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A Scenic Gin Tasting Journey
Let Kangaroo Island Spirits take the helm! For those who cannot make it over to the magical South Australian oasis of Kangaroo Island, why not experience the beauty of KI in our very own city of Adelaide? Join us on board the iconic Popeye for a vibrant tasting tour while cruising along the beautiful Torrens River, taking in special city views you would be pressed to experience any other way. 🚢
Curated Pairings & Expert Insights
Indulge in a curated selection of three Kangaroo Island Spirits gins, specially paired with three delicious treats: something fresh, something sweet, and something savoury. 😋
Tasting tours run for an hour and a half, during which a KI representative will talk you through the experience. Learn about what you are tasting, how these premium spirits are crafted, and the unique significance of distilling on Kangaroo Island. Have your questions at the ready and prepare for an insightful, relaxing cruise! 🍸
Onboard Drinks & Refreshments
Of course, there will be a bar on board selling a specialty KI cocktail alongside all of your regular favourites, including beer, wine, and cider.
Important Information
- Voucher Validity: Voucher is valid for the value paid at the time of purchase. Prices are subject to change, and any difference is payable upon redemption.
- Minimum Numbers: If minimum numbers are not met for this event, event may be postponed, rescheduled or cancelled. If this is the case, all ticket holders will be notified in advance.
- Dietary Requirements: Unfortunately, we are unable to accommodate dietary allergies.
Thank you for purchasing your tickets to The Popeye Kangaroo Island Spirits – Gin Tasting Cruise.
For now, you can sit back and appreciate the fact you’ve got a fun time booked in with Popeye!
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Cancellations
Our venue holds limited seating and many of our events sell out. For this reason we request minimum 14 days written notice before your event to receive a full refund.
Cancellations received with less than 7 days’ notice of the intended cruise date, are non refundable.
Cancellations received with greater than 7 days’ notice and less than 14 days’ notice will incur a charge equivalent to 25% of the ticket fee. This reflects the care and time required to prepare the event and prevention of other guests to make a booking.
Cancellations received with greater than 14 days’ notice will receive a full refund.
Popeye reserves the right to cancel any cruise due to unfit weather conditions (winds over 30km/h) and/or temperatures over 38 degrees at any point leading up to the cruise. In this case free rescheduling will be made available to the customer.
Rescheduling
If your booking needs to be moved to a different day or time Popeye requires greater than 7 days’ written notice to reschedule. You have two opportunities to reschedule.
Weather
If there are unfit weather conditions to cruise (winds over 30km/h and/or temperatures over 38 degrees) you will be notified by our office staff at any time leading up to the cruise. We aim to give us much notice as possible.
If a cruise needs to be cancelled we will offer the opportunity to rebook for another cruise time or offer a full refund.
We do have transparent blinds on board that can be fixed down that will keep out wind and rain if there is to be any!
Alcohol
This is an over 18’s event only.
Popeye reserves the right to refuse service of alcohol to intoxicated passengers. The bar may be closed at any point due to intoxicated behaviour.
Facilities
Restrooms are not available on board. The captain will need to be notified if passengers need a rest break and will direct passengers to use of public restrooms during the cruise.
Public Holidays
Public Holiday bookings incur a 15% surcharge on booking fees. These charges will be included within the product cost.
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The captain and his deputy were friendly and interacted with all the passengers from various parts of the world. We learnt so much and we would love to return again.
Thank you for a wonderful time.
The skipper was so knowledgeable and funny
We would recommend this trip
The commentary was insightful and entertaining. The morning tea was delicious and they catered to our gluten free diet.
Couldn't fault the weather, we were very lucky. Value for money.
Excellent service, very helpful and informative tour guide and crew and the scones were just delicious.
The tour takes you up and down the Torrrens with the expert guide fiving in-depth information and even handing around old pictures to back up the stories. We had Sam, and he was great, funny, and very calm even with some kids getting over excited and making a lot of noise.
It is fun seeing and waving to all the people in the parklands along the tour. Especially when Sam toots the horn.
The price is good and reflects the quality experience.
Excellent commentary, revealing local history, highly recommend booking in advance.
Local snacks and drinks available.
Say hi to Popeye, you won't be disappointed.
90 years. The captan is full of lovely Adelaide stories & refreshments are available on board if required.
Captain is amazing he showed old pictures of same sites or historical facts
Kids can go and press the boat horn which is amazing they love it
I would recommend to anyone going on the cruise to book online. This guarantees a place on the tour. It's easy to follow on the website. From start to finish, it was a wonderful time.
It’s really quite like going back into time to small cruises with locals running the show. The staff were great - the Devonshire tea huge (2 massive scones, heaps of cream and jam plus a coffee/tea), and just a pleasant way to learn more about the city.
(You can tell that the “captain” giving the commentary loves his city!)
It could be vastly improved and made more interesting by including the Kaurna Indigenous cultural history and current Kaurna relationship with the modern-day city. The commentary provided was 99% white Australian &/or colonial related, with just a passing mention of the Kaurna people having predated &/or being around during colonial settlement.
Thank You Adelaide Popeye
We hopped off the tour at the Botanical Gardens which saved us another walking trip!
Captain was very interesting by explaining where we going & showing photographs of the start of the original Popeye
Would definitely recommend - great value.
Highly recommend this relaxing, beautiful trip in a great location. Thank you.
We had a delightful hour on the Popeye with a prepacked Devonshire Tea supplied.
The scones were large and fresh with ample Jam and Cream.
There was a constant commentary by the skipper and we saw and learned things about and around the Torrens that as locals we did not know before.
Thoroughly recommend this.
There is a bar on board to purchase snacks and drinks from.
We had absolutely stunning weather for our cruise.
People did not have to have pre purchased tickets; it is also possible to purchase tickets on site where the boat docks at Elder Park.
Many thanks for the lovely tour 🛥️🌊








































