Eco-friendly activities – South Australia
Whale-watching, Head of Bight,
South Australian Tourism Commission
Proving to be quite progressive and diverse when it comes to ecotourism, South Australia has much to offer the green-minded traveller. Whether you’re sampling sustainably produced wines, taking an Aboriginal-run environmental tour or camping in the wildlife haven of Kangaroo Island, you’ll be impressed by this state’s myriad eco-friendly activities.
- Adelaide
- Adelaide Hills
- Barossa Valley
- Eyre Peninsula & Nullarbor
- Fleurieu Peninsula
- Flinders Ranges and Outback
- Kangaroo Island
- Limestone Coast
- Mid-North
- Murray
- Yorke Peninsula
Adelaide
- Adelaide Zoo, Adelaide Zoo
- Adelaide’s Solar-powered bus, Adelaide
- Aboriginal gallery, Adelaide, South Australian Museum
- Cycling in Adelaide, The River Torrens
- Kayaking in Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary, Gillman
- Picnicking in Adelaide, Semaphore
- Cycling the Adelaide Hills and Fleurieu Peninsula, Hallett Cove
- Swimming with dolphins off Glenelg, Holdfast Shores
Adelaide Hills
- Belair National Park, Belair National Park
- Organic produce, Adelaide Hills, Heathfield
- Mount Barker Summit Reserve, Mount Barker
- Platypus tour at Cumbungi Sanctuary, Mylor
- Warrawong Wildlife Sanctuary, Stirling
Barossa Valley
- Wine-tasting – Nuriootpa and Angaston, Nuriootpa
- Cycling in the Barossa, Tanunda
Eyre Peninsula & Nullarbor
- Swimming with seals off the Eyre Peninsula, Baird Bay
- Coffin Bay National Park, Coffin Bay National Park
- Lincoln National Park, Lincoln National Park
- Diving with sharks in the Neptune Islands, Neptune Islands
- Diving off the Eyre Peninsula, Port Lincoln
- Mangrove walk at Berryman Crescent, Tumby Bay
- Diving with cuttlefish, off Whyalla, Whyalla
- Whale-watching, Great Australian Bight, Yalata
Fleurieu Peninsula
- Deep Creek Conservation Park, Deep Creek Conservation Park
- Birdwatching around the Fleurieu Peninsula, Goolwa
- Onkaparinga River National Park, Onkaparinga River National Park
- Whale-watching on the Fleurieu Peninsula, Port Elliot
- Diving and snorkelling around Adelaide, Port Noarlunga
- Diving and snorkelling off the Fleurieu Peninsula, Second Valley
- Swimming along the Fleurieu Peninsula, Victor Harbor
Flinders Ranges and Outback
- Bushwalking in the Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges National Park
- Heysen Trail, Heysen Trail (Wipena Pound)
- Gawler Ranges National Park, Gawler Ranges National Park
- Innamincka and Coongie Lakes, Innamincka Regional Reserve
- Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden, Port Augusta
- Arid Recovery Reserve, Roxby Downs
- Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges, Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges National Park
- Organic produce – Wirrabara, Wirrabara
- Witjira National Park, Witjira National Park
Kangaroo Island
- Cape Gantheaume Conservation Park, Cape Gantheaume Conservation Park
- Flinders Chase National Park, Flinders Chase National Park
- Swimming on Kangaroo Island, Vivonne Bay camping area
- Caving on Kangaroo Island, Kelly Hill Conservation Park
- Kangaroo Island Marine Tours, Kingscote
- Emu Ridge Eucalyptus, Emu Ridge Eucalyptus and Craft Gallery
- Rustic Blue, Vivonne Bay
Limestone Coast
- Birdwatching, South-East South Australia, Bool Lagoon Game Reserve
- Bushwalking around Mount Gambier, Blue Lake
- Picnicking around Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier
- Naracoorte, Tantanoola and Mount Gambier Caves, Naracoorte Caves National Park
- Snorkelling and diving near Mount Gambier, Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park
Mid-North
Murray
- Canoeing the Murray and Coorong, Coorong National Park
- Gluepot Reserve, Gluepot Reserve
- Banrock Station, Kingston-on-Murray, Banrock Station
Yorke Peninsula
- Innes National Park, Innes National Park