Adelaide to Whyalla road trip: Distance, drive time & attractions
Adelaide to Whyalla via the Clare Valley
However, you’ll only add half an hour or so to the journey by going along the Main North Road through the Clare Valley. This way, you can stop at a few Clare Valley wineries en route, and maybe get lost in the Mintaro Maze. Drive from Adelaide to Whyalla via the Clare Valley, and you rejoin the Augusta Highway for the Port Pirie to Port Augusta stretch of the drive.
Clare Valley accommodation choices include the Discovery Parks holiday park and the more plush Mill Apartments.
15 fabulous Adelaide experiences to supercharge your visit
- DOLPHINS 🐬: Swim with wild dolphins, kayak with the resident bottlenose pod or watch them on a dolphin cruise.
- FOOD AND WINE 🍷: Indulge on Adelaide food tour including Adelaide Central Market. Or try a wine discovery tour with tastings at the National Wine Centre. Or the ultimate Penfolds Magill Estate experience with full estate tour & Grange tasting.
- WILDLIFE 🐨: Spot koalas on a guided Morialta nature hike. Or walk from Waterfall Gully to Mount Lofty with entrance to Cleland Wildlife Park.
- CRUISES ⛵: Watch the sun set on a twilight coastal cruise, get to know the city on a Torrens River cruise or take a high tea cruise aboard the Popeye.
- SPORT 🏏: Dare to take on the Adelaide Oval Roofclimb or enter the fabled scoreboard on the behind-the-scenes stadium tour.
- ACTION 🚵♂️: Descend Mount Lofty on a downhill mountain bike tour or kayak along the Torrens River.
More South Australia travel
Enjoy the coastal cliffs of Whalers Way near Port Lincoln on the Eyre Peninsula.
Go surfing at Southport Beach on the Fleurieu Peninsula.
Get lost at the Mintaro Maze in the Clare Valley.
Stay at the Port Elliot Caravan Park in Port Elliot.
Play dinosaur mini golf at Barossa Bowland in Tanunda.