One Day Kangaroo Island Sip & See tour with return ferry transfers from Adelaide

The bad: We couldn't get picked up from our hotel even though it's on 1 of the main streets. So, we had to make our own way down to the bus terminal at 6 am in the morning. On ticket it's says to check in to sightseeing tour desk by 6.15am, but there is no one at all in the terminal except for the poor homeless men trying to get out of the cold weather. A bus driver showed up told us to wait at bay 3 for KI tours so we did, turns out bus pulls up outside on street so went to this bus driver, he gave us tickets and told us to not sit in the front seats. Driver did not speak the whole 1.5hrs to the ferry terminal, once driving into the terminal he did not speak into a microphone but said toilets are on the left put your luggage into the white van on the right and go through glass doors. When I hopped off, I asked the driver if we were walking on the ferry, which he rudely said. " As I said on the bus, go through the glass doors," nothing further. I told him he was rude and went through the glass doors in hopes a guide was waiting, Nope. Lined up in check-in to be told I could use the ticket originally given by bus driver to just walk on ferry for the 45-minute ride, and we'd be met by our guide over on the island. Thankyou finally that's all I needed to know. 1st bus driver should not be in a job with people, I feel bad for the people who didn't speak much English as there was very poor communication indeed. Bad way to start any day, especially such a long day returning to CBD approx 10pm that night. The lunch was average and quite rushed to stay on time. The good: Dani, our driver on KI was a local and so very friendly and knowledgeable, making the whole tour enjoyable. The island itself is well worth the trip, the wildlife in particular. The final bus driver back to CBD was very friendly and explained some of the lights and location we were seeing, pointing out things on the way.

Un disastro. Ritardo iniziale di 40 minuti, breakfast dopo 3 ore, sempre seduti! Nientecleoni marini nè escursioni, ultima 1 e 1/2 solo ad aspettare traghetto. Forse adatto solo per persone molto anziane.

From pick up to first experience was 4+ hours. Our driver was late and provided no apology. We were left standing on a street corner @ 06.15hrs. En route we stopped at different locations to pick up supplies for ferry company eg., magazines and cakes for the ferry’s cafe! This added to an already long transfer time. Upon arrival on Kangaroo Island we were met by an enthusiastic guide Di. Without her on the tour it would have been disastrous! We set off to our first location BUT en route we had yet to pick up other passengers who had spent the previous day/night on the island. Due to their late arrival we missed the start of our bird experience @ 11.30 hrs. Bearing in mind that this tour commenced @ 06:40 hrs. Nevertheless the bird experience was informative and entertaining. The remaining 3 locations Eucalyptus farm, Honey farm and wine tasting were very basic and designed to sell their produce. On the equally long journey back to Adelaide a further delay was experienced due to the pick up of SeaLink’s post!! Arrival back at our hotel 23:00 hrs.