Kangaroo Island Coastal Villas

The room would be good for a family with kids since there are 2 bedrooms, one of them with bunk beds. I dont think it was the room I booked, although I cant even see the one I booked anymore since they don’t take anymore booking at this time. I thought I would get a separate villa, but this one is one of many connected in a building. The facility is old, but well looked after and clean. Master bedroom is pretty small, it was a bit hard to walk on the side of one of the bed. But the view is beautiful because you can see the bay and there are many trees around too. Overall I was happy with my stay except that we had to ask for extra toiletries. They dont clean or restock the room everyday and that’s fine for us but they should have given us extra things since we were staying for 5 nights, but only given things for one night stay. The lady who has been checking us in and giving us more toiletries are very lovely and friendly, but since no reception in the facility, would be better to give extra things at the beginning of stay.

Stayed at the KI Coastal Villas for a few days as a base while I went driving around the island. I was in one of the air conditioned family units, which had a kitchenette with a stove and a full sized fridge. This was handy as there aren't a lot of places that are open after 5.00 in American River most nights, and driving to either Kingscote or Penneshaw for dinner runs the risk of roadkill, so being able to cook for myself was useful. If you're happy to have an early dinner though, there's plenty of options within a 30 minute drive if you don't want to eat at the three or four places in American River. The cabin was small but comfortable. There were two bedrooms, one with a king size bed that took up a lot of the room, and another with a bunk bed. There aren't much in the way of cupboards, but the shelves are enough to store a few days worth of clothes. Bring some coathangers if you want to hang anything up. The main living area had a small round table for four and a couch with a TV above the fridge. There's a small deck with a small table and a couple of chairs if you want to take in the sounds of wildlife. The beach is at the end of the driveway, with a playground, tennis and basketball court, and a 'take-a-book, leave-a-book' library attached to the shelter shed nearby. The boatramp is a five minute walk away with a cafe open 9-5 (try the eggs benny!). Great spot to unwind at and just relax.

Nice and quite place. We were the only ones for 3 nights and another 2 family checked in on our last night. Pretty sad to see a lot of the holiday homes around the island empty. We had a great time in KI. Not many tourist around. If you havent been to KI, you need to be aware that you will need a car as everything are very far apart. Every town is about at least half hour drive away. If you are arriving late to the villa, buy some groceries at Penneshaw as the small general store in American Rivers closes early. There are a few restaurants around but very limited. Love the Oyster shop next door. The villa is comfortable and adequate for our stay. The only thing that need improvement is the cleanliness of the sofa. There was lots of hair on the upholstery. Otherwise, we enjoyed to peace and quite stay. Must compliment the succulent garden.

We stay here for 5 nights and it was very quite place and comfortable accommodation for a family. The local people are very friendly, I personally like their road/driving practices, they’re always greeting each other driver by lifting one finger or two each time passing each other, so we enjoyed “drive like a local”. The only down side is, there is no much choice for places to eat, and the groceries stores is quite far, so need to equip all foods needed next time. But over all we really enjoyed our KI Holiday, where so much beautiful places to see, explore and experience. I would really love to come back here in few years and love to explore the north east side of KI which is 4W drive recommended or otherwise hopefully all roads are sealed by then.