# Road trips from Adelaide

> 6 road trips that start in or near Adelaide, from 4 to 8 days, each with a stop-by-stop itinerary, distances and campsites along the way.

Source: https://camping-spirit.com/road-trips-from/o-adelaide-au-sa/

6 road trips that start in or near Adelaide, from 4 to 8 days, each with a stop-by-stop itinerary, distances and campsites along the way.

- [Adelaide Hills, Barossa and Clare Valley wine loop](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-adelaide-hills-barossa-clare/): 4 days, 264 km – A relaxed four-day loop from Adelaide through German-settled hill villages and two of Australia's best-known wine valleys, ending at the Cornish copper town of Burra.
- [McLaren Vale, Victor Harbor and Kangaroo Island](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-fleurieu-kangaroo-island/): 4 days, 307 km – Wine, whales and wildlife in four days: down the Fleurieu Peninsula, across to Kangaroo Island by ferry, then sea lions, giant granite boulders and fur seals in the south and west.
- [Sea lions, granite sculptures and vineyard slopes – by camper across the Fleurieu Peninsula to Kangaroo Island](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-312-kangaroo-island-fleurieu/): 8 days, 618 km – From Adelaide through the vineyards of McLaren Vale to Encounter Bay, by ferry across Backstairs Passage and right across Kangaroo Island to the Remarkable Rocks: around 750 road kilometres, two 45-minute sea crossings and evenings when the kangaroos stand closer to the camper than the neighbours.
- [Copper mines, shipwrecks and kangaroos on the cape – around the Yorke Peninsula by camper](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-469-sa-yorke-peninsula/): 8 days, 704 km – Around 925 km from Adelaide via the copper towns of “Little Cornwall”, the quiet bays on Spencer Gulf and Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park at the southern tip to the jetties and tidal pools on Gulf St Vincent.
- [Pelicans, crater lakes and terra rossa – by camper through the Coorong to the Limestone Coast](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-409-sa-limestone-coast-coorong/): 8 days, 826 km – From Adelaide along the Coorong lagoon to Robe and Beachport, to the collapsed sinkholes of Mount Gambier, into the Coonawarra vineyards and on to the World Heritage caves of Naracoorte: a good 850 kilometres through South Australia’s quiet south-east.
- [Riesling slopes, copper towns and quartzite walls – by camper from Adelaide to the Flinders Ranges](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-311-adelaide-barossa-flinders/): 8 days, 1,146 km – Via Hahndorf, the Barossa and the Clare Valley to Burra, through wheat country to Hawker, beneath the rock bowl of Ikara and through Brachina Gorge, then via Quorn and Port Augusta to Melrose and back: around 1,230 km on which the vineyards slowly give way to red gravel.

## FAQs

**What are the best road trips from Adelaide?**
Popular routes starting in or near Adelaide: Adelaide Hills, Barossa and Clare Valley wine loop, McLaren Vale, Victor Harbor and Kangaroo Island, Sea lions, granite sculptures and vineyard slopes – by camper across the Fleurieu Peninsula to Kangaroo Island, Copper mines, shipwrecks and kangaroos on the cape – around the Yorke Peninsula by camper and Pelicans, crater lakes and terra rossa – by camper through the Coorong to the Limestone Coast.

**Is there a short road trip from Adelaide?**
The shortest is Adelaide Hills, Barossa and Clare Valley wine loop: 4 days, about 264 km.

**What is the longest road trip from Adelaide?**
The longest is Riesling slopes, copper towns and quartzite walls – by camper from Adelaide to the Flinders Ranges: 8 days, about 1,146 km with 13 stops.