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Location: The mellifluous Kangaroo Island with its copious natural resources is the third largest island of the Australian continent. Located at 112 kilometres southwest of Adelaide and 13 kilometres offshore from Cape Jervis at the edge of Fleurieu peninsular the island is 145 km long and 57 km in width. Accessibility: The Kangaroo Island can be reached by sea Ferry across the Backstairs Passage from Cape jervis to Penneshaw. The journey through water takes about 50 mins. Otherwise the visitors can also take a flight from Adelaide to Kingscote , which is one of the vital cities of the island. The Regional Express airlines operate many return flights to the island every day. Features: - Special mention have to be made of the several glimmering and refreshing beaches of the island. The curly golden beaches of Kangaroo Island are breathtaking in their beauty. The Brownlow Beach at Kingscote , the Emu bay, the Stok's Bay, the Snellings Beach, Weatern River Cove, Scott Cove, Ravine Des Casoars, Hanson Bay Vivonne Bay, Pennington Bay, Brown Beach, Baudin Beach, Penneshaw Beach and Antechamber Bay are some of the exotic locales to visit.
- Flinder's Chase national Park: a sanctuary covering 33,000 hectares with kangaroos, koalas, echidnas and the endangered Cape Barren Geese
- Seal Bay, considered to be one of the most wonderful site of Kangaroo Island where one may tramp about the shore among basking sea lions
- Cape Willoughby: It has the oldest lighthouse of southern Australia
- Kelly Hill Caves
- Little sahara: a series of crescent sand dunes on the south coast
- The Mount Thisby or the Prospect's Hill which gives a panoramic view of the entire island
- Murray Lagoon
- Cape Gantheaume Wilderness Protection Area Cape Bouguer Wilderness Protection Area ,Ravine des Casoars Wilderness Protection Area are some of the places where tourists may get a glimpse of brushtail possums, short breaked Echidna, New Zealand Fur Seal and the exotic emus.
- The Penguins pageantry at the waters around Kingscote and Penneshaw
- The oldest Bee sanctuary of the continent that has made the island popular for honey manufacturing.
Things To Do: The mixed terrain of the Kangaroo Island in Australia gives the travelers various opportunities of experiencing an adrenalin rush through diverse fun activities. Snarling through the bushes on a four wheel nike or surfinf the sand dunes of the Little Sahara, or Kayaking in the Vivane Bay or cruising on the Emu Bay with your loved ones may give memories worth to cherish. Other than these sailing, scuba diving , fishing, and swimming are the also some of the favourite actions of the islanders. Accommodation: The Kangaroo island is speckled with accommodations of varied categories from five star hotels, to hostels, bread and breakfast Inns and caravan and camping gorunds. By far the self-contained accommodations are the most widespread in the island. Kangaroo Island Wilderness Retreat at Kingscote, Kangaroo Island sea front Penneshaw are some of the classy lodgings of the island.
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