Highlights

Flinders Chase National Park is now open following the devastating 2019-20 summer bushfires, which burnt 96 per cent of the park (and the Ravine Des Casoars Wilderness Protection Area).

The park is open for self-drive visitors to share in the bushfire recovery journey. Park gates are opened from limited times and locked at 5pm, please allow 25 minutes' travel time from Remarkable Rocks/Admirals Arch to the gate.

On your visit, you can stop at the iconic tourist drawcards of Remarkable Rocks, Weirs Cove, Cape du Couedic lighthouse and Admirals Arch.

You’ll have access to drive a safe road of Cape du Couedic Road – including the part which has become one of the most insta-famous roads in South Australia. Once at the sites you can browse around them on-foot.

Remember to pack enough water and snacks for your visit, and to leave no trace. This will give our bushland the best chance of recovery.

The limited reopening of Flinders Chase National Park is to support the tourism industry, while still allowing the fragile environment time and space to recover following the 2019-20 bushfires. Download the reopening map from the parks website for the most up to date and further information. 

Activities

• Hiking
• Sight-seeing
• Photography

Facilities

• Much of the Flinders Chase National Park was burnt in the bushfires, with the visitor centre, walking trails including the Kangaroo Island Wilderness Trail, boardwalks and visitor facilities destroyed, and heritage-listed buildings damaged.
• The park has limited toilets, there is no food or drink available for purchase throughout the park and alcohol is not permitted. 
• Luckily, the tourism drawcard of Remarkable Rocks is still intact and the iconic sites of Admirals Arch, Cape du Couedic lighthouse and cottages, and Weirs Cove, as well as Cape Borda lighthouse and cottages were untouched by the bushfires.
• National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia (NPWSSA) is working hard to support the bushfire recovery of Kangaroo Island’s parks including supporting wildlife recovery, rebuilding essential infrastructure and reimagining visitor experiences in parks.