Leading eco-travel company, Majestic Whale Encounters, will launch a family friendly Kangaroo Island wildlife experience in March 2021.
The itinerary showcases the best of the island with the company’s renowned up-close-and-personal wildlife encounters still at the fore.
When COVID instantly put all of Majestic’s usual international wildlife experiences on hold indefinitely earlier this year, Founders Carmen Ellis and Sarah Cullen pivoted to bring a long-held dream to life – writing a children’s book – Nellie the Narwhal – about whales. The incredible response to the book further inspired the two women to create an animal experience closer to home that children would enjoy as much as adults.
After months of planning and working around border restrictions, Majestic’s South Australian adventure will focus on small group experiences, with no more than 12 people at a time to traverse through the state’s wildlife sanctuary and its natural and rugged beauty.
The itinerary includes a day trip to the untamed and iconic Flinders Chase National Park and Seal Bay, where travellers can observe the New Zealand Fur Seals lazing – but far from just watching, it wouldn’t be a true Majestic tour without travellers exploring the depths of the ocean themselves. Spending two full days on a privately chartered boat, guests will also have the magical opportunity to swim with wild bottle nose dolphins along the North Coast of Kangaroo Island.
For every guest booking, Majestic will make a donation to the KI Mayoral Relief and recovery bushfire fund, which is helping to rebuild Kangaroo Island after the devastating bushfires of the 2019/20 summer.
The Kangaroo Island trip will take place in late 2021, with registrations of interest now open. Pricing for the all-inclusive trip (excluding flights) starts from AUD$4,850.
IMAGE: Swimming with dolphins, Eyre Peninsula/CREDIT: South Australia Tourism
