seals which swim effortlessly through crashing waves.
At the end of the day you will be returned to the airport for your flight to Adelaide.
Barossa Wine Tour with Hahndorf
Travel by coach from Adelaide to the internationally renowned Barossa Valley for morning tea, tour and tastings at Jacobs Creek Winery. Visit Langmeil Winery to hear of the local family wineries in the Barossa Valley. Travel to Mengler’s Hill Lookout for views over the Barossa then onto Angaston for lunch. After lunch arrive at Hahndorf, Adelaide’s oldest German settlement where there is free time to explore the many shops and galleries full of local arts, crafts and produce. Tour concludes at approximately 5.30pm, at which time hotel drop offs will commence.
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