Hanson Bay Wildlife Sanctuary Cafe

Hi,We visited this wildlife sanctuary mainly to see the koalas who are prolific on Kangaroo Island after being introduced in the 1920's. We saw lots mainly sleeping high up in the trees. A long range lens is a good idea. Maggie, the Sanctuary's resident cross kelpie/border collie is very enthusiastic at showing you where they koalas are plus some red flagged poles at the bottom of the gumtrees. Maggie also has a talent for tug of war and will lift her own weight not to let go of the stick! The cafe is excellent with a good range of tourist goods including the extraordinary Italian bee honey!

Koala's everywhere, in the tree's! No cuddling them but plenty of photo ops. Nice layout and walk through the tree's.

We stopped here with 2 hungry kids (and parents) and we're disappointed at the limited selection for lunch considering they call themselves a "cafe". What we did have (quiche and sausage roll) was mediocre to say the least. However we have been here for the koalas before and they are a delight to see in their trees.

Very nice sanctuary where you can spot Koalas easily during a self guided walk. There is a population of more than 20 animals so success is very likely. You can also see wallabies ( but this is on Känguru Island easy also on other places) or Echidnas, if you are lucky. Friendly and helpful staff there

Though achieved plenty of sightings of Kaola and Wallabies, we only managed to see one small owls in two trips, one in the day time and one nocturnal tour. Quite disappointing really despite the efforts of the guides.