Wildlife & Nature
Wetlands, river red gums and big skies
The best wildlife & nature in Riverland
Ramsar-listed wetlands, towering sandstone cliffs and floodplain forest alive with pelicans, regent parrots and the occasional echidna. This is some of the richest river habitat in the country.
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10 places
Banrock Station Wine & Wetland Centre
$$Wine with a wetland view
A cellar door and restaurant perched above a 1,000-hectare Ramsar-listed wetland, with boardwalk trails through the floodplain.
Big Bend by Night
$$Spotlight wildlife tours below the cliffs
Guided nocturnal wildlife tours beneath the tallest river cliffs in South Australia, near Nildottie.
Headings Cliffs Lookout
Big views over the river bend
A clifftop lookout high above the Murray in the Murray River National Park, with sweeping views over the floodplain.
Katarapko (Murray River National Park)
Canoe trails and bush camps
The Katarapko section of the Murray River National Park, laced with anabranch creeks, bush campsites and canoe trails near Berri.
Lake Bonney Barmera
Swim, sail and ski the big lake
A broad freshwater lake on Barmera’s doorstep, made for swimming, sailing, water-skiing and lakeside picnics.
Morgan Conservation Park
Floodplain wetlands at the river's bend
A wetland conservation park on the Murray floodplain near Morgan, rich in birdlife and laced with creeks and lagoons.
Murray River National Park
Floodplain forest and wetlands
A national park in three sections — Bulyong, Katarapko and Lyrup Flats — protecting some of the finest floodplain forest on the Murray.
Riverland Houseboats
$$$Drive your own holiday on the Murray
Self-drive houseboats are the signature Riverland holiday — a floating home you pilot along the Murray at your own pace.
Ruston's Roses
$One of the largest rose gardens in the world
A vast rose garden near Renmark, one of the largest in the Southern Hemisphere, spectacular in spring and early summer.
Waikerie Cliffs
Ochre cliffs above the Murray
The dramatic limestone river cliffs that rise behind Waikerie, best seen from the riverfront, ferry and clifftop walks.