South Australia is home to two of Australia's finest road trips. So fill up the rental car with petrol, close the windows, and get ready to see South Australia from valley to vineyard.

You can travel north from Adelaide (population 1,000,000) to the country's best wine region, the Barossa Valley, which is about 60 miles away. You could also travel about an hour and a half south to Kangaroo Island, which is home to a diverse range of wildlife. properties qatar

You could also do both!

In any case, don't leave Adelaide too soon. Parklands surround the area, providing excellent hiking, biking, and boating opportunities. The Central Business District is also home to excellent museums and restaurants, as well as the Central Store, the Southern Hemisphere's largest covered market. You'll find fruits and vegetables, meat and poultry, fish, gourmet cheeses, bakery products, and treats made by local expatriates from around the world here.

When you're ready to go on your road trip, head north first, toward the Barossa Valley.

You'll start passing historic wineries 20 minutes outside of town. German settlers introduced viticulture to the Barossa Valley in the 1840s. There are now over 80 wineries in the region. The oldest Shiraz vines in the world (up to 170 years old) can be found here, as well as brands like Jacob's Creek. Penfold's, a local vintner, is selling a bottle of wine made from century-old vines for $168,000.

Many of the villages you'll pass through Hahndorf, Australia's oldest German village, was established in 1839 and appears to have been transplanted from Europe. Schnitzel and strudel will be the house specialties in restaurants here!

The Barossa Valley offers a wide range of lodging options. The Kingsford Homestead, a once-dusty sheep station that is now a brand-new luxury accommodation with seven suites, is one of the best. At Moorooroo Park, Jacob's Creek Retreat is a group of historic stone buildings from the 1840s that have been converted into country cottages and set in tranquil gardens.

The Cape Jervis ferry takes us to Kangaroo Island, which is at the southern end of our journey.

In the forests, you'll see koalas, and in the forest, you'll see kangaroos and wallabies. You'll arrive at Flinders Chase National Park to see the stunning granite formations and a colony of 6,000 native New Zealand fur seals sunning themselves on the rocks (which is bigger than the island's human population of 5,000). You will walk among a colony of endangered Australian sea lions at Seal Bay Conservation Park. Little Sahara, meanwhile, is a series of desert-like sand dunes that look more like they belong in the Middle East than in the western Pacific.

Kangaroo Island, like the Barossa Valley, has a thriving wine industry. Wonderful vintages are generated by the nutrient-rich soil, sunlight, and moisture from the sea. On the island, there are now 11 vineyards producing distinctive Cabernet, Shiraz, and Riesling. Kangaroo Island Spirits is South Australia's first boutique distillery, and its products are made with locally sourced ingredients including organic honey, wild fennel, and juniper.

Kangaroo Island was founded as a bee sanctuary in 1885, and it now houses the world's only pure strain of Ligurian bees, as well as honey. Clifford's Honey Farm produces over 22,000 pounds of honey each year and provides tours, tastings, and honey biscuits and ice cream.

Take a break from the road to try local specialties such as seafood, artisanal cheeses, marron (a freshwater crayfish), native spices, yogurt, and, maybe surprisingly, olive oil. Also, pay a visit to Island Pure Sheep, where you can sample the farm's Mediterranean-style cheeses and yogurt.

The fact that the Barossa Valley-Kangaroo Island road trip is only one of several fantastic ones in South Australia is maybe the best thing about it.