Length: 13km
Duration: 3hrs
Grade: 3
Style: One way
Start: 442 Cape Du Couedic Rd, Flinders Chase
End: Snake Lagoon Rd, Flinders Chase

Location: Flinders Chase National Park
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Distance from CBD: 266 km
State: SA
Latitude: -35.9515326
Longitude: 136.7362685

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Rocky River Hike is a 13km, grade 3 One way hike located in Flinders Chase National Park, South Australia. The hike should take approximately 3hrs to complete.

Hike Summary

Follow the shady paths along the pristine Rocky River through to Snake Lagoon. Experience the river bank communities, low woodlands and open forests. Even in the drier months spring-fed pools provide life giving water to birds, reptiles, insects and mammals.

This trail is also the first day's hike of the five day Kangaroo Island Wilderness Trail.

Access the trail from the walking trailhead at Flinders Chase Visitor Centre. The trail includes the Platypus Waterholes Walk. Alternatively, the trail can be started from Rocky River Bridge on West Bay Road, or the Platypus Waterholes car park off Shackle Road.

About the region

Flinders Chase National Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located at the west end of Kangaroo Island about 177 kilometres west-south west of the state capital of Adelaide and 110 kilometres west of the municipal seat of Kingscote.

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