Sacred Earth Safaris

You will be col­lect­ed from our cen­tral Ade­laide pick up at 1pm this after­noon for your 11 day 4WD Safari along the Ood­na­dat­ta, Birdsville and Strz­elec­ki tracks. This first leg of our South Aus­tralian Out­back adven­ture, takes us to Port Augus­ta, sit­u­at­ed at the head of the Spencer Gulf and known as the ​“Cross­roads of Aus­tralia” and Gate­way to the Flinders Ranges, the out­back and Spencer Gulf. After spend­ing the after­noon get­ting to know each oth­er, we’ll enjoy our first din­ner togeth­er as a group, in the hotel restau­rant. Overnight accom­mo­da­tion- motel room with en-suite, Port Augus­ta Day 2 (B,L,D)
Our des­ti­na­tion today is the opal cap­i­tal of the world, Coober Pedy and it will take us all day to get here. En-route we’ll stop for lunch and have a look at the salt lakes in the region includ­ing Lake Hart. We also take a look around the Her­itage Muse­um and Mis­sile Park at Woomera, which holds a spe­cial place in Aus­tralian Nation­al her­itage as it was the 4^th coun­try in the world to launch it’s own satel­lite- after the US, Rus­sia and France. The Woomera Rock­et Range was estab­lished in 1947 as a joint British / Aus­tralian project for devel­op­ing and test­ing exper­i­men­tal rock­ets, weapons and mis­siles. Nowa­days the Woomera Pro­hib­it­ed Area (WPA) is the largest land test­ing range in the world. Coober Pedy is as famous for it’s under­ground homes as it is for it’s opals and 50% of the pop­u­la­tion live under­ground (in homes called ​“dugouts”), as well as using under­ground shops and church­es. Overnight accom­mo­da­tion- under­ground motel room with en-suite, Coober Pedy (2 night stay) 

Day 3 (B,D)

There’s some free time this morn­ing for you to have a wan­der through the town

After lunch we take a guid­ed tour through a work­ing Opal Mine, where we get an insight of what it means to be an Opal Miner. 

Late this after­noon, we make our way out of town to the near­by Break­aways Reserve, offer­ing a strik­ing & unique exam­ple of arid scenery. 

Overnight accom­mo­da­tion- Coober Pedy 

Day 4 (B,L,D)

This morn­ing we depart Coober Pedy and head across the Moon Plain to the Paint­ed Desert (Arckaringa Hills). 

We’ll cross the Dog Fence for the first time today.The longest fence in the world, at 5300km’s, it stretch­es across 3 states. 

The Paint­ed Desert is an ancient Inland Sea bed where the hills are the result of rain, weath­er and erosion. 

After view­ing the Paint­ed Desert from the look­out, we con­tin­ue through to Ood­na­dat­ta. Famous for it’s pink road­house, the town was orig­i­nal­ly cre­at­ed when the Over­land Tele­graph Line was laid and then became the north­ern ter­mi­nus for the Cen­tral Aus­tralia Railway. 

After lunch we join the 615km unsealed Ood­na­dat­ta Track, which is lit­tered with ruins of old town sites, sta­tion ruins, homes, cairns and rem­nants of the old rail­way line, the short-lived gold rush and the Over­land Tele­graph Line. En-route to William Creek, we stop at Alge­buck­i­na Bridge his­toric site. 

Overnight accom­mo­da­tion — motel room with en-suite, William Creek Pub Hotel 

Day 5 (B,L,D)

There’s time this morn­ing for option­al 1 hour scenic flights over Lake Eyre (own expense). 

Depart­ing William Creek, we make our way out to Hal­li­gan Bay at Lake Eyre North for a look at the mag­nif­i­cent lake with it’s incred­i­ble colours and pat­terns. Lake Eyre is Australia’s low­est point, the largest inland lake in Aus­tralia and the largest salt lake in the world ! 

We con­tin­ue explor­ing the Ood­na­dat­ta Track this morn­ing, head­ing south towards Mar­ree, stop­ping en-route at the nat­ur­al arte­sian springs with­in Wab­ma Kadar­bu Mound Springs Con­ser­va­tion Park and the Lake Eyre South look­out. We then reach Mar­ree, which is sit­u­at­ed at the cross­roads of the Ood­na­dat­ta and Birdsville Tracks and you have some free time to look around the town or vis­it the Tom Kruse Museum. 

Overnight accom­mo­da­tion – motel room with en-suite, Mar­ree Pub Hotel 

Day 6 (B,L,D)

Depart­ing Mar­ree, we now trav­el north on the famous stock route, which is the Birdsville Track. the 517km track was estab­lished in the 1860s as the main stock route to bring cat­tle from cen­tral Queens­land to the rail­way in Mar­ree. En-route, we have a look at the ruins of the Lake Har­ry Date Plan­ta­tion, stop at the Coop­er Creek Cross­ing and Munger­an­nie pub and wetlands. 

Cross­ing into Queens­land, we arrive into Birdsville and then take a local­ly run tour out to ​“Big Red”, the largest and most famous sand dune in the Simp­son Desert. 

Overnight accom­mo­da­tion- motel room with en-suite, Birdsville Pub Hotel 

Day 7 (B,L,D)

This morn­ing we head south again, through Cat­tle Coun­try and back into South Aus­tralia to Innam­inc­ka, made famous by Vic­to­ri­an explor­ers Burke and Wills and their ill-fat­ed explo­ration across cen­tral Australia.

En-route we enjoy the view at Deon’s Look­out and vis­it The Dream­time Ser­pent – a work of art rep­re­sent­ing a series of path­ways trav­elled through Coun­try to con­nect the riv­er sys­tems in the Chan­nel Coun­try of the Dia­man­ti­na Shire. 

On arrival into Innam­inc­ka, we vis­it the famous Burke and Wills Dig Tree (camp LXV). 

Overnight accom­mo­da­tion- motel room with en-suite, Innam­inc­ka Pub Hotel 

Day 8 (B,L,D)

We depart Innam­inc­ka this morn­ing and head south to join the last of our leg­endary Out­back Tracks- the Strz­elec­ki Track, named after Pol­ish explor­er and geol­o­gist Paul Edmund de Strzelecki. 

Our first stop today is the view­point at the Moom­ba oil and gas­fields. Nat­ur­al gas was first dis­cov­ered in the region in 1966 and was fol­lowed by the dis­cov­ery of oil in 1970. Moom­ba is now a major sup­pli­er of both for Aus­tralian and over­seas markets. 

We con­tin­ue down the Strz­elec­ki Track and turn off towards Arka­roola Wilder­ness Sanc­tu­ary. The pri­vate­ly owned sanc­tu­ary was found­ed in 1969 by Reg Sprigg, Biol­o­gist, Oceanog­ra­ph­er, Con­ser­va­tion­ist, sci­en­tist and pio­neer of eco-tourism. 

Overnight accom­mo­da­tion- motel room with en-suite, Arka­roola Wilder­ness Sanctuary 

Day 9 (B,L,D)

This morn­ing you’ll take Arkaroola’s famous Ridgetop tour- an unfor­get­table encounter with the time­less ter­rain and unique nat­ur­al beau­ty of Arka­roola Wilder­ness Sanc­tu­ary. Learn from your Arka­roola guides about Arka­roolas 1600 mil­lion year old geo­log­i­cal his­to­ry as they nav­i­gate the steep slopes and hair rais­ing ascents of the Ridgetop Track. Inspir­ing images of red gran­ite moun­tains and gold­en spinifex cov­ered hill­sides give way to a breath-tak­ing view across the Freel­ing Heights, Lake From and the desert beyond. Take in the 360 degree panora­ma as you enjoy morn­ing tea at Sillers Look­out- a lofty pin­na­cle at the end of the track. 

Depart­ing Arka­roola, we make our way today into the cen­tral Ikara- Flinders Ranges, known for their unique beau­ty, indige­nous his­to­ry, ancient geo­log­i­cal for­ma­tions, rich colours and tex­tures and abun­dant wildlife. The Ikara-Flinders Ranges are home to a huge array of plant species, birds, rep­tiles and mam­mals and the vibrant colours of the 800 mil­lion-year-old quartzite and lime­stone out­crop that is the Flinders, are tru­ly spectacular. 

Con­di­tions per­mit­ting, we’ll take the back road and stop en-route in the old min­ing town of Blinman. 

Overnight accom­mo­da­tion- Wilpe­na Pound Resort- stan­dard room with en-suite (2 night stay) 

Day 10 (B,L,D)

This morn­ing you have the option of tak­ing a walk into Wilpe­na Pound or take a scenic flight (at own expense). Walk along the beau­ti­ful Wilpe­na Creek, framed by huge riv­er red gums, into Wilpe­na Pound. Walk­ing on to the Old Hills Home­stead, you can learn about the hard­ships the Hills fam­i­ly had to face at the turn of the cen­tu­ry with the option of walk­ing up to the Wan­gara look­out to see the mys­ti­cal heart of the Ikara-Flinders Ranges with stun­ning views over Wilpe­na Pound. There is a shut­tle avail­able to short­en the walk,t

You will be col­lect­ed from your Dar­win accom­mo­da­tion at 8am for your 3 day 4WD Tour to Kakadu. 

We head south along the Stu­art high­way and along the Arn­hem high­way into the wet­lands region. Our des­ti­na­tion is Fogg Dam Con­ser­va­tion Reserve. These wet­lands have inter­na­tion­al sig­nif­i­cance because of their beau­ty and nat­ur­al ecosys­tems. A great vari­ety of fau­na can be found here through­out the year as well as a large vari­ety of birdlife. 

Then you’ll take a cul­tur­al tour at Pudakul cul­tur­al tours. This is a ful­ly Abo­rig­i­nal owned and oper­at­ed fam­i­ly busi­ness and the 2 hour tour gives you an oppor­tu­ni­ty to engage with local Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple, the envi­ron­ment and wildlife, learn bas­ket weav­ing, dil­ly bag mak­ing and the tech­niques used in the process. Have a go at throw­ing a spear or blow­ing a didgeri­doo, play the clap­sticks and learn about our local bush food and med­i­cine. You will be served with damper (bush bread) and tea after the experience. 

After lunch, we make our way into World Her­itage list­ed Kakadu Nation­al park. Kakadu is the largest nation­al park in Aus­tralia, has some of the world’s finest rock art and a vari­ety of habi­tats, includ­ing flood­plains and savan­nah woodlands. 

We trav­el to the very north of the park to Ubirr, where we walk through gal­leries of ancient abo­rig­i­nal rock art, which your guide will inter­pret. Also learn about bush­tuck­ers and bush med­i­cines before reach­ing the top of the plateau, where you can relax and enjoy the spec­tac­u­lar view over the flood­plains and the Arn­hem­land escarpment. 

Din­ner tonight is at your own arrange­ment and expense and there are a cou­ple of restau­rants near­by to our accommodation. 

Overnight accom­mo­da­tion – Anbinik Resort, fan- cooled Bush Bun­ga­lows with lou­vres, fridge, tea / cof­fee and pri­vate exter­nal en-suite- a few steps from your bungalow. 

OR

Upgrade to an Anbinuk Suite (motel room style) with air-con, TV, fridge, tea / cof­fee, pri­vate out­door deck and pri­vate en-suite (please note the show­er is out­door in your pri­vate court­yard), for an extra $70 per per­son twin share and $140 sin­gle, per night. Please enquire upon book­ing to avoid disappointment. 

OR upgrade to a hotel room with en-suite at the Mer­cure Croc­o­dile Hotel for an extra $125 per per­son twin share and $215 sin­gle, per night. Please enquire upon book­ing to avoid dis­ap­point­ment. Buf­fet break­fast is includ­ed with this option. (2 night stay) 

Day 2 (B,L)

After break­fast we make our way to Nourlang­ie Rock, an ancient Abo­rig­i­nal shel­ter, where we will explore the area and the rock art. Your guide will lead you on an inter­pre­tive walk around the site, fol­lowed by Nawa­land­ja look­out. The short hike to the look­out is reward­ed by a mag­nif­i­cent view over the Arn­hem­land escarpment. 

Our next stop is Maguk (Bar­ra­mun­di Gorge and falls). Ter­mite mounds are abun­dant along the dirt road that takes us to the Maguk car park and from there, we take a walk through a paper­bark for­est to reach the gorge. Once we reach the gorge and water­fall, we can have a refresh­ing swim in the plungepool. 

Final­ly, late this after­noon, board the sun­set Yel­low Waters wet­lands cruise. Yel­low Waters bill­abong is locat­ed at the end of Jim Jim Creek, a trib­u­tary of the South Alli­ga­tor Riv­er. This is the largest riv­er sys­tem in Kakadu and con­tains exten­sive wet­lands, includ­ing riv­er chan­nels, flood­plains and back­wa­ter swamps. About one third of Aus­trali­a’s bird species are rep­re­sent­ed in Kakadu Nation­al Park, with at least 60 species found in these wet­lands. There are also plen­ty of croc­o­diles in their nat­ur­al habi­tat, and buf­fa­lo on the floodplains. 

Overnight accom­mo­da­tion – Anbinik Resort, fan- cooled Bush Bun­ga­lows or upgrade choice 

Day 3 (B,L)

Our first stop today is the War­rad­jan Abo­rig­i­nal Cul­tur­al Cen­tre, for an insight into the cul­tur­al her­itage of the park. 

Then we trav­el to Gun­lom (Water­fall Creek), in the very south of the park. After a scenic dri­ve in, on an unsealed dirt road, we reach a large plunge pool at the base of the falls. You also have the option to take the walk to the top of the falls where pris­tine rock­pools and a spec­tac­u­lar view await you. 

Depart­ing Kakadu through the south­ern entrance, we now head north again, back to Dar­win. We’ll arrive at approx­i­mate­ly 6pm and you will be dropped off at your accommodation. 

END OF TOUR 

B= Break­fast L= Lunch D= Dinner 

Inclu­sions: Seat in 4WD vehi­cle, with pro­fes­sion­al dri­ver guide , Meals as stat­ed, 2 nights Bush Bun­ga­low accom­mo­da­tion with en-suites, Sun­set Yel­low Waters Cruise, Kakadu Nation­al park entry fee, Abo­rig­i­nal cul­tur­al tour 

Exclu­sions: Arrival/​departure flights, Pre & Post tour accom­mo­da­tion, Trav­el Insur­ance, Alcohol 

You will be col­lect­ed from your Dar­win accom­mo­da­tion at 8am for your 4 day 4WD Tour to Kakadu and Katherine. 

We head south along the Stu­art high­way and along the Arn­hem high­way into the wet­lands region. Our des­ti­na­tion is Fogg Dam Con­ser­va­tion Reserve. These wet­lands have inter­na­tion­al sig­nif­i­cance because of their beau­ty and nat­ur­al ecosys­tems. A great vari­ety of fau­na can be found here through­out the year as well as a large vari­ety of birdlife. 

Then you’ll take a cul­tur­al tour at Pudakul cul­tur­al tours. This is a ful­ly Abo­rig­i­nal owned and oper­at­ed fam­i­ly busi­ness and the 2 hour tour gives you an oppor­tu­ni­ty to engage with local Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple, the envi­ron­ment and wildlife, learn bas­ket weav­ing, dil­ly bag mak­ing and the tech­niques used in the process. Have a go at throw­ing a spear or blow­ing a didgeri­doo, play the clap­sticks and learn about our local bush food and med­i­cine. You will be served with damper (bush bread) and tea after the experience. 

After lunch, we make our way into World Her­itage list­ed Kakadu Nation­al park. Kakadu is the largest nation­al park in Aus­tralia, has some of the world’s finest rock art and a vari­ety of habi­tats, includ­ing flood­plains and savan­nah woodlands. 

We trav­el to the very north of the park to Ubirr, where we walk through gal­leries of ancient abo­rig­i­nal rock art, which your guide will inter­pret. Also learn about bush­tuck­ers and bush med­i­cines before reach­ing the top of the plateau, where you can relax and enjoy the spec­tac­u­lar view over the flood­plains and the Arn­hem­land escarpment. 

Din­ner tonight is at your own arrange­ment and expense and there are a cou­ple of restau­rants near­by to our accommodation. 

Overnight accom­mo­da­tion – Anbinik Resort, fan- cooled Bush Bun­ga­lows with lou­vres, fridge, tea / cof­fee and pri­vate exter­nal en-suite- a few steps from your bungalow. 

OR

Upgrade to an Anbinuk Suite (motel room style) with air-con, TV, fridge, tea / cof­fee, pri­vate out­door deck and pri­vate en-suite (please note the show­er is out­door in your pri­vate court­yard), for an extra $70 per per­son twin share and $140 sin­gle, per night. Please enquire upon book­ing to avoid disappointment. 

OR upgrade to a hotel room with en-suite at the Mer­cure Croc­o­dile Hotel for an extra $125 per per­son twin share and $215 sin­gle, per night. Please enquire upon book­ing to avoid dis­ap­point­ment. Buf­fet break­fast is includ­ed with this option. (2 night stay) 

Day 2 (B,L)

After break­fast we make our way to Nourlang­ie Rock, an ancient Abo­rig­i­nal shel­ter, where we will explore the area and the rock art. Your guide will lead you on an inter­pre­tive walk around the site, fol­lowed by Nawa­land­ja look­out. The short hike to the look­out is reward­ed by a mag­nif­i­cent view over the Arn­hem­land escarpment. 

Our next stop is Maguk (Bar­ra­mun­di Gorge and falls). Ter­mite mounds are abun­dant along the dirt road that takes us to the Maguk car park and from there, we take a walk through a paper­bark for­est to reach the gorge. Once we reach the gorge and water­fall, we can have a refresh­ing swim in the plungepool. 

Final­ly, late this after­noon, board the sun­set Yel­low Waters wet­lands cruise. Yel­low Waters bill­abong is locat­ed at the end of Jim Jim Creek, a trib­u­tary of the South Alli­ga­tor Riv­er. This is the largest riv­er sys­tem in Kakadu and con­tains exten­sive wet­lands, includ­ing riv­er chan­nels, flood­plains and back­wa­ter swamps. About one third of Aus­trali­a’s bird species are rep­re­sent­ed in Kakadu Nation­al Park, with at least 60 species found in these wet­lands. There are also plen­ty of croc­o­diles in their nat­ur­al habi­tat, and buf­fa­lo on the floodplains. 

Overnight accom­mo­da­tion – Anbinik Resort, fan- cooled Bush Bun­ga­lows or upgrade choice 

Day 3 (B,L)

Our first stop today is the War­rad­jan Abo­rig­i­nal Cul­tur­al Cen­tre, for an insight into the cul­tur­al her­itage of the park. 

Then we trav­el to Gun­lom (Water­fall Creek), in the very south of the park. After a scenic dri­ve in, on an unsealed dirt road, we reach a large plunge pool at the base of the falls. You also have the option to take the walk to the top of the falls where pris­tine rock­pools and a spec­tac­u­lar view await you. 

Depart­ing Kakadu through the south­ern entrance, we now head south to Kather­ine, with a stop en-route in his­toric Pine Creek. 

Overnight accom­mo­da­tion – Motel room with en-suite in Katherine 

Day 4 (B,L)

We start today with a cruise through Nit­miluk Gorge, home to 13 spec­tac­u­lar gorges, carved out of the rock by tor­ren­tial sum­mer rains, over mil­lions of years. Dur­ing the 2 hour cruise, you’ll view the beau­ti­ful scenery and dis­cov­er the cus­toms of the tra­di­tion­al own­ers, the Jawoyn people. 

Depart­ing Kather­ine, we now head north again to Leilyn (Edith Falls). Leilyn is part of Nit­miluk Nation­al Park and is well known for it’s pic­turesque water­falls and pools, par­tic­u­lar­ly the large pool at the base of the escarp­ment which is great for a swim. We have a swim here and you also have the option of tak­ing the Leliyn Trail — a walk that takes you across the top of the water­fall, where you can have a swim in the upper rock­pools and get views of the water­falls and Edith Riv­er from a cou­ple of lookouts. 

We now trav­el back to Dar­win, arriv­ing at approx­i­mate­ly 6pm. You will be dropped off at your accommodation. 

END OF TOUR 

B= Break­fast L= Lunch D= Dinner 

Inclu­sions: Seat in 4WD vehi­cle, with pro­fes­sion­al dri­ver guide , Meals as stat­ed, 2 nights Bush Bun­ga­low accom­mo­da­tion with en-suites, 1 night accom­mo­da­tion in motel rooms with en-suites, Sun­set Yel­low Waters Cruise, 2 hour cruise at Nit­miluk (Kather­ine) Gorge, Abo­rig­i­nal cul­tur­al expe­ri­ence, Kakadu Nation­al park entry fee 

Exclu­sions: Arrival/​departure flights, Pre & Post tour accom­mo­da­tion, Trav­el Insur­ance, Alcohol 

You will be col­lect­ed from your Dar­win accom­mo­da­tion at 8am for your 5 day 4WD Tour to Kakadu, Kather­ine and Litchfield. 

We head south along the Stu­art high­way and along the Arn­hem high­way into the wet­lands region. Our des­ti­na­tion is Fogg Dam Con­ser­va­tion Reserve. These wet­lands have inter­na­tion­al sig­nif­i­cance because of their beau­ty and nat­ur­al ecosys­tems. A great vari­ety of fau­na can be found here through­out the year as well as a large vari­ety of birdlife. 

Then you’ll take a cul­tur­al tour at Pudakul cul­tur­al tours. This is a ful­ly Abo­rig­i­nal owned and oper­at­ed fam­i­ly busi­ness and the 2 hour tour gives you an oppor­tu­ni­ty to engage with local Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple, the envi­ron­ment and wildlife, learn bas­ket weav­ing, dil­ly bag mak­ing and the tech­niques used in the process. Have a go at throw­ing a spear or blow­ing a didgeri­doo, play the clap­sticks and learn about our local bush food and med­i­cine. You will be served with damper (bush bread) and tea after the experience. 

After lunch, we make our way into World Her­itage list­ed Kakadu Nation­al park. Kakadu is the largest nation­al park in Aus­tralia, has some of the world’s finest rock art and a vari­ety of habi­tats, includ­ing flood­plains and savan­nah woodlands. 

We trav­el to the very north of the park to Ubirr, where we walk through gal­leries of ancient abo­rig­i­nal rock art, which your guide will inter­pret. Also learn about bush­tuck­ers and bush med­i­cines before reach­ing the top of the plateau, where you can relax and enjoy the spec­tac­u­lar view over the flood­plains and the Arn­hem­land escarpment. 

Din­ner tonight is at your own arrange­ment and expense and there are a cou­ple of restau­rants near­by to our accommodation. 

Overnight accom­mo­da­tion – Anbinik Resort, fan- cooled Bush Bun­ga­lows with lou­vres, fridge, tea / cof­fee and pri­vate exter­nal en-suite- a few steps from your bungalow. 

OR

Upgrade to an Anbinuk Suite (motel room style) with air-con, TV, fridge, tea / cof­fee, pri­vate out­door deck and pri­vate en-suite (please note the show­er is out­door in your pri­vate court­yard), for an extra $70 per per­son twin share and $140 sin­gle, per night. Please enquire upon book­ing to avoid disappointment. 

OR upgrade to a hotel room with en-suite at the Mer­cure Croc­o­dile Hotel for an extra $125 per per­son twin share and $215 sin­gle, per night. Please enquire upon book­ing to avoid dis­ap­point­ment. Buf­fet break­fast is includ­ed with this option. (2 night stay) 

Day 2 (B,L)

After break­fast we make our way to Nourlang­ie Rock, an ancient Abo­rig­i­nal shel­ter, where we will explore the area and the rock art. Your guide will lead you on an inter­pre­tive walk around the site, fol­lowed by Nawa­land­ja look­out. The short hike to the look­out is reward­ed by a mag­nif­i­cent view over the Arn­hem­land escarpment. 

Our next stop is Maguk (Bar­ra­mun­di Gorge and falls). Ter­mite mounds are abun­dant along the dirt road that takes us to the Maguk car park and from there, we take a walk through a paper­bark for­est to reach the gorge. Once we reach the gorge and water­fall, we can have a refresh­ing swim in the plungepool. 

Final­ly, late this after­noon, board the sun­set Yel­low Waters wet­lands cruise. Yel­low Waters bill­abong is locat­ed at the end of Jim Jim Creek, a trib­u­tary of the South Alli­ga­tor Riv­er. This is the largest riv­er sys­tem in Kakadu and con­tains exten­sive wet­lands, includ­ing riv­er chan­nels, flood­plains and back­wa­ter swamps. About one third of Aus­trali­a’s bird species are rep­re­sent­ed in Kakadu Nation­al Park, with at least 60 species found in these wet­lands. There are also plen­ty of croc­o­diles in their nat­ur­al habi­tat, and buf­fa­lo on the floodplains. 

Overnight accom­mo­da­tion – Anbinik Resort, fan- cooled Bush Bun­ga­lows or upgrade choice 

Day 3 (B,L)

Our first stop today is the War­rad­jan Abo­rig­i­nal Cul­tur­al Cen­tre, for an insight into the cul­tur­al her­itage of the park. 

Then we trav­el to Gun­lom (Water­fall Creek), in the very south of the park. After a scenic dri­ve in, on an unsealed dirt road, we reach a large plunge pool at the base of the falls. You also have the option to take the walk to the top of the falls where pris­tine rock­pools and a spec­tac­u­lar view await you. 

Depart­ing Kakadu through the south­ern entrance, we now head south to Kather­ine, with a stop en-route in his­toric Pine Creek. 

Overnight accom­mo­da­tion – Motel room with en-suite in Katherine 

Day 4 (B,L,D)

We start today with a cruise through Nit­miluk Gorge, home to 13 spec­tac­u­lar gorges, carved out of the rock by tor­ren­tial sum­mer rains, over mil­lions of years. Dur­ing the 2 hour cruise, you’ll view the beau­ti­ful scenery and dis­cov­er the cus­toms of the tra­di­tion­al own­ers, the Jawoyn people. 

Depart­ing Kather­ine, we now head north again to Leilyn (Edith Falls). Leilyn is part of Nit­miluk Nation­al Park and is well known for it’s pic­turesque water­falls and pools, par­tic­u­lar­ly the large pool at the base of the escarp­ment which is great for a swim. We have a swim here and you also have the option of tak­ing the Leliyn Trail — a walk that takes you across the top of the water­fall, where you can have a swim in the upper rock­pools and get views of the water­falls and Edith Riv­er from a cou­ple of lookouts. 

This evenings accom­mo­da­tion is at Mt Bundy Sta­tion. The sta­tion has an inter­est­ing his­to­ry and is set in a pic­turesque bush set­ting, attract­ing a mul­ti­tude of wildlife. 

There should be time this evening for a walk around the sta­tion, a swim in the pool or you can vis­it the sta­tion animals. 

Overnight accom­mo­da­tion- Mt Bundy Sta­tion, Stock­mans rooms with shared bath­rooms (dou­ble or twin share) between our group only. Fam­i­ly and en-suite options also available 

Day 5 (B,L)

Today is spent swim­ming and explor­ing beau­ti­ful Litch­field Nation­al Park. 

We view the amaz­ing mag­net­ic and cathe­dral ter­mite mounds and can have a swim at Wan­gi Falls, Flo­rence Falls and Buley Rock­holes which are a series of small water­falls that are a great place to sim­ply sit and relax. There is also a love­ly hike along the river­bank from Flo­rence Falls to Buley Rockholes, 

Mid- after­noon, we depart Litch­field and begin our dri­ve back to Dar­win, arriv­ing at approx­i­mate­ly 5.30pm. You will be dropped off at your accommodation. 

END OF TOUR 

B= Break­fast L= Lunch D= Dinner 

Inclu­sions: Seat in 4WD vehi­cle, with pro­fes­sion­al dri­ver guide , Meals as stat­ed, 2 nights Bush Bun­ga­low accom­mo­da­tion with en-suites, 1 night accom­mo­da­tion in a motel room with en-suite, 1 night in a Stock­mans room at Mt Bundy Sta­tion, Sun­set Yel­low Waters Cruise, 2 hour cruise at Nit­miluk (Kather­ine) Gorge, Abo­rig­i­nal cul­tur­al expe­ri­ence, Kakadu Nation­al park entry fee 

Exclu­sions: Arrival/​departure flights, Pre & Post tour accom­mo­da­tion, Trav­el Insur­ance, Alcohol 

Upon arrival into Kar­ratha, please make your way to our hotel. 

This evening, we’ll meet at the hotel restau­rant for our first din­ner as a group and your dri­ver guide will run through the itin­er­ary for the next 6 days. 

Overnight accom­mo­da­tion- Kar­ratha Inter­na­tion­al Hotel- motel room with en-suite 

Day 1 (B,L,D)

We’ll depart our Kar­ratha hotel at 7.30am this morn­ing to begin our 5 day 4WD tour through the Pilbara. 

We spend today in Mill­stream-Chich­ester Nation­al Park, which is a lush oasis of deep gorges and palm-fringed rock pools which pro­vides a stark con­trast to the sur­round­ing land­scape of rocky escarp­ments and rolling spinifex-cov­ered hills. 

We enter the park from the north and have a swim at Python Pool, a per­ma­nent fresh­wa­ter plunge pool at the base of a cliff in the Chich­ester Range escarpment. 

We also take a walk to the top of Mount Her­bert, where we are treat­ed to a splen­did view of the savan­nah lands, includ­ing Pyra­mid, Sher­lock and Waram­bie stations. 

Depart­ing the park, our des­ti­na­tion this evening is Tom Price, the high­est town in WA at 747 metres above sea level. 

Din­ner tonight is includ­ed at the hotel restaurant. 

Overnight accom­mo­da­tion- Tom Price Hotel Motel- motel room with en-suite 

Day 2 (B,L,D)

This morn­ing you’ll take a guid­ed tour to the Rio Tin­to Iron Ore Mine site, one of the world’s largest open cut iron mines. The 1.5 hour tour will take you into the heart of the mine site oper­a­tion and includes view­ing of the Haul Truck work­shop area, vis­it the main pit area, view work­ing trucks, shov­els and drills, the crush­ing and screen­ing plants and the train load out area. 

After the tour, we con­tin­ue into Kar­i­ji­ni Nation­al Park, in the Hamer­s­ley Range. Kar­i­ji­ni is West­ern Australia’s sec­ond largest nation­al park, encom­pass­ing some 627,442 hectares of spec­tac­u­lar, rugged scenery, ancient geo­log­i­cal for­ma­tions and a vari­ety of arid-land ecosystems. 

Mas­sive moun­tains and escarp­ments rise out of the flat val­leys. The high plateau is dis­sect­ed by breath­tak­ing gorges, and stony,tree-lined water­cours­es wind their way over the dusty plain. The slow process of ero­sion has carved the shape of the land out of rocks that are 2,000 mil­lion years old, to form this intrigu­ing land­scape and com­plex ecology. 

A vari­ety of ecosys­tems are rep­re­sent­ed in the park and these are home to a range of wildlife includ­ing a vari­ety of birds, native rodents, native mar­su­pi­al car­ni­vores (such as the Pil­bara ninguai- res­i­dent, but noc­tur­nal and shy), red kan­ga­roos, euros, Rothschild’s rock wal­la­bies, bats, din­goes, rep­tiles and amphib­ians such as frogs, geck­oes, goan­nas, drag­ons and leg­less lizards. Ter­mites and the peb­ble mound mouse also make their homes here in the form of mounds. 

Our first stop with­in the park is Hamer­s­ley gorge, where we’ll find amaz­ing coloured band­ed iron for­ma­tions. Take a dip in the nat­ur­al spa pool at the Gorge and enjoy a spa treat­ment the way nature intend­ed – sur­round­ed by amaz­ing rock for­ma­tions almost as old as the Earth itself. 

We make our way to our accom­mo­da­tion and after check­ing in, you make like to walk to near­by Jof­fre Look­out where rock steps take you down to the look­out to view this spec­tac­u­lar curved water­fall form­ing a nat­ur­al amphitheatre. 

Din­ner for the next 3 nights is includ­ed at the Eco- retreat 

Overnight accom­mo­da­tion- Kar­i­ji­ni Eco Retreat, in eco tents with en-suites (3 night stay) on a Din­ner, bed and break­fast basis 

Day 3 (B,L,D)

We trav­el to the west­ern side of the park today, to Dales Gorge, through to Fortes­cue Falls, Fern Pool and Cir­cu­lar Pool. 

Have a refresh­ing swim in the spring-fed per­ma­nent falls of Fortes­cue falls, ram­ble along the gorge floor to the love­ly fern framed Fern Pool and enjoy the hid­den gar­dens of Cir­cu­lar Pool. 

This after­noon we take a walk through Kalam­i­na Gorge, one of the most pic­turesque in Kar­i­ji­ni. A short walk takes you down a steep track to the base of the gorge to a small per­ma­ment pool, com­plete with water­fall and drap­ing ferns. There is a longer, more dif­fi­cult walk for those who feel ener­getic. If you fol­low the trail deep into Kalam­i­na Gorge, you will be reward­ed with a love­ly walk down­stream, past rock pools and beau­ti­ful rock walls, fin­ish­ing at Rock Arch Pool. 

Overnight accom­mo­da­tion- Kar­i­ji­ni Eco Retreat, in eco tents with en-suites 

Day 4 (B,L,D)

This morn­ing is spent explor­ing Handrail Pool, which is reached by walk­ing through Low­er Weano Gorge. We also enjoy the scenery at Junc­tion Pool and Oxer Look­out, locat­ed at the junc­tion of four mighty gorges and offer­ing one of the most stun­ning panora­mas in WA. 

This after­noon we explore Han­cock Gorge, where we climb down a lad­der and walk deep into the gorge, through nar­row cham­bers and to beau­ti­ful rock pools, for a swim. 

We fin­ish the day at Knox Look­out, where we’ll take the steps down to the look­out and watch the view spread out in the distance. 

Overnight accom­mo­da­tion- Kar­i­ji­ni Eco Retreat, in eco tents with en-suites 

Day 5 (B,L,D)

We depart Kar­i­ji­ni this morn­ing and dri­ve north to the min­ing town of Port Head­land, one of the largest and busiest iron ore ports in the world. 

We’ll arrive mid- after­noon and after check­ing into the hotel, it’s time to jump on our pri­vate har­bour cruise, oper­at­ed by the Port Hed­land Sea­far­ers Cen­tre. This tour con­sists of a quick pre­sen­ta­tion at the Sea­far­ers Cen­tre, fol­lowed by a lap around the har­bour in one of the work­ing Sea­far­ers Launch Ser­vice boats. You will be accom­pa­nied by an infor­ma­tive mem­ber of the Sea­far­ers Cen­tre Staff who will pro­vide com­men­tary and answer any of your ques­tions, while pick­ing up sea­far­ers wish­ing to come back to the Sea­far­ers Centre. 

Tonight we have our final group din­ner and say farewell to our new friends. 

Overnight accom­mo­da­tion- Port Hed­land, hotel room with en-suite 

Day 6 (B)

Your tour fin­ish­es after break­fast. Please make your way to Port Hed­land Air­port for your onward flight. 

END ITIN­ER­ARY B= Break­fast L= Lunch D= Dinner 

Day 1 (NM)

You will be col­lect­ed from Cen­tral Perth at 7am this morn­ing for your 9 day tour along the Nullar­bor and through the Eyre Penin­su­la to Port Lincoln. 

Our des­ti­na­tion this morn­ing is the inter­na­tion­al­ly renowned wine region of Mar­garet Riv­er, nes­tled in the south west cor­ner of WA. You have some free time in the town to mean­der around the shops, gal­leries and cafes and lunch today is at your own arrange­ment and expense so you can enjoy your choice of eatery in Mar­garet River. 

We con­tin­ue to Pem­ber­ton and the Glouces­ter Tree, which is one of only 3 remain­ing tall Kar­ri trees that were made into look­outs dur­ing the 1930’s and 1940’s. This was a way of spot­ting fires in the tall Kar­ri for­est and this tree was named after the then Gov­er­nor-Gen­er­al of Aus­tralia, His Roy­al High­ness the Duke of Glouces­ter, who was vis­it­ing Pem­ber­ton at the time. Today, vis­i­tors can climb up the 61m to see one of the most spec­tac­u­lar views of the Kar­ri forest. 

Overnight accom­mo­da­tion- Pem­ber­ton, motel room with en-suite 

Day 2 (L)

Head­ing fur­ther south this morn­ing, we dri­ve along the coast to the tree-cloaked Wal­pole-Nor­nalup Nation­al Park, home to tin­gle forests, which occur nowhere else in the world. Here we take The Val­ley of the Giants – Tree Top Walk, fea­tur­ing a stun­ning walk­way posi­tioned 40 metres above the ground amid the dizzy­ing heights of the tin­gle for­est canopy. Expe­ri­ence walk­ing in the Tree Top canopies of tall kar­ri trees with views over core wilder­ness and then ven­ture to the Ancient Empire of 400 year old red tin­gle trees along a board­walk that mean­ders across the for­est floor. The trail fol­lows the sto­ry of the lost era of Gondwana. 

Just before Den­mark, we come to a beach called Greens Pool, at the east­ern end of William Bay Nation­al Park. It’s almost com­plete­ly shel­tered from the waves of the Great South­ern Ocean by the round­ed rock boul­ders typ­i­cal to this area and from the car park we can also take a 10 minute walk to Ele­phant Rocks, which look exact­ly like a herd of ele­phants, pad­dling in the shal­low waters. 

We arrive in Albany this after­noon and have a look at the full scale repli­ca of the Brig Ami­ty, which sits on the fore­shore. The King George Sound at Albany was the site of WA’s first Euro­pean set­tle­ment and the Brig Ami­ty brought the first set­tlers and con­victs into Albany in 1826. 

Overnight accom­mo­da­tion- Albany, motel room with en-suite 

Day 3 (L,D)

We dri­ve to Esper­ance today, which will take all morning. 

This after­noon we take the Esper­ance Great Ocean Dri­ve, which is a 38km scenic dri­ve fol­low­ing the coast­line and includ­ing high­lights such as Rotary Look­out, Twi­light Beach, Obser­va­to­ry Point, the Wind Farm and Pink Lake. The remain­der of the after­noon is at your leisure and our accom­mo­da­tion is cen­tral­ly located. 

Overnight accom­mo­da­tion- Esper­ance, motel room with en-suite 

Day 4 (B,L)

This morn­ing we make our way to Cape Le Grand, one of WA’s best known and most spec­tac­u­lar Nation­al Parks. The scenery ranges from wild coastal scenery, stun­ning beach­es and rugged gran­ite peaks to sweep­ing heath­lands, which are home to a range of ani­mals and flowers. 

We vis­it the beau­ti­ful Le Grand Beach and then we move onto This­tle Cove, a beau­ti­ful bay with a spec­tac­u­lar coastal out­look and a ​‘whistling’ rock, and you can take an easy walk along the coast to Lucky Bay. Keep an eye out for dol­phins as you look out over the Recher­ché Arch­i­pel­ago islands. Lucky Bay is famed as hav­ing one of the most beau­ti­ful beach­es in Aus­tralia. Here we can swim and snorkel or take a walk. Keep an eye out for kan­ga­roos on the beach ! Or, for those with a good lev­el of fit­ness, you may like to take the hike up to French­mans Peak which pro­vides com­mand­ing views of Cape Le Grand Nation­al Park and the 110 islands of the Recher­ché Archipelago. 

Leav­ing the park this after­noon, we take the unsealed Par­man­go Road north and join the Eyre High­way to Bal­lado­nia, a thriv­ing and pros­per­ous wool pro­duc­ing area which made world­wide head­lines in 1979 when fiery pieces of a way­ward NASA space sta­tion called Sky­lab, land­ed around the grounds of the hotel ! The hotel muse­um hous­es doc­u­ments from NASA, a recre­ation of actu­al events, pho­tos and relat­ed ephemera as well as infor­ma­tion on Bal­lado­nia’s ear­ly pio­neer­ing days, Abo­rig­i­nal her­itage and the con­struc­tion of the Eyre Highway. 

Overnight accom­mo­da­tion- Bal­lado­nia, motel room with en-suite 

Day 5 (L)

Depart­ing Bal­lado­nia, we now trav­el east along the Nullar­bor Plain, the world’s largest semi-arid karst (cave) land­scape. Most of the park’s land­scape is flat except where the sur­face has col­lapsed into sink­holes reveal­ing large under­ground caverns. 

Short­ly after leav­ing, we come to the longest straight stretch of road in Aus­tralia, which is 146.6km and takes us to Cai­gu­na. Just out­side the town, we stop at the Blow­hole, formed by chem­i­cal and phys­i­cal weath­er­ing process­es that erode the lime­stone bedrock com­mon in this part of Aus­tralia. The name blow hole refers to the fact that these nat­ur­al fea­tures breathe air in and out as high and low pres­sure weath­er sys­tems pass across the Nullarbor. 

We pass through Madu­ra and Mundra­bil­la, stop­ping en-route at the Madu­ra Pass Look­out, for sweep­ing views of Madu­ra Pass and the Roe Plains. 

Before we check in to our accom­mo­da­tion, we vis­it the ruins of the Eucla tele­graph sta­tion, which is being swal­lowed up by the Deliss­er sand dunes. We can also take a walk to the old jetty. 

Overnight accom­mo­da­tion- motel room with en-suite at either Eucla or Bor­der Village 

Day 6 (L)

An ear­ly start today as we cross the bor­der into South Aus­tralia and put our watch­es forward. 

We’re trav­el­ling along the Great Aus­tralian Bight Nation­al Marine Park (the GAB), link­ing the Indi­an and Pacif­ic oceans. The Head of Bight is a sig­nif­i­cant breed­ing and calv­ing area for the endan­gered South­ern Right Whale. Unique marine plants, ani­mals, and sed­i­ments found nowhere else in the world are present in the Marine Park. 

After a cou­ple of stops, we leave the bitu­men behind, join­ing the unsealed old Eyre High­way. We dri­ve to the ruins of Koon­al­da Home­stead, one of a num­ber of impor­tant way sta­tions along the old road, years ago, pro­vid­ing a rare piece of civil­i­sa­tion, fuel and emer­gency ser­vices. After a look around the ruins, we dri­ve north to Her­itage list­ed Koon­al­da Cave, a huge sink­hole with a cave and under­ground stream sys­tem at the bot­tom. The site was impor­tant to the local Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple and much evi­dence of their vis­i­ta­tion has been found. 

We con­tin­ue to the Nul­la­bor Hotel and vis­it the near­by Mur­raw­in­jin­nie caves – a group of three caves we can explore 

At the Head of Bight, we stop to view the sheer Bun­da Cliffs, where Aus­tralia dra­mat­i­cal­ly drops into the ocean. The Bun­da Cliffs are a mag­nif­i­cent sight in them­selves and stretch in an unbro­ken line for 200 kilo­me­tres to the West­ern Aus­tralian border. 

Overnight accom­mo­da­tion- motel room with en-suite on the Nullarbor 

Day 7 (L)

This morn­ing we trav­el through Penong, with dozens of wind­mills scat­tered around the town and con­tin­ue east to Ceduna. Ceduna is the major region­al busi­ness cen­tre of the Far West Coast of Eyre Penin­su­la and is the start­ing point of the longest golf course in the world, span­ning 1,365 kms to Kal­go­or­lie, with one hole in each par­tic­i­pat­ing town or road­house along the way. After a short break in Ceduna we con­tin­ue south on the Flinders High­way, on the west coast of the Eyre Peninsula. 

Our accom­mo­da­tion tonight is cab­in or motel style, in Streaky Bay 

Day 8 (L,D)

Depart­ing Streaky Bay, we dri­ve to near­by Point Labatt, where a high cliff top look­out allows us to view a sea-lion colony 50m below. The colony at Point Labatt is the only per­ma­nent breed­ing colony on the main­land as all oth­er colonies occur on the off­shore islands. 

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