Things to do during your stay

Clare Valley
Attractions

Special Events
2026

Clare Valley Wine and Wilderness Trail Stage 3 marker at Battunga Cottages

Walk through Battunga

Clare Valley Wine &
Wilderness Trail

A section of our property is open to walkers as part of Stage 3 of Clare Valley Wine and Wilderness Trail. Full details including map are available here.

Things to do
within 2 kms

  • Walk or cycle on the adjacent Riesling Trail or Scenic Drive. Learn More
  • Make a booking for The Watervale Hotel’s Six Senses Penobscot Farm Tour & Six Course Degustation Menu. Learn More
  • Make time for coffee and cake at the Watervale General Store, Learn More
  • Visit local wineries – Crabtrees, O’Leary Walker, Clos Clare, Shut the Gate
  • Restaurants – Watervale Hotel, Uppside Restaurant and Cellar Door and Skillogalee
  • Bird Watching – rosellas, kookaburras, parrots, galahs and identified rare native birds visit
  • Join the locals with a game of bowls at the “Watervale Bowling Club”
  • Stroll around the “Historical Watervale Tour” and be amazed at the century old buildings
  • Book a private wine tour or “KEEP YOUR GIN UP Tour” A private tour – Includes a Private Tasting by the Distiller, and lunch in the Distillery contact Charles. Learn More
Crabtree Wines, Watervale
Crabtree Wines, Watervale

Things to do
within 15 kms

Martindale Hall
Martindale Hall
  • Play golf at Clare Gulf Club, 18 hole, watered greens course
  • Visit the boutique wineries of Skillogalee, Taylors, Eldredge, Grossets, Jeanneret, Jim Barry, Kilikanoon, Pauletts, Claymore, Mintaro, Mitchell, Penna Lane, Pikes, Sevenhill, Wilson etc. Visit Clare Valley website
  • Browse at the local produce markets
  • Walk through the “Spring Gully Conservation Park”
  • Local Dining options – Learn More
    • Watervale Hotel
    • Clare Hotel
    • Sevenhill Hotel
    • Bentley’s
    • Taminga Hotel
    • Conners Restaurtant at Clare Country Club
    • Magpie and Stump Hotel
    • Reillys at Mintaro
    • Rising Sun Hotel at Auburn,
  • Visit Martindale Hall, a historical mansion in Mintaro
  • Visit the Sevenhill Church and crypt and do the Heritage Walk. Learn More.
  • Work out in the Valley Lifestyle Gym
  • Visit Clare’s first distillery Sawmill Gin. Learn More

Things to do
within 40 kms

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Recognised for quality

Accreditations
& recognition.

Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice 2022Travel Larks — stays with a wow
Sustainable Tourism Quality Tourism Accredited Business — Accredited Self Catering
Tourism Industry Council South Australia member
Booking.com Traveller Review Awards 2026 — Battunga Cottages, 9.6 out of 10