South Australia

South Australia is the fourth largest state - four times the size of the UK and slightly larger than Texas - and offers all the experiences synonymous with Australia in one accessible area. Except for Adelaide (home to 1 million of the 1.5m residents), South Australia is sparsely inhabited and is the country's driest state. The terrain ranges from the craggy mountains of the Flinders Ranges (the southern reaches begin only 220kms out of Adelaide) to the vast expanses of isolated, desert outback broken by the fertile wine growing areas, including the world-renowned Barossa and Clare Valleys. Just offshore is Kangaroo Island, a wilderness and wildlife haven.

Adelaide has a temperate Mediterranean climate with long warm to hot summers and short cool to mild winters and low rainfall (most falling in winter from May to August). The average temperature ranges from 15°C (59°F) in July to 29°C (84°F) in January. In the far north of the state the temperatures can be more extreme, one of the hottest places in summer is the opal-mining town of Coober Pedy, 863km north west of Adelaide, which can reach temperatures of up to 45°C (113°F)!

South Australia Adventure Tours

2 Day Kangaroo Island Tour
2.5 Day Flinders Range Safari
3 Day Adelaide to Melbourne Safari
6 Day Adelaide to Alice Springs Safari
14 Day Adelaide to Darwin Safari