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Coorong Wildside Tours
Things To Do Meningie, The Coorong, South Australia
Adventure and Outdoors Tours
Only 90 minutes from Adelaide, is a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in nature of the iconic Coorong exploring the lagoons and sandhill by boat and foot.
Experience a range of bespoke ecotours, fishing experinces, and specialised boat tours and walks. Glen and Tracy also offer the opportunity to participate in our fishing activities and seafood lunches.
Specialising in small intimate groups and tailored itineraries to suit your needs. As well as their signature Seabirds and Seals tour there are a number of other tours and activities that engage visitors with insight into the flora, fauna and fish.
You will receive personal attention and a unique perspective of the region from an experienced skipper and fisherman who has 30 years of observations and stories. Tracy shares her new home with visitors to enjoy a stunning 180 degree view of the Coorong, a stones throw away.
New Tours are added regularly so come back to check them out.
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Services
From $100 to $350
This is our signature small group tour so imagine yourself on the Coorong where very few people get to travel. The new especially designed “Wildside”, a drop front barge allows us to get into places larger vessels can’t.
Watch a myriad of birds wheeling overhead, waders hopping along the shoreline and the iconic pelicans coming in to land. Emus appear out of the low scrub and seals laze on the barrages that stretch across the barrier between the freshwater lake and the salty lagoons. A trip of a lifetime with an experienced guide and fisherman. Enjoy your morning tea, add in a seafood lunch or dinner to make your day complete.
Glen Hill your skipper also known as the “Wild man” shares his years of experience to inform educate and entertain you. Take the unique opportunity to explore the Coorong and its wildlife with tours of the lagoons, sandhills and surrounds.
Unique, stunning, wild. So, come and take a walk on the Wildside
For Optional extras including lunch and other add on experiences. Ring 0427604047
Disabled Access
Carpark Family Friendly Non Smoking Public Toilet$250
Experience a half day of participating in wildcatch fishing just like a local fisherman.
Have a go at setting and retrieving a net, picking out a mullet or mulloway and taking them back to the factory for a filleting lesson.
Enjoy sashimi style fish on the shore of the Coorong before enjoying a gourmet lunch with owners Glen and Tracey. You will never forget being a decky for a day.
Disabled Access
Carpark Family Friendly Non Smoking Public ToiletFrom $25 to $35
You are invited on a journey with your hosts Glen and Tracy Hill who give you a behind the scenes of award winning Coorong Wild Seafood. They will give you an insight into how the regional delicacy, Coorong Mullet, is caught and processed. A wealth of local knowledge is coupled with a guided tour of the processing factory, as well as tempting you with tastings of their products.
Learn about our local fishing industry and the secrets behind the fishing and processing of the famous Coorong Mullet, carp and more.
Enjoy a tantalising tasting of the underrated but delicious Carp. Our tour can be tailored to your interests with a video presentation or alternatively a cooking demonstration featuring simple recipes that you can use at home.
For Optional extras including lunch and other add on experiences. Ring 0427604047
Disabled Access
Carpark Family Friendly Non Smoking Pet Friendly - Enquire Public Toilet$350
Coorong Wildside Tours offers this unique wilderness experience that you will never forget.
Located in the Coorong National Park, only 2 hours south of Adelaide you arrive at picturesque Parnka Point, the narrowest part of the Coorong. If you are lucky you may spot emus and kangaroos on the way. You will see many species of wetland birds including pelicans.
A winding track takes you over several sandhills of the Younghusband Peninsula, immersing you in Storm Boy Country. As you top the last sandhill you observe the panorama of the Southern Ocean waves that crash and surge on the steeply shelving beach.
See a midden site where the Ngarrindjeri enjoyed a pipi feast for thousands of years.
Learn about the environment from Glen who imparts an in depth understanding from a fisherman’s perspective of almost 35 years of experience. Gain valuable knowledge of the ecosystem as Glen tells stories about the region you are exploring and answers your questions.
On the beach, deckhand Ben will give you a surf fishing lesson. Learn the techniques of how to cast a line past the crashing waves with the possibility of catching a fish, maybe even hook up an iconic mulloway.
Disabled Access
Carpark Family Friendly Public Toilet