Name: Kangaroo Island Coastal Villas
Address: 32 Tangara Drive, Kangaroo Island, 5221, AU

8/10

Excellent

29 Mar 2026

Phil

Clean rooms, basic bedding, kitchen utensils underdone (no paring knife, no potato peeler), kettle slow and very noisy.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

27 Feb 2026

deangelo

Yes the room was spotless when we arrived awesome sea view absolutely love it

8/10

Excellent

22 Feb 2026

Dominic

Clean room, friendly staff, nice atmosphere.

Couch was pretty worn and the internet connection didn’t work, but that was probably due to the storm damaging the starlink antenna.

A nice place to un-plug, but you’ll need a car as there’s very little nearby.

Business

8/10

Excellent

19 Jan 2026

Sugiharto

Big and in a quite location

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jan 2026

Linda

Great place to stay. Well equipped. Just a minute's walk to the waterside to watch the lovely seabirds. Wish we could've stayed longer.
Minor issues with check-in/hotels.com messages but soon sorted with a phone call.

Partner

4/10

Poor

06 Jan 2026

Meera

Not a great accomodation. Not close to many things, had to drive a lot. Didn’t look or feel clean.

8/10

Excellent

05 Jan 2026

Nicola

Clean spacious property. Comfy beds. No hob or oven for cooking but plug in options provided. No grocers near by so make sure you bring all food needed. Beautiful setting next to the shore. Several places to eat near by, but watch closing times- especially on a Sunday. We enjoyed morning coffee at the roadside coffee truck and got close up to the pelicans. Communal laundry area and a fuel pump for your car nearby if you need them.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

17 Nov 2025

May

Overall my stay was ok, bit cold. There was heating but it didn't really warm up only took the edge off. No milk on arrival although there was tea/coffee making facilities.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

27 Sep 2025

Edmund

Tidy and spacious studio unit accommodation equipped with clean and functional kitchen utensils and Nespresso coffee machine; simple and contactless check-in and check-out procedures but with clear instructions and guidance by the host; property and surrounding area is altogether a peaceful and quiet getaway; I highly recommend this place as a tranquil retreat on the beautiful Kangaroo Island if peace and quiet is what you require with your accommodation!

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

06 Sep 2025

Lynnette

We initially picked this property for the couches. We were looking forward to resting on these after long travelling days. Unfortunately, when we were given another property, with wooden single chairs. Not comfortable at all.
The property owner mentioned she was changing the booking an upgrading us to another property. But the lack of couches definitely felt like a downgrade and not an upgrade.
We thought about using the laundry but it looked dirt and needing some TLC.
The blinds in the bedroom were falling apart and it was hard to open them without fetting unhook from the rail.
Overall, this property was not an upgrade. Its a shame as with some TLC the property had some positives. Like the restaurant right outside the property, and its alao quiet.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

12 May 2025

Simone

Super quality/price apartment

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 May 2025

Shivakumar

It's a very good place, worth of your money. They are providing everything.this villas are very neat and tidy

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

18 Apr 2025

Merrilee

Loved being a short walk from the River, watching the swans, ducks, pelicans and other birdlife at dawn and dusk. Facilities were great and location was convenient.

8/10

Excellent

16 Apr 2025

Madelyne

The villa was spacious and enjoyed breakfast on the deck. The Queen bed was comfortable, however, there was very little water pressure in the shower and kitchen sink. It was very quiet as the villa was in the bushland. The villa's are more like cabins. The staff were very helpful and friendly. We enjoyed our 5 night stay.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

30 Mar 2025

Peter

Quiet hideaway

The venue was both comfortable and quiet. It suited our needs for the three nights we stayed there. The location was a little remote with a 30 minute drive to most facilities and meals, although it was late in the season and hadn't appreciated the distances involved in touring Kangaroo Island.

An ideal location for a relaxed holiday and close enough to the airport and larger town for travel and services.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

02 Jan 2025

Rong

It is a good place to stay for holiday.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Dec 2024

Paresh

Very clean, spacious, convenient and peaceful.

I recommend for future stay for any one who looking for very peaceful location.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

11 Nov 2024

Marjorie A

Not my favourite stay....even on rustic KI

This stay started off terribly after a 5 hour car ride and ferry crossing. There was no one at the property when we arrived to welcome us. (We may have been sent an email with instructions but I must have missed it.) We called the posted cell number and the call was dropped, then drove out to another property 1 km away and finally found someone to help us. The cabin had been left open and the key on the table! GRRR!
The cabin was nicely set up. Somewhat comfortable but not like in the photo. The property was tricky to find, hidden off the road.
Have everything that you need for your stay here. There is nothing available nearby. And no management to help you out.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

05 Nov 2024

Kadali

Staff service

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

14 Oct 2024

Annette

Clean and cute.
Very helpful and friendly
Would definitely stay again!

6/10

Pleasant

04 Apr 2024

Bruce

A beautiful area, peaceful and relaxing. A variety of places to dine.
Shower quite dated and sofa bed not very comfortable .
Expedia had incorrect contact details so was difficult to contact Villa to confirm booking, hopefully this is now being rectified.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

18 Mar 2024

Leanne

Wouldn’t recommend it

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

15 Jan 2024

Diane

A pleasant stay no Aircon but we managed
very loud music nearby on Saturday night but apart from that we went everywhere we wanted on the island

8/10

Excellent

09 Dec 2023

Brian

Good location in very dusty bare earth surrounds

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

05 Nov 2023

Nancy

Close to restaurants. Bed was saggy.

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

24 May 2023

Stephen

Terrible service. When we arrived, rang the number to gain access to the cabin, reception told us that the property manager would ring us back with the details. After an hour of waiting we rang again to be told the same thing, still no answer from the manager. The only reason we managed to get access to our cabin was because the cleaner was there getting it ready and she let us in, which is not part of her job. We never received a call from the manager

Leisure

2/10

Poor

25 Apr 2023

Verified traveler

Not where I would return to stay. The reception was hard to find. Couldn't get through their landline , and Kim's mobile was never been answered, just texted back after a while. Not responsive to their customers. We booked two cabins. One wasn't ready while we arrived. One cook stove, one external cooking pan, and outdoor bbq were not working. The facilities are pretty run down. Need a good improvement on both services and facilities.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jan 2023

Ashley

Was a great place to stay. close to other places to visit and was super clean and lovely for what we needed

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

30 Dec 2022

Rod

So convenient. Rooms were simple, and ok

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

23 Apr 2022

Ashley

The only thing I think could of been better was the hot water in the shower was not that hot.

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

19 Mar 2022

Ilana

Old,sad,in need of maintenance .
Disappointing

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

19 Mar 2022

Laksmithasony

The room would be good for a family with kids since there are 2 bedrooms, one of them with bunk beds. I dont think it was the room I booked, although I cant even see the one I booked anymore since they don’t take anymore booking at this time. I thought I would get a separate villa, but this one is one of many connected in a building. The facility is old, but well looked after and clean. Master bedroom is pretty small, it was a bit hard to walk on the side of one of the bed. But the view is beautiful because you can see the bay and there are many trees around too. Overall I was happy with my stay except that we had to ask for extra toiletries. They dont clean or restock the room everyday and that’s fine for us but they should have given us extra things since we were staying for 5 nights, but only given things for one night stay. The lady who has been checking us in and giving us more toiletries are very lovely and friendly, but since no reception in the facility, would be better to give extra things at the beginning of stay.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Mar 2022

Rose

Facility was clean and convenient location.
Received a $20 breakfast voucher which we used, which was walking distance.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

03 Mar 2022

Michael

Traditional quiet holiday accommodation

A quiet place to stay a short walk to the waterfront. Large old fashioned unit with plenty of space. Worked well for two people but has the bathroom with ill fitting sliding doors between the two bedrooms which might concern larger groups. Friendly host, no Wifi as yet. American River is very quiet which is fine if that is what you want. Do not believe the brochures about choice of restaurants and cafes! Nice dinner at the local club. Koala in a tree and a seal on the wharf, lots of birds. Cheap for Kangaroo Island.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

02 Mar 2022

Sue

4 nights on Kangaroo Island

The checkin was made very easy with Danielle. A lot of the photos of the villas cabins were not for Kangaroo Island Coastal Villas. The villas were very small. Very disappointed with the villa as the hoots on the website made it look so much more roomy.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

21 Oct 2021

Paul

Stayed at the KI Coastal Villas for a few days as a base while I went driving around the island. I was in one of the air conditioned family units, which had a kitchenette with a stove and a full sized fridge. This was handy as there aren't a lot of places that are open after 5.00 in American River most nights, and driving to either Kingscote or Penneshaw for dinner runs the risk of roadkill, so being able to cook for myself was useful. If you're happy to have an early dinner though, there's plenty of options within a 30 minute drive if you don't want to eat at the three or four places in American River.

The cabin was small but comfortable. There were two bedrooms, one with a king size bed that took up a lot of the room, and another with a bunk bed. There aren't much in the way of cupboards, but the shelves are enough to store a few days worth of clothes. Bring some coathangers if you want to hang anything up.

The main living area had a small round table for four and a couch with a TV above the fridge. There's a small deck with a small table and a couple of chairs if you want to take in the sounds of wildlife.

The beach is at the end of the driveway, with a playground, tennis and basketball court, and a 'take-a-book, leave-a-book' library attached to the shelter shed nearby. The boatramp is a five minute walk away with a cafe open 9-5 (try the eggs benny!).

Great spot to unwind at and just relax.

Self

8/10

Excellent

01 May 2021

Verified traveler

Clean and comfortable and good value

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

21 Mar 2021

Marjorie

Great clean and tidy property - super location in American River

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

12 Feb 2021

Verified traveler

Cabin stay, small n clean ! Close to village, bush outlook and quiet !
Not enough space to swing a dead cat though !

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

03 Feb 2021

Russell

comfortable quiet convenient

The units are comfortable and clean and provide the basics for a self catering holiday. Walking distance to the cafe and oyster farm , with a pleasant filtered view of the nearby water through the garden and trees.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jan 2021

Anton

A clean modern cabin with wonderful hosts who were both welcoming and helpful on arrival. The Nature Cabins were perfect for us as a young family, good air conditioning for our baby, great little kitchen (with microwave) for us to prepare meals in and was privately secluded but still a 2min walk to the beach! An amazing spot, would highly recommend.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

17 Dec 2020

Joo Ling

Peaceful location

Nice and quite place. We were the only ones for 3 nights and another 2 family checked in on our last night. Pretty sad to see a lot of the holiday homes around the island empty. We had a great time in KI. Not many tourist around. If you havent been to KI, you need to be aware that you will need a car as everything are very far apart. Every town is about at least half hour drive away. If you are arriving late to the villa, buy some groceries at Penneshaw as the small general store in American Rivers closes early. There are a few restaurants around but very limited. Love the Oyster shop next door. The villa is comfortable and adequate for our stay. The only thing that need improvement is the cleanliness of the sofa. There was lots of hair on the upholstery. Otherwise, we enjoyed to peace and quite stay. Must compliment the succulent garden.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

31 Dec 2019

Jason

Great location in between Kingscote and Penneshaw.

Brian and Kylie are excellent host. Google map seems to be giving the wrong direction or address, however they are not that far away from the actual location, hope they fix it soon. Nearest petrol is 30 mins away. Only IGA is in Penneshaw.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

26 Dec 2019

Siva

In terms of location, it Just across the road from the water inlet. The door opens right to the water inlet side. Great for morning/evening walks. It is next door to the oyster farm shop. There is walking trail and also a designated booth near the CFA (walk just on the Northern direction along the bank for about 3 mins from the Boat launch area). Great for bird photography. I managed to get great shots of birds with my camera.
In terms of the accomodation. Very spacious for a family of 4. Has a big living area and 2 seperate bed rooms. Kept neat and tidy. One thing that would have been better is the shower, we understand the water conservation, however it was hard to even get wet in that shower.

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

14 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

The property was great in a good location great views.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

26 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Very clean neat an tidy - nice quiet spot to relax after a full day out..

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 Oct 2019

Eulalia

Great Family Holiday.

We stay here for 5 nights and it was very quite place and comfortable accommodation for a family. The local people are very friendly, I personally like their road/driving practices, they’re always greeting each other driver by lifting one finger or two each time passing each other, so we enjoyed “drive like a local”. The only down side is, there is no much choice for places to eat, and the groceries stores is quite far, so need to equip all foods needed next time. But over all we really enjoyed our KI Holiday, where so much beautiful places to see, explore and experience. I would really love to come back here in few years and love to explore the north east side of KI which is 4W drive recommended or otherwise hopefully all roads are sealed by then.

Family

8/10

Excellent

09 May 2019

Verified traveler

Brian was very friendly and helpful. Very quiet location. Comfortable and clean accommodation.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 May 2019

Verified traveler

This place was extremely quiet, nice and close to the town. Can walk to the ocean, close to nice pub and parklands and walking tracks. A vehicle is needed, there are not many dining options nearby without a car if one was taking tours. We were very pleased with this choice.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

26 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

Friendly helpful managers. Reasonable rates. Quiet location. (Not the place if you want swimming beaches but not bad for getting around to see different places.) Thankful for air conditioning in our unit, though it did struggle on a really hot day. Some cooking utensils for stove top but would have been nice to have some microwave containers to cook in.