Looking for trails open after the bushfires?
5 Feb 2020: Kangaroo Island was devasted by bushfire in January 2020. Some parks and trails remain closed. View our article of 13 walking trails open post-bushfire.
- Distance
- 1 km return
- Duration
- 30 mins return
- Suitable for
- Walking, Hiking
- Grade 3, Moderate Hike
- Terrain
- Undulating
- Park
- Flinders Chase National Park
- Region
- Kangaroo Island
- Download maps & GPS files
- 1 map PDF
- 2 GPS files
- Photos
- 7 photosJump to Photos section
- Travel options
- Car
About the Walking Trail
A short walk from the Cape Borda Lighthouse to the nearby clifftop. Pause at the lookout to watch for seals, whales and dolphins.
The trail begins from the carpark at Cape Borda Lighthouse. An alternative is to start the hike from the vehicle entrance gate, where there is a small carpark and connecting walking trail to the end of the Return Road Hike. This adds another 700m (one-way) to the hike, or 2.3km return.
Photos
Views of Cape Borda Lighthouse from the Clifftop Hike
Old lighthouse keepers cottages at Cape Borda
The Clifftop Hike walking trail
View from the Clifftop Hike lookout
Picnic shelter near the start of the Clifftop Hike at Cape Borda Lighthouse
From the vehicle gate to Cape Borda there is the option to walk along some of the end of the Return Road Hike to the lighthouse
From the vehicle gate to Cape Borda there is the option to walk along some of the end of the Return Road Hike to the lighthouse