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Adventure Kayaking SA - water sports in Adelaide

Adventure Kayaking SA (Port Adelaide)4.7 (320)

From $35pp

Guided kayak and stand-up paddle tours from Garden Island through the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary, with team and private group sessions.

Dolphin Sanctuary Kayak Tours - water sports in Adelaide

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Dolphin Sanctuary Kayak Tours (Port Adelaide)4.9 (1913)

From $75pp

Paddlers follow a guide along mangrove-lined creeks where local dolphins feed and rest, with seabirds overhead.

Choosing a Day Out on the Water

Both paddling operators here launch from Garden Island, heading into the mangrove creeks of the Dolphin Sanctuary where the Port River dolphins live. The tours differ mainly in length, guide style and extras such as shipwrecks, twilight paddles and stand-up boards.

Tours on offer from Garden Island:

Dolphin Sanctuary Kayak Tours runs a three-hour guided eco tour through creeks lined with ancient mangroves, from $75 per person.
Its twilight tour of about two hours uses head torches and is for paddlers aged 16 and over.
Adventure Kayaking SA prices start from $35 per person for its Dolphin Sanctuary Mangroves Tour of about 90 minutes.
Its longer tour of up to three hours adds the Ships Graveyard heritage trail.
Both note that dolphins are wild, so sightings are common but not promised.

Dolphin Sanctuary Kayak Tours is led by a marine biologist with more than ten years working with marine mammals.
Its base at the Angas Inlet Boat Club has a clubhouse, toilets, a private beach, launch ramps and locked parking.
Adventure Kayaking SA uses qualified kayaking instructors and starts each tour with a skills and safety briefing.
Adventure Kayaking SA paddles in double kayaks, chosen because they are stable and easy to steer.

Before you paddle the Port River creeks

No kayaking experience is needed, but Dolphin Sanctuary Kayak Tours says reasonable fitness helps.
Children from eight can join some Adventure Kayaking SA tours, sharing a double with an adult until 12.
Adventure Kayaking SA tours go ahead in rain but are postponed for extreme heat, storms or high fire danger.
Arrive 15 minutes early with the emailed waiver signed for Adventure Kayaking SA.

Common Questions Before You Paddle Out

Will we definitely see dolphins kayaking from Garden Island?

Sightings of the Port River dolphins are frequent on both operators' tours, but the dolphins are wild and never guaranteed.

Which Port kayak tour is shortest?

Adventure Kayaking SA's mangroves tour runs about 90 minutes. Dolphin Sanctuary Kayak Tours' twilight paddle is about two hours.

Can children kayak in the Dolphin Sanctuary?

Adventure Kayaking SA takes children from eight on some tours, in a double kayak with an adult until they turn 12. The twilight tour from Dolphin Sanctuary Kayak Tours is 16 and over.

Is there stand-up paddleboarding in the Port?

Adventure Kayaking SA runs guided stand-up paddleboard sessions as well as kayak lessons and equipment hire.