Reserve "Cape Ganteum", covering an area of ​​24,000 hectares, is striking for its natural species. Reserve itself consists of two separate areas - Murray Lagoon is 41 km from Kingscote and Cape Linoys 61 km from the main town of Kangaroo Island.

The plains are covered with sand dunes nature reserve, which in some places can be found shrubby eucalypts and other coastal vegetation. Rock cliffs alternate with stretches, gently sloping down to the sea and form a unique landscape of the reserve. Sandy beaches are hidden in a sheltered bay.

The reserve is home to a variety of species of birds: gulls, terns, swans, herons, wrens, iridescent birds. Sometimes you can find parrots.

Despite the fact that about reptiles reserve very little is known, it is always necessary to remember that Kangaroo Island is home to some species of poisonous snakes. For example, the tiger snake commonly found in swampy areas, but at the approach of a man hiding unless you feel threatened. In the central part of the reserve live possums brush-tailed possums and wallabies tammarskie and at Cape Linoys found in abundance kangaroo.

Murray Lagoon in the north of the reserve - it is the largest freshwater island in the lagoon, on the banks of which inhabited by many birds.

Part of the park is the eastern end of the Bay d'Estrées (D'Estrées Bay) - the place where before whaling thrived and where today you can be alone on the beach. It also begins a hiking trail to the Cape Ganteum length of 20 km.