Welcome Back Cruise Ships for 2023-2024 Season!

We welcomed back cruise ships to Kangaroo Island for the 2023-24 It was fantastic to see cruise ships visit our Island and help boost businesses from Sept 2023 through to April 2024 and not many cancellations due to weather!
Cruise ships have become a big economic boost to KI and visitors get to see and enjoy our special Island via shore-based tours, hire cars or simply wandering around the tranquil town of Penneshaw, visiting the local market.
Via the shore-based tours and hire cars is how they get to visit us. The visitors either enjoy a guided tour, cider tasting, taste our yummy homemade damper & KI native currant jam & eucalyptus infused butter or simply get to browse the shop. We get to see a whole range of different people from around the world. There have been cruise ships with Aussies, Americans, Europeans and more! Some passengers are on a world cruise for over 100 days and others on a quick weekend trip. We really do get a variety of cruise ships passengers visit, that will hopefully return one day for a longer stay.
Some of the cruise liners we have had are The Grand Princess, Pacific Explorer, Volendam, Azamara and Royal Princess just to name a few.
The 2023-24 cruise ship season has now concluded. We welcomed 122 cruise and expedition ship arrivals to South Australia, comprising approximately:
45 cruise ship visits to Port Adelaide Passenger Terminal, with 70,500 passengers and 31,100 crew.
25 cruise ship visits to Kangaroo Island, with 50,300 passengers and 20,400 crew. Unfortunately, due to weather and sea conditions, six scheduled visits were cancelled.
10 cruise ship visits to Port Lincoln, with a total of 22,100 passengers and 9,000 crew.
42 ship visits to expedition landing sites or anchorages in unique and remote coastal destinations, including but not limited to Robe, Coffin Bay, American River and Dolphin Beach, bringing a total of 2,900 passengers and 1,400 crew.
16 different cruise lines and 24 individual cruise ships visited South Australia, including ships visiting for first time.
Below are some fantastic pictures of the different cruise ships from this season from Budget Rent a Car KI (Jen Child)