Groovy Kangaroo Island Tour

Guess who was a lucky bastard this weekend? Me! I went on a 2 day tour to Kangaroo Island on Saturday with Groovy Grape, my second Groovy trip!

My Saturday started really early. I had to wake up at 5AM, because our Groovy tour guide Dan was to pick me up at 5:45! After we picked everyone up from their hostels in the city we made our way to Cape Jervis, where we had to catch the 9AM ferry to Kangaroo Island. On our way we had the opportunity to have a little brekky (Australian word for breakfast) in the town of Yankalilla. We arrived at around 8AM to Cape Jervis, on time for getting the tickets and catch the Sealink ferry.

Vivonne Bay

After 50 minutes (of sleeping :P) on the ferry we arrived on Kangaroo Island. After buying some goon for the evening, we made our way to the highest point of Kangaroo Island, Prospect Hill. From there we had an amazing view of the island. Here, Dan told us about how Kangaroo Island was discovered, and what kind of animals you can find on the Island. After that we had a sandwich lunch and we made our way to Seal Bay, where we had a guided tour on the beach and saw heaps of sea lions who where lazing around.

When the Seal Bay tour was finished, we drove to a place called the Little Sahara for my favourite part of the trip, sand boarding! This is, as the name explains, the same as snow boarding, but on sand! We had so much fun! A couple of hours later we drove to Vivonne Bay. Vivonne Bay was rated the best beach in Australia (based on things like clarity of water, privacy and cleanliness) through research by the University of Sydney. After taking some nice pictures and chilling at the beach we made our way to the Groovy Cottage where we had a BBQ dinner, made a campfire and watched the amazing wildlife (kangaroos, koalas, geckos and even a scorpion).

Remarkable Rocks

The next day we visited Hanson Bay, at the koala sanctuary, the Remarkable Rocks where you can take some funny pictures and Admirals Arch where we spotted some New Zealand fur seals. After lunch and a visit to the Flinders Chase National Park visitors centre we headed back to Penneshaw, to take the ferry to Cape Jervis and drive back to Adelaide.

If you want to take a trip to Kangaroo Island call 1800 66 11 77, +61 8 8440 1640, email getaways@groovygrape.com.au , or surf to www.groovygrape.com.au !