Echidna in Australia

Looking for the echidna in Australia? Start with Kangaroo Island, where access and habitat make a sighting more likely than a chance roadside glimpse.

Kangaroo Island in South Australia is the place to begin. Kangaroos, koalas, and sea lions on an island sanctuary off Adelaide. Compact Australian wildlife in one place. Give yourself quiet time at dawn or dusk and keep your distance.

Australia context: Koalas in the gum trees, kangaroos across the red centre, and wildlife found nowhere else on Earth.

In Australia, look especially around forest, woodland, scrub, and grassland. Those settings usually put you closest to where this species is active.