School holidays in national parks

School holidays in national parks

Wondering what's on in Adelaide and beyond these school holidays? There's so much to do in South Australia's national parks. Try one of these special school holiday experiences.

Scav­enger hunt at Ade­laide Gaol 

Dai­ly — 10am — 4pm | 15 April — 30 April 2023

Look­ing for an adven­ture these school hol­i­days? Join our scav­enger hunt and explore Ade­laide Gaol

Are you ready for an excit­ing mis­sion at Ade­laide Gaol? We need your help to catch a sneaky thief who’s been swin­dling peo­ple out of their mon­ey using an alias!

Search for the let­ters of their name in our scav­enger hunt and help us bring this crook to jus­tice! Plus, com­plet­ing the chal­lenge earns you a lim­it­ed-edi­tion badge, make sure you col­lect them all, there’s a new badge to earn every school holidays.

Are you ready to join the hunt? Let’s go!

When: Sat­ur­day 15 April — Sun­day 30 April

Time: 10am — 4pm (last entry 3pm)

Cost: free with entry.


National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia

School Hol­i­days at Cle­land Wildlife Park 

Dai­ly — 9:30am — 5pm | 15 April — 30 April 2023

Tomorrow’s Heroes

There are so many ways we can sup­port our envi­ron­ment but did you know that our ani­mals help the envi­ron­ment in their own spe­cial way? Join the trail to dis­cov­er how and what those spe­cial abil­i­ties are.

Wild­ifi­ca­tion — Nature Vacation 

Autumn: Won­der­ful World of Nature

Re-con­nect with nature these school hol­i­days and join our Wild­ifi­ca­tion ​‘Won­der­ful World of Nature’ Pro­gram. Full of fun activ­i­ties like teepee build­ing, tex­ture dis­cov­er­ies, scav­enger hunts, feed­ing our native Aus­tralian ani­mals and much more. Don’t for­get to book online, spots are limited.

Week 1:

  • Junior Wild­ifi­ca­tion: Mon­day 17 April
  • 8+ Wild­ifi­ca­tion: Tues­day 18April
  • Junior Wild­ifi­ca­tion: Wednes­day 19 April
  • 8+ Wild­ifi­ca­tion: Thurs­day 20 April

Week 2:

  • Junior Wild­ifi­ca­tion: Wednes­day 26 April
  • 8+ Wild­ifi­ca­tion: Thurs­day 27 April
National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia

Park of the Month — Belair Nation­al Park 

Cel­e­brate Belair Nation­al Park this April by immers­ing your­self in nature with our biggest Park of the Month pro­gram yet.

Kids activ­i­ties include a Fam­i­ly Cul­tur­al Walk with Uncle Tamaru and Nature Play SA and Nature Jour­nal­ing with a ranger.

Find out more. 

National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia

Insid­er tips

Look­ing for more ideas on how to enter­tain the fam­i­ly? Check out 5 things to do in Adelaide’s nation­al parks these school hol­i­days for more inspiration.