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Eleanor River Homestead

4.0 star property

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Cabin
Front of property
In-room dining
Exterior

Reviews

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Kitchen
  • Parking included
  • Outdoor space
  • Barbecue
  • Fireplace

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Lot 563A Gregors Road, Seddon, SA, 5220
  • Place, Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park
    ‪28 min drive‬
  • Place, Seal Bay Conservation Park
    ‪37 min drive‬
  • Place, Vivonne Bay Beach
    ‪40 min drive‬
  • Airport, Kangaroo Island, SA (KGC-Kingscote)
    ‪47 min drive‬

Room options

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In-room dining

Cabin with Breakfast

  • Sleeps 6
  • 1 Queen Bed, 2 Single Beds and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Rainfall showerhead, hair dryer, towels

Cabin

  • Sleeps 6
  • 1 Queen Bed, 2 Single Beds and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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About the area

Seddon

With a stay at Eleanor River Homestead in Seddon, you'll be 13.6 mi (21.9 km) from Seal Bay Conservation Park and 14.9 mi (24 km) from Vivonne Bay Beach. .This vacation home is 25.4 mi (40.8 km) from King George Beach and 28.1 mi (45.3 km) from Snelling Beach.
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What's nearby

  • Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park - 28 min drive - 13.6 km
  • Seal Bay Conservation Park - 37 min drive - 27.6 km
  • Vivonne Bay Beach - 40 min drive - 31.9 km
  • Vivonne Bay Conservation Park - 45 min drive - 35.2 km
  • Kingscote Tidal Pool - 58 min drive - 63.5 km

Getting around

  • Kangaroo Island, SA (KGC-Kingscote) - 39 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Parndana IGA - ‬30 min drive
  • ‪Andermel Marron & Cafe - ‬32 min drive
  • ‪Talons - ‬25 min drive
  • ‪Seal Bay Cafe - ‬24 min drive
  • ‪Parndana Bakery and Cafe - ‬32 min drive

About this property

Entire place

You'll have the entire home to yourself and will only share it with other guests in your party.

Eleanor River Homestead

Eleanor River Homestead offers 4 accommodations with fireplaces and DVD players. Rooms open to furnished patios. These individually decorated and furnished accommodations include double sofa beds. Kitchens offer refrigerators, stovetops, microwaves, and cookware/dishes/utensils.

Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers with rainfall showerheads, and hair dryers. LCD televisions come with satellite channels. Additionally, rooms include coffee/tea makers and irons/ironing boards.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Treat yourself to a stay in one of the 4 individually decorated guestrooms, featuring fireplaces and LCD televisions. Rooms have private furnished patios. Kitchens are outfitted with refrigerators, stovetops, and microwaves. Satellite programming along with DVD players are provided for your entertainment.
Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as tour/ticket assistance and a picnic area.
Free self parking is available onsite.

Property amenities

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited on-site self parking

Family friendly

  • Free cot

Kitchen

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Cookware, dishware, and utensils
  • Hob
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator

Bedrooms

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Double sofa bed

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Towels provided

Living spaces

  • Fireplace

Entertainment

  • DVD player
  • LCD TV with satellite channels

Outdoor areas

  • Barbecue grill
  • Furnished patio
  • Garden
  • Picnic area
  • Yard

Comfort

  • Ceiling fan

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Suitability/Accessibility

  • No lift
  • Smoke-free property

Services and conveniences

  • Blackout drapes
  • Iron/ironing board
  • No housekeeping service
  • Phone
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Location highlights

  • In a rural location
  • On a river

Things to do

  • Hiking/biking trails
  • Boat tours nearby
  • Ecotours nearby

Safety features

  • Carbon monoxide detector not reported (host has not indicated whether there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property; consider bringing a portable detector)
  • Smoke detector not reported (host has not indicated whether there is a smoke detector on the property)

General

  • 1 building
  • 1 floor
  • 4 units
  • Built in 2006
  • Garden
  • Individual decor
  • Individual furnishings

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:30 PM; Check-in end time: 6 PM

Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:30 AM

Special check-in instructions

There is no front desk at this property

Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; your host will greet you

To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 24 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation

Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Host will greet you

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Rollaway/extra beds are not available

Free cribs are available on request at the property

Payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Host has not indicated whether there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property; consider bringing a portable detector with you on the trip
Host has not indicated whether there is a smoke detector on the property
This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios, terraces which may not be suitable for children; if you have concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm they can accommodate you in a suitable room

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

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Eleanor River Homestead Reviews

Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 13 out of 15 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 1 out of 15 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 15 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 15 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 15 reviews

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Graham

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Beautiful quiet stay with the Kangaroos!

Lovely, quiet location. Scenery and wildlife was spectacular. Everything you could want in a stay. Thank you!
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Jonathan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Amazing homestead. Highly recommend it

Initially, I didn't realize that I had the whole place to myself. It's a great homestead, centrally located. About one hour drive from the ferry in Penneshaw. Easy to find. Close to the wildlife preserve. No park or attraction was more than a one hour drive. There are no convenient markets so bring your own food. You're on an unpaved road for several kilometers to reach the homestead, so make sure your rental car allows for this. It was chilly a couple of nights, but they have a nice little fireplace and provide wood. Graeme came over and showed me how to easily light the fire. Piece of cake. I loved seeing the kangaroos hanging on on the grass in front of the place. One evening, four kangaroos came to the front looking for food. I wish i had more to give them because they mastered the "please feed me look". I would definitely stay there again.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Roger

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Simply fantastic

The homestead is in a stunning location with fabulous views and wildlife on the doorstep. It is extremely clean and well supper and in a great central location for touring the island. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay there and would recommend it highly. As with much of the best parts of the island it's down a well formed dirt road.

10/10 Excellent

Branden, South Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Secluded Kangaroo Island spot of paradise

Wonderful stay in a secluded, private B&B. We saw countless kangaroos (a few boxing!), some echidnas, and wallabies on the property. The full kitchen allowed us to cook a nice breakfast while enjoy the scenery before setting off to see Flinders Chase National Park. We much preferred this to the city accommodation options. The kids loved running on the wide open fields and practicing navigation skills in the wooded bushland. The owners Graeme and Kathy were quite helpful and accommodating despite the Expedia site mix-up. Though this is technically "off the grid", you'd never know it thanks to full power (battery and generator), gas, water, etc. The smell of the fireplace on the rainy nights, sipping a glass of wine after the kids turned in, and playing some mindless backgammon is what being in a spot like this is all about. Thanks!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great place to stay

Excellent central location, great hosts, lovely setting, native animals on property

6/10 Okay

Ching Hei

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Meital, Queens, NY

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Absolute heaven

Staying in this cabin was an absolute dream. The beautifully maintained cabin is located in the middle of Kangaroo Island, in total seclusion. You need to drive down unpaved dirt roads to get there. Waking up with nothing outside your door but beautiful meadows, grass, and kangaroos. Words can't do this cabin justice. If you love nature and value seclusion, this place is perfect.

10/10 Excellent

Andrea, Madison, WI

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Eleanor River Homestead

Eleanor River Homestead was a great place to stay on KI with lots of wildlife to be seen right on the property (kangaroos, echidnas, koalas...). It was very peaceful and we'd definitely stay there again.

10/10 Excellent

Chilun, adelaide

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

lots fun

excelent

10/10 Excellent

Michelle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Different experience

You can try this homestead if you like wildlife, especially you can feed kangaroos. No wifi so you won't have connection in FB, whatsapp emails.....etc. If you want a quiet environment and try a real forest-feel cottage, it's worth to try. Also, no air-condition is available but it really does not need air-condition as it is quite cold at night and we even used additional blanket.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Exciting and peaceful stay

We spend three nights during New Year holidays. A lot of cute kangaroos and wallabies visited us every morning and evening. There's no light pollution, so we saw amazingly beautiful stars at night. It's a perfect place to feel great nature in KI. The owners were very helpful. Thank you so much. We want to come back. 年末年始に3泊しました。周囲は大自然に囲まれ、な～んにもないとこにポツンとある家、という感じで、自然と動物に囲まれて静かに年始を迎えたいと思っていた私たちには最高のロケーション。 かわいらしい鳥たちのさえずり、カンガルーやワラビーたちが朝に夕にいつのまにかたくさん現れていて、静かだけどわくわくする環境の中で、ゆったりとした幸せな時間を過ごせます。夜は周囲に明かりがまったくないので本当に真っ暗闇で、こんなに星ってあるんだ！とビックリするほどの星空が見られます。 電気はソーラーパワーや自家発電で、水も節約しなければならないオーストラリア事情。日ごろ当たり前と思っている電気や水、自然環境について考える時間を持てることも良かったです。 小さな町が車で15分くらいのところにあるので、ちょっとした日用品や食料は遠くの町まで行かなくても買えます。 オーナーはとても親切で、また泊りに行きたいです。

10/10 Excellent

Pernille, Copenhagen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Nice eco cottage for max4 in beautiful wilderness

We experienced the real Kangaroo Island and our hosts were very friendly and helpful. We enjoyed the stylish and pleasant cottage that rooms 4 visitors.