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Can you visit Kangaroo Island without a car?

Yes, the trip does the drivingHotel pick-up in Adelaide, the ferry, and a guide at the wheel on the island.

Yes, and a trip makes it easy. The Kangaroo Island trips from Adelaide book the whole journey for you: the coach or hotel pick-up, the ferry across, and a guide driving you around the island. A day with hotel pick-up, the ferry pass, Seal Bay and a two course lunch is from $399. Two days with a night glamping on a farm is from $869, collected from Adelaide hotels between 6:30 and 6:45am, and three days with two nights by Antechamber Bay is from $885, back in Adelaide around 9pm. Already on the island? The day trips can start at Penneshaw, where the ferry lands.

Checked on 29 October 2026.

In a day Seal Bay, from $399 from$399 Two days A night glamping from$869 Three days Two nights by Antechamber Bay from$885

Getting to Kangaroo Island means the coach from Adelaide to Cape Jervis and a 45 minute ferry to Penneshaw, and the sights are spread across the island from there. That is exactly why you do not need a car: the trips are built to collect you in Adelaide, take you across, drive you between the sea lions, the wildlife and the coast, and bring you back.

Every trip, and how it gets you there

TripHow it collects youStarts and finishesFrom
1 Day Kangaroo Island Experience Hotel pick-up and drop-off in Adelaide, ferry pass includedAdelaide / Adelaide, or Penneshaw / Penneshaw$399
1 Day Kangaroo Island Food & WineAccommodation transfer available if you are not on the islandAdelaide / Adelaide, or start on Kangaroo Island$195
2 Day Kangaroo Island + Barossa Valley Hotel pick-up and the ferry on day 1; day 2 from 9am in Adelaide or 8:30am in GlenelgAdelaide / Adelaide$465
2 Day Kangaroo Island Camping AdventureSelected Adelaide hotels, 6:30 to 6:45am, and the 45 minute ferry from Cape JervisAdelaide / Adelaide$869
3 Day Kangaroo Island Camping Adventure6:45am bus from Adelaide CBD to Cape Jervis, then the ferry to PenneshawAdelaide / Adelaide$885

Each trip's own pick-up and transport details. Prices are per person and update on their own.

Which suits you

  • One day, everything included, from $399.Hotel pick-up and drop-off, all transport and the ferry pass, a guided beach walk among Australian sea lions at Seal Bay led by a Parks officer, and a two course lunch at the Vivonne Bay Bistro. It is a 16 hour day from Adelaide, with time to rest on the ferry and between stops. Children from $133.
  • The island plus the Barossa, from $465.The same island day, then a second day in the wine country with a platter lunch at the Peter Lehmann winery. Both days run from Adelaide and back, so the night between them is your own, in Adelaide.
  • Two days with a night on the island, from $869.An air-conditioned 4WD mini bus with a guide, a night glamping at Eleanor Downs Farm in a tent or a swag, lunch at the Kangaroo Island Brewery and an Aussie barbecue in the Old Shearing Shed. The ferry back leaves Penneshaw on the evening of day 2.
  • Three days, from $885.Two nights in swags at a private property called Happiness, with its own access to Antechamber Bay, and a 45 minute tour among around 800 endangered sea lions at Seal Bay. The ferry back leaves at 5:30pm on day 3, with the bus into Adelaide at 9pm. Children from $716.

Already on the island?

If you have made your own way across, the Seal Bay day can start at Penneshaw, and the food and wine day can start on the island too, from $195, children $135: a two course lunch at the Emu Ridge distillery, island cider, a honey soft drink, a wine tasting at False Cape, and the birds of prey at Raptor Domain, the only free flight birds of prey presentation in South Australia.

So, do you need a car?

No. Pick a trip and it covers the coach, the ferry and the driving on the island, with a guide who knows where the wildlife is. For the crossing step by step, see how to get to Kangaroo Island from Adelaide, and for how long to give it, our Kangaroo Island itinerary.

1 Day Kangaroo Island Experience 1 Day Kangaroo Island Experience from $3991 dayNon Applicable1 day. Hotel pick-up, ferry and Seal BayView trip2 Day Kangaroo Island Camping Adventure2 Day Kangaroo Island Camping Adventurefrom $8692 days, 1 nightGlamping2 days. A night glamping on a farmView trip3 Day Kangaroo Island Camping Adventure3 Day Kangaroo Island Camping Adventurefrom $8853 days, 2 nightsCamping3 days. Two nights by Antechamber BayView trip1 Day Kangaroo Island Food & Wine1 Day Kangaroo Island Food & Winefrom $1951 day1 day. Food, wine and birds of preyView trip

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Where this comes from. Pick-up points and times, the ferry route and crossing time, return times, meals, where you sleep, child prices and prices are each trip's own transport and inclusions details as held on its page here, and prices update on their own.