Clifford’s Honey Farm

Open: 9am to 5pm daily
Elsegood Road, MacGillivray
Mailing Address: PO Box 279 Kingscote S.A. 5223
Phone: 85538295
Fax: 85538224

No visit to Kangaroo Island is complete without tasting Jenny Clifford’s celebrated honey ice-cream.

Jenny’s first batch was made in the early 1990s – initially as a one-off – but it proved so popular she has been producing it ever since. The ice-cream is only available from Clifford’s Honey Farm at MacGillivray where Jenny produces different types of honey from Kangaroo Island’s famous Ligurian bees. Three varieties are always available for tasting and purchase, and these depend on the time of the year and which of the island’s many shrubs and eucalypts are in flower.

Kangaroo Island is the only place in the world where pure bred Ligurian bees – initially imported from Italy in 1884 – still exist. The island’s strict ban on bee and honey imports has protected the colony and enabled local apiarists to harvest a product that is unique and of the highest quality.

Visitors to Clifford’s Honey Farm can learn all about the history, the social structure of bees and how they communicate, and view the Ligurian bees at work through a glass-covered hive. Large groups and coach parties can also book for a tour of the farm to witness the honey extraction and production process.

Honey products, arts and crafts and that very special ice-cream is available from the Clifford’s Honey Farm shop, which is open from 9am to 5pm daily.

Prospect Hill sits high above a thin strip of land between Pelican lagoon and the rugged South Coast. To the East, Clifford’s honey farm has been a must see for tourists with tours, honey and Jenny’s famous honey ice cream. The fields of wheat and canola give way to sand dune and cliffs, D”estrees Bay and the lesser known but just as beautiful Gantheaume National Park to the South.
Lyn Wheaton has been a champion of Kangaroo Island’s produce for many years and with husband Graham run the historic Stranraer Homestead where regional food is featured.