Limestone Coast Escape

LIMESTONE COAST ESCAPE

Caves > Cabernet > Coast

2 days 

Accommodation not included - choose your own accommodation or can be booked for you.

Embrace Adventure. Awaken Your Senses.

Relax - Explore - Delight

Naracoorte - Wrattonbully - Coonawarra - Mount Gambier - Piccaninnie Ponds

Experience the landscape and produce of South Australia’s Limestone Coast. Positioned half way between Adelaide and Melbourne, a continuation of the Great Ocean Road and only one hour flight from both cities.

Explore World Heritage Caves on an exclusive tailored tour, lush farming country, terra rossa soil creating bold cabernets, stunning volcanic craters, jaw-dropping sinkholes and unique freshwater ecosystems feeding an abundant coastline. 

Indulge your senses when you taste the produce of the region as you meet the makers - dine in the regions best restaurants and visit outstanding wineries. 

Each day you will enjoy a short walk. Relax, inhale the fresh cool air, listen to the peaceful sounds of the country, and tantalise your tastebuds. During this Limestone Coast Escape you will have experienced and tasted some the best the Limestone Coast has to offer, leaving you wanting to return and explore the rest.

Please note, we require a minimum of 4 participants for this tour to proceed.

ITINERARY

Duration 2 days.

• Exclusive private tour of World Heritage Victoria Fossil Cave
• Wine tasting in the Coonawarra and railway siding visit
• Meet the maker - Premium wine tasting
• Meet the Maker - Chef prepared local seasonal produce
  
• Kilsby Sinkhole and Gin tasting tour
  
• Two chef prepared lunches
• One multi course regionally inspired dinner experience
• Private vehicle transfer
• Transfers to and from airport if required
• Local experienced ecotourism guide
• National Park admission fees
• Ecological offset for your trip
• Locally owned and operated

Exclusions

• Accommodation
• Breakfast
• Travel insurance
• Beverages, other than the tastings

Please note we can organise accommodation for you based on your comfort levels.

SATURDAY DAY 1  - NARACOORTE CAVES - COONAWARRA - MT GAMBIER

Your guide will pick you and fellow travellers up from your accommodation with the aim to depart Mt Gambier at 9am.

A one hour scenic drive will take you through the Limestone Coast country-side to the World Heritage Naracoorte Caves National Park. This private transfer will take you north through the Coonawarra and Wrattonbully wine regions to the ancient coastal ridge-line in which the Naracoorte Caves reside.

Here at the cave you will enjoy a tailored private tour into SA's only World Heritage listed site. This adventure takes you back in time, viewing a large fossil deposit containing the remains of extinct Australian mega fauna. 

After the tour its time for morning tea at the Caves Café prior to driving back through the Wrattonbully wine region on our way to the Coonawarra. First stop is the beautifully revived historic shearing shed and boutique winery Bellwether. Here you will meet the wine maker and owner of Bellwether Wines, sampling wines made from grapes grown in Wrattonbully and Coonawarra. Don't drink wine? Enjoy fresh herbal tea made from the garden or non alcoholic beverage.

Lunch in the heart of Coonawarra for a tantalising dining experience at Ottelia. This restaurant and cellar door provides the best lunch in the Coonawarra, they also make delicious wine!

After lunch, time to stretch your legs walking alongside the vines to the iconic Coonawarra railway siding for a photo prior to making our way back to Mount Gambier with the opportunity to kick back and rest for a couple of hours, view the Caves Gardens sinkhole or head to the local boutique brewery for a tasting.

This evening you will enjoy a sensational dining experience at Elementary by Soul. You will meet and watch this regional chef know for his new-age dining approach prepare you soul food.

Meals included - Morning tea, Lunch and Dinner

SUNDAY DAY 2 -  VOLCANOS, PICCANINNIE PONDS, KILSBY SINKHOLE 

Today will comprise a walk up one of Australia's youngest volcano's, and a visit to the coast via world renown cave diving site Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park as we continue to explore this amazing Limestone Coast country. 

Morning adventure, a short climb up the cone of a key feature in this volcanic landscape, Mt Schank/Parreen you will have 360 degree views looking to Mount Gamier and the coast, this really is one of the greatest short walks in S.A. 

Then onto the coast to Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park, home to unique fresh water ecosystems and where the crystal clear groundwater runs into the ocean. Bush tucker abounds and you will experience a special coastal inspired lunch today.

On our way back to Mount Gambier you will visit Kilsby Sinkhole and enjoy a tour down to the waters edge of this awesome feature, followed by tasting sinkhole gin crafted with some locally grown botanicals. 

Finishing late afternoon your adventure and tasting experience has come to an end. Transport back to accommodation, airport or car.

Meals included - Morning tea and Lunch

Private Group Bookings  mid-week tours are available. Contact Natasha to discuss on 0408 086 792.

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