Why you need to visit Kangaroo Island this summer

Kangaroo Island is an amazing island located off the coast of South Australia, southwest of Adelaide. It is home to amazing scenery, breathtakingly beautiful national parks, soaring cliffs, and rugged coastlines and lots and lots of Australian wildlife.

Most of this stunning island is preserved and protected giving you a natural and pure experience for years to come.

I visited Kangaroo Island on a road trip for three nights and I would have liked a few more nights so that we could have enjoyed the island a bit more. Unfortunately, our campervan couldn’t survive without electricity long enough, so we had to leave the island a bit too soon.

Here’s everything you need to know to plan the perfect summer jail-break to the island of kangaroos.

things to see on kangaroo island

Underneath are some of the highlights of the island and some of the stops that I think you should make when visiting this incredible island.

SEAL BAY – THE BEST EXPERIENCE

Just look at this Kah-u-tie 🙂 Australian sea lions are just the cutest and at seal bay, you get the opportunity to come close with these wild animals.

Seal Bay has the third largest colony of Australian sea lions in the world. You can enjoy watching the sea lions in their natural habitat on the beach from the boardwalk, which is ideal for those short on time or have tighter resources.

Or, you can pay extra to join a guided tour and walk down on the beach with them. As these are wild animals there are some rules that you need to follow. So you are guided by a tour guide who ensures that everything is safe and that the animals are not disturbed. You do get to come pretty close to them as they do their thing: from sleeping on the beach to full-on fights between adults seal lions, you get to experience it all up close.

Look at this gorgeous guy/girl LOL acting proud as punch! Nawww

CAPE DU COUEDIC TOWER 

This is a lovely lighthouse with light brown bricks and yellow and red at the very top. One of 3 lighthouses to see on the island but no tours or anything is given here. Just a great photo opportunity and stunning views.

There is a nice walk through the bush (approximately 800 meters return, pretty easy) on a well marked, but sand track, to a lookout that gives you sweeping views of the western coastline of Kangaroo Island.

The lighthouse is located on the road to Admiral’s Arch so it is hard not to miss.

I kinda fell in love with this lighthouse for some reason so make sure to check it out.

ADMIRAL’S ARCH

This is one of the most impressive and unusual natural landmarks on the island and is therefore in one of the most photographed places.

The Admirals Arch viewing platform is also an ideal place to observe the New Zealand fur seal colony that has established itself below the landmark. ADORABLE.

REMARKABLE ROCKS 

The Remarkable Rocks are one of the best-known icons of Kangaroo Island. Perched 200 feet above a roaring sea are these unlikely formed granite builders. You don’t think these are going to be amazing, but you’ll be surprised at how unique and cool these bolders are.

The “Remarkable” part about these huge rocks is where they are located – on a barren headland. Very cool.

PAUL’S PLACE (CURRENTLY CLOSED) 

I just found online that this place is currently closed. When I visited the islands it was still in business and you could feed some kangaroos there. This was such an amazing experience for tourists.

And they are just too darn cute.

WILDLIFE

Everywhere you go on the island you will see lots and lots of Australian wildlife. From seals too porcupines, birds and Koala’s, you can freely see them roam around. Underneath are some pictures of the wildlife that we have encountered. (I am not going to add them all, cause the blog will be endlessly long)

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