Explore stunning beaches, encounter incredible wildlife, and enjoy cosy glamping under the stars on an unforgettable 2-day adventure to Kangaroo Island.
Discover the island’s best highlights: Seal Bay, Remarkable Rocks, Flinders Chase, and Little Sahara. Travel in a small group, savour locally inspired meals, and create lifelong memories while experiencing the perfect mix of nature, adventure, and relaxation.
Days
- 2 days, 1 night
Group size
- Max 20
Start / finish
- Adelaide / Adelaide
- Adelaide, late evening on day 2
Return
- Adelaide, late evening on day 2
Accommodation
- 1 night glamping at Eleanor Downs Farm, in a glamping tent or a swag.
Transport
- An air-conditioned 4WD mini bus with a guide, picking up from selected Adelaide hotels between 6:30 and 6:45am, and the 45 minute ferry from Cape Jervis. The ferry back leaves Penneshaw in the evening on day 2.
Meals
- One breakfast, one lunch and one dinner. The lunch is a platter of local produce at the Kangaroo Island Brewery and the dinner an Aussie barbecue in the Old Shearing Shed.
Route
Included experiences
- Seal Bay Conservation Park — a ranger-guided beach walk among endangered Australian sea lions
- Remarkable Rocks — granite formations sculpted by time in Flinders Chase National Park
- Admirals Arch — a natural rock bridge where New Zealand fur seals bask
- Little Sahara — huge sand dunes, with optional sandboarding or tobogganing at your own cost
- Stokes Bay — a swim in a natural lagoon behind a rocky reef, with dolphins in the bay
- Duck Lagoon at Cygnet River — a koala walk beneath the eucalypts
- Emu Bay — the lavender farm, then a walk along the white sand
- Kangaroo Island Brewery — a platter of local produce, with craft beer to sample
- Eleanor Downs Farm — the fire pit, stargazing and a barbecue in the Old Shearing Shed
- Kingscote — free time in the island's largest town
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Reviews
4.9
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AI summary of 30 reviews
Travellers consistently praise the abundant wildlife on Kangaroo Island, including koalas, seals, sea lions, kangaroos and echidnas, alongside the varied activities such as sandboarding, kayaking and visits to the Remarkable Rocks. The tour guides are repeatedly highlighted as knowledgeable, friendly and engaging, with several reviewers noting that guides organised alternative arrangements when weather disrupted the ferry crossing, and the food and communal, backpacker-style atmosphere are also frequently commended. Many reviewers describe a young, sociable group of solo travellers from various countries, and older travellers report enjoying the trip despite expecting a younger crowd. The most common criticisms concern the fast pace with limited rest, the basic hostel or farm accommodation with occasional cleanliness or pest issues, and the amount of time spent in transit; a few reviewers also mention that guests are expected to help with meals and loading provisions, and one noted the loud van music was not suited to all ages.
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“For the Young and Young at Heart”
I took two Groovy Grape tours (Great Ocean Road and Kangaroo Island) and was fortunate that both tours had a mix of ages as I am a bit older than I expected the others to be. I really thought I was going to be with a bunch of teens or 20 somethings, and that just wasn't the case. The tours are backpacker class tours and the accomodations are hostels so you will be sharing a room with several others. Some of the accomodations were much better than others. The hostel on the Great Ocean Road tour by the Apostles was pretty rough. But, the hostel in Halls Gap was fantastic. The hostel on Kangaroo Island but Hanson Bay has real potential if the rodent problem gets resolved. Penny did a great job with the food on the Kangaroo Island tour. Everybody pitched in to get a great meal on the table. Be forwarned that if you do the Kangaroo Island tour, you will probably be required to carry some heavy load as all provisions need to be transferred on and off the ferry. It would be too much for a single guide to handle on their own. I was actually surprised at how much the guests needed to do on that tour as it wasn't the case on the Great Ocean Road tour. Maybe it should be better advertised as interactive. It was no big deal and it seemed that everybody enjoyed the communal atmosphere -- just unexpected. On both tours we saw an abundance of wildlife in natural habitat. All in all, the places each tour went were great, the guides knew their stuff and if you are up for the adventure, you are sure to have a great time.
“Highly recommend”
My sister and I Done the 2 day kangaroo island tour with groovy grape our guide was lorry he was ace, we done loads of exciting things like sand boarding, kayaking, remarkable rocks, wild sea lions.. Lorry new lots of interesting things about everything we done and always made it fun and exciting. We stayed at flinders chase farm which was great, especially being able to have a few drinks round the fire! Food was good there was always lots for everyone. Highly recommend
“Kangaroo Valley 2 days - the full monty!”
We booked Groovy Grapes' 2 days tour of Kangaroo Valley last minute during Christmas vacation (wanted to get there on our own but all accommodation was 100% sold out), and wow, that was a blast! Starting at dawn from Adelaide (hotel pick up), we reached the island in the morning, went all over the place, did tons of stuff, ate well, slept (a little), and by the time we were on the ferry on our way back, we were dead tired having done so much, our minds and cameras full of incredible memories.
We did see all corners of the island (the seals, the other seals, the rocks -- first thing in the morning, all for ourselves!, a splendid secluded beach on the opposite coast...), we enjoyed outdoors activities (sand surfing, kayaking, swimming, spotting wildlife), had a nice bonfire cum didgeridoo under the stars... We did much more than we could expect of a 2 days tour!
The food was Ok, accommodation was clean (8-beds dorms), the bus was functional and clean. No complains, but keep in mind that this is more an adventurous than a luxury tour, there was obviously little time for resting and relaxing.
A special mention to our guide (Craig if my memory serves), who was incredibly upbeat and managed it all on his own: driving, admin, logistics, food, and even entertain us!
Another plus is the crowd (the other participants): a bunch of adventurous like-minded travellers, coming from all over the world.
“Kangaroo Island Adventure tour 2 days”
The best tour ever done!
We saw everything possible, like koala, sea lions, seals, tiger snake, kangaroos, echidna, wallabe, dolphins...all found in the bush.
Great kayaking and sandboarding and lot of FOOD!!!
Sandy, really do his job as well.
Everything unforgettable!
“Great Tour Group!”
I went to Kangaroo Island and to the Outback with these guys! Derek was one of the best and most informative tour guides there is. The food he cooked was the best I have ever had on a tour and catered for my dairy free diet very well! Highly recommend this company!!
“Fantastic experiences!”
Did the one day barossa tour, kangaroo island and six day rock patrol tours and it is quite hard to find fault with the tours. Kate Laurie and mark were all fantastic guides.
The rock patrol tour from Adelaide to Uluru was in particularly fantastic. Mark was really infectious with his love for Uluru.
If you are a backpacker / flash packer this is a great experience. There are loads of sights and the guides are knowledgable and make sure you have a good time. Plenty of food and generally really good accommodation.
It is hard to find fault with these tours. If you are going I would seriously recommend looking at the weather and making sure you pack appropriately as you can go from freezing to very hot. Also it's worth taking a power pack to charge your phone and camera as there are not always charging points and you don't want to miss out on photos!
“Fantastic Kangaroo Island Tour!”
Had an amazing trip with these guys, our tour guide Lorry was awesome, considering we were "stuck" on the island an extra day due to weather for the ferry back to the mainland, he kept us interested the whole way with stuff to do and knew the hot-spots.
A definite recommend and I never post reviews, good or bad...this was worth it though!
“Loved their Great Ocean Road & Kangaroo Island tours”
We lucked out with a great group on both the Great Ocean Road trip and Kangaroo Island trip. Our guides were excellent for both, too. The van we traveled in was comfortable, the meals were decent (plenty of food to go around), and overall it was a chill, relaxed vibe. A fun way to see this spectacular part of the world. While most people will visit Great Ocean Road (as they should), the Kangaroo Island tour was especially neat because it wasn't overcrowded and I think it's an under-appreciated destination. Do both!!
“Amazing tour!”
I done this trip last march 2015 and it was brilliant.
Wasn't many of us but was enough for us to get to know each other and have a laugh.
Hiking was good, food was good, tour guide was a hoot!
Accomodation was good, loved the bbq in the evening and watching the sun rise on the ranch.
Remarkable rocks were stunning as well as the little beach we went on, the body boarding was hilarious!!!
I recommend this trip to all who travel Australia.
“Best Tour Operator Ever!”
During and after my internship for this company I have done the Barossa, Kangaroo Island, Rock 2 Water and Great Ocean Road Adelaide - Melbourne myself. The tours guarantee an amazing time with friendly guides, good food and lots of fun while you are visiting the most famous and beautiful places in Oz!
“2D1N Kangaroo Island”
We did the trip with them in the middle of November.
Great experience. We saw so much wild life( kangaroos , wallabies, echidnas, awake koalas, etc)
The guide was a passionate about wild life so he could explaine us the difference between kangaroo and wallabie.
And he gave us as well a lot of information about the island itself.
Food was really good. We had a nice group for this 2 days and I enjoyed it.
A great experience
“Groovz Grape Tour to Kangaroo Island”
The 2 day tour to the Kangaroo Island was fantastic. The wildlife on the island and the stunning landscapes have been awsome. Brad was a knowledgeable and fun guide and we all had a blast!
“Great tour to an amazing place”
This was a great, 2 day tour to Kangaroo Island, run by Brett, who was great value and very knowledgeable. This was a hostel style tour, where accommodation was in a local farm and meals were prepared by us, or in the case of dinner, by Brett. The sights of Kangaroo Island, especially the sea lions at seal bay were truly amazing. Such a diverse place, the trip was definitely worth the price! We had a ball!
“Amazing tour!”
Did a Kangaroo Island tour with these guys. Exceptional tour food! Much better than the other groups I've gone with. We saw a lot of cool stuff on the island and had a great guide. Jason was really nice and knowledgeable! I will definitely recommend this company!
“Kangaroo Island Tour”
If you're planning a trip to Kangaroo Island, this is the group to book with. Their 2-day tour from Adelaide was outstanding. Busy, fun, and informative, with a great guide.
“Kangaroo Island”
Kangaroo Island is spectacularly beautiful, and this tour provides the chance to see lots of amazing sites. Billy, our tour guide was friendly, informative and funny. He also gave us a group choice when it came to activities, rather than deciding for us, which was great.
Not only did we try sand boarding and kayaking, but we got to see koalas, seals and sealions right up close. A guide took us down to get as close to the sealions as possible, which was fantastic.
There wasn't as much hiking as I expected, the only real walk was climbing Prospect Hill. This isn't a complaint, but I believed there would be more.
Food and accommodation was also excellent. Though I did feel that there was too much wastage- all left over food was thrown out.
Overall, this tour is well worth going on, I had looked at coming to KI by myself but certainly wouldn't have seen half as much had I done that.
“Highlight of my trip!”
I did 4 trips with Groovy Grape, the Great Ocean Road, Kangaroo Island, wine-tasting and the Desert Patrol from Adelaide to Alice Springs.. And I loved every single one of them!
They are all fully arranged tours, so some people might find that a little bit annoying. But to me, not worrying about where to sleep, what to eat, getting lost etc, made that I could enjoy the beauty of Australia for 200%!! The group size is really good (10-20 people) with a average age between 18 and 28. Mostly backpackers, travelling solo, and looking for some new friends. The atmosphere is great, everybody is happy, enjoying the trip. You can go to bed early if you want, but there is always somebody to have some drinks with at night if you are looking for some fun.
They take you to some pretty cool off road places where you can sleep in swags under the stars, places you probably wouldn't have slept if you weren't on the tours. The tourguides are fun, participate in the group, have great knowledge about nature and history and have some pretty good driving skills. The food that they provide is healthy, nutritious and tasty! Lots of sandwiches, some curriess, pastas and barbecues. Always a vegetarian option.
I absolutely loved every tourguide, every place we visited and every acitivity. It's definetly a backpackers tour for people who enjoy hanging around in groups, meeting new friends and checking out the popular spots, but also enjoy going a little off road and back to basics every now and then.
Quality of the hostels is pretty good, almost all of them are exclusively for Groovey Grapes, so no other people. Only at Kangaroo Island the place is a little to basic with a very unclean bathroom and toilet, but the gorgeous view from the camping spot makes definitely up for that.
Much thanks to Sandy, Jason and Lorry for an awesome tour. Would do it again!
“Very Happy”
The island is very beautiful and has very special things to see. I liked the variety of activities we did, and enjoyed the company of other adventurous people. It was really fun to go sandboarding and to prepare meals together. Many thanks to our enthousiastic tourguide Kacey, and the little assistance from Shaun, who are both very nice persons. Kacey adds in a lot of humour and is very knowledgeable about the island. She makes sure everyone can have fun, so therefore: sign up for this tour if you are staying in or near Adelaide!
“Not quite up to expectations.”
Spent a lot of time on transit on the 2-day kangaroo island tour. It is a big island and by the time you add travel from Adelaide to ferry, then the ferry ride, its becomes a lot of time in a confined space. It's a very rugged place, quite desolate so not quite as visually stunning as I expected. Our host probably could have put a bit more effort into hosting us; he seemed a bit knackered, weary or perhaps had been hosting this trip for too long and was a bit bored of it. Either way, he didn't really add anything to the trip other than driving services.
Overall, still interesting and great wildlife spotting, but would probably have preferred to spend the time touring wineries.
“I wish we could have been there longer”
What a great place (Kangaroo Island) and a great tour company. They picked us up at our hotel and took care of everything. Great animals, great sights. I will probably never get back to Australia again, but if I did I would go to Kangaroo Island with them again. We stayed overnight in a pleasant cottage. There were 14 on the trip from a variety of countries. My husband and I were the old folks on the trip. Being with a bunch of kids (mostly in their twenties and thirties) was great fun. Everyone was friendly. The kayaking was lots of fun. Snow boarding, not so much because it rained that morning. Don't miss kangaroo island, and if you go, go with Groovy Grape. We went early in the Summer so we did not do some of the things on the itinerary. It was really too cold to snorkel for example.
“defo book another”
Just coming back from Kangaroo island, tour organised by Casey. What a wonderful two days these were. Enjoyed every little bit of it, from the activities offered (honey farm, sand dunes, kayak, swimming, walking), to the accommodation/food/transportation. But what would be a tour without a fantastic tour guide ? Casey has not only been sharing her knowledges about the island and replied all of our questions, she has also been a wonderful, fun and happy-go-lucky person to hang out with. Thanks a bunch for these two days, will defo book another tour with your group !
“Amazing”
We had amazing two days with Bruce and Roxanne on Kangaroo Island. Nice spots, good food, a cute accommodation, amazing guides. Unfortunatelly the ferry didn't run back, caused by weather conditions, but Bruce quickly organised a plane for us - travel insurance recommended!! Finally we just thank you!
“Kangaroo Island 2 days 1 night”
The first tour we did was to Kangaroo island from Adelaide, our guide picked us up from our hostel then off we drove and eventually got to the sealink ferry where we made our way over to Kangaroo island. Our tour guide, Leith, was nice and drove us to all of the main sights on Kangaroo Island, my favorite being the Remarkable Rocks. Quite often he would stay in the van and just let us explore the area then come back in an hour for example and spend the last few minutes with us before going back to the van and on to the next destination. The food was nice, mainly consisted of salad, dips, dressings, chicken breast, ham, fruit, crisps, carrots, pasta, rice etc and all the group were assigned a task i.e chop onions, grate cheese etc. If you are a vegetarian be sure to notify Groovy grape before the tour as i think the guide goes out the day before to buy the food for the duration of the trip, so because i was veggie, i had avocado instead of meat.
The accommodation was great, with hot showers, decent toilets and an area to eat. A tip though, is if you want alcohol on the night time with dinner, maybe buy it in Adelaide before hand as its a little more expensive on the island. Overall a good trip to see some wildlife however the only thing i would say is if you're on a budget there may be other similar islands/tours/trips in other parts of Australia such as Magnetic Island, Fraser etc
We also done the one day Barossa Valley wine tasting trip. Sorry, cant remember tour guides name but she was lovely. Again got picked up from hostel then off we went to 4 different tastings where you get approx 5 tastes in each place of different wines. Lunch is provided which again was salad and meat with wraps/bread. I thought we would get to see how the wine is actually made however it was still nice to taste the wines and have a look where they come from. You can buy wines to take home and the range from $15 to $1000 high end market. We got a couple of cheaper bottles which you cant get in the local shops in Australia, which were very nice. Overall I think its worth the money.
“Pure Joy”
Guys i've really enjoyed these two days in kangaroo island. Guides have been wonderful (really!!!), we've seen spectacular places and animals and had a lot of action (kayak, sand skiing, snorkeling...) .
One of the best experiences of my life, two days of pure joy ...
“Had a great time!”
I did the 2-day Kangaroo Island Tour and it was amazing! We were a very small group of only four, so I was very happy they didn't have a minimum number of participants as it is often the case with other agencies, so our tour didn't get cancelled.
Our very friendly tourguide (Andrew) managed to bring us to the best spots so early, we were the first ones there, without any other tourists, and stopped for echidna spotting (even though it was raining) and every rainbow or sunset. We could spend enough time everywhere and didn't have to hurry to keep to an itinerary all the time. The accomodation and the food was very nice, too. Thanks for these beautiful two days!
“Definitely will be back to Tasmania to visit and more travelling”
the trip was excellent really enjoyed it and seen lots of the country, Althou still lots more to see,
We seen an amazing sunset in Strahan and seen the white Kangroos on Buny Island,
The hikes were really good, our rooms were good we were all tired after the days out so slept well,
Rick was really good certainly knows his stuff about hiking,
Definitely will be back to Tasmania to visit and more travelling around it,
“ I had a great trip ”
Thanks for following up, I had a great trip - on the second part of the trip we did have a pair of rather uncooperative guests (kangaroo Island part) but I think the guide handled it as well as he could under the circumstances. We did miss out on one of the main sights on kangaroo Island as a result but I don't really see what else he could have done.
“Fantastic Tour”
My tour was fantastic and I loved every minute of it! Would go back tomorrow if I could. Excellent guide, great company and lots to see and do. Loved the accommodation.
“The tour is good on the whole. ”
The tour is good on the whole. The tour guide is hard working & had made every thing on schedule.
Some comment for improvement :
(1) add some visiting at the famous area or farm or shop, like oyster breeding, bee shop or cheese farm....etc. They are also the very special point to note on the island.
(2) Participants should be re-addressed on the importance of being puntual to assembly point so as not to delay the tour schedule. This is especially crucial to those participants with few number of friends joined together in the tour. Be fair to every single participant, not in big group can dominate the others rights !! The guide should voice out whenever not on track, belated by participants.
(3) It seems your company & this tour focus only on youngsters. If so, please let us know in your promotion leaflet so that we the over 40 years of age did not join !! The tour spots or activities were attractive & with no age limit, but the whole van on the way was too noisy, in broadcasting noisy song !! Why not give us a rest time on van, if they want to listen, just use one own phone as every one has its own mobile phone for listening its own like song !! Youngsters still need to respect others choice of space. Naive & young does not mean U can take the privacy of space of others !
(4) I did enjoy the spots of visit, but if give me one more chance to choose, I will not choose this tour but another company ! Not a matter of money !!
“A great experience”
From the start of the trip it was obvious that it wasn't just another tour to the guide. You sensed a personal investment in this; a desire to show us the best Kangaroo Island could offer, given the season, the weather, the group composition. I very much enjoyed all the amenities part of the tour; the bus, the food, the accommodation - that all played well with the spirit of the tour and what I was looking for. Having the comfort of a guide and an organized tour, but not so comfortable that you lost touch with the adventure. It goes without saying that Kangaroo Island is an amazing place and seeing it with Lost In Australia makes you truly appreciate it.
