Spirit Safaris

Broome to Perth via Kalbar­ri Kar­i­ji­ni Ninga­loo Mon­key Mia TourKar­i­ji­ni Gorges Tour via Kalbar­ri Kar­i­ji­ni Ninga­loo Mon­key Mia Tour 10 day Tour via West Coast of West­ern Australia.

ITIN­ER­ARY Includes 80 Mile Beach, Mill­stream NP, Kar­i­ji­ni Nation­al Park, Pil­bara, Hamer­s­ley Ranges, Port Hed­land 2 nights at Kar­i­ji­ni Eco Retreat to explore amaz­ing wild­flow­ers, gorges, walks & water holes & Oxer, Jof­fre, Fortes­cue, Han­cock, Dales gorges, Fern & Cir­cu­lar Pools. Plus BHPs Port Hed­land docks, New­man, Bur­rup Rock Art, Red Dog Memo­r­i­al, Rio Tin­to Rail­way Road to Tom Price. Mine tour option.Includes Ninga­loo Reef glass-bot­tom boat cruise, (or swim with whale sharks option at extra cost), Coral Bay, Mon­key Mia dol­phins & Kalbar­ri NP 2 nights, and Pin­na­cles from Perth

Ful­ly Accom­mo­dat­ed in motelsTrav­el via Kalbar­ri Kar­i­ji­ni Ninga­loo Mon­key Mia Tour 10 days via West Coast of West­ern Aus­tralia. Per­son­al & Pri­vate lux­u­ry 4WD 

Tour Details – from Broome to Perth via West Coast of West­ern Australia.

Day 1 – Depart Broome vis­it Great North­ern High­way through cat­tle graz­ing coun­try, adja­cent the Great Sandy Desert. Vis­it Sand­fire and Par­doo and 80Mile Beach for a short walk in the sand amongst the coral and mul­ti­ple shell­fish washed up by the Indi­an Ocean. Option­al swim. We cross the mighty De Grey Riv­er, and arrive in the BHP oper­at­ed Port Hed­land, now also FMG near­by. We vis­it the docks area and view mas­sive ship­ping traf­fic in this busy port. Overnight in Port Hed­land.

Day 2 – Head south through scenic and stun­ning Pil­bara land­scapes and riv­er cross­ings to Kar­ratha – the port for Rio Tin­to & Roy Hill mine. Roy Hill is Han­cock Prospecting’s major­i­ty-owned US$10 bil­lion mega iron ore oper­a­tion, which has suc­cess­ful­ly ramped up pro­duc­tion to become Australia’s sin­gle largest iron ore mine pro­duc­ing 60 mil­lion tonnes of ore per annum.

We learn of the his­to­ry of the region at the vis­i­tors cen­tre and wit­ness this mod­ern indus­tri­al phe­nom­e­non that brings mas­sive wealth to Aus­tralia. The Red Dog memo­r­i­al is also near­by at Dampi­er and he’s always hap­py to see vis­i­tors. After lunch by the beach, Explore Bur­rup Penin­su­la rock art, the largest rock art site in the world, with pet­ro­glyphs esti­mat­ed around 25 – 30 mil­lion years old. Here also is one of the worlds largest LNG liq­ue­fied gas plants pro­cess­ing off­shore gas for export. Overnight Kar­ratha.

Day 3 – Vis­it unique land­scapes of Mill­stream Nation­al Park with the Fortes­queRiv­er look­outs, then trav­el the Rio Tin­to pri­vate Rail­way Road, wit­ness­ing up close the largest trains in the world car­ry­ing Iron Ore to Kar­ratha docks. Depart for Tom Price (mine tour option­al) before we head for Ham­mer­s­ley Gorge — Kar­i­ji­ni Eco Retreat for overnight

Day 3 – 4  — Two nights at Kar­i­ji­ni EcoRe­treat to explore amaz­ing wild­flow­ers, gorges, walks & water holes &Oxer look­out, and Fortes­cue, Han­cock, Dales, Red, Jof­fre and Knox Gorges, and Fern & Cir­cu­lar Pools. Fern & Cir­cu­lar Pools with swim­ming oppor­tu­ni­ties and overnights at the Kar­i­ji­ni Eco Retreat.

Day 5 – Depart Kar­i­ji­ni and trav­el via Tom Price (mine tour option) then scenic moun­tain, iron ore and cat­tle coun­try via the Nanu­tar­ra Road to Nanu­tar­ra and Learmonth. 

The Tom Price Rio Tin­to Mine – The Mount Tom price mine is owned by Rio Tin­to /​Hamersley Iron and oper­at­ed by Pil­bara iron. The mine was devel­oped in 1966 and is a mas­sive ore body eight kilo­me­tres long and more than one kilo­me­tre wide. In 2004 the mine moved over 45Mt of mate­r­i­al and pro­duced over 18Mt of iron ore. Overnight Exmouth on North­West Cape. 

Day 6 – In Exmouth, we vis­it the mon­u­ment a trib­ute to Oper­a­tion Jay­wick. This oper­a­tion involved the ​“Krait”, a cap­tured Japan­ese fish­ing ves­sel. This ves­sel sailed from Exmouth to Sin­ga­pore in WWII. This elite crew severe­ly dam­aged sev­en ships totalling almost 40 000tons. The par­ty returned to Exmouth Gulf after 47 days at sea. See https://​www​.abc​.net​.au/​a​u​s​t​o​r​y​/​t​h​e​-​s​t​o​r​y​-​o​f​-​t​h​e​-​k​r​a​i​t​/​8​4​66640

Trav­el­ling around North West Cape to Charles Knife and Shot­hole Canyon in Cape Range Nation­al Park. Then via Ninga­loo and Ninga­loo Reef. Explore the world’s largest fring­ing Ninga­loo Reef. It is sit­u­at­ed only metres from the shore in places and has over 500 species of trop­i­cal fish and 250corals along with the world’s largest fish, the giant whale shark (late March-July) and Hump­back Whales (June- Novem­ber). Char­ter boats are avail­able for div­ing and fish­ing. Overnight Coral Bay

Day 7 – Enjoy relax­ing in Coral Bay then a Glass-bot­tom boat cruise (includ­ed) or option­al Whale swim avail­able. We head fur­ther south,for Carnar­von explor­ing more of this unique land­scape. Overnight Carnarvon

Day 8 – Vis­it the ancient Stro­ma­to­lites of Hamelin Bay and the 120km long Shell Beach, two of the unique nat­ur­al attrac­tions in the area.We vis­it the Shark Bay World Her­itage Dis­cov­ery Cen­tre and learn about the bay his­to­ry, cul­ture and why it is one of the few places on earth to meet all four nat­ur­al cri­te­ria for World Her­itage list­ing. Meet the friend­ly Dol­phins of Mon­key Mia fol­lowed by a boat cruise on the marine rich waters of the bay. Overnight Shark Bay

Day 9– Explore Kalbar­ri Nation­al Park and vis­i­tors cen­tre, with a stun­ning coastal walk and spec­tac­u­lar coastal cliff look­outs and inland gorges. Vis­itEa­gle Bluff with big bay view, and shark and dugong sight­ings. Overnight Kalbar­ri

Day 10 – Con­tin­ue to the City of Ger­ald­ton-Gree­nough. We vis­it the WA Muse­um Ger­ald­ton and the HMAS Syd­ney Memo­r­i­al for stun­ning views over the city and ocean. Trav­el the Indi­anOcean Dri­ve on the West Aus­tralian Coast via Cer­vantes and Jurien Bay to Nam­bung­Na­tion­al Park. Enjoy the atmos­phere of the sur­re­al lime­stone Pin­na­cles of upright stones. Arrive in Perth and enjoy an evening din­ner togeth­er. Accom­mo­da­tion own arrange­ments. Tour com­pletes in Perth

Inclu­sions

• 10 DAYS 9 Nights ful­ly accom­mo­dat­ed in ensuite accommodation 
• Pro­fes­sion­al and expe­ri­enced driver/​guide
• Long estab­lished rela­tion­ships with local Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple enrich­es experiences
• Access to remote areas and rock art sites unreach­able by most tour vehicles
• All meals, except 3 dinners
• Deli­cious meals includ­ing veg­e­tar­i­an options.
• All World Her­itage and Nation­al Park entry and accom­mo­da­tion fees
• Abo­rig­i­nal Art com­mu­ni­ty vis­its for ​“direct from artist” purchases
• Con­tri­bu­tions of tour price sup­ports Out­back Kids and nature care programs.
• You – and Your involve­ment in a cre­ation much big­ger than most can imagine

Exclu­sions

• 4 din­ners own pur­chase in restau­rants, Alcohol
• Flights to and from depar­ture points
  

The Can­ning Stock Route 16 day jour­ney includes Fitzroy Cross­ing, Halls Creek, Billil­lu­na Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty, Lake Gre­go­ry (bird watch­ers par­adise), Paraku Indige­nous Pro­tect­ed Area, Ward­abun­ni Rock­hole, Dur­ba Springs, One­gun­yah Rock­hole, Lake Dis­ap­point­ment, Glen Ayle Sta­tion, then the rich min­er­al & Gold rush areas around Wilu­na and Newman. 

Tour includes trav­el by lux­u­ry Toy­ota Land­cruis­er GXL vehi­cles (4 per­sons per vehi­cle), 3 nights motel accom­mo­da­tion (Broome, Halls Creek and New­man), all meals, fees, per­mits, pro­fes­sion­al 4WD dri­ver guides, deli­cious healthy meals, deluxe & mod­ern camp­ing gear sup­plied includ­ing full height tents, stretch­ers if required, hot show­ers & real toilet. 

Price of 16 day Can­ning Stock Route tour from Broome to New­man. Mar­ble Bar option – Add return to Broome 2 days includ­ing extra 1 night accom­mo­da­tion (option­al BHP Whale­back mine tour avail­able) plus sight­see­ing at Mar­ble Bar & 80 Mile Beach — Add $ 680. (can be paid after online booking)

Our Can­ning Stock Route Tours trav­el the orig­i­nal Can­ning Stock Route cre­at­ed by Albert Can­ning in 1908 for Kim­ber­ley cat­tle­men to take their stock to the south­ern mar­kets. The route includes 51 wells and stretch­es 2,013 kilo­me­tres from Halls Creek to Wilu­na in West­ern Aus­tralia. The Can­ning Stock Route now forms one of the most remote and chal­leng­ing four wheel dri­ve tracks in the world…. Our route takes us via awe­some desert land­scapes as we trav­el via the Great Sandy Desert, Tana­mi and Gib­son Deserts through gib­bers, sand­hills, ancient ranges and salt lakes

Our jour­ney includes Fitzroy Cross­ing, Halls Creek, Billil­lu­na Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty, Lake Gre­go­ry region (bird watch­ers par­adise), Paraku Indige­nous Pro­tect­ed Area, Ward­abun­ni Rock­hole, Dur­ba Springs, Diebel Springs, One­gun­yah Rock­hole, Lake Dis­ap­point­ment, Helen Hill, Slate Range, Ural Native Title Well, Glen Ayle Sta­tion, then the rich min­er­al & Gold rush areas around Wilu­na and New­man.
Tour includes Toy­ota Land­cruis­er GXL 100 vehi­cles (max. 4 per­sons per vehi­cle in con­voy) , 4 nights motel accom­mo­da­tion (Halls Creek, Kunawar­ritji Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty, Wilu­na, and New­man), all meals, fees, per­mits, pro­fes­sion­al 4WD dri­ver guides, deli­cious healthy meals, com­fort­able most mod­ern camp­ing gear sup­plied includ­ing full height easy up tents, stretch­ers if required, com­fort­able mat­tress­es or swags if pre­ferred, linen and pil­low cas­es, show­ers & real toi­let.
Alice Springs or Broome depar­tures are same depar­ture dates, with return options – please ask.

Broome to New­man or Broome. 16 days from Broome to New­man WA (to fly to Perth) or return to Broome via Mar­ble Bar – 17 days. Our jour­ney includes Fitzroy Cross­ing, Halls Creek, Billil­lu­na Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty, Lake Gre­go­ry (bird watch­ers par­adise), Paraku Indige­nous Pro­tect­ed Area, Kunawar­ritji Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty, Ward­abun­ni Rock­hole, Dur­ba Springs, Diebel Springs, One­gun­yah Rock­hole, Lake Dis­ap­point­ment, Helen Hill, Slate Range, Ural Native Title Well, Glen Ayle Sta­tion, then the rich min­er­al & Gold rush areas around Wilu­na and New­man. SEATS AVAIL­ABLE – ASK FOR DETAILS

Can­ning Stock Route Tours

Join us Depart­ing on this 16 day tour from Broome to New­man WA to fly out or return to Broome via Mar­ble Bar — 17 days.
OR – Depart from Alice Springs.

Note Alice Springs depar­tures meet Broome depar­tures near Bal­go / Lake Gre­go­ry after trav­el­ling from Alice Springs via Tana­mi Track, Till­mouth Well and Rab­bit Flat. Both tours trav­el togeth­er and overnight at Can­ning SR end at Wilu­na and vis­it Well 2. Alice Springs tour returns on Gun­bar­rel High­way (cre­at­ed by Len Bed­dell) via Carnegie, Ever­ard Junc­tion, War­bur­ton (great Abo­rig­i­nal art work), Giles Weath­er Sta­tion, Schw­erin Mur­al Cres­cent, Dock­er Riv­er, Ulu­ru, Alice Springs

Can­ning Stock Route Tours – Itin­er­ary from Broome – see note at end re from Alice Springs

Day 1 – Broome — You will be col­lect­ed from the air­port in Broome or meet at our groups pre-arranged accom­mo­da­tion. Enjoy your leisure time in Broome dur­ing the day and join us for a debrief­ing and group din­ner that evening and a good nights rest before the big adven­ture.
Day 2 — After break­fast we depart via the vast savan­nah grass­lands, majes­tic Boab trees and pow­er­ful moun­tains of the West­ern Kim­ber­ley cross­ing the Fitzroy Riv­er near Willare. Trav­el­ling on we stop at a giant boab tree over a thou­sand years old, and appre­ci­ate more of the unique­ness of these trees. We trav­el via the Ersk­ine Ranges to his­toric Fitzroy Cross­ing where we have time to vis­it the local Abo­rig­i­nal Art cen­tre and pur­chase art if desired. We trav­el adja­cent the Napi­er Range, the ancient Devon­ian era lime­stone reef that was formed 350 mil­lion years ago by coral like cre­ates, when this area was under sea­wa­ter. Enjoy a deli­cious pic­nic lunch by the Fitzroy Riv­er. Trav­el on view­ing ancient mesas and stop­ping at scenic Ngum­ban Cliff look­out, and lat­er Marys Pool, pop­u­lar with many native birds, and croc­o­diles. We arrive Halls Creek Hotel for overnight. B, L, D
Day 3 – Leav­ing Halls Creek we take the Tana­mi Track road south toward Alice Springs and Wolf Creek Crate. We trav­el via Ruby Plains, and vast cat­tle sta­tion still owned and oper­at­ed by S. Kid­man & Co the pio­neer­ing pas­toral­ist who ruled the cat­tle coun­try of the late 18 & 1900s. We trav­el by and see Wolfe Creek Crater, the world 2^nd largest mete­orite crater, before arrival at the Abo­rig­i­nal com­mu­ni­ty and owned cat­tle sta­tion of Billil­lu­na, the start of the Can­ning Stock route. From here we pass by water­holes of Lake Gre­go­ry (bird watch­ers par­adise) by the Paraku Indige­nous Pro­tect­ed Area and check out the birds and wildlife.

Paruku is the Wal­ma­jar­ri name for Lake Gre­go­ry. Paruku/​Lake Gre­go­ry is the only lake in the region with a reli­able source of fresh water for large num­bers of birds and oth­er ani­mals, sup­port­ing over 70 species of water­birds and 175 aquat­ic species. Sur­round­ed by hun­dreds of kilo­me­tres of arid desert lands, these wet­land oases are fed from a catch­ment in the south-east Kim­ber­ley region. More than 100,000 birds vis­it the wet­lands reg­u­lar­ly, with up to 60,000 esti­mat­ed at Mulan Lake at any one time.
Paruku IPA encom­pass­es a vari­ety of desert and semi-desert land­scapes undu­lat­ing red sand plains, salt pans and occa­sion­al dunes with stunt­ed euca­lyp­tus. It is dot­ted with aca­cias and spinifex, flood plains with swathes of short grass­es and low shrubs, and allu­vial plains and sand ris­es.
We vis­it Blood­wood Bore and Wells 51 and 50, before stop­ping for our overnight camp at the restored Well 49, the Crys­tal Well.

Day 4 – On the track again we explore Bread­en Pool and God­frey’s tank – named in 1896 after mem­bers of David Carnegie’s expe­di­tion. We stop at Wells 48 and 47 then it’s into the sand dunes with their unique veg­e­ta­tion and wildlife to arrive at Well 46 for overnight.
Day 5 — We are now in the Great Sandy Desert and check out Wells 45 & 44, and take a break at Grav­i­ty Lakes. From Well 43 we head over the Guli Lake Sys­tem and past Well 42 to stop for overnight amongst the trees near Hele­na Springs track.
Day 6 — Enjoy the remote ear­ly morn­ing nature of this area before arrival at Well 41, known by the locals as ​‘Tiru’. This was a pop­u­lar rest­ing spot for the drovers due to good feed here for their cat­tle. We head south to cross Lake Tobin then to Well 39, where lots of water here attracts abun­dant bird life includ­ing budgeri­gars. Ward­abun­ni Rock­hole & Well 38 is reached today, where we enjoy anoth­er night under the stars.
Day 7 — After anoth­er great break­fast we arrive at Well 37, where lay the graves of 3 ear­ly drovers who died under mys­te­ri­ous cir­cum­stances. We learn more of the mys­tery and their fate at the site, and numer­ous oth­er sto­ries of ear­ly pio­neers before Well 36. Trav­el­ling on we vis­it Well 33 then overnight in com­fort­able and mod­ern style rooms at the Kunawar­ritji Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty. Here we have abun­dant water and a chance to catch up on per­son­al laun­dry.
Day 8 – At Kunawar­ritji Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty and store we can do per­son­al shop­ping and restock some essen­tial sup­plies & fuel. These remote com­mu­ni­ties are always fas­ci­nat­ing insights into remote desert life. Onwards we vis­it Wells 32, 31 and 30 (known as Duna Jin­n­da). After lunch we trav­el to Thring Rock, a sand­stone out­crop with a look­out we climb for a great view of the land­scape, before our overnight camp near­by.
Day 9 — More sand dunes today before Well 27, then the rebuilt Well 26 with good drink­ing water. We take a break here and stock up with water, then trav­el to shady Well 25 for lunch under the Desert Oaks before arrival at Well 24 for overnight camp.
Day 10 – We are now also on part of the Talawana Track, which is a direct route to New­man. We see the Capri­corn Road­house Fuel dump where many Can­ning trekkers still arrange fuel drops from New­man. Trav­el on to Geor­gia Bore, which was sunk in the 1970’s by CRA sur­vey crews. Lake Dis­ap­point­ment is a large salt lake and our goal today. Named by explor­er Frank Hann after he was expect­ing to find a fresh­wa­ter lake. Overnight and sun­set by the lake shore at Lake Dis­ap­point­ment.
Day 11 – We trav­el sev­er­al kilo­me­tres by the shores of Lake Dis­ap­point­ment to Savory Creek cross­ing (or diver­sion cross­ing depend­ing on water lev­els) and Well 19. After lunch we vis­it One­gun­yah Rock Hole before majes­tic Dur­ba Springs where we spend 2 nights in this rest­ful shad­ed and well watered area.
Day 12 — Dur­ba Springs is known as ​‘Jiliku­ru’ by the local Mar­tu peo­ple, who made this area their home. Elab­o­rate Abo­rig­i­nal rock art sites are here, and we walk through the Dur­ba Hills area view­ing these rock art gal­leries. Enjoy lunch back at camp and a relax­ing easy after­noon as the drovers and cat­tle did in the good old days.
Day 13 – We leave this lit­tle haven and head for Well 16 with its chal­leng­ing his­to­ry then the look­out at Well 15 enables a wider view of this incred­i­ble land­scape. Wells 14 and 13 are vis­it­ed, then the restored Well 12 with good drink­ing water. Then on to wells 11 & 10 and Mac­Conkey Hill for our camp under a star­ry sky.
Day 14 – Today takes us to Weld Springs (Well 9) and the edge of Glen-Ayle Sta­tion, where WA’s first pre­mier John For­rest built a fort in 1874 to defend against Abo­rig­ines. We trav­el off the CSR here to Glen-Ayle Sta­tion and then to Wilu­na for refu­elling, before overnight camp at Well 2 on the south­ern end of Can­ning Stock Route.
Day 15 — From our last camp here we trav­el to the BHP min­ing town of New­man and check into our wel­come hotel after lunch. You can explore New­man or just catch up with all those pho­tos at your leisure. Group din­ner this evening in New­man.
Day 16 – Today you have time for an option­al morn­ing tour of the mon­ster BHP Mt Whale­back mine. Our CSR Tour ends at 10 am after break­fast and for those fly­ing we will trans­fer you to New­man air­port for your flight to Perth.

Alter­na­tive­ly if trav­el­ling back to Broome with us we depart after the mine tour and lunch. We trav­el through spec­tac­u­lar min­er­al rich Pil­bara coun­try, via Roy Hill, the new Gina Rein­hart Iron Ore mine, vis­it the famous and impres­sive rock for­ma­tion that is the Mar­ble Bar then overnight in accom­mo­da­tion in Mar­ble Bar town­ship.
Option­al Day 17 – Vis­it the old Comet Mine before we trav­el min­er­al rich min­ing and Mesa areas of Shay Gap, before we cross the mighty De Grey Riv­er. Enjoy lunch at spec­tac­u­lar 80 Mile Beach, then a stop at Sand­fire to arrive Broome late after­noon. BL
Includes -

• Gen­uine small group trav­el – Max­i­mum 12 in con­voy Toy­ota Land­cruis­er vehi­cles
• All deli­cious meals on tour, includ­ing break­fasts, lunch­es and din­ners
• Spe­cial diets catered
• 4 nights hotel / motel accom­mo­da­tion
• 12 nights Deluxe camp­ing with com­fort­able, mod­ern, user friend­ly equip­ment includ­ing full height Easy Up tents (no cen­tre pole), stretch­ers if required, self-inflat­ing mat­tress­es, linen and pil­low case.
• Hot show­ers and real toi­let
• Pro­fes­sion­al Dri­ver / Guides
• Satel­lite phone con­nec­tion to the world, Emer­gency ser­vices / Fly­ing Doc­tor if required
• 2 way radio allows com­mu­ni­ca­tion and shar­ing between vehi­cles
• Per­son­al refrig­er­a­tion for lim­it­ed sup­plies of alco­hol and med­ica­tions
• Abo­rig­i­nal Art pur­chase oppor­tu­ni­ties direct from source
• 240 Volt and 6 Volt USB charg­ing for cam­eras and phones

Excludes -

• Flights to and from depar­ture points
• Alco­hol

Call Now to book or for lat­est tour dates and avail­abil­i­ty – Call 1300 763 188

The Can­ning Stock Route 16 day jour­ney includes Fitzroy Cross­ing, Halls Creek, Billil­lu­na Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty, Lake Gre­go­ry (bird watch­ers par­adise), Paraku Indige­nous Pro­tect­ed Area, Ward­abun­ni Rock­hole, Dur­ba Springs, One­gun­yah Rock­hole, Lake Dis­ap­point­ment, Glen Ayle Sta­tion, then the rich min­er­al & Gold rush areas around Wilu­na and Newman. 

Tour includes trav­el by lux­u­ry Toy­ota Land­cruis­er GXL vehi­cles (4 per­sons per vehi­cle), 3 nights motel accom­mo­da­tion (Broome, Halls Creek and New­man), all meals, fees, per­mits, pro­fes­sion­al 4WD dri­ver guides, deli­cious healthy meals, deluxe & mod­ern camp­ing gear sup­plied includ­ing full height tents, stretch­ers if required, hot show­ers & real toilet. 

Price of 16 day Can­ning Stock Route tour from Broome to New­man. Mar­ble Bar option – Add return to Broome 2 days includ­ing extra 1 night accom­mo­da­tion (option­al BHP Whale­back mine tour avail­able) plus sight­see­ing at Mar­ble Bar & 80 Mile Beach — Add $ 680. (can be paid after online booking)

Our Can­ning Stock Route Tours trav­el the orig­i­nal Can­ning Stock Route cre­at­ed by Albert Can­ning in 1908 for Kim­ber­ley cat­tle­men to take their stock to the south­ern mar­kets. The route includes 51 wells and stretch­es 2,013 kilo­me­tres from Halls Creek to Wilu­na in West­ern Aus­tralia. The Can­ning Stock Route now forms one of the most remote and chal­leng­ing four wheel dri­ve tracks in the world…. Our route takes us via awe­some desert land­scapes as we trav­el via the Great Sandy Desert, Tana­mi and Gib­son Deserts through gib­bers, sand­hills, ancient ranges and salt lakes

Our jour­ney includes Fitzroy Cross­ing, Halls Creek, Billil­lu­na Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty, Lake Gre­go­ry region (bird watch­ers par­adise), Paraku Indige­nous Pro­tect­ed Area, Ward­abun­ni Rock­hole, Dur­ba Springs, Diebel Springs, One­gun­yah Rock­hole, Lake Dis­ap­point­ment, Helen Hill, Slate Range, Ural Native Title Well, Glen Ayle Sta­tion, then the rich min­er­al & Gold rush areas around Wilu­na and New­man.
Tour includes Toy­ota Land­cruis­er GXL 100 vehi­cles (max. 4 per­sons per vehi­cle in con­voy) , 4 nights motel accom­mo­da­tion (Halls Creek, Kunawar­ritji Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty, Wilu­na, and New­man), all meals, fees, per­mits, pro­fes­sion­al 4WD dri­ver guides, deli­cious healthy meals, com­fort­able most mod­ern camp­ing gear sup­plied includ­ing full height easy up tents, stretch­ers if required, com­fort­able mat­tress­es or swags if pre­ferred, linen and pil­low cas­es, show­ers & real toi­let.
Alice Springs or Broome depar­tures are same depar­ture dates, with return options – please ask.

Broome to New­man or Broome. 16 days from Broome to New­man WA (to fly to Perth) or return to Broome via Mar­ble Bar – 17 days. Our jour­ney includes Fitzroy Cross­ing, Halls Creek, Billil­lu­na Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty, Lake Gre­go­ry (bird watch­ers par­adise), Paraku Indige­nous Pro­tect­ed Area, Kunawar­ritji Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty, Ward­abun­ni Rock­hole, Dur­ba Springs, Diebel Springs, One­gun­yah Rock­hole, Lake Dis­ap­point­ment, Helen Hill, Slate Range, Ural Native Title Well, Glen Ayle Sta­tion, then the rich min­er­al & Gold rush areas around Wilu­na and New­man. SEATS AVAIL­ABLE – ASK FOR DETAILS

Can­ning Stock Route Tours

Join us Depart­ing on this 16 day tour from Broome to New­man WA to fly out or return to Broome via Mar­ble Bar — 17 days.
OR – Depart from Alice Springs.

Note Alice Springs depar­tures meet Broome depar­tures near Bal­go / Lake Gre­go­ry after trav­el­ling from Alice Springs via Tana­mi Track, Till­mouth Well and Rab­bit Flat. Both tours trav­el togeth­er and overnight at Can­ning SR end at Wilu­na and vis­it Well 2. Alice Springs tour returns on Gun­bar­rel High­way (cre­at­ed by Len Bed­dell) via Carnegie, Ever­ard Junc­tion, War­bur­ton (great Abo­rig­i­nal art work), Giles Weath­er Sta­tion, Schw­erin Mur­al Cres­cent, Dock­er Riv­er, Ulu­ru, Alice Springs

Can­ning Stock Route Tours – Itin­er­ary from Broome – see note at end re from Alice Springs

Day 1 – Broome — You will be col­lect­ed from the air­port in Broome or meet at our groups pre-arranged accom­mo­da­tion. Enjoy your leisure time in Broome dur­ing the day and join us for a debrief­ing and group din­ner that evening and a good nights rest before the big adven­ture.
Day 2 — After break­fast we depart via the vast savan­nah grass­lands, majes­tic Boab trees and pow­er­ful moun­tains of the West­ern Kim­ber­ley cross­ing the Fitzroy Riv­er near Willare. Trav­el­ling on we stop at a giant boab tree over a thou­sand years old, and appre­ci­ate more of the unique­ness of these trees. We trav­el via the Ersk­ine Ranges to his­toric Fitzroy Cross­ing where we have time to vis­it the local Abo­rig­i­nal Art cen­tre and pur­chase art if desired. We trav­el adja­cent the Napi­er Range, the ancient Devon­ian era lime­stone reef that was formed 350 mil­lion years ago by coral like cre­ates, when this area was under sea­wa­ter. Enjoy a deli­cious pic­nic lunch by the Fitzroy Riv­er. Trav­el on view­ing ancient mesas and stop­ping at scenic Ngum­ban Cliff look­out, and lat­er Marys Pool, pop­u­lar with many native birds, and croc­o­diles. We arrive Halls Creek Hotel for overnight. B, L, D
Day 3 – Leav­ing Halls Creek we take the Tana­mi Track road south toward Alice Springs and Wolf Creek Crate. We trav­el via Ruby Plains, and vast cat­tle sta­tion still owned and oper­at­ed by S. Kid­man & Co the pio­neer­ing pas­toral­ist who ruled the cat­tle coun­try of the late 18 & 1900s. We trav­el by and see Wolfe Creek Crater, the world 2^nd largest mete­orite crater, before arrival at the Abo­rig­i­nal com­mu­ni­ty and owned cat­tle sta­tion of Billil­lu­na, the start of the Can­ning Stock route. From here we pass by water­holes of Lake Gre­go­ry (bird watch­ers par­adise) by the Paraku Indige­nous Pro­tect­ed Area and check out the birds and wildlife.

Paruku is the Wal­ma­jar­ri name for Lake Gre­go­ry. Paruku/​Lake Gre­go­ry is the only lake in the region with a reli­able source of fresh water for large num­bers of birds and oth­er ani­mals, sup­port­ing over 70 species of water­birds and 175 aquat­ic species. Sur­round­ed by hun­dreds of kilo­me­tres of arid desert lands, these wet­land oases are fed from a catch­ment in the south-east Kim­ber­ley region. More than 100,000 birds vis­it the wet­lands reg­u­lar­ly, with up to 60,000 esti­mat­ed at Mulan Lake at any one time.
Paruku IPA encom­pass­es a vari­ety of desert and semi-desert land­scapes undu­lat­ing red sand plains, salt pans and occa­sion­al dunes with stunt­ed euca­lyp­tus. It is dot­ted with aca­cias and spinifex, flood plains with swathes of short grass­es and low shrubs, and allu­vial plains and sand ris­es.
We vis­it Blood­wood Bore and Wells 51 and 50, before stop­ping for our overnight camp at the restored Well 49, the Crys­tal Well.

Day 4 – On the track again we explore Bread­en Pool and God­frey’s tank – named in 1896 after mem­bers of David Carnegie’s expe­di­tion. We stop at Wells 48 and 47 then it’s into the sand dunes with their unique veg­e­ta­tion and wildlife to arrive at Well 46 for overnight.
Day 5 — We are now in the Great Sandy Desert and check out Wells 45 & 44, and take a break at Grav­i­ty Lakes. From Well 43 we head over the Guli Lake Sys­tem and past Well 42 to stop for overnight amongst the trees near Hele­na Springs track.
Day 6 — Enjoy the remote ear­ly morn­ing nature of this area before arrival at Well 41, known by the locals as ​‘Tiru’. This was a pop­u­lar rest­ing spot for the drovers due to good feed here for their cat­tle. We head south to cross Lake Tobin then to Well 39, where lots of water here attracts abun­dant bird life includ­ing budgeri­gars. Ward­abun­ni Rock­hole & Well 38 is reached today, where we enjoy anoth­er night under the stars.
Day 7 — After anoth­er great break­fast we arrive at Well 37, where lay the graves of 3 ear­ly drovers who died under mys­te­ri­ous cir­cum­stances. We learn more of the mys­tery and their fate at the site, and numer­ous oth­er sto­ries of ear­ly pio­neers before Well 36. Trav­el­ling on we vis­it Well 33 then overnight in com­fort­able and mod­ern style rooms at the Kunawar­ritji Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty. Here we have abun­dant water and a chance to catch up on per­son­al laun­dry.
Day 8 – At Kunawar­ritji Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty and store we can do per­son­al shop­ping and restock some essen­tial sup­plies & fuel. These remote com­mu­ni­ties are always fas­ci­nat­ing insights into remote desert life. Onwards we vis­it Wells 32, 31 and 30 (known as Duna Jin­n­da). After lunch we trav­el to Thring Rock, a sand­stone out­crop with a look­out we climb for a great view of the land­scape, before our overnight camp near­by.
Day 9 — More sand dunes today before Well 27, then the rebuilt Well 26 with good drink­ing water. We take a break here and stock up with water, then trav­el to shady Well 25 for lunch under the Desert Oaks before arrival at Well 24 for overnight camp.
Day 10 – We are now also on part of the Talawana Track, which is a direct route to New­man. We see the Capri­corn Road­house Fuel dump where many Can­ning trekkers still arrange fuel drops from New­man. Trav­el on to Geor­gia Bore, which was sunk in the 1970’s by CRA sur­vey crews. Lake Dis­ap­point­ment is a large salt lake and our goal today. Named by explor­er Frank Hann after he was expect­ing to find a fresh­wa­ter lake. Overnight and sun­set by the lake shore at Lake Dis­ap­point­ment.
Day 11 – We trav­el sev­er­al kilo­me­tres by the shores of Lake Dis­ap­point­ment to Savory Creek cross­ing (or diver­sion cross­ing depend­ing on water lev­els) and Well 19. After lunch we vis­it One­gun­yah Rock Hole before majes­tic Dur­ba Springs where we spend 2 nights in this rest­ful shad­ed and well watered area.
Day 12 — Dur­ba Springs is known as ​‘Jiliku­ru’ by the local Mar­tu peo­ple, who made this area their home. Elab­o­rate Abo­rig­i­nal rock art sites are here, and we walk through the Dur­ba Hills area view­ing these rock art gal­leries. Enjoy lunch back at camp and a relax­ing easy after­noon as the drovers and cat­tle did in the good old days.
Day 13 – We leave this lit­tle haven and head for Well 16 with its chal­leng­ing his­to­ry then the look­out at Well 15 enables a wider view of this incred­i­ble land­scape. Wells 14 and 13 are vis­it­ed, then the restored Well 12 with good drink­ing water. Then on to wells 11 & 10 and Mac­Conkey Hill for our camp under a star­ry sky.
Day 14 – Today takes us to Weld Springs (Well 9) and the edge of Glen-Ayle Sta­tion, where WA’s first pre­mier John For­rest built a fort in 1874 to defend against Abo­rig­ines. We trav­el off the CSR here to Glen-Ayle Sta­tion and then to Wilu­na for refu­elling, before overnight camp at Well 2 on the south­ern end of Can­ning Stock Route.
Day 15 — From our last camp here we trav­el to the BHP min­ing town of New­man and check into our wel­come hotel after lunch. You can explore New­man or just catch up with all those pho­tos at your leisure. Group din­ner this evening in New­man.
Day 16 – Today you have time for an option­al morn­ing tour of the mon­ster BHP Mt Whale­back mine. Our CSR Tour ends at 10 am after break­fast and for those fly­ing we will trans­fer you to New­man air­port for your flight to Perth.

Alter­na­tive­ly if trav­el­ling back to Broome with us we depart after the mine tour and lunch. We trav­el through spec­tac­u­lar min­er­al rich Pil­bara coun­try, via Roy Hill, the new Gina Rein­hart Iron Ore mine, vis­it the famous and impres­sive rock for­ma­tion that is the Mar­ble Bar then overnight in accom­mo­da­tion in Mar­ble Bar town­ship.
Option­al Day 17 – Vis­it the old Comet Mine before we trav­el min­er­al rich min­ing and Mesa areas of Shay Gap, before we cross the mighty De Grey Riv­er. Enjoy lunch at spec­tac­u­lar 80 Mile Beach, then a stop at Sand­fire to arrive Broome late after­noon. BL
Includes -

• Gen­uine small group trav­el – Max­i­mum 12 in con­voy Toy­ota Land­cruis­er vehi­cles
• All deli­cious meals on tour, includ­ing break­fasts, lunch­es and din­ners
• Spe­cial diets catered
• 4 nights hotel / motel accom­mo­da­tion
• 12 nights Deluxe camp­ing with com­fort­able, mod­ern, user friend­ly equip­ment includ­ing full height Easy Up tents (no cen­tre pole), stretch­ers if required, self-inflat­ing mat­tress­es, linen and pil­low case.
• Hot show­ers and real toi­let
• Pro­fes­sion­al Dri­ver / Guides
• Satel­lite phone con­nec­tion to the world, Emer­gency ser­vices / Fly­ing Doc­tor if required
• 2 way radio allows com­mu­ni­ca­tion and shar­ing between vehi­cles
• Per­son­al refrig­er­a­tion for lim­it­ed sup­plies of alco­hol and med­ica­tions
• Abo­rig­i­nal Art pur­chase oppor­tu­ni­ties direct from source
• 240 Volt and 6 Volt USB charg­ing for cam­eras and phones

Excludes -

• Flights to and from depar­ture points
• Alco­hol

Call Now to book or for lat­est tour dates and avail­abil­i­ty – Call 1300 763 188

The Can­ning Stock Route from Alice Springs 18 day jour­ney includes Billil­lu­na Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty, Lake Gre­go­ry (bird watch­ers par­adise), Paraku Indige­nous Pro­tect­ed Area, Dur­ba Springs, One­gun­yah Rock­hole, Wilu­na, Ulu­ru, Gun­bar­rel Hwy, Paraku Indige­nous Pro­tect­ed Area, Ward­abun­ni Rock­hole, Dur­ba Springs, One­gun­yah Rock­hole, Lake Dis­ap­point­ment, Glen Ayle Sta­tion, then the rich min­er­al & Gold rush areas around Wilu­na and Newman. 

Tour includes trav­el by lux­u­ry Toy­ota Land­cruis­er GXL vehi­cles (Max­i­mum 3 – 4 per­sons per vehi­cle), 4 nights motel accom­mo­da­tion (Broome, Halls Creek, Wilu­na and Kunawaratji), all meals, fees, per­mits, pro­fes­sion­al 4WD dri­ver guides, deli­cious healthy meals, deluxe & mod­ern camp­ing gear sup­plied includ­ing full height tents, stretch­ers if required, hot show­ers & real toilet. 

Note Alice Springs depar­tures meet Broome depar­tures near Bal­go / Lake Gre­go­ry after trav­el­ling from Alice Springs via Tana­mi Track, Till­mouth Well and Rab­bit Flat. Both tours overnight at Can­ning SR end at Wilu­na and vis­it Well 2. Alice Springs tour returns on Gun­bar­rel High­way (built by Len Bed­dell) via Carnegie, Ever­ard Junc­tion, War­bur­ton (great Abo­rig­i­nal art work), Giles Weath­er Sta­tion, Schw­erin Mur­al Cres­cent, Dock­er Riv­er, Ulu­ru, Alice Springs 

Alice Springs or Broome depar­tures are same depar­ture dates, with return options – please ask.

Broome to New­man or Broome. 16 days from Broome to New­man WA (to fly to Perth) or return to Broome via Mar­ble Bar – 17 days. Our jour­ney includes Fitzroy Cross­ing, Halls Creek, Billil­lu­na Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty, Lake Gre­go­ry (bird watch­ers par­adise), Paraku Indige­nous Pro­tect­ed Area, Kunawar­ritji Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty, Ward­abun­ni Rock­hole, Dur­ba Springs, Diebel Springs, One­gun­yah Rock­hole, Lake Dis­ap­point­ment, Helen Hill, Slate Range, Ural Native Title Well, Glen Ayle Sta­tion, then the rich min­er­al & Gold rush areas around Wilu­na and Newman. 

OR Depart from Alice Springs and return to Alice Springs — 19 days 

Day 1 – Alice Springs depart 7 am for Tana­mi Track with stops at Till­mouth Well and Yuen­du­mu. Vis­it the World renowned War­lu Abo­rig­i­nal Art cen­tre here. Remote desert trav­el via Ren­ner Springs, and Tana­mi Gold Mine to camp that evening under the stars near Rab­bit Flat. BLD

Day 2 — After break­fast, we depart to see more remote old mines, and cross the WA bor­der. We arrive Halls Creek Hotel for overnight. B, L, D

Paruku is the Wal­ma­jar­ri name for Lake Gre­go­ry. Paruku/​Lake Gre­go­ry is the only lake in the region with a reli­able source of fresh water for large num­bers of birds and oth­er ani­mals, sup­port­ing over 70 species of water­birds and 175 aquat­ic species. Sur­round­ed by hun­dreds of kilo­me­tres of arid desert lands, these wet­land oases are fed from a catch­ment in the south-east Kim­ber­ley region. More than 100,000 birds vis­it the wet­lands reg­u­lar­ly, with up to 60,000 esti­mat­ed at Mulan Lake at any one time.

Day 4 – On the track again we explore Bread­en Pool and God­frey’s tank – named in 1896 after mem­bers of David Carnegie’s expe­di­tion. We stop at Wells 48 and 47 then it’s into the sand dunes with their unique veg­e­ta­tion and wildlife to arrive at Well 46 for overnight. 

Day 5 — We are now in the Great Sandy Desert and check out Wells 45 & 44, and take a break at Grav­i­ty Lakes. From Well 43 we head over the Guli Lake Sys­tem and past Well 42 to stop for overnight amongst the trees near Hele­na Springs track. 

Day 6 — Enjoy the remote ear­ly morn­ing nature of this area before arrival at Well 41, known by the locals as ​‘Tiru’. This was a pop­u­lar rest­ing spot for the drovers due to good feed here for their cat­tle. We head south to cross Lake Tobin then to Well 39, where lots of water here attracts abun­dant bird life includ­ing budgeri­gars. Ward­abun­ni Rock­hole & Well 38 is reached today, where we enjoy anoth­er night under the stars.

Day 7 — After anoth­er great break­fast we arrive at Well 37, where lay the graves of 3 ear­ly drovers who died under mys­te­ri­ous cir­cum­stances. We learn more of the mys­tery and their fate at the site, and numer­ous oth­er sto­ries of ear­ly pio­neers before Well 36. Trav­el­ling on we vis­it Well 33 then overnight in com­fort­able and mod­ern style rooms at the Kunawar­ritji Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty. Here we have abun­dant water and a chance to catch up on per­son­al laundry. 

Day 8 – At Kunawar­ritji Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty and store we can do per­son­al shop­ping and restock some essen­tial sup­plies & fuel. These remote com­mu­ni­ties are always fas­ci­nat­ing insights into remote desert life. Onwards we vis­it Wells 32, 31 and 30 (known as Duna Jin­n­da). After lunch we trav­el to Thring Rock, a sand­stone out­crop with a look­out we climb for a great view of the land­scape, before our overnight camp nearby.

Day 10 – We are now also on part of the Talawana Track, which is a direct route to New­man. We see the Capri­corn Road­house Fuel dump where many Can­ning trekkers still arrange fuel drops from New­man. Trav­el on to Geor­gia Bore, which was sunk in the 1970’s by CRA sur­vey crews. Lake Dis­ap­point­ment is a large salt lake and our goal today. Named by explor­er Frank Hann after he was expect­ing to find a fresh­wa­ter lake. Overnight and sun­set by the lake shore at Lake Disappointment. 

Day 11 – We trav­el sev­er­al kilo­me­tres by the shores of Lake Dis­ap­point­ment to Savory Creek cross­ing (or diver­sion cross­ing depend­ing on water lev­els) and Well 19. After lunch we vis­it One­gun­yah Rock Hole before majes­tic Dur­ba Springs where we spend 2 nights in this rest­ful shad­ed and well watered area.

Day 12 — Dur­ba Springs is known as ​‘Jiliku­ru’ by the local Mar­tu peo­ple, who made this area their home. Elab­o­rate Abo­rig­i­nal rock art sites are here, and we walk through the Dur­ba Hills area view­ing these rock art gal­leries. Enjoy lunch back at camp and a relax­ing easy after­noon as the drovers and cat­tle did in the good old days. 

Day 13 – We leave this lit­tle haven and head for Well 16 with its chal­leng­ing his­to­ry then the look­out at Well 15 enables a wider view of this incred­i­ble land­scape. Wells 14 and 13 are vis­it­ed, then the restored Well 12 with good drink­ing water. Then on to wells 11 & 10 and Mac­Conkey Hill for our camp under a star­ry sky.

Day 14 – Today takes us to Weld Springs (Well 9) and the edge of Glen-Ayle Sta­tion, where WA’s first pre­mier John For­rest built a fort in 1874 to defend against Abo­rig­ines. We trav­el off the CSR here to Glen-Ayle Sta­tion and then to Wilu­na for refu­elling, before overnight camp at the south­ern end of Can­ning Stock Route. 

Days — 15 – 19 — Alice Springs tour returns on Gun­bar­rel High­way & Great Cen­tral Road (sur­veyed by Len Bed­dell) via Carnegie Sta­tion, Ever­ard Junc­tion, War­bur­ton (great Abo­rig­i­nal art work), Giles Weath­er Sta­tion, Schw­erin Mur­al Cres­cent, Dock­er Riv­er, Ulu­ru, Alice Springs overnight) com­pletes 10 am Day 19

If return­ing to New­man / Broome 

• Day 16 – Today you have time for an option­al morn­ing tour of the mon­ster BHP Mt Whale­back mine. Our CSR Tour ends at 10 am after break­fast and for those fly­ing we will trans­fer you to New­man air­port for your flight to Perth.
• Alter­na­tive­ly if trav­el­ling back to Broome with us we depart after the mine tour and lunch. We trav­el through spec­tac­u­lar min­er­al rich Pil­bara coun­try, via Roy Hill, the new Gina Rein­hart Iron Ore mine, vis­it the famous and impres­sive rock for­ma­tion that is the Mar­ble Bar then overnight in accom­mo­da­tion in Mar­ble Bar township.
• Option­al Day 17 – Vis­it the old Comet Mine before we trav­el min­er­al rich min­ing and Mesa areas of Shay Gap, before we cross the mighty De Grey Riv­er. Enjoy lunch at spec­tac­u­lar 80 Mile Beach, then a stop at Sand­fire to arrive Broome late after­noon. BL 
  

The Can­ning Stock Route from Alice Springs 18 day jour­ney includes Billil­lu­na Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty, Lake Gre­go­ry (bird watch­ers par­adise), Paraku Indige­nous Pro­tect­ed Area, Dur­ba Springs, One­gun­yah Rock­hole, Wilu­na, Ulu­ru, Gun­bar­rel Hwy, Paraku Indige­nous Pro­tect­ed Area, Ward­abun­ni Rock­hole, Dur­ba Springs, One­gun­yah Rock­hole, Lake Dis­ap­point­ment, Glen Ayle Sta­tion, then the rich min­er­al & Gold rush areas around Wilu­na and Newman. 

Tour includes trav­el by lux­u­ry Toy­ota Land­cruis­er GXL vehi­cles (Max­i­mum 3 – 4 per­sons per vehi­cle), 4 nights motel accom­mo­da­tion (Broome, Halls Creek, Wilu­na and Kunawaratji), all meals, fees, per­mits, pro­fes­sion­al 4WD dri­ver guides, deli­cious healthy meals, deluxe & mod­ern camp­ing gear sup­plied includ­ing full height tents, stretch­ers if required, hot show­ers & real toilet. 

Note Alice Springs depar­tures meet Broome depar­tures near Bal­go / Lake Gre­go­ry after trav­el­ling from Alice Springs via Tana­mi Track, Till­mouth Well and Rab­bit Flat. Both tours overnight at Can­ning SR end at Wilu­na and vis­it Well 2. Alice Springs tour returns on Gun­bar­rel High­way (built by Len Bed­dell) via Carnegie, Ever­ard Junc­tion, War­bur­ton (great Abo­rig­i­nal art work), Giles Weath­er Sta­tion, Schw­erin Mur­al Cres­cent, Dock­er Riv­er, Ulu­ru, Alice Springs 

Alice Springs or Broome depar­tures are same depar­ture dates, with return options – please ask.

Broome to New­man or Broome. 16 days from Broome to New­man WA (to fly to Perth) or return to Broome via Mar­ble Bar – 17 days. Our jour­ney includes Fitzroy Cross­ing, Halls Creek, Billil­lu­na Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty, Lake Gre­go­ry (bird watch­ers par­adise), Paraku Indige­nous Pro­tect­ed Area, Kunawar­ritji Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty, Ward­abun­ni Rock­hole, Dur­ba Springs, Diebel Springs, One­gun­yah Rock­hole, Lake Dis­ap­point­ment, Helen Hill, Slate Range, Ural Native Title Well, Glen Ayle Sta­tion, then the rich min­er­al & Gold rush areas around Wilu­na and Newman. 

OR Depart from Alice Springs and return to Alice Springs — 19 days 

Day 1 – Alice Springs depart 7 am for Tana­mi Track with stops at Till­mouth Well and Yuen­du­mu. Vis­it the World renowned War­lu Abo­rig­i­nal Art cen­tre here. Remote desert trav­el via Ren­ner Springs, and Tana­mi Gold Mine to camp that evening under the stars near Rab­bit Flat. BLD

Day 2 — After break­fast, we depart to see more remote old mines, and cross the WA bor­der. We arrive Halls Creek Hotel for overnight. B, L, D

Paruku is the Wal­ma­jar­ri name for Lake Gre­go­ry. Paruku/​Lake Gre­go­ry is the only lake in the region with a reli­able source of fresh water for large num­bers of birds and oth­er ani­mals, sup­port­ing over 70 species of water­birds and 175 aquat­ic species. Sur­round­ed by hun­dreds of kilo­me­tres of arid desert lands, these wet­land oases are fed from a catch­ment in the south-east Kim­ber­ley region. More than 100,000 birds vis­it the wet­lands reg­u­lar­ly, with up to 60,000 esti­mat­ed at Mulan Lake at any one time.

Day 4 – On the track again we explore Bread­en Pool and God­frey’s tank – named in 1896 after mem­bers of David Carnegie’s expe­di­tion. We stop at Wells 48 and 47 then it’s into the sand dunes with their unique veg­e­ta­tion and wildlife to arrive at Well 46 for overnight. 

Day 5 — We are now in the Great Sandy Desert and check out Wells 45 & 44, and take a break at Grav­i­ty Lakes. From Well 43 we head over the Guli Lake Sys­tem and past Well 42 to stop for overnight amongst the trees near Hele­na Springs track. 

Day 6 — Enjoy the remote ear­ly morn­ing nature of this area before arrival at Well 41, known by the locals as ​‘Tiru’. This was a pop­u­lar rest­ing spot for the drovers due to good feed here for their cat­tle. We head south to cross Lake Tobin then to Well 39, where lots of water here attracts abun­dant bird life includ­ing budgeri­gars. Ward­abun­ni Rock­hole & Well 38 is reached today, where we enjoy anoth­er night under the stars.

Day 7 — After anoth­er great break­fast we arrive at Well 37, where lay the graves of 3 ear­ly drovers who died under mys­te­ri­ous cir­cum­stances. We learn more of the mys­tery and their fate at the site, and numer­ous oth­er sto­ries of ear­ly pio­neers before Well 36. Trav­el­ling on we vis­it Well 33 then overnight in com­fort­able and mod­ern style rooms at the Kunawar­ritji Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty. Here we have abun­dant water and a chance to catch up on per­son­al laundry. 

Day 8 – At Kunawar­ritji Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty and store we can do per­son­al shop­ping and restock some essen­tial sup­plies & fuel. These remote com­mu­ni­ties are always fas­ci­nat­ing insights into remote desert life. Onwards we vis­it Wells 32, 31 and 30 (known as Duna Jin­n­da). After lunch we trav­el to Thring Rock, a sand­stone out­crop with a look­out we climb for a great view of the land­scape, before our overnight camp nearby.

Day 10 – We are now also on part of the Talawana Track, which is a direct route to New­man. We see the Capri­corn Road­house Fuel dump where many Can­ning trekkers still arrange fuel drops from New­man. Trav­el on to Geor­gia Bore, which was sunk in the 1970’s by CRA sur­vey crews. Lake Dis­ap­point­ment is a large salt lake and our goal today. Named by explor­er Frank Hann after he was expect­ing to find a fresh­wa­ter lake. Overnight and sun­set by the lake shore at Lake Disappointment. 

Day 11 – We trav­el sev­er­al kilo­me­tres by the shores of Lake Dis­ap­point­ment to Savory Creek cross­ing (or diver­sion cross­ing depend­ing on water lev­els) and Well 19. After lunch we vis­it One­gun­yah Rock Hole before majes­tic Dur­ba Springs where we spend 2 nights in this rest­ful shad­ed and well watered area.

Day 12 — Dur­ba Springs is known as ​‘Jiliku­ru’ by the local Mar­tu peo­ple, who made this area their home. Elab­o­rate Abo­rig­i­nal rock art sites are here, and we walk through the Dur­ba Hills area view­ing these rock art gal­leries. Enjoy lunch back at camp and a relax­ing easy after­noon as the drovers and cat­tle did in the good old days. 

Day 13 – We leave this lit­tle haven and head for Well 16 with its chal­leng­ing his­to­ry then the look­out at Well 15 enables a wider view of this incred­i­ble land­scape. Wells 14 and 13 are vis­it­ed, then the restored Well 12 with good drink­ing water. Then on to wells 11 & 10 and Mac­Conkey Hill for our camp under a star­ry sky.

Day 14 – Today takes us to Weld Springs (Well 9) and the edge of Glen-Ayle Sta­tion, where WA’s first pre­mier John For­rest built a fort in 1874 to defend against Abo­rig­ines. We trav­el off the CSR here to Glen-Ayle Sta­tion and then to Wilu­na for refu­elling, before overnight camp at the south­ern end of Can­ning Stock Route. 

Days — 15 – 19 — Alice Springs tour returns on Gun­bar­rel High­way & Great Cen­tral Road (sur­veyed by Len Bed­dell) via Carnegie Sta­tion, Ever­ard Junc­tion, War­bur­ton (great Abo­rig­i­nal art work), Giles Weath­er Sta­tion, Schw­erin Mur­al Cres­cent, Dock­er Riv­er, Ulu­ru, Alice Springs overnight) com­pletes 10 am Day 19

If return­ing to New­man / Broome 

• Day 16 – Today you have time for an option­al morn­ing tour of the mon­ster BHP Mt Whale­back mine. Our CSR Tour ends at 10 am after break­fast and for those fly­ing we will trans­fer you to New­man air­port for your flight to Perth.
• Alter­na­tive­ly if trav­el­ling back to Broome with us we depart after the mine tour and lunch. We trav­el through spec­tac­u­lar min­er­al rich Pil­bara coun­try, via Roy Hill, the new Gina Rein­hart Iron Ore mine, vis­it the famous and impres­sive rock for­ma­tion that is the Mar­ble Bar then overnight in accom­mo­da­tion in Mar­ble Bar township.
• Option­al Day 17 – Vis­it the old Comet Mine before we trav­el min­er­al rich min­ing and Mesa areas of Shay Gap, before we cross the mighty De Grey Riv­er. Enjoy lunch at spec­tac­u­lar 80 Mile Beach, then a stop at Sand­fire to arrive Broome late after­noon. BL 
  

Cape Lev­eque Tours from Broome 2 days with Dampi­er Penin­su­la Bea­gle Bay Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty, Bea­gle Bay Pearl Church, One Arm Point, Giant Tides 2 hour tour, Buc­ca­neer Arch­i­pel­ago and more 

Cape Lev­eque Tours from Broome — Join our spe­cial small group 4WD Cape Lev­eque Tour to this excit­ing and fas­ci­nat­ing part of the Kimberley 

Cape Lev­eque 2 Day Tours includes options for the following 

Includ­ed

• Dampi­er Peninsula
• Cygnet Bay Pearl Farm tour includ­ed and morn­ing tea — (Aus­trali­a’s old­est oper­at­ing Pearl Farm)
• Cape Lev­eque ( known as Kool­ja­man) — enjoy lunch then a free after­noon and time to relax on the pris­tine beach­es. Swim­ming, snorkelling, sun­bathing, pho­tog­ra­phy, paint­ing, cof­fee at the café or walks along the beach.
• Giant Tides 2 hour tour — Cruise by pur­pose built boat designed for this type of expe­ri­ence and take in the Giant Tides of the Kim­ber­ley in
  style — see the stand­ing waves and feel the force of the whirlpools in com­fort and safety 
  
• Guid­ed Beach walk 
  
• Sun­set red cliff watch­ing & photography
• Overnight accom­mo­da­tion at Lom­bad­i­na or Cygnet Bay resorts 
• Break­fast at your accommodation

• Abo­rig­i­nal guid­ed beach and cul­ture walk
  
• Lom­bad­i­na Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty — Enjoy the gar­dens and bush tim­ber church
• Bea­gle Bay Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty Bea­gle Bay Church — pearl shell altar, for morn­ing tea.
• One Arm Point Community
• Ardyaloon Aqua­cul­ture­Hatch­ery at One Arm point with reef fish and trochus shell.
• Return to Broome approx 500pm

2 day tour includes 2 lunch­es, 2 morn­ing teas, 1 din­ner, accom­mo­da­tion (twin share), fees, lux­u­ry small group (2−4 peo­ple) 4WD trans­port, pro­fes­sion­al driver/​guide.

Please ask for details & avail­able dates for Cape Lev­eque Tours

Add on before or after a Kar­ji­ni or Kim­ber­ley tour

Call 0417244600 for details 

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Please ask for details & avail­able dates for Cape Lev­eque Tours

Add on before or after a Kar­ji­ni or Kim­ber­ley tour

Cape York Thurs­day Island Tours, with Horn Island, Weipa, Dain­tree, Quinkan Rock Art, Cairns to Cairns Tour — 8 day tour Cairns return­ing to Cairns over­land, includ­ing Lau­ra Rock Art, Weipa, & Billys Land­ing, Thurs­day & Horn Island fer­ries & day tours, includ­ing Twin & Fruit Bat Falls (on Old Tele­graph Track) and last night accom­mo­dat­ed in Cairns. Includes Cook­town, Lake­field Nation­al Park, Dain­tree Rain­for­est. Join us to trav­el by lux­u­ry 4WD to the north­ern most tip of Aus­tralia at Cape York & Thurs­day Island & Horn Island cruise and island tours. Explore Quinkan Rock Art, then Cook­town, Weipa, Lake­field Nation­al Park & the Dain­tree Rain­forests, Moss­man Gorge, Bloom­field Falls.

Cape York Thurs­day Island Dain­tree Rock Art Cairns Tour details

Day 1 – Cape York Thurs­day Island Tours – Depart Cairns 730 am and trav­el through the rain­forests and the Ather­ton Table­lands via pic­turesque Kuran­da and Maree­ba via the Palmer Riv­er area famous in the gold rush days, to the Lau­ra Dance Fes­ti­val site (time at fes­ti­val avail­able if dates match – bian­nu­al event). You can choose to spend the day here, or trav­el the short dis­tance to the Quinkan Rock Art Reserve, and an after­noon tour of this amaz­ing rock art site. Overnight Lotus Bird Lodge, Lake­field Nation­al Park BLD

Rock Art Walks – Explore some of the Quinkan Abo­rig­i­nal Rock Art at the Split Rock art site or the Quinkan rock art at Jowal­binna in Queensland’s pre­mier rock art site The area includes –

• Giant Wal­la­roo – ​“The Cycle of Birth and Death”: Spec­tac­u­lar
  land­scapes and paint­ings on a walk into Pine Tree Creek val­ley and up to
  the oppo­site escarp­ment wall.
• The Brady Creek Escarp­ment – ​“Many Clans, Many Totems”: Includes
  Death Adder, Hon­ey­moon Cave, Red Lady, Garfish Sor­cery and Tent Shel­ter
  rock art sites, near refresh­ing Brady Creek.
• Emu Dream­ing – ​“The Emu Ances­tor enters the Land”: An acces­si­ble
  site fea­tur­ing ancient abstract engrav­ings and occu­pa­tion evidence.
• Yam Dream­ing – ​“The Archae­ol­o­gists’ Choice”: A fas­ci­nat­ing
  archae­o­log­i­cal dig site on fer­til­i­ty cer­e­mo­ni­al grounds, involv­ing a 
  chal­leng­ing walk and climb into the site (avail­able for exclu­sive
  tour­ing only).

Day 2 – Depart up the Penin­su­lar Devel­op­ment Road for the Old Tele­graph Track (OTT) head­ing for Cape York. We trav­el via the Hann Riv­er Road­house, and check out the Mus­grave Tele­graph Sta­tion. Mus­grave was first built as an over­land tele­graph sta­tion in 1887, along with Palmerville, Fairview, Coen, Mein, More­ton, McDon­nell and
Pater­son. It was named after Sir Antho­ny Mus­grave (1828 – 1888) who was Gov­er­nor of Queens­land from 1883 to 1888. These sta­tions were repeater sta­tions, with great banks of bat­ter­ies and a gen­er­a­tor to boost the pow­er in the tele­graph line. Beyond the town­ship of Coen we pass the old Quar­an­tine Sta­tion, and begin to pass a num­ber of excit­ing creek cross­ings. We pass through the Mungkan Kand­ju Nation­al Park, a large wilder­ness park that stretch­es from the McIl­wraith Range foothills, between the Archer and Coen rivers, and con­sists of open euca­lypt wood­lands, melaleu­ca swamps and var­i­ous rain­for­est types. The Wik Mungkan, Kaan­ju and Aya­p­athu Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ples, the Tra­di­tion­al Own­ers of the park, wel­come you to their land and ask that you respect their cul­ture and coun­try dur­ing
your vis­it. We take a break at the Archer Riv­er Road­house, and cross the Pic­canin­ny Plains and Savan­nah coun­try to arrive in Weipa for a tour of the mas­sive baux­ite mine oper­at­ed by Rio Tin­to. Weipa is the largest town on Cape York Penin­su­la, and has approx 3000 peo­ple sup­port­ing the min­ing and export of baux­ite and cat­tle. Near­by
is Duyfken Point, where Dutch explor­er Willem Jan­szoon record­ed the Aus­tralian coast in 1606, 164 years pri­or to James Cook. BLD Overnight Weipa

Day 3 – Depart Weipa to the OTT, cross­ing the Wen­lock Riv­er. After a stop at the More­ton Tele­graph Sta­tion, we turn off the OTT to the Bam­a­ga Rd and enter the Jar­dine Nation­al Park and the Heath­lands. Be entranced by the unusu­al change in the land­scape. The Heath­lands is a vast area of 2 metre high wet anddry heath veg­e­ta­tion which live side by side and is home to an abun­dance­of wildlife. Enjoy a break at Eliot Falls before we cross the noto­ri­ous Jar­dine Riv­er. We pass through the admin­is­tra­tive cen­tre for the region, Bam­a­ga to Siesia, the ​“Gate­way to the Tor­res Strait”. Today we also trav­el on to the far­thest north­ern point of Aus­tralia to stand on Australia’s north­ern most tip at Cape York , view the numer­ous islands of the Tor­res Strait, and the meet­ing place of the Ara­fu­ra and Coral Seas. Overnight Pun­sand Bay Resort, Bar­ma­ga, Cape York BLD 

Day 4 – At 8 am depart by fast cat fer­ry for the 1 hour 10 min ride to Thurs­day Island, pass­ing Fri­day and see­ing Wednes­day Islands enroute. Thurs­day Island is known as Waiben, mean­ing ​‘no water or place of no water’. In 1877, TI
was an admin­is­tra­tive cen­tre for the Tor­res Strait Islands estab­lished by the Queens­land Gov­ern­ment. In the ear­ly days over 1000 Japan­ese pearl divers were oper­at­ing here. In 1880, Thurs­day Island act­ed as a defence post for Aus­tralia and old canons remain on the Island. On TI, a 1 hour island tour is includ­ed, high­light­ing local his­to­ry and land­marks, then
free time to enjoy the Tor­res Strait Islander cul­tur­al cen­tre, and pearl, sou­venir or win­dow shop­ping. After lunch, (own cost) the return fer­ry departs at 2:30 from Engi­neers Wharf, arriv­ing approx­i­mate­ly 3:40. Enjoy free time this after­noon till din­ner. Option­al­ly, from Thurs­day Island your can join the Horn Island tour which vis­its WWII sites includ­ing a WWII muse­um. This tour also meets the last & only return fer­ry, and does not give time to look around Thurs­day Island. If you choose, you can overnight here and join us ear­ly next morn­ing (addi­tion­al cost) BD Overnight Pun­sand Bay Resort, Bar­ma­ga, Cape York

Day 5 – Head­ing south we vis­it the WWII air­craft wrecks of Bam­a­ga, and skirt the Jar­dine Riv­er Nation­al Park, take the Jar­dine Riv­er cross­ing then a rest stop at Fruit Bat Falls. We vis­it the beach at Cap­tain Billy’s Land­ing locat­ed on the east coast, and arrive More­ton Tele­graph Sta­tion for a few yarns, a great meal and overnight. BLD

Day 7 – Cook­town to Cairns via the Bloom­field Track & Dain­tree Rain­forests. The Dain­tree Rain­for­est encom­pass­es an area of approx­i­mate­ly 1,200 square kilo­me­tres, from the Dain­tree Riv­er north to Cook­town and west to
the Great Divide, rep­re­sent­ing the sin­gle largest block of trop­i­cal rain­for­est in Aus­tralia. The area pro­tect­ed under World Her­itage list­ing cov­ers an area of approx­i­mate­ly 12,000 square kilo­me­tres, stretch­ing from Townsville to Cook­town 75 per cent of which is trop­i­cal rain­for­est, an area equiv­a­lent to about the size of Syd­ney. We explore and dis­cov­er the mag­ic of rain­forests on our Dain­tree Rain­for­est Dis­cov­ery cen­tre walk.

Cook­town was first estab­lished for the gold­fields on the Palmer Riv­er in 1872, although its also famous for when Cap­tain Cook repaired his ship, The Endeav­our, after hit­ting coral on the Great Bar­ri­er Reef. We check out some key local land­marks, includ­ing the Vera Scarth-John­son Gallery, whose art­work con­sists of illus­tra­tions of the flow­er­ing plants from the region, the Grassy Hill Light­house which is home to the Cook­town light­house, built in Eng­land and shipped to Cook­town in 1885, the sun dial which is actu­al­ly a ​‘Glob­al Posi­tion­ing Mon­u­ment’ and Cap­tain Cook’s Grassy Hill Mon­u­ment. Also, the James Cook Muse­um, includ­ing canon and the anchor from from Cooks ship, the HM Bar­que Endeav­our and Chi­nese, Pas­toral, Min­ing, and Indige­nous artefacts.

We depart Cook­town via the coastal road (4WD only) and wit­ness Black Moun­tain Nation­al Park, home to mys­te­ri­ous Abo­rig­i­nal leg­ends. We vis­it the her­itage-list­ed Lions Den Hotel built in 1875, then spec­tac­u­lar Bloom­field Falls at the Bloom­field Riv­er cross­ing. This track was the site of many protests and the Dain­tree Block­ade in 1983. The Bloom­field track takes us to Cape Tribu­la­tion and on to the fer­ry to cross the Dain­tree Riv­er. Time per­mit­ting, we trav­el through Moss­man and vis­it Moss­man Gorge, and a side trip via Port Dou­glas. Overnight Cairns. BLD

Day 8 – Tour ends in Cairns after break­fast for flights home or join us to trav­el from Cairns to Dar­win via the Lost City, Undara Lava Tubes and Savan­nah Way Tour 

Undara Lava Tubes – Vol­cano Val­ley – Vol­canic lava over 300,000 years, has cre­at­ed a remark­able tun­nel sys­tem that lies beneath the rich grass­lands of Undara. See them on the Lost City, Undara Lava Tubes and Savan­nah Way Tour If trav­el­ling to Cairns join Spir­it Safaris to meet this tour from Alice Springs, explore the Plen­ty High­way on the edge of the Simp­son Desert, the Min Min expe­ri­ence in Bou­lia, the mighty Dia­man­ti­na Riv­er and the Dinosaur Trail as we trav­el on to Clon­cur­ry (Qan­tas birth­place) Undara Lava Tubes & Cairns. If trav­el­ling from or to Dar­win, explore the Lost City, Lawn Hill, Adel’s Grove, Cob­bold Gorge, Dal­ly Waters, Mataran­ka Hot Springs ( and ​“We of the Nev­er Nev­er”
home­stead) & Kather­ine. Option­al­ly Kakadu via Cooin­da (with Yel­low Waters Cruise) to Dar­win. (meets Dar­win to Broome tour depar­ture) Cape York, Thurs­day Island, Weipa, Dain­tree Rain­for­est, Quinkan Rock Art from Cairns 4WD Tour

8 Day Cape York Thurs­day Island Dain­tree Rock Art Cairns Tour from Cairns to Cairns 8 day tour Cairns return­ing to Cairns over­land, includ­ing Lau­ra Rock Art, Weipa, & Billys Land­ing, Thurs­day & Horn Island fer­ries & day tours, includ­ing Twin & Fruit Bat Falls (on Old Tele­graph Track) and last night accom­mo­da­tion in Cairns. Includes all meals, entry & park fees, pro­fes­sion­al guide, fer­ry to & from Thurs­day Island, lux­u­ry 4WD trans­port. Prices are for com­fy camp­ing OR for 7 nights accom­mo­da­tion upgrade add $995 per per­son (cou­ple or twin share) 

Down­load Accom­mo­da­tion option here

Gulf Savan­nah Tours Cairns to Dar­win via Lost City 14 days —  via Ngukurr / Rop­er Bar, Pun­gali­na – Sev­en Emu Sanc­tu­ary, Cape Craw­ford, Lost City, (option­al heli flight) Caran­biri­ni Nature Reserve, Lorel­la Springs Wilder­ness Park, Hells Gate, Bor­roloola, River­sleigh Megafau­na Fos­sil Fields, Lawn Hill Nation­al Park, (now Bood­ja­mul­la Nation­al Park), Cruise Lawn Hill Gorge, Adel’s Grove (2 nights), Bourke & Wills Last Camp 119, Nor­man­ton, Gulflan­der & Savan­nah Lan­der Rail­ways, Karum­ba, Gulf Car­pen­taria sun­set cruise, Cob­bold Gorge and gorge cruise, Undar­ra Lava Tubes to Cairns.

CAMP­ING OR ACCOM­MO­DAT­ED OR COM­BI­NA­TION — SELECT ACCOM­MO­DA­TION AS EXTRAS WHEN BOOKING

Gulf Savan­nah Way Cairns to Dar­win tour 14 days … REVERSE OF BELOW ITINERARY

Day 1 – Meet us in Dar­win and join your fel­low trav­ellers at 6 pm for an intro­duc­tion and drinks at our hotel. Enjoy a deli­cious meal togeth­er get­ting to know your crew and trav­el­ling companions.

Day 2 – Depart Dar­win 8am via Stu­art High­way to Pine Creek (gold and rail­way his­to­ry – and great cof­fee and cakes at the Rail­way Café) then Kather­ine, NTs 3^rd largest town. On to Mataran­ka for the Elsey’s his­to­ry of ​“We of the Nev­er Nev­er” fame. We then depart the high­way for Rop­er Bar and Ngukurr com­mu­ni­ty for overnight BLD

Day 3 – Today we take a heli­copter flight to vis­it the ​“Ruined City”, a vast sand­stone rock for­ma­tion, with guid­ance from tra­di­tion­al own­ers shar­ing the sig­nif­i­cance of this spe­cial place – also known as Baroon­ja. Enjoy a look around Rop­er Bar on the banks of the Rop­er Riv­er and the bor­der of Arn­hem Land. Con­nect with the local indige­nous cul­ture and peo­ple, and the more recent steam­boat his­to­ry (sup­ply­ing the build­ing of the Over­land Tele­graph Line in the 1860s & 70s) and pop­u­lar fish­ing des­ti­na­tion. It was also a major cat­tle drov­ing route from the grass­lands to Queens­land and south­ern mar­kets and includes some of the Durack’s mas­sive cat­tle dri­ve to the Kim­ber­ley. After an infor­ma­tive boat cruise on the riv­er, we enjoy anoth­er night at Ngukurr com­mu­ni­ty BLD

Day 4 – Today we head to the Lim­men Nation­al Park for a walk and option­al swim at scenic But­ter­fly Falls – and a morn­ing cup­pa. Its then on to the ​“South­ern Lost City” for a 4 – 6 km walk among these stun­ning giant columns of sand­stone. Enjoy lunch here before head­ing fur­ther south to overnight at Lorel­la Springs Wilder­ness Park BLD

Day 5 – Lorel­la Springs is a huge 4,000-square kilo­me­tre (one-mil­lion acre) Out­back Aus­tralia cat­tle sta­tion sur­round­ed by the Lim­men Nation­al Park, Abo­rig­i­nal land, and many kilo­me­tres of pris­tine North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry Gulf of Car­pen­taria coast­line, rivers and water­ways. It has numer­ous beau­ti­ful rock pools and ther­mal pools for swim­ming and we check out Fly­ing Fox swamp and the lat­est pop­u­lar spot, Nan­nys Pool. Enjoy a relax­ing adven­ture day here with the birdlife before overnight. BLD

Day 6 – We con­tin­ue south through the Lim­men Nation­al Park to arrive at the town­ship of Bor­roloola for sup­plies. At Bor­roloola we view the muse­um and his­to­ry of this once wild fron­tier town, now a pop­u­lar fish­ing des­ti­na­tion. The pop­u­la­tion is around 800 (about 200 whites and 600 Abo­rig­i­nal), with Abo­rig­ines liv­ing in camps around the town. Bor­roloola has some very dif­fer­ent Abo­rig­i­nal cul­tures ie the Yanyuwa and Mara are ​‘salt­wa­ter peo­ple’ from the near­by islands while the Kur­dan­ji and Karawa peo­ple are ​‘main­land people’.The town is also the main sup­port town for the McArthur Riv­er mine – one of the world’s largest zinc, lead and sil­ver mines, sit­u­at­ed about 70 kilo­me­tres south­west of Bor­roloola. We head toward the Gulf and vis­it King Ash Bay on the MacArthur Riv­er – a top spot to expe­ri­ence the atmos­phere of the Gulf and a shady lunch place by the riv­er. Time per­mit­ting and pas­sen­gers keen, we vis­it the Lost City near Cape Craw­ford, (option­al heli flight) and the Caran­biri­ni Nature Reserve for more sand­stone pillars.The Lost City can be explored by heli­copter from base at the Heart­break Hotel at Cape Craw­ford, with an amaz­ing 15 or option­al 30 minute flight over these ancient sand­stone pil­lars, formed when all this area was under­wa­ter. Overnight at Boroloola BLD 

Day 7 – We now head east to Pun­gali­na-Sev­en Emu Sta­tion. Sev­en Emu Sta­tion has part­nered with a neigh­bour­ing prop­er­ty to cre­ate the first pri­vate nature reserve in the Gulf of Car­pen­taria, called the Pun­gali­na-Sev­en Emu Wildlife Sanc­tu­ary. In a land­mark part­ner­ship between a not-for-prof­it con­ser­va­tion organ­i­sa­tion and an Indige­nous land­hold­er, Frank Shad­forth has sub­leased 110,000 hectares of Sev­en Emu – almost half the area of the pas­toral lease – to the Aus­tralian Wildlife Con­ser­van­cy (AWC). The station’s cat­tle are kept out of this con­ser­va­tion zone. 

Note that Sev­en Emu Sanc­tu­ary has lim­it­ed access and may not be avail­able – alter­na­tive near­by will be sub­sti­tut­ed if unavailable. 

We tour some of the high­lights of this prop­er­ty includ­ing the in the stockmen’s camp sites over­look­ing the stun­ning Robin­son Riv­er. These authen­tic rus­tic camps are made by stock­men as they have for most of their lives. With bough sheds for shel­ter, open fires and a ​“don­key” to heat your show­er, your camp will be the real deal. From the cliff face – with a sweep­ing view of the Robin­son val­ley, watch the bull sharks hunt­ing schools of salmon … croc­o­diles swim­ming up and down on the hunt …and watch the eagles and jabirus fly­ing below you! Seek out the secre­tive Pur­ple-crowned Fairy Wrens, Azure King­fish­ers and wad­ing birds.

We trav­el east over sev­er­al riv­er cross­ings, pass­ing the Red­bank (cop­per) Mine via West­more­land (ura­ni­um deposits) and enter Queens­land at Hells Gate, where police were sta­tioned to pro­vide escorts for set­tlers to the escarp­ments of Hell’s Gate, beyond which the Abo­rig­i­nals were con­sid­ered fierce. Hells Gate is the routes most west­ern set­tle­ment in Queens­land and now is a pop­u­lar stopover with a grassy oasis and refresh­ments, and near­by Abo­rig­i­nal rock art and caves.Overnight Hells Gate BLD

Day 8 – We trav­el through for­est and riv­er cross­ings to the large Abo­rig­i­nal com­mu­ni­ty of Doomadgee, then south to Adel’s Grove for 2 nights. It was orig­i­nal­ly gazetted in 1904 as a Min­ers Home­stead Lease. In 1920 Albert de Lestang took up the prop­er­ty as an exper­i­men­tal Botan­i­cal Gar­den (hence the name ​“Adel” arose from Albert’s ini­tials). Albert plant­ed many species of trees and shrubs and sup­plied the Botan­i­cal Gar­dens of the world with the seeds pro­duced by his nurs­ery. This is adja­cent Lawn Hill Nation­al Park (now Bood­ja­mul­la Nation­al Park) where we walk, canoe or swim in the beau­ti­ful lagoon and riv­er with waterfalls.

Day 9 – Today we take a tour to vis­it the amaz­ing River­sleigh Megafau­na Fos­sil Fields and immerse in this unique land­scape. Alter­na­tive­ly enjoy a relax­ing day of walks and swims – your choice. Overnight Adels Grove BLD

Day 10 – Depart­ing Adels Grove we trav­el via Gre­go­ry Downs to Burke & Wills last camp 119, an his­toric site with a fas­ci­nat­ing his­to­ry and sto­ries to tell.

We reach the Leichardt Riv­er, named after Lud­wig Leichardt who walked this coun­try in 1845. We check out the Leichardt Falls then trav­el across the ​“Plains of Promise” named when H M Brig Bea­gle (the famous ship which had car­ried Charles Dar­win on his voy­age) vis­it­ed here in 1841. On to Nor­man­ton, and view the old Burns Philp store, and the 1870 rail­way his­to­ry from the gol­drush days, plus the Pur­ple Pub. Arriv­ing Karum­ba on the edge of the Gulf of Car­pen­taria, we enjoy a sun­set riv­er cruise. Karum­ba was the base of the gulf Bar­ra­mun­di and prawn­ing indus­try and home to many salt water croc­o­diles. Overnight Karum­ba BL – Din­ner at own expense in local restau­rant – great fresh fish and prawns here !

Day 11 – We fol­low the Gulflan­der Rail­way line via the Gulf Devel­op­ment Road through Croy­don which in gol­drush days had 7000 peo­ple and 122 pubs.Trav­el via George­town and the mul­ti award win­ning, Ter­res­tri­al – the Ted Elliott Min­er­al Col­lec­tion, the largest min­er­als col­lec­tion in the world. Overnight Cob­bold Gorge on Robin Hood Cat­tle sta­tion BLD

Day 12 – Cob­bold Gorge is unique, hid­den away with­in the rugged sand­stone for­ma­tions of North Queens­land. This gorge is extreme­ly nar­row, clos­ing to only two metres in places, with spec­tac­u­lar 30 metre cliffs on either side. The over­all length of the gorge is about six kilo­me­tres and includes a series of water-holes and rock falls, with the the last 500 meters is acces­si­ble by flat bot­tom boat. Great walks, swim­ming and relax­ing or option­al canoe­ing. Overnight Cob­bold Gorge on Robin Hood Cat­tle sta­tion. BLD

Day 13 – Undar­ra Lava Tubes tour. The Undara Lava Tubes were formed some 190,000 years ago when a major vol­cano erupt­ed, its molten lava flow­ing down a dry riv­er bed. As the top lay­er quick­ly cooled and crust­ed, the fiery mag­ma below con­tin­ued to flow through the tubes tak­ing it fur­ther and fur­ther from the vol­cano. The Undara tubes are the world’s longest lava flow.

Day 14 – After a good nights sleep and an easy break­fast, we can trans­fer your to air­port or oth­er hotels if stay­ing on in Cairns. Tour com­pletes 10am. Or join our Cape York & Thurs­day Island Adven­ture

14 days Accom­mo­dat­ed or Camp­ing or com­bi­na­tion available

CAMP­ING OR ACCOM­MO­DAT­ED OR COM­BI­NA­TION — SELECT ACCOM­MO­DA­TION AS EXTRAS WHEN BOOKING

Cairns to Dar­win via Lost City & Gulf Savan­nah Way Tours  — Walk in the stun­ning Undara Lava Tubes, swim at Lawn Hill NP (2 nights), tour River­sleigh Fos­sils site, Burke & Wills last camp, Nor­man­ton, Karum­ba (sun­set cruise), Hells Gate, Bor­roloola, Lost City

8 days Accom­mo­dat­ed or Camp­ing or a com­bi­na­tion avail­able- select when booking 

Gulf Savan­nah Tours include Lost City, Lawn Hill, River­sleigh Fos­sils / Dinosaurs tour, Undara Lava Tubes 

Cairns to Dar­win (West­bound) itin­er­ary shown below. This tour has 2 nights at Lawn Hill / Adel’s Grove and includes River­sleigh Dinosaurs / Fos­sils sites tour.

Day 1 – Gulf Savan­nah Way Tours – Depart Cairns for the pic­turesque dri­ve to the Ather­ton table­lands to tour through the Undara Lava Tubes. The Undara Lava Tubes were formed some 190,000 years ago when a major vol­cano erupt­ed, its molten lava flow­ing down a dry riv­er bed. As the top lay­er quick­ly cooled and crust­ed, the fiery mag­ma below con­tin­ued to flow through the tubes tak­ing it fur­ther and fur­ther from the vol­cano. The Undara tubes are the world’s longest lava flow. The word Undara means ​‘a long way’ in Abo­rig­i­nal lan­guage. One of the lava flows from Undara extends over 160 kilo­me­tres (or 100 miles). This makes it one of the longest lava flows from a sin­gle vol­cano on our plan­et in mod­ern geo­log­i­cal time. The orig­i­nal tube formed by the flow extend­ed for approx­i­mate­ly 100 kilo­me­tres, and sev­er­al sec­tions are acces­si­ble. After our 2 hour tour and tasty lunch, we pass by Mt Sur­prise (where Savan­nahlander train overnights) to George­town for overnight LD

Day 2 – Trav­el via George­town and the mul­ti award win­ning, Ter­res­tri­al – the Ted Elliott Min­er­al Col­lec­tion, the largest min­er­als col­lec­tion in the world. We fol­low the Gulflan­der Rail­way line via the Gulf Devel­op­ment Road through Croy­don which in gol­drush days had 7000 peo­ple and 122 pubs. On to Nor­man­ton, and view the old Burns Philp store, and the 1870 rail­way his­to­ry from the gol­drush days, plus the hot arte­sian bore. Arriv­ing Karum­ba on the edge of the Gulf of Car­pen­taria, we enjoy a sun­set riv­er cruise. Karum­ba is the base of the gulf Bar­ra­mun­di and prawn­ing indus­try and home to many salt water croc­o­diles. Overnight Karum­ba BL – Din­ner at own expense in local restau­rant – great fresh fish and prawns here and very rea­son­able price !

Days 3 & 4 – Today we sure­ly see flocks of Brol­gas on our way to Burke and Wills last camp 119 near Bur­ke­town. Trav­el­ling west­ward and par­al­lel to the coast­line of the Gulf of Car­pen­taria in this spec­tac­u­lar savan­nah coun­try, we cross numer­ous rivers includ­ing the Leichardt Riv­er, named after Lud­wig Leichardt who walked this coun­try in 1845. We check out the Leichardt Falls before trav­el­ling across the ​“Plains of Promise” named when H M Brig Bea­gle (the famous ship which had car­ried Charles Dar­win on his voy­age) vis­it­ed here in 1841. Enjoy a break in the fron­tier town of Bur­ke­town, named after Burke of the Burke and Wills Expe­di­tion of 1860 who reached the gulf near here in Feb­ru­ary 1861. Bur­ke­town was estab­lished in 1865 to ser­vice new pas­toral hold­ings estab­lished in the region.We arrive at Lawn Hill Nation­al Park, (now Bood­ja­mul­la Nation­al Park) Adel’s Grove (2 nights), and walk, canoe or swim in the beau­ti­ful lagoon with water­falls. Vis­it the amaz­ing River­sleigh Dinosaur Fos­sil Field. Overnight Adels Grove BLD

Day 5. We trav­el by the large Abo­rig­i­nal com­mu­ni­ty of Doomadgee, then Hells gate where police were sta­tioned to pro­vide escorts for set­tlers to the escarp­ments of Hell’s Gate, beyond which the Abo­rig­i­nals were con­sid­ered fierce. Hells Gate is the routes most west­ern set­tle­ment in Queens­land and now is a pop­u­lar stopover with a grassy oasis and refresh­ments, near­by Abo­rig­i­nal rock art and caves. We trav­el via West­more­land (ura­ni­um deposits) and enter the North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry, pass­ing the Red­bank (cop­per) Mine and arrive at Bor­roloola for overnight. BLD

Day 6. Bor­roloola is now a pop­u­lar fish­ing des­ti­na­tion. Pop­u­la­tion is around 800 (about 200 white­fel­las and 600 Abo­rig­i­nal), with Abo­rig­ines liv­ing in camps around the town. Bor­roloola has some very dif­fer­ent Abo­rig­i­nal cul­tures ie the Yanyuwa and Mara are ​‘salt­wa­ter peo­ple’ from the near­by islands while the Kur­dan­ji and Karawa peo­ple are ​‘main­land peo­ple’. We vis­it Caran­biri­ni Nature Reserve to walk amongst the Lost City through sand­stone tow­ers over­look­ing a bill­abong and across the escarp­ment coun­try of the Gulf Region. Option­al heli­copter flight over the Lost City. The Lost City can this morn­ing be explored by heli­copter from base at the Heart­break Hotel at Cape Craw­ford, with an amaz­ing 15 or option­al 30 minute flight over these ancient sand­stone pil­lars, formed when all this area was under­wa­ter Arrive Daly Waters famous pub for overnight. BLD

Day 7 – We take a short tour of the WWII air­base and air­craft hang­er at Daly Waters – with a fas­ci­nat­ing his­toric dis­play of WWII equip­ment, air­craft images and life here at that time. Onwards for a swim at Mataran­ka Hot Springs and con­nect with the famous clas­sic out­back Aus­tralian sto­ry of ​“We of the Nev­er Nev­er” and Elsey’s home­stead from the film. Onward via Kather­ine then Dar­win for overnight BLD 

Day 8 – A free day to cel­e­brate your jour­ney. Enjoy a leisure­ly break­fast and the many sights or activ­i­ties Dar­win has to offer. Options include a trip to Kakadu or Litch­field Nation­al Parks, or sim­ply shop or relax in Darwin’s balmy cli­mate. Tour ends after break­fast. Home Flights depart from Dar­win or con­sid­er trav­el­ling with us to Alice Springswith options includ­ing Kakadu, Kather­ine Gorge (option­al), Lost City & Dev­ils Mar­bles. B

Day 8 — Option­al­ly tour by Kakadu Nation­al Park for 1 or 2 nights from Kather­ine, or do Kakadu in a day or more from Dar­win. Ask for details. 

8 days Accom­mo­dat­ed or Camp­ing or a com­bi­na­tion avail­able- select when booking 

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Gulf Savan­nah Tours Dar­win to Cairns via Lost City 8 days —  , Matar­ran­ka, Daly Waters, Cape Craw­ford, Lost City, (option­al heli flight) Caran­biri­ni Nature Reserve, Hells Gate, Bor­roloola, River­sleigh Megafau­na Fos­sil Fields, Lawn Hill Nation­al Park, (now Bood­ja­mul­la Nation­al Park), Cruise Lawn Hill Gorge, Adel’s Grove (2 nights), Bourke & Wills Last Camp 119, Nor­man­ton, Gulflan­der & Savan­nahlander Rail­ways, Karum­ba, Gulf Car­pen­taria sun­set cruise, Undar­ra Lava Tubes to Cairns.

Gulf Savan­nah Way Dar­win to Cairns tour 8 days …

Day 1 – Depart Dar­win 8am via Stu­art High­way to Pine Creek (gold and rail­way his­to­ry – and great cof­fee and cakes at the Rail­way Café) then Kather­ine, NTs 3^rd largest town. On to Mataran­ka for the Elsey’s his­to­ry of ​“We of the Nev­er Nev­er” fame. We then head for Daly Waters. View Australia’s first inter­na­tion­al air­port here and his­toric WWII relics. Enjoy the amus­ing Daly Waters Pub and town­ship adorn­ments, includ­ing an old heli­copter and the thong tree. We take a short tour of the WWII air­base and air­craft hang­er here – with a fas­ci­nat­ing his­toric dis­play of WWII equip­ment, air­craft images and life here at that time. Overnight Daly Waters.

Day 2 – We leave the Stu­art High­way and head east to Cape Craw­ford, near the South­ern Lost City, a vast sand­stone rock for­ma­tion. The Lost City can be explored by (option­al extra) heli­copter from base at the Heart­break Hotel at Cape Craw­ford, with an amaz­ing 15 or option­al 30 minute flight over these ancient sand­stone pil­lars, formed when all this area was under­wa­ter. We also walk in a sim­i­lar tow­er­ing rocky for­ma­tion at the near­by Caran­biri­ni Con­ser­va­tion Reserve (shown in video). This is in one of the old­est and most iso­lat­ed areas in Aus­tralia. It is twice as old as Ulu­ru at around 1.4 bil­lion years old. We trav­el on to Bor­roloola for sup­plies and view the muse­um and his­to­ry of this once wild fron­tier town, now a pop­u­lar fish­ing des­ti­na­tion. Pop­u­la­tion is around 800 (about 200 whites and 600 Abo­rig­i­nal), with Abo­rig­ines liv­ing in camps around the town. Bor­roloola has some very dif­fer­ent Abo­rig­i­nal cul­tures ie the Yanyuwa and Mara are ​‘salt­wa­ter peo­ple’ from the near­by islands while the Kur­dan­ji and Karawa peo­ple are ​‘main­land people’.

Bor­roloola is also the main sup­port town for the McArthur Riv­er mine – one of the world’s largest zinc, lead and sil­ver mines, sit­u­at­ed about 70 kilo­me­tres south­west of Bor­roloola. We head toward the Gulf and vis­it King Ash Bay on the MacArthur Riv­er – a top spot to expe­ri­ence the atmos­phere of the Gulf and a shady lunch place by the riv­er. Overnight at Boroloola BLD 

Day 3 – We trav­el through Savan­nah for­est and riv­er cross­ings to the large Abo­rig­i­nal com­mu­ni­ty of Doomadgee, then south to Adel’s Grove for 2 nights. It was orig­i­nal­ly gazetted in 1904 as a Min­ers Home­stead Lease. In 1920 Albert de Lestang took up the prop­er­ty as an exper­i­men­tal Botan­i­cal Gar­den (hence the name ​“Adel” arose from Albert’s ini­tials). Albert plant­ed many species of trees and shrubs and sup­plied the Botan­i­cal Gar­dens of the world with the seeds pro­duced by his nurs­ery. This is adja­cent Lawn Hill Nation­al Park (now Bood­ja­mul­la Nation­al Park) where we walk, canoe or swim in the beau­ti­ful lagoon and riv­er with waterfalls.

Day 4 – Today we take a tour to vis­it the amaz­ing River­sleigh Megafau­na Fos­sil Fields and immerse in this unique land­scape. Alter­na­tive­ly enjoy a relax­ing day of walks and swims or canoe­ing – your choice. Overnight Adels Grove BLD

Day 5 – Depart­ing Adels Grove we trav­el via Gre­go­ry Downs to Burke & Wills last camp 119, an his­toric site with fas­ci­nat­ing his­to­ry and sto­ries to tell. Enjoy a break in the fron­tier town of Bur­ke­town, named after Burke of the Burke and Wills Expe­di­tion of 1860 who reached the gulf near here in Feb­ru­ary 1861. Bur­ke­town was estab­lished in 1865 to ser­vice new pas­toral hold­ings estab­lished in the region. 

We reach the Leichardt Riv­er, named after Lud­wig Leichardt who walked this coun­try in 1845. We check out the Leichardt Falls then trav­el across the ​“Plains of Promise” named when H M Brig Bea­gle (the famous ship which had car­ried Charles Dar­win on his voy­age) vis­it­ed here in 1841. On to Nor­man­ton, and view the old Burns Philp store, and the 1870 rail­way his­to­ry from the gol­drush days, plus the Pur­ple Pub. Arriv­ing Karum­ba on the edge of the Gulf of Car­pen­taria, we enjoy a sun­set riv­er cruise. Karum­ba was the base of the gulf Bar­ra­mun­di and prawn­ing indus­try and home to many salt water croc­o­diles. Overnight Karum­ba BL – Din­ner at own expense in local restau­rant – great fresh fish and prawns here at eco­nom­i­cal price !

Day 6– We fol­low the Gulflan­der Rail­way line via the Gulf Devel­op­ment Road through Croy­don which in gol­drush days had 7000 peo­ple and 122 pubs.Trav­el via George­town and the mul­ti award win­ning, Ter­res­tri­al – the Ted Elliott Min­er­al Col­lec­tion, the largest min­er­als col­lec­tion in the world. Overnight Mt Surpise on where the Savan­nahlander train also overnights. BLD

Day 7 – Undar­ra Lava Tubes tour. The Undara Lava Tubes were formed some 190,000 years ago when a major vol­cano erupt­ed, its molten lava flow­ing down a dry riv­er bed. As the top lay­er quick­ly cooled and crust­ed, the fiery mag­ma below con­tin­ued to flow through the tubes tak­ing it fur­ther and fur­ther from the vol­cano. The Undara tubes are the world’s longest lava flow.

Day 8 – After a good nights sleep and an easy break­fast, we can trans­fer you to the air­port or oth­er hotels if stay­ing on in Cairns. Tour com­pletes 10am. Or join our Cape York & Thurs­day Island Adven­ture

8 days Accom­mo­dat­ed or Camp­ing or a com­bi­na­tion avail­able- select when booking 

Kan­ga­roo Island Tours 5 Days -

DETAILS

Day 1 — Meet and trans­port to Island

Meet up in Ade­laide, Kingscote or Pen­neshaw and dri­ve to the west­ern end of island to Wilder­ness Resort accom­mo­da­tion for 2 nights. After­noon view­ing South­ern Ocean at Remark­able Rocks Sea caves (excel­lent for HD Pho­tog­ra­phy) and New Zealand Fur Seals

• All accom­mo­da­tion as detailed
• Deli­cious meals, includ­ing veg­e­tar­i­an options.
• All World Her­itage and Nation­al Park entry fees
• Con­tri­bu­tions of tour price sup­ports AWC nature care programs.
• Bird domain, pel­i­can feed­ing, seal bay entry

Enjoy spec­tac­u­lar Kim­ber­ley scenery and vis­it spe­cial Wand­ji­na and Brad­shaw (Gwion Gwion) art sites. Share this unique oppor­tu­ni­ty to learn ancient wis­dom, recre­at­ing com­mu­ni­ty and nature. Enrich­ing and ful­fill­ing expe­ri­ences in the lands of the world’s longest sur­viv­ing cul­ture. Expe­ri­ence incred­i­ble rock art gal­leries – learn about Abo­rig­i­nal Lore, men and women’s busi­ness, spir­i­tu­al­i­ty, bush med­i­cines and food, lan­guage and his­to­ry, cer­e­mo­ny, song and dance.

Includ­ed in 14 day Kim­ber­ley Com­plete tours – KBBA14

• 3 cruis­es – Includ­ed are Geike Gorge (at Fitzroy Riv­er Cross­ing) & Cham­ber­lain Gorge at El Que­stro. Lake Argyle
• 1 – 4 flights – Mitchell Falls heli­copter includ­ed, 3 Option­al flights are Mitchell Falls / Kings Cascades/​St George Basin flight, Bun­gle Bun­gles flight, Hor­i­zon­tal Water­falls flight)
• 2 nights El Que­stro Wilder­ness Park
• 2 Bun­gle Bun­gles walks 
• 2 Nights Mt Eliz­a­beth Station
• 2 nights Mitchell Plateau & Mitchell Falls walk
• Rock art – Extra excep­tion­al Wand­ji­na, Brad­shaw (Gwion Gwion ) rock art sites.

Details – Kim­ber­ley Com­plete Mitchell Falls Mt Eliz­a­beth Lake Argyle Tours 14 days

Day 1 – Depart from Broome trav­el­ling through vast Savan­nah grass­lands to Willare on the Fitzroy Riv­er before we vis­it the infa­mous Prison Boab tree. We then join the Gibb Riv­er Road for mys­ti­cal Wind­jana Gorge and a gorge walk at this spe­cial cre­ation ​“water­hole”. Meet the local fresh­wa­ter croc­o­diles and exot­ic bird life (maybe even a rare Goul­dian Finch) in this eerie, ancient seabed envi­ron­ment. Depart Wind­jana for Tun­nel Creek & walk through this 600m cave riv­er sys­tem to a spe­cial water­hole. We then trav­el through sweep­ing Kim­ber­ley grass­lands and cat­tle coun­try to cross the flood plains of the Fitzroy Riv­er. Check in at our accom­mo­da­tion at Fitzroy Cross­ing before a relax­ing night and tasty evening meal, with a chance to meet some of the locals. L Din­ner own pur­chase at restaurant 

Day 2 – After break­fast enjoy a relax­ing Darngku Geike Gorge riv­er cruise on the vast Fitzroy Riv­er, and mar­vel at the high cliffs, annu­al flood records, stun­ning wildlife and riv­er tales from our knowl­edge­able local guide. After a morn­ing cup­pa, and com­fort­able high­way cruis­ing we enjoy lunch at a scenic pic­nic spot. We take a look around Fitzroy Cross­ing which is an edu­ca­tion and sup­ply cen­tre for sur­round­ing cat­tle sta­tions and Abo­rig­i­nal com­mu­ni­ties. Our jour­ney con­tin­ues via Mesa & moun­tain coun­try and we take a pho­to stop at the unusu­al Ngum­ban Cliffs, and a break at the scenic and bird lovers Marys Pool on the Mar­garet Riv­er. Halls Creek is next with its gold min­ing his­to­ry includ­ing the tale of Russ­ian Jack, before the local Abo­rig­i­nal Art Cen­tre. Trav­el on to Mary­vale Cat­tle Sta­tion and to the Bun­gles Bun­gles Safari Park for overnight. BLD

Day 3 – A day tour with heli flight option (rec­om­mend­ed) in the Bun­gles Bun­gles in Pur­nu­l­u­lu Nation­al Park – Expe­ri­ence the extra­or­di­nary Bun­gle Bun­gles by 4WD. Mar­vel at this high ener­gy amaz­ing orange and black striped bee­hive land­scape formed by giant riv­er sys­tems. Walk the spec­tac­u­lar Cathe­dral Gorge, Bee­hive Domes and Pic­can­nin­ny Creek and after lunch a walk in Echid­na Gorge. Option­al scenic heli­copter flight avail­able. Overnight Bun­gle Bun­gles Safari Park. BLD

Day 4 – Vis­it the War­mun Abo­rig­i­nal Art Cen­tre, then trav­el through spec­tac­u­lar rugged gran­ite moun­tain ranges past the Argyle Dia­mond Mine for Kununur­ra high­lights (Ord Riv­er Scheme, San­dal­wood fac­to­ry, Zebra rock art gallery) then relax with an option­al swim and overnight at Lake Argyle. BLD

Day 5– Kununur­ra is a pros­per­ous pro­duc­tive cen­tre of min­ing, agri­cul­ture, tourism and Abo­rig­i­nal art. We stock up here and check out the local Abo­rig­i­nal art gal­leries before head­ing to Wyn­d­ham and lunch at Five Rivers Look­out over the spec­tac­u­lar Cam­bridge Gulf. After lunch, its RAM­SAR list­ed Parry’s Lagoon (Mar­glu Bill­abong) for the rich wet­lands birdlife includ­ing Jabirus and Brol­gas, and some qui­et time in the Bird Hide. Back onto the Gibb Riv­er Rd, to El Que­stro. El Que­stro is a mil­lion acres of spec­tac­u­lar Kim­ber­ley scenery, rivers and gorges. Its here that the movie Aus­tralia was filmed, nes­tled under the Cock­burn Ranges where we enjoy a relax­ing evening and din­ner at their fine out­door restau­rant. Overnight El Que­stro BLD

Day 6 – A Gorge walk to Emma Gorge sacred water­hole and a swim in the refresh­ing waters is avail­able before we soak up the relax­ing Zebedee hot springs, before explor­ing more of the El Que­stro treats includ­ing lunch by Jacka­roos water­hole, anoth­er in the Pen­te­cost at the sta­tion before a cruise on the Cham­ber­lain Riv­er Gorge and view­ing from Pigeon Look­out over the Pen­te­cost Riv­er. Overnight at El Que­stro resort. B,L, Din­ner at restau­rant own expense.

Day 7 – Today we jour­ney the scenic and spec­tac­u­lar Gibb Riv­er Road via Cock­burn Range, to cross the mighty Pen­te­cost Riv­er and view from a high van­tage point. Enjoy the Durack Riv­er cross­ing. We vis­it Home Val­ley Sta­tion and view Abo­rig­i­nal rock art includ­ing Wand­ji­na and Bradshaw’s (Gwion Gwion). We take a right turn at the Kulum­bu­ru Road for a anoth­er water cross­ing of the Gibb Riv­er before a break at the famous work­ing cat­tle sta­tion, Drys­dale Riv­er Sta­tion for overnight. BLD

Day 8 – After break­fast we trav­el north through spec­tac­u­lar veg­e­ta­tion includ­ing cycads, pan­danus palms and rain­forests and ford the King Edward Riv­er before our overnight on Mitchell Plateau. Here we enjoy the water­falls, swim and vis­it vast gal­leries of Munur­ru Abo­rig­i­nal rock art includ­ing Wand­ji­na & Brad­shaw / Gwion Gwion rock art. BLD

Day 9 – Today we tra­verse the Mitchell Plateau to Mitchell Falls and do the 2 hour 4 Km down­hill walk via spec­tac­u­lar swim­ming pools and water­falls. View sev­er­al large rock art gal­leries and rock art sites with Wand­ji­na and Brad­shaw / Gwion Gwion rock art sites (includ­ing Thy­lacine / Tas­man­ian Tiger rock art ) and swim in these beau­ti­ful clear fresh waters. This is one of the most remote areas of Aus­tralia. At the top of Mitchell Falls we have a cou­ple of hours to relax and swim in these pris­tine, ener­gised waters. We take the easy way out with the thrill of a spec­tac­u­lar heli­copter flight over the Mitchell Falls & Mer­ton Falls for a once in a life­time view of this vast land­scape and dis­tant coast­line. Options also avail­able for extend­ed flights to coastal areas (need to pre book with Spir­it Safaris). Overnight on Mitchell Plateau at our King Edward Riv­er base (or accom­mo­da­tion if pre-arranged). BLD 

Day 10 – Trav­el today is down the Gibb Riv­er Rd with a break at the Drys­dale Riv­er Sta­tion – and a great oppor­tu­ni­ty for bird watch­ing or just enjoy­ing the water and paper­bark & pan­danus palms. Back on the Gibb Riv­er Rd we take a break at the Hann Riv­er then leave the Gibb pass­ing Dod­num Abo­rig­i­nal com­mu­ni­ty to Mt Eliz­a­beth Sta­tion for overnight. BLD

Day 11 – More great rock art today on Mt Eliz­a­beth Sta­tion and swim­ming options such as in Wun­nu­mur­ra Gorge with a spec­tac­u­lar water­fall and a deep pool and big Wand­ji­na and beau­ti­ful Brad­shaw (Gwion Gwion) rock art. Overnight Mt Eliz­a­beth BLD

Day 12 – We depart Mt Eliz­a­beth with a stop at Mt Bar­nett Road­house where we may meet some of the local Ngarinyin Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple and from near­by Kupun­gar­ri Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty. Next a swim at Gal­vans Gorge on then trav­el through spec­tac­u­lar moun­tain scenery includ­ing Phillips Range and approach­ing the King Leopold Range to Mag­i­cal Bell Gorge for a walk and swim oppor­tu­ni­ty in these fresh flow­ing waters. Overnight near Imitji Com­mu­ni­ty at Bell Gorge safari camp for overnight. BLD

Day 13 – After break­fast our tour climbs the King Leopold Ranges and we trav­el through the pic­turesque Inglis Gap and King Leopold Con­ser­va­tion Park. This is a spec­tac­u­lar moun­tain coun­try with impres­sive views over the ranges and vast wood­lands and plains. We cross the Lennard Riv­er and pass through the ancient Devon­ian era Napi­er Range at Queen Vic­to­ria Pass. Enjoy a vis­it to the Mowan­jum Abo­rig­i­nal art cen­tre (an oppor­tu­ni­ty to meet the artists, learn and buy from source) at Mowan­jum Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty, and Der­by high­lights includ­ing the Der­by wharf (30 ft tides!) on King Sound. Depart Der­by for Broome to arrive late after­noon to enjoy sun­set at Cable Beach over the Indi­an Ocean, and pos­si­bly an option­al camel ride. After tasty treats on Cable Beach, we enjoy a meal at a local restau­rant before overnight in Broome. BLD

Day 14 – Cel­e­brate arrival at the Indi­an Ocean with a morn­ing swim and break­fast at Cable Beach before tour ends at 10am. Option­al Activ­i­ties include a scenic flight to the Hor­i­zon­tal Water­falls or vis­it the Willie Creek Pearl Farm, vis­it spec­tac­u­lar & con­tro­ver­sial James Price Point, or sim­ply shop or relax in Broome’s balmy cli­mate. You can store your gear with us to enjoy the day before flights home or alter­nate des­ti­na­tions or con­sid­er trav­el­ling with us on a Kar­i­ji­ni Nation­al Park & Pil­bara Tour or to Alice Springs via the Tana­mi Track, Wolfe Creek Crater and art cen­tres. B

Inclu­sions

• Small group in mod­ern 4 wheel dri­ve vehicles
• Pro­fes­sion­al and expe­ri­enced dri­ver / guides
• Heli­copter flight for pho­tos at Mitchell Falls – Longer flights avail­able over coast.
• Long estab­lished rela­tion­ships with local Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple enrich­es experiences
• Access to remote areas and rock art sites unreach­able by most tour vehicles
• Accom­mo­da­tion in motels / cab­in or ensuite safari camps is selec­table as an extra when booking 
  
• Camp­ing sys­tems are easy & mod­ern on com­fort­able mat­tress­es or stretch­ers with bed­ding is included.
• 13 nights accom­mo­da­tion — motel style option or camp­ing or combination
• All camp­ing gear which is mod­ern and easy to use
• Deli­cious meals, includ­ing veg­e­tar­i­an, unless not­ed in itin­er­ary. Cel­e­bra­tion com­ple­tion meal.
• Guid­ed cruis­es of Geike Gorge and Fitzroy Riv­er, and Cham­ber­lain Riv­er Gorge
• All World Her­itage and Nation­al Park entry and accom­mo­da­tion fees
• Abo­rig­i­nal Art com­mu­ni­ty vis­its for ​“direct from artist” purchases
• Con­tri­bu­tions of tour price sup­ports Out­back Kids and nature care programs.
• A know­ing that you are co-cre­at­ing Australia’s future.

Exclu­sions

• Heli­copter flights at Bun­gle Bun­gles – Approx­i­mate­ly $299 for an 18 minute flight or longer options.
• 2 Din­ners at El Que­stro and Fitzroy Cross­ing restau­rants. Alcohol
• Accom­mo­da­tion upgrades if required. Avail­able all loca­tions if booked early.
• Flights to and from depar­ture points.

Kim­ber­ley Com­plete Mitchell Falls Mt Eliz­a­beth Lake Argyle Tours 14 days

via Gibb Riv­er Road (CodeKBBA14) includes Lake Argyle cruise, Mitchell Falls (2 Nights), Bun­gle Bun­gles (2N), El Que­stro (2N), Kununur­ra, Mt Eliz­a­beth Sta­tion (2N), 5 Rivers Look­out, Gal­vans Gorge, Wind­jana Gorge & Tun­nel Creek, plus excep­tion­al extra remote Abo­rig­i­nal Rock Art sites and Art centres

Kim­ber­ley Broome to Broome Mitchell Falls Lake Argyle 12 Day Tour via Mitchell Plateau, Mitchell Falls, and Rock Art, Bun­gle Bun­gles, El Que­stro plus Fitzroy Cross­ing with Geikie Gorge cruise on Fitzroy Riv­er, Wind­jana Gorge, Tun­nel Creek, Imitji, King Leopold Ranges, Gal­vans Gorge, Man­ning Gorge, Mt Bar­nett, Mt Eliz­a­beth Sta­tion, Drys­dale Sta­tion, Mitchell Falls, King Edward Riv­er rock art, El Que­stro, Zebedee Hot Springs, Bun­gle Bun­gles walks & option­al heli flight. Oppor­tu­ni­ty to meet Abo­rig­i­nal elders and artists, vis­it Wand­ji­na and Brad­shaw rock art sites, swim in pris­tine water­holes on this Gibb Riv­er Road tour. Ful­ly accom­mo­dat­ed (extra cost) or camp­ing rate shown. Tour CodeKBB12 (Broome to Broome) or Broome Dar­win, Dar­win Broome options.

Wrap up the Top End – Com­bine spec­tac­u­lar Kim­ber­ley scenery with Top End treats. Expe­ri­ence incred­i­ble rock art gal­leries – learn about Abo­rig­i­nal cul­ture, lore, men and women’s busi­ness, spir­i­tu­al­i­ty, bush med­i­cines and food, lan­guage and his­to­ry, cer­e­mo­ny, song and dance.

Con­sid­er arriv­ing with us from Alice Springs via the Tana­mi Track, Wolfe Creek Crater and Abo­rig­i­nal art communities.

Day 1 – Depart Broome 7 am to trav­el via the vast savan­nah grass­lands, majes­tic Boab trees and pow­er­ful moun­tains of the West­ern Kim­ber­ley cross­ing the Fitzroy Riv­er near Willare, Day 1 – Depart from Broome trav­el­ling through vast Savan­nah grass­lands to Willare on the Fitzroy Riv­er before we vis­it the infa­mous prison Boab tree with its insights into past and more recent his­to­ry and cul­tur­al sig­nif­i­cance. We then com­mence our jour­ney on the Gibb Riv­er Road for mys­ti­cal Wind­jana Gorge and a walk through the gorge at this spe­cial cre­ation ​“water­hole”. Here is abun­dant wildlife and numer­ous fresh­wa­ter croc­o­diles in this eerie, ancient seabed envi­ron­ment. After lunch we fol­low the Devon­ian Reef /​Napier Range to Tun­nel Creek Nation­al Park with its many boab trees and pic­turesque com­plex shapes to Tun­nel Creek. Here we don torch­es and shorts to wade through this incred­i­ble under­ground riv­er sys­tem full of active sta­lag­mites and sta­lac­tites and even an under­ground spring. This is where the Abo­rig­i­nal free­dom fight­er Jan­damar­ra and the Bunu­ba Resis­tance was cen­tred in the 1890s, depict­ed in 2 nov­els and a recent stage pro­duc­tion. After our walk in the shady and refresh­ing under­ground sys­tem, we fol­low the boab clad ranges and then cross through them again, to trav­el through sweep­ing Kim­ber­ley grass­lands and cat­tle coun­try to cross the flood plains of the Fitzroy Riv­er. Check in at our accom­mo­da­tion at Fitzroy Cross­ing before a relax­ing night and tasty evening meal, with a chance to meet some of the locals. L

Day 2 – After break­fast enjoy a relax­ing Darngku Geike Gorge riv­er cruise on the vast Fitzroy Riv­er, and mar­vel at the high cliffs, annu­al flood records, stun­ning wildlife and riv­er tales from our knowl­edge­able local guide. There is time to check out the local Abo­rig­i­nal Art Cen­tre and take a look around Fitzroy Cross­ing which is an edu­ca­tion and sup­ply cen­tre for sur­round­ing cat­tle sta­tions and Abo­rig­i­nal com­mu­ni­ties. After a morn­ing cup­pa, our jour­ney con­tin­ues via Mesa & moun­tain coun­try and we take a pho­to stop at the scenic Ngum­ban Cliffs, where the grey lime­stone Devon­ian Reef meets the red sand­stone and lat­er­tite lay­ers of the Can­ning Basin. We take a lunch break at the scenic and bird lovers Marys Pool on the Mary Riv­er. Halls Creek is next with its gold min­ing his­to­ry includ­ing the tale of Russ­ian Jack, before the local Abo­rig­i­nal Art Cen­tre (time per­mit­ting). Trav­el on to Mabel Downs Cat­tle Sta­tion and to the Bun­gles Bun­gles Safari Park for overnight. BLD

Day 3 – Today we dri­ve amongst the domes as we enter the Bun­gle Bun­gles in Pur­nu­l­u­lu Nation­al Park to mar­vel at this high ener­gy amaz­ing orange and black striped bee­hive land­scape formed by giant riv­er sys­tems. Walk the spec­tac­u­lar Cathe­dral Gorge and Pic­canin­ny Creek. After lunch a walk in Echid­na Gorge. Option­al scenic heli­copter flights also avail­able approx $280 for 18 min­utes – fan­tas­tic. Please ask – pre-book­ing rec­om­mend­ed. Overnight at Bun­gle Bun­gles Safari Camp. BLD

Day 4 – We farewell the Bun­gle Bun­gles today and stop at Turkey Creek and the War­mun Abo­rig­i­nal Art Cen­tre – where Rover Thomas and numer­ous oth­er famous Abo­rig­i­nal artists emerged. Here you can view the lat­est works, meet the artists and find some bar­gain art. After Turkey Creek, we trav­el through spec­tac­u­lar rugged gran­ite moun­tain ranges past the Argyle Dia­mond Mine for then relax with a sun­set cruise on Lake Argyle and option­al swim. Overnight at Lake Argyle Vil­lage Resort. BLD

Day 5 – Depart for Kununur­ra, a pros­per­ous pro­duc­tive cen­tre of min­ing, agri­cul­ture, tourism and Abo­rig­i­nal art. Kununur­ra high­lights includ­ing the Ord Riv­er Scheme and San­dal­wood fac­to­ry) We stock up here and check out the local Abo­rig­i­nal art gal­leries before head­ing to Five Rivers Look­out over­look­ing the spec­tac­u­lar Cam­bridge Gulf and Wyn­d­ham. We also vis­it Parry’s Lagoon for the rich wet­lands bird life includ­ing Jabirus and Brol­gas. We then join the Gibb Riv­er Rd, to arrive at El Que­stro resort for a late after­noon relax at the resort. El Que­stro is a mil­lion acres of spec­tac­u­lar Kim­ber­ley scenery, moun­tains, rivers and gorges. Din­ner at ELQ restau­rant own expense. BL Overnight at El Que­stro

Day 6 – El Que­stro is a mil­lion acres of spec­tac­u­lar Kim­ber­ley scenery, rivers and gorges. Here is where the movie Aus­tralia was filmed, nes­tled under the Cock­burn Ranges. This morn­ing soak up the relax­ing Zebedee hot springs, enjoy a walk in spec­tac­u­lar Emma Gorge or alter­na­tive El Que­stro or Amelia Gorge, before a cruise on the Cham­ber­lain Riv­er Gorge and view­ing from Pigeon Look­out over the Pen­te­cost Riv­er. Overnight at El Que­stro. BLD.

Day 7 – Today we jour­ney the scenic and spec­tac­u­lar Gibb Riv­er Road via Cock­burn Range, to cross the mighty Pen­te­cost Riv­er and view this ancient sweep­ing riv­er and land­scape from a high van­tage point. Enjoy the Durack Riv­er, and anoth­er riv­er cross­ing. View Abo­rig­i­nal rock art includ­ing Wand­ji­na and Bradshaw’s (Gwion Gwion). We take a right turn off the Gibb Riv­er Road onto the Kalum­bu­ru Road for a anoth­er water cross­ing of the Gibb Riv­er before we stop at the famous work­ing cat­tle sta­tion, Drys­dale Riv­er Sta­tion for fuel and sup­plies. We con­tin­ue our trav­el north through spec­tac­u­lar veg­e­ta­tion includ­ing cycads, pan­danas palms and rain­forests and ford the King Edward Riv­er before our overnight on Mitchell Plateau. Here we enjoy the water­falls, swim and vis­it two vast gal­leries of Abo­rig­i­nal rock art includ­ing Wand­ji­na & Brad­shaw / Gwion Gwion rock art. BLD Overnight on Mitchell Plateau

Day 8 – Today we tra­verse the Mitchell Plateau to Mitchell Falls and do the easy 2 hour down­hill walk via spec­tac­u­lar swim­ming pools and waterfalls.View sev­er­al large gal­leries and rock art sites with Wand­ji­na and Brad­shaw / Gwion Gwion rock art sites (includ­ing Thy­lacine / Tas­man­ian Tiger rock art ) and swim in these beau­ti­ful clear fresh waters. This is one of the most remote areas of Aus­tralia. At Mitchell Falls base we have a cou­ple of hours to relax and swim in these pris­tine, ener­gised waters. We take the easy way out with the thrill of a spec­tac­u­lar heli­copter flight over the Mitchell Falls & Mer­ton Falls for a once in a life­time view of this vast land­scape and coast­line. Walk out is also an option. Options also avail­able for extend­ed flights to coastal areas (need to pre book with Spir­it Safaris). Overnight on Mitchell Plateau at our King Edward Riv­er base. BLD

Day 9 – Head­ing south we Drys­dale Riv­er then take a break at the Drys­dale Riv­er Sta­tion, before we cross the Gibb Riv­er. We set­tle in at the Mt Eliz­a­beth Sta­tion and with near­by Abo­rig­i­nal com­mu­ni­ty and grassy camp­ground for com­fort­able camp­ing or sta­tion style accom­mo­da­tion is avail­able. BLD

Day 10 – This morn­ing some spe­cial rock art sites are vis­it­ed which include majes­tic Brad­shaw / Gwion and pow­er­ful Wand­ji­na Abo­rig­i­nal rock art sites. We return to the Gibb Riv­er Rd, and head south, cross­ing the Hann and Bar­nett Rivers, to Mt Bar­nett Road­house, then Man­ning Gorge water­hole. This is one of the gems of the Kim­ber­ley, for a swim and play and relax, or take the 3 hour return hike to spec­tac­u­lar Man­ning Gorge Falls with more rock art and a swim at the falls. BLD

Day 11 – Enjoy pic­turesque Gal­vans Gorge with more Wand­ji­na rock art, great scenery and good swim­ming and pho­tos too! We trav­el through spec­tac­u­lar Kim­ber­ley wood­lands and riv­er cross­ings to Bell Gorge for a walk and swim by the falls. Overnight at Bell Gorge / Silent Grove / Imitji Safari Camp. BLD

Day 12 – After break­fast enjoy a vis­it to the Imitji store and Abo­rig­i­nal com­mu­ni­ty and art cen­tre before the scenic dri­ve through spec­tac­u­lar Kim­ber­ley range and cat­tle coun­try. We dri­ve through the King Leopold Con­ser­va­tion Park (great views at look­outs) via Inglis Gap then through unique geol­o­gy and the Napi­er Range at Queen Vic­to­ria Pass. We cross the Lennard Riv­er, and tra­verse the King Leopold Ranges & Con­ser­va­tion Park (great views at look­outs) via Inglis Gap. We arrive Der­by and vis­it the the new Mowan­jum Abo­rig­i­nal Art Cen­tre (oppor­tu­ni­ty to meet artists, learn and buy from source) at Mowan­jum Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty and then Der­by high­lights includ­ing the Der­by wharf (30 ft. tides!) on King Sound. Depart Der­by for Broome to arrive late after­noon to enjoy sun­set at Cable Beach over the Indi­an Ocean. Tour com­pletes in Broome. This nights accom­mo­da­tion own arrange­ments – please ask. BL

Next Day Options – A day to cel­e­brate your jour­ney. Enjoy a leisure­ly break­fast and the many sights or activ­i­ties Broome has to offer. Options include a trip to Hor­i­zon­tal Falls, or sim­ply shop or relax in Broome’s balmy cli­mate. Home Flights avail­able or con­sid­er trav­el­ling with us to Alice Springs or Pil­bara Kar­i­ji­ni Nation­al Park.

Inclu­sions

• Bun­gle Bun­gles tour and walk in to Cathe­dral & Pic­canin­ny Creek + Echid­na Chasm
• Mitchell Falls walks and heli­copter scenic ride close and over the falls.
• Cruise Lake Argyle, Cham­ber­lain Riv­er Gorge at El Que­stro & Geike Gorge at Fitzroy Crossing
• Excep­tion­al Abo­rig­i­nal rock art – Wand­ji­na, Brad­shaw, Gwion Gwion
• Pro­fes­sion­al and expe­ri­enced dri­ver / guide
• Long estab­lished rela­tion­ships with local Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple enrich­es experiences
• Access to remote areas and rock art sites unreach­able by most tour vehicles
• Deli­cious meals as shown, includ­ing veg­e­tar­i­an options.
• Accom­mo­dat­ed sleep­ing or com­fy camp­ing – Your choice. Camp gear is mod­ern and easy to use.
• Option­al Accom­mo­da­tion upgrades avail­able if pre booked .
• All World Her­itage and Nation­al Park entry and accom­mo­da­tion fees
• Abo­rig­i­nal Art com­mu­ni­ty vis­its for ​“direct from artist” purchases
• Con­tri­bu­tions of tour price sup­ports Out­back Kids and nature care programs.
• You – and Your involve­ment in a cre­ation much big­ger than most can imagine

Exclu­sions

• 2 din­ners own pur­chase in restau­rants, Alcohol
• Accom­mo­da­tion upgrades if required. Avail­able most nights if pre booked
• Flights to and from depar­ture points

Kim­ber­ley Broome to Broome via Gibb Riv­er Road Bun­gles El Que­stro Man­ning Gorge 8 days 

Day 1 — Departs Broome via the Savan­nah Way through expan­sive Savan­nah wood and grass­lands, we cross the Fitzroy River at Willare and again at Fitzroy Cross­ing. Mar­vel at the giant boabs and take a break under a giant Boab esti­mat­ed near 1000 years old. Enjoy a relax­ing Geike Gorge Fitzroy Riv­er cruise and mar­vel at the high cliffs, annu­al flood records, stun­ning wildlife and riv­er tales from our knowl­edge­able local guide. Overnight Fitzroy Cross­ing LD

Day 2 — Trav­el­ling east, we stop for the view and pho­tos at Ngum­ban Cliffs a pic­turesque look­out between the Devon­ian Reef and ancient Kim­bere­ly sand­stones and mesas. Vis­it Marys Pool, a haven for birds and crocs before Halls Creek with gold min­ing his­to­ry and Abo­rig­i­nal art cen­tre. and a vis­it to the fas­ci­nat­ing quartz rock intru­sion through the land­scape, known as the Chi­na Wall, then overnight at Bun­gles Bun­gles Safari Park with home cooked din­ner and open camp­fire. BLD

Day 3 — All aboard for the scenic route through the ranges and deep into Pur­nu­l­u­lu Nation­al Park and the Bun­gle Bun­gles to Cathe­dral Gorge. Learn of the Bun­gle Bun­gles her­itage and hear some of nature’s hid­den secrets. Be amazed on your easy walk into the stun­ning Cathe­dral Gorge, and Picanin­ny Creek where a pop­u­lar Qan­tas adver­tise­ment was filmed, you will be sur­round­ed by the Bee­hive Domes for which the park is so famous. After lunch an option­al walk in Echid­na Chasm or to a near­by Osmand Look­out Option­al scenic heli­copter flights avail­able – 18 mins approx $300) Overnight Bun­gle Bun­gles Safari Park. BLD

Day 4 — Depart via Turkey Creek and Wunan and the incred­i­ble Ragged Ranges past the well hid­den Argyle Dia­mond Mine plus nick­el and iron ore mines. We now arrive on the Gibb Riv­er Road for El Que­stro Sta­tion, a mil­lion acres of spec­tac­u­lar Kim­ber­ley scenery, rivers and gorges. It’s here that the movie Aus­tralia was filmed, nes­tled under the Cock­burn Ranges. This after­noon we take a walk up to Emma Gorge, or alter­na­tive El Que­stro or Amelia Gorge, with a beau­ti­ful water­falls and great swim­ming holes. Late after­noon relax by the riv­er at our El Que­stro Sta­tion river­side. BL Din­ner own at own expense at the sta­tion restau­rant over­look­ing the Pen­te­cost Riv­er Overnight El Questro 

Day 5 – This morn­ing relax in the Zebedee hot springs before we jour­ney the scenic and spec­tac­u­lar Gibb Riv­er Road via the Cock­burn Range, and many boab trees to cross the largest riv­er cross­ing in the Kim­bere­ly, the mighty Pen­te­cost Riv­er and view from a high van­tage point. We vis­it Home Val­ley Sta­tion and stop to view some spe­cial Abo­rig­i­nal rock art includ­ing Wand­ji­na and Brad­shaw (Gion Gion) rock art. The days jour­ney takes us through vary­ing ter­rain includ­ing high moun­tains and ​“jump ups”, and some great riv­er cross­ings (includ­ing the Durack Riv­er) as we trav­el from East to West Kim­ber­ley. Enjoy a break at a bird lovers bill­abong. We take a left turn at the Kalum­bu­ru Road inter­sec­tion and cross the Hann Riv­er, then a look in at Gibb Riv­er Sta­tion and a chat with the locals at the local Abo­rig­i­nal com­mu­ni­ty store, with local Abo­rig­i­nal artwork.Then on to Mt Bar­nett and near­by Man­ning Gorge water­hole for the night. BLD

Day 6 — Near­by Man­ning Gorge water­hole is a beau­ti­ful site sur­round­ed by large paper­bark trees and is the largest acces­si­ble water­hole on the Gibb Riv­er Road. Spend some qual­i­ty time here, and vis­it near­by Abo­rig­i­nal Rock Art before we vis­it Mount Bar­nett, the mid­dle of the Gibb Riv­er Road, and a hub of the Kim­ber­ley. We refu­eL here, and update sup­plies before we head down the road to trav­el through spec­tac­u­lar Kim­ber­ley geol­o­gy, wood­lands and riv­er cross­ings and arrive at Imitji Com­mu­ni­ty on Mt House Sta­tion, with its Abo­rig­i­nal Art cen­tre and local artists work for sale. Our then tour climbs the King Leopold Ranges and we trav­el through the pic­turesque Inglis Gap and King Leopold Con­ser­va­tion Park. This is spec­tac­u­lar moun­tain coun­try with impres­sive views over the ranges and vast wood­lands and plains. We cross the Lennard Riv­er and pass through the ancient Devon­ian era Napi­er Range at Queen Vic­to­ria Pass. Enjoy a break here before a walk in Wind­jana Gorge and the Nation­al Park with the abun­dant wildlife and numer­ous fresh­wa­ter croc­o­diles in this eerie, ancient seabed envi­ron­ment — where the megafau­na roamed. We then fol­low the Devon­ian Reef / Napi­er Range road to Tun­nel Creek Nation­al Park via its many boab trees and pic­turesque com­plex shapes to Tun­nel Creek. Here we don our torch­es and shorts to wade through this incred­i­ble under­ground riv­er sys­tem full of sta­lag­mites and sta­lac­tites and even an under ground spring. This is where the Abo­rig­i­nal free­dom fight­er Jan­damar­ra and the Bunu­ba Resis­tance was cen­tred in the 1890s, depict­ed in 2 nov­els and a stage pro­duc­tion. After our walk in the shady and refresh­ing under­ground riv­er sys­tem, we return to our camp at Wind­jana Gorge (of if accom­mo­dat­ed, to Der­by) for overnight. BLD

Day 7– Enjoy a vis­it to the local Abo­rig­i­nal art cen­tre then com­fort­able high­way cruis­ing toward Der­by, to vis­it the famous Prison Boab tree, and then Der­by high­lights includ­ing the Der­by wharf (30 ft tides!) on King Sound, the world’s longest cat­tle drink­ing trough, the new Mowan­jum Abo­rig­i­nal Art Cen­tre (meet the artists, learn and buy from source) at Mowan­jum Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty. Depart for Broome to arrive late after­noon, time per­mit­ting to enjoy sun­set at Cable Beach over the Indi­an Ocean. Enjoy a meal at a local restau­rant before overnight in Broome or option­al late flights ex Broome. BLD

Day 8 — Tour ends after break­fast at 10am. You can choose to just relax for the day or 2 or there is plen­ty to do in Broome. Option­al­ly cel­e­brate with a morn­ing swim and/​or break­fast at Cable Beach — Broome options include a scenic flight to the awe­some Hor­i­zon­tal Water­falls or vis­it the Willie Creek Pearl Farm, or sim­ply shop or relax in Broome’s balmy cli­mate. Home Flights depart from Broome or con­sid­er trav­el­ling with us to Alice Springs via the Tana­mi Track, Wolfe Creek Crater and art cen­tres or down the west coast of West­ern Aus­tralia on a Pil­bara Kar­i­ji­ni Nation­al Park Tour, with Bur­rup Rock Art on Dampi­er Penin­su­la and more. B

Inclu­sions — Kim­ber­ley Broome to Broome via Gibb Riv­er Rd Tour with Bun­gles El Que­stro and Man­ning Gorge 8 days

• Bun­gle Bun­gles 4×4 tour and walk into Cathe­dral Gorge, Pic­can­nin­ny Creek & Echid­na Gorge
  
• El Que­stro Emma Gorge walk and overnight, Zebedee Hots Springs 
  
• Geike Gorge cruise at Fitzroy Cross­ing, Man­ning Gorge waterhole
  
• Tun­nel Creek and Wind­jana Gorge walks
  
• Remote and pris­tine water­holes and swim­ming opportunities
  
• Gen­uine Small Group - usu­al­ly Max. 4 in lux­u­ry Land­cruis­er GXL vehicle
• Pro­fes­sion­al and knowl­edge­able driver/​guide
  
• Long estab­lished rela­tion­ships with local Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple enrich­es experiences
• Access to remote areas and rock art sites unreach­able by most tour vehicles
• Deli­cious meals as shown, includ­ing veg­e­tar­i­an options.
• Accom­mo­da­tion in hotel/​motel/​cabins avail­able as an upgrade when booking
• 7 nights com­fy camp­ing. Gear includes options of self-inflat­ing mat­tress & /​or stretch­er, pil­low & linen. 
  
• All World Her­itage and Nation­al Park entry and accom­mo­da­tion fees
• Abo­rig­i­nal Art com­mu­ni­ty vis­its for ​“direct from artist” purchases
• Con­tri­bu­tions of tour price sup­ports Out­back Kids and nature care programs.
• You — and Your involve­ment in a cre­ation much big­ger than most can imagine

Exclu­sions

• 1 din­ner own pur­chase in El Que­stro restau­rant. Alcohol
• Accom­mo­da­tion upgrades if required. Avail­able at all loca­tions if prebooked
• Flights to and from depar­ture points

Kim­ber­ley Com­plete Mitchell Falls Mt Eliz­a­beth Lake Argyle Dar­win to Broome Tour 14 days
via Gibb Riv­er Road includes Lake Argyle cruise, Mitchell Falls (2 Nights), Bun­gle Bun­gles (2N), El Que­stro (2N), Kununur­ra, Mt Eliz­a­beth Sta­tion (2N), 5 Rivers Look­out, Galvan’s Gorge, Wind­jana Gorges & Tun­nel Creek, plus excep­tion­al extra remote Abo­rig­i­nal Rock Art sites and Abo­rig­i­nal Art Cen­tres (Tour Code KDBA14) 

Enjoy spec­tac­u­lar Kim­ber­ley scenery and vis­it spe­cial Wand­ji­na and Brad­shaw (Gwion Gwion) art sites. Share this unique oppor­tu­ni­ty to learn ancient wis­dom, recre­at­ing com­mu­ni­ty and nature. Enrich­ing and ful­fill­ing expe­ri­ences in the lands of the world’s longest sur­viv­ing cul­ture. Expe­ri­ence incred­i­ble rock art gal­leries – learn about Abo­rig­i­nal Lore, men and women’s busi­ness, spir­i­tu­al­i­ty, bush med­i­cines and food, lan­guage and his­to­ry, cer­e­mo­ny, song and dance.

Includ­ed in 14 day Kim­ber­ley Com­plete tours – KDBA14

• 3 cruis­es – Includ­ed are Geike Gorge (at Fitzroy Riv­er Cross­ing) & Cham­ber­lain Gorge at El Que­stro. Lake Argyle
• 1 – 4 flights – Mitchell Falls heli­copter includ­ed, 3 Option­al flights are Mitchell Falls / Kings Cascades/​St George Basin flight, Bun­gle Bun­gles flight, Hor­i­zon­tal Water­falls flight)
• 2 nights El Que­stro Wilder­ness Park
• 3 Bun­gle Bun­gles walks 
• 2 Nights Mt Eliz­a­beth Station
• 2 nights Mitchell Plateau & Mitchell Falls walks
• Rock art – Extra excep­tion­al Wand­ji­na, Brad­shaw (Gwion Gwion ) rock art sites.

Details – Kim­ber­ley Com­plete Mitchell Falls Mt Eliz­a­beth Lake Argyle Dar­win to Broome Tour 14 days

DEPARTS FROM DARWIN

Day 1 – Over­land to Lake Argyle depart­ing from Dar­win at 800 am (fly to Kununur­ra options avail­able). Trav­el via the
Stu­art High­way via Ade­laide Riv­er, and Kather­ine, the NT’s 3^rd largest town. We turn west on the Vic­to­ria High­way (part of the Savan­nah Way) and pass through rich cat­tle coun­try and spec­tac­u­lar rugged moun­tain land­scapes through Gre­go­ry Nation­al Park to Vic­to­ria Riv­er and Tim­ber Creek. Enjoy views of the Stokes Range. We cross the NT/WA state bor­der (no nuts, fruits, hon­ey etc) and arrive in Lake Argyle for overnight. LD

Day 2 – Enjoy a relax­ing and infor­ma­tive cruise on Lake Argyle (8 – 10am) and option­al swim in their infin­i­ty pool with high, spec­tac­u­lar views over the lake and rugged moun­tain ranges. Depart for Kununur­ra, a pros­per­ous pro­duc­tive cen­tre of min­ing, agri­cul­ture, tourism and Abo­rig­i­nal art. Kununur­ra high­lights includ­ing the Ord Riv­er Scheme and San­dal­wood fac­to­ry. We stock up here and check out the local Abo­rig­i­nal art gal­leries then trav­el through spec­tac­u­lar rugged gran­ite moun­tain ranges past the Argyle Dia­mond Mine to our overnight at Bun­gle Bun­gles Safari Park on Mable Downs Sta­tion adja­cent Pur­nu­l­u­lu Nation­al Park. BLD

Day 3 – We tour and walk in the Bun­gles Bun­gles in Pur­nu­l­u­lu Nation­al Park. Mar­vel at this high ener­gy amaz­ing orange and black striped bee­hive land­scape formed by giant riv­er sys­tems. Walk the spec­tac­u­lar Cathe­dral Gorge, Bee­hive Domes and Pican­nin­ny Creek and after lunch a walk in Echid­na Gorge. Option­al scenic heli­copter flight avail­able. Overnight Bun­gle Bun­gles Safari Park. BLD

Day 4 – Vis­it the War­mun Abo­rig­i­nal Art Cen­tre (time per­mit­ting) before head­ing to Wyn­d­ham and lunch at Five Rivers Look­out over the spec­tac­u­lar Cam­bridge Gulf. view­ing the stun­ning Cock­burn Range. After lunch its Ram­sar list­ed Parry’s Lagoon (Mar­glu Bill­abong) for the rich wet­lands bird life includ­ing Jabirus and Brol­gas, and some qui­et time in the Bird hide. On to the Gibb Riv­er Rd to El Que­stro. El Que­stro is a mil­lion acres of spec­tac­u­lar Kim­ber­ley scenery, rivers and gorges. Its here that the movie Aus­tralia was filmed, nes­tled under the Cock­burn Ranges where we enjoy a relax­ing evening and din­ner at their fine out­door restau­rant. Overnight El Que­stro BLD

Day 5 – A Gorge walk to Emma Gorge sacred water­hole and a swim in the refresh­ing waters is avail­able before we soak up the relax­ing Zebedee hot springs, before explor­ing more of the El Que­stro treats includ­ing lunch by Jacka­roos water­hole, anoth­er in the Pen­te­cost at the sta­tion before a cruise on the Cham­ber­lain Riv­er Gorge and view­ing from Pigeon Look­out over the Pen­te­cost Riv­er. Overnight at El Que­stro resort. B,L, Din­ner at restau­rant own expense.

Day 6 – Today we jour­ney the scenic and spec­tac­u­lar Gibb Riv­er Road via Cock­burn Range, to cross the mighty Pen­te­cost Riv­er and view from a high van­tage point. Enjoy the Durack Riv­er cross­ing. We vis­it Home Val­ley Sta­tion and view Abo­rig­i­nal rock art includ­ing Wand­ji­na and Bradshaw’s (Gwion Gwion). We take a right turn at the Kulum­bu­ru Road for anoth­er water cross­ing of the Gibb Riv­er before a break at the famous work­ing cat­tle sta­tion, Drys­dale Riv­er Sta­tion for overnight. BLD

Day 7 – After break­fast we trav­el north through spec­tac­u­lar veg­e­ta­tion includ­ing cycads, pan­danus palms and rain­forests and ford the King Edward Riv­er before our overnight on Mitchell Plateau. Here we enjoy the water­falls, swim and vis­it vast gal­leries of Munur­ru Abo­rig­i­nal rock art includ­ing Wand­ji­na & Brad­shaw / Gwion Gwion rock art. BLD

Day 8 – Today we tra­verse the Mitchell Plateau to Mitchell Falls and do the 2 hour 4 Km down­hill walk via spec­tac­u­lar swim­ming pools and water­falls. View sev­er­al large rock art gal­leries and rock art sites with Wand­ji­na and Brad­shaw / Gwion Gwion rock art sites (includ­ing Thy­lacine / Tas­man­ian Tiger rock art ) and swim in these beau­ti­ful clear fresh­wa­ters. This is one of the most remote areas of Aus­tralia. At the top of Mitchell Falls we have a cou­ple of hours to relax and swim in these pris­tine, ener­gised waters. We take the easy way out with the thrill of a spec­tac­u­lar heli­copter flight over the Mitchell Falls & Mer­ton Falls for a once in a life­time view of this vast land­scape and dis­tant coast­line. Options also avail­able for extend­ed flights to coastal areas (need to pre-book with Spir­it Safaris). Overnight on Mitchell Plateau at our King Edward Riv­er base (or accom­mo­da­tion if pre-arranged). BLD 

Day 9 – Trav­el today is down the Gibb Riv­er Rd with a break at the Drys­dale Riv­er Sta­tion – and a great oppor­tu­ni­ty for bird watch­ing or just enjoy­ing the water and paper­bark & pan­danus palms. Back on the Gibb Riv­er Rd we take a break at the Hann Riv­er then leave the Gibb pass­ing Dod­num Abo­rig­i­nal com­mu­ni­ty to Mt Eliz­a­beth Sta­tion for overnight. BLD

Day 10 – More great rock art today on Mt Eliz­a­beth Sta­tion and swim­ming options such as in Wun­nu­mur­ra Gorge with a spec­tac­u­lar water­fall and a deep pool and big Wand­ji­na and beau­ti­ful Brad­shaw (Gwion Gwion) rock art. Overnight Mt Eliz­a­beth Sta­tion BLD

Day 11 – We depart Mt Eliz­a­beth with a stop at Mt Bar­nett Road­house where we stock up and may meet some of the local Ngarinyin Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple from near­by Kupun­gar­ri Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty. Trav­el into Man­ning Gorge
with its love­ly paper­bark lined water­hole and giant boabs – and for the walk­ers, a walk to a spec­tac­u­lar water­fall and swim­ming hole, or sim­ply relax on the sandy beach. More rock art here too. BLD

Day 12 – After break­fast we head down the Gibb for an easy and short walk and option­al swim at Gal­vans Gorge, one of the pret­ti­est spots on the Gibb Riv­er Road. We trav­el through spec­tac­u­lar moun­tain scenery includ­ing Phillips Range and approach­ing the King Leopold Range to Mag­i­cal Bell Gorge for a walk and swim oppor­tu­ni­ty in these fresh flow­ing waters. Overnight near Imitji Com­mu­ni­ty at Bell Gorge safari camp for overnight. BLD

Next day option – Option­al Activ­i­ties include a scenic flight to the Hor­i­zon­tal Water­falls or vis­it the Willie Creek Pearl Farm, vis­it spec­tac­u­lar & con­tro­ver­sial James Price Point, or sim­ply shop or relax in Broome’s balmy cli­mate. You can store your gear with us to enjoy the day before flights home or alter­nate des­ti­na­tions or con­sid­er trav­el­ling with us on a Kar­i­ji­ni Nation­al Park & Pil­bara Tour or to Alice Springs via the Tana­mi Track, Wolfe Creek Crater and art cen­tres.

Inclu­sions

• Small group in mod­ern 4 wheel dri­ve vehicles
• Pro­fes­sion­al and expe­ri­enced dri­ver / guides
• Heli­copter flight for pho­tos at Mitchell Falls – Longer flights avail­able over coast.
• Long estab­lished rela­tion­ships with local Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple enrich­es experiences
• Access to remote areas and rock art sites unreach­able by most tour vehicles
• 13 nights camp­ing with com­fort­able sleep­ing options (self inflat­ing mat­tress or stretcher).
• OR choose all or some nights motel style accom­mo­da­tion at extras when booking 
  
• Deli­cious meals, includ­ing veg­e­tar­i­an, unless not­ed in the itin­er­ary. Cel­e­bra­tion com­ple­tion meal.
• Guid­ed cruis­es of Geike Gorge and Fitzroy Riv­er, and Cham­ber­lain Riv­er Gorge
• All World Her­itage and Nation­al Park entry and accom­mo­da­tion fees
• Abo­rig­i­nal Art com­mu­ni­ty vis­its for ​“direct from artist” purchases
• Con­tri­bu­tions of tour price sup­ports Out­back Kids and nature care programs.
• A know­ing that you are co-cre­at­ing Australia’s future.

Exclu­sions

• Heli­copter flights at Bun­gle Bun­gles – Approx­i­mate­ly $285 for an 18 minute flight or longer options.
• 1 Din­ner at El Que­stro (1 includ­ed) restau­rants. Alcohol
• Accom­mo­da­tion upgrades if required. Avail­able all loca­tions if booked early.
• Flights to and from depar­ture points.

Kim­ber­ley Com­plete Mitchell Falls Mt Eliz­a­beth Lake Argyle DAR­WIN TO BROOME Tour 14 days

via Gibb Riv­er Road (Code KDBA14) includes Lake Argyle cruise, Mitchell Falls (2 Nights), Bun­gle Bun­gles (2N), El Que­stro (2N), Kununur­ra, Mt Eliz­a­beth Sta­tion (2N), 5 Rivers Look­out, Gal­vans Gorge, Wind­jana Gorge & Tun­nel Creek, plus excep­tion­al extra remote Abo­rig­i­nal Rock Art sites and Art centres

Kim­ber­ley Dar­win to Broome via Gibb Riv­er Road – 9 days/​8 nights with Home Val­ley Sta­tion & Man­ning Gorge / Mt Bar­nett. If depart­ing Dar­win tour via Kather­ine, Kununur­ra, (alter­na­tive­ly from Broome via Fitzroy Cross­ing & Halls Creek) to Bun­gles Bun­gles, El Que­stro, Zebedee Hot Springs, Gal­vans Gorge, Wind­jana Gorge, Tun­nel Creek, Cable Beach, Broome. Oppor­tu­ni­ty to meet Abo­rig­i­nal elders & Abo­rig­i­nal artists, vis­it Wand­ji­na and Brad­shaw / Gwion Gwion rock art sites, swim in pris­tine water­holes on this Gibb Riv­er Rd by 4WD tour, Ful­ly Accom­mo­dat­ed or camp­ing options

Dar­win to Broome – 9 days Kim­ber­ley Tour with Bun­gle Bun­gles & El Questro

Day 1 – Over­land to Kununur­ra depart­ing from Dar­win at 800 am ‑fly to Kununur­ra options avail­able Trav­el via the Stu­art High­way via Ade­laide Riv­er, and Kather­ine, the NT’s 3^rd largest town. We turn west on the Vic­to­ria High­way (part of the Savan­nah Way) and pass through rich cat­tle coun­try and spec­tac­u­lar rugged moun­tain land­scapes through Gre­go­ry Nation­al Park to Vic­to­ria Riv­er and Tim­ber Creek. Enjoy views of the Stokes Range. We trav­el to cross the NT/WA state bor­der and arrive in Kununur­ra for overnight.

Day 2 – Depart to view the Ord Riv­er Scheme and Kununur­ra high­lights, ​‘the east­ern gate­way to the Kim­ber­ley’. Vis­it the San­dal­wood Fac­to­ry and option­al­ly the Rum Dis­tillery plus Zebra Stone gallery. Trav­el the Savan­nah Way over­land to the Bun­gle Bun­gles (Pur­nu­l­u­lu Nation­al Park) and overnight at the Bun­gle Bun­gles Safari Camp. BLD

Day 3 - Trav­el deep into the Bun­gle­Bun­gles to Cathe­dral Gorge where we walk into Pican­nin­ny Creek, and Cathe­dral Gorge, sur­round­ed by the Bee­hive Domes for which the park is so famous. Arrival into the gorge dis­plays a mag­nif­i­cent amphithe­atre designed by nature at its best. Relax in this shad­ed area before return­ing to our 4WD. Enjoy a deli­cious lunch in this unique envi­ron­ment before we jour­ney to the west­ern side of Pur­nu­l­u­lu for a walk amongst the Liv­ingsto­nia Palms in Echid­na Chasm Con­sid­er an option­al scenic heli­copter flight over the Bun­gle Bun­gle domes. Return to our overnight accom­mo­da­tion at the Bun­gle Bun­gles Safari Camp. BLD

Day 4 – Check out the fab­u­lous War­mun art gallery dis­play­ing local works (if open) before we depart for the Gibb Riv­er Road and El Que­stro Sta­tion, a mil­lion acres of spec­tac­u­lar Kim­ber­ley scenery, rivers and gorges. It’s here that the movie Aus­tralia was filmed, nes­tled under the Cock­burn Ranges. This after­noon after lunch by the river­side, enjoy a cruise in the Cham­ber­lain Riv­er Gorge and after­noon swim in the Pen­te­cost Riv­er. Overnight at El Que­stro. BL Din­ner own at expense at the sta­tion restaurant.

Day 6 – Today we view some spe­cial Abo­rig­i­nal rock art includ­ing Wand­ji­na and Brad­shaw (Gion Gion) rock art. The days jour­ney takes us through vary­ing ter­rain includ­ing high moun­tains and ​“jump ups”, and some great riv­er cross­ings as we trav­el from East to West Kim­ber­ley, includ­ing a stop on the banks of the Durack Riv­er. Enjoy a break at Ellen­brae Sta­tion and a bird lovers bill­abong. We take a left turn at the Kulum­bu­ru Rd junc­tion, cross the Hann Riv­er and vis­it Man­ning Gorge water­hole for our overnight stop near Mt Bar­nett. More swim and walks time in this beau­ti­ful paper­bark lined water­hole BLD

Day 7 – From Mt Bar­nett we trav­el south on the Gibb Riv­er Rd to seclud­ed and majes­tic Gal­vans Gorge with more Wand­ji­na rock art, great scenery and good swim­ming and pho­tos too! We trav­el through spec­tac­u­lar Kim­ber­ley wood­lands and riv­er cross­ings and climb the King Leopold Ranges and trav­el through the pic­turesque Inglis Gap and King Leopold Con­ser­va­tion Park. This is a spec­tac­u­lar moun­tain coun­try with impres­sive views over the ranges and vast wood­lands and plains. We cross the Lennard Riv­er and pass through the ancient Devon­ian era Napi­er Range at Queen Vic­to­ria Pass to arrive at Wind­jana Gorge Nation­al Park before a walk in Wind­jana Gorge. Here is abun­dant wildlife includ­ing fresh­wa­ter croc­o­diles in this eerie, ancient seabed envi­ron­ment – where the mega fau­na roamed. We then fol­low the Devon­ian Reef / Napi­er Range road to Tun­nel Creek with its many boab trees and pic­turesque com­plex shapes to Tun­nel Creek. Here we don our torch­es and shorts to wade through this incred­i­ble under­ground riv­er sys­tem full of sta­lag­mites and sta­lac­tites and even an under­ground spring. This is where the Abo­rig­i­nal free­dom fight­er Jan­damar­ra and the Bunu­ba Resis­tance was cen­tred in the 1890s, depict­ed in 2 nov­els and recent stage pro­duc­tion. After our walk in the shady and refresh­ing under­ground sys­tem, we fol­low the ranges and cross through them again, to arrive Fitzroy Cross­ing for overnight. BL – din­ner own expense at restaurant

Day 8– After break­fast enjoy a relax­ing Geike Gorge Fitzroy Riv­er cruise and mar­vel at the high cliffs, annu­al flood records, stun­ning wildlife and riv­er tales from our knowl­edge­able local guide. Enjoy a vis­it to the local Abo­rig­i­nal art cen­tre then com­fort­able high­way cruis­ing to Der­by to vis­it the famous Prison Boab tree, and then Der­by high­lights includ­ing the Der­by wharf (10 metre/​30 ft tides!) on King Sound, the world’s longest cat­tle drink­ing trough, the new Mowan­jum Abo­rig­i­nal Art Cen­tre (oppor­tu­ni­ty to meet the artists, learn and buy from source) at Mowan­jum Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty. Depart Der­by for Broome to arrive late after­noon to be deliv­ered to your accom­mo­da­tion. Time per­mit­ting enjoy sun­set at Cable Beach over the Indi­an Ocean, and pos­si­bly an option­al camel ride. Enjoy a cel­e­bra­to­ry meal before overnight in Broome or late flights ex Broome. Hotel accom­mo­da­tion includ­ed tonight BLD

Day 9 – A free day to cel­e­brate start­ing with a morn­ing swim and/​or break­fast at Cable Beach or a relax­ing start to the day. Tour ends after break­fast by 10am. Broome option­al activ­i­ties include a scenic flight to the awe­some Hor­i­zon­tal Water­falls, a Cape Lev­eque day tour or vis­it the Willie Creek Pearl Farm, or sim­ply shop or relax in Broome’s balmy cli­mate. Home Flights depart from Broome or con­sid­er trav­el­ling with us to Alice Springs via the Tana­mi Track, Wolfe Creek Crater and art cen­tres or down the West Coast of West­ern Aus­tralia on a Pil­bara Kar­i­ji­ni Nation­al Park Tour, and Bur­rup Penin­su­la rock art and more B 

Inclu­sions

• Bun­gle Bun­gles ground tour and walk in to Echid­na Chasm, Cathe­dral Gorge & Pic­can­niny Creek
• El Que­stro Cham­ber­lain Gorge cruise
• Fitzroy Cross­ing, Geike Gorge cruise
• Pro­fes­sion­al and expe­ri­enced dri­ver / guides 
• Long estab­lished rela­tion­ships with local Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple enrich­es experiences
• Access to remote areas and rock art sites unreach­able by most tour vehicles
• Deli­cious meals as shown , includ­ing veg­e­tar­i­an optional.
• All meals as shown.
• Com­fy Camp­ing gear. Mod­ern camp gear includes options of stretch­er, self inflat­ing foam or air mat­tress pil­lows & linen.
• All World Her­itage and Nation­al Park entry and accom­mo­da­tion fees
• Abo­rig­i­nal Art com­mu­ni­ty vis­its for ​“direct from artist” purchases
• Con­tri­bu­tions of tour price sup­ports Out­back Kids and nature care programs.
• You – and Your involve­ment in a cre­ation much big­ger than most can imagine

Exclu­sions

• 2 din­ners own pur­chase in restaurants
• Alco­hol
• Accom­mo­da­tion upgrades if required. Avail­able at all loca­tions if booked early.
• Flights to and from depar­ture points

Kim­ber­ley Dar­win to Broome via Gibb Riv­er Road – 9 days/​8 nights with Home Val­ley Sta­tion & Mt Bar­nett and exten­sion options. If depart­ing Dar­win tour via Kather­ine, Kununur­ra, (alter­na­tive­ly from Broome via Fitzroy Cross­ing & Halls Creek) to Bun­gles Bun­gles, El Que­stro, Zebedee Hot Springs, Gal­vans Gorge, Wind­jana Gorge, Tun­nel Creek, Cable Beach, Broome. Tour Code KDM9 

Kim­ber­ley Kununur­ra to Broome Lake Argyle Mitchell Falls 8 Day Tour

Option to meet tour depart­ing from Kununur­ra from Dar­win by air or coach

Itin­er­ary Kununur­ra to Broome 8 days – short­er options avail­able by join­ing on day 3 or 4.

Overnights Kununur­ra x 2, Lake Argyle, El Que­stro, Bun­gles Bun­gles x 2 Fitzroy Cross­ing, 7 nights then Broome

Day 1 – From Kununur­ra (air­port or town pick­up for 1030 flight arrival from Dar­win), we take a short tour which includes the Ord Riv­er Scheme. Kununur­ra is a pros­per­ous cen­tre of min­ing, agri­cul­ture, tourism and Abo­rig­i­nal art. We take a short tour through the Ord Riv­er Scheme of irri­gat­ed crop lands, to the San­dal­wood Fac­to­ry. Here we learn of san­dal­wood types and pro­duc­tion, and can sam­ple some of the san­dal­wood prod­ucts. Enjoy a pic­nic lunch by the lake side before a short walk in Mir­i­ma Nation­al Park also known as Hid­den Val­ley Nation­al Park. We check out the Zebra Rock and local Abo­rig­i­nal art gal­leries, and com­plete essen­tial shop­ping at the Argyle (pink) Dia­mond gallery. We check you into your hotel for the evening and enjoy a meal in local restaurant.

Day 2 - Two options today — Option A — Depart on a 6am flight for Mitchell Falls includ­ing majes­tic water­falls, cat­tle sta­tions, wilder­ness reserves and incred­i­ble coastal views will keep you enthralled all day. View the Ord Irri­ga­tion area, Cock­burn Range, King George Falls, Berke­ley Riv­er, Cam­bridge Gulf, Mitchell Falls and Wyn­d­ham mud flats. Land and hike 4.5km to the Mitchell Falls and enjoy two thrilling heli­copter flights. A Heli­copter Trans­fer is an alter­na­tive to the 4.5 km walk — as this is a dif­fi­cult and uneven track with riv­er cross­ings, which can be slip­pery with strong cur­rents, there is an option of tak­ing a heli­copter trans­fer instead of walk­ing. This is an addi­tion­al $160 per per­son. There is a lim­it­ed time for the walk, there­fore if you are unsure of your walk­ing capa­bil­i­ties, please book the heli­copter trans­fer. Addi­tion­al cost for Mitchell Falls flight day is $1495 + $160 if heli­copter trans­fer option chosen.

Option B on this day is Vic­to­ria Riv­er Nation­al Park & Abo­rig­i­nal rock art — We trav­el by 4WD and cross the bor­der into the NT and vis­it exten­sive rock art sites many 1000’s of years old. A relax­ing day with approx­i­mate­ly 3 km easy walk.

Return to Kununur­ra for overnight, and an evening meal and great sto­ries from the days adven­ture. BLD.

Day 3 – Depart Kununur­ra 9am for Ord Riv­er Cruise and Lake Argyle Sun­set Cruise. Cruis­ing this spec­tac­u­lar water­way, you will mar­vel at the spec­tac­u­lar scenery, wildlife, flo­ra and fau­na found along the way, includ­ing the elu­sive fresh­wa­ter croc­o­dile! Stop­ping at a River­side Camp for a sump­tu­ous buf­fet lunch we will then have you cruis­ing up to the Ord Top Dam – an impos­ing sight when find­ing your­selves at its water line base on the Lake Kununur­ra side! Board a coach for a dri­ve across the Ord Top Dam before join­ing your Lake Argyle Sun­set Cruise.

Your Lake Argyle Sun­set Cruise will take you through ​‘the Heads’ to Pint­pot Bay and out to the largest of more than 70 islands on the Lake, Hagan Island. After stop­ping for a refresh­ing swim in the tran­quil waters of the Bay of Islands as the sun sets, enjoy some nib­bles with a com­pli­men­ta­ry beer and wine. Remem­ber to take your bathers and tow­el as you are able to have a swim as part of your tour on Lake Argyle. After your Lake Argyle cruise relax at the Lake Argyle resort for the night, on the cliff top over­look­ing Lake Argyle. Overnight at Lake Argyle Resort. BLD 

Day 4 – Enjoy an option­al ear­ly swim at the resorts icon­ic ​“infin­i­ty pool” over­look­ing Lake Argyle. Depart Lake Argyle Resort, with an option­al vis­it to the his­toric Durack Home­stead Muse­um which is the orig­i­nal Durack home­stead rebuilt after flood­ing of Lake Argyle. We head off on 40 km of sealed Gibb Riv­er Road, under the Cock­burn Range to explore El Que­stro treats includ­ing lunch by Jacka­roos water­hole by a giant boab before we cross the Pen­te­cost Riv­er at El Que­stro and join an after­noon cruise on the Cham­ber­lain Riv­er Gorge. El Que­stro is a mil­lion acres of spec­tac­u­lar Kim­ber­ley scenery, rivers and gorges. Its here that the movie Aus­tralia was filmed, nes­tled under the Cock­burn Ranges. After the cruise enjoy a spec­tac­u­lar sun­set from Pigeon Look­out over the rugged Savan­nah land­scape and the Pen­te­cost Riv­er.Din­ner at El Questro’s award win­ning out­door restau­rant over­look­ing the Pen­te­cost Riv­er. Restau­rant din­ner own expense. Overnight at El Que­stro resort. BL

Day 5 – Zebedee hot springs are wait­ing for us this morn­ing for a warm and relax­ing soak in these nat­ur­al springs among the Liv­ingsto­nia Palms under the 1.8 Bil­lion year old moun­tain ranges. An option­al gorge walk to Emma Gorge sacred water­hole is avail­able with a swim at the end in the refresh­ing waters under the water­fall. Alter­na­tive­ly relax in the com­fort of the resorts shady gar­den and fine coffee.

Day 6 – Expe­ri­ence the extra­or­di­nary Bun­gles Bun­gles in Pur­nu­l­u­lu Nation­al Park by 4WD and mar­vel at this high ener­gy amaz­ing orange and black striped bee­hive land­scape formed by giant riv­er sys­tems. Enjoy an easy walk to the spec­tac­u­lar Cathe­dral Gorge, amongst the Bee­hive Domes and Picanin­ny Creek and after lunch an option­al walk in Echid­na Chasm or to a near­by Osmand Look­out. Option­al scenic heli­copter flights avail­able – 18 mins approx $300) Overnight Bun­gle Bun­gles Safari Park. BLD

Day 7 – After break­fast Halls Creek is next with its gold min­ing his­to­ry includ­ing the tale of Russ­ian Jack, before the local Abo­rig­i­nal Art Cen­tre. This is Mesa coun­try with impres­sive views over the vast grass­land plains, we pass the Tana­mi Track to Wolfe Creek crater and the ​“short­cut” to Alice Springs. Take a break at the scenic and bird lovers Marys Pool on the Mary Riv­er. We con­tin­ue west­ward on the Savan­nah Way then lunch at the pic­turesque Ngum­ban Cliffs.

Day 8 – After break­fast we then fol­low the boabs and the Devon­ian Reef / Napi­er Range to Tun­nel Creek, well hid­den in the fas­ci­nat­ing geol­o­gy of this lime­stone reef with its many boab trees and pic­turesque com­plex shapes. This is where the Abo­rig­i­nal free­dom fight­er Jan­damar­ra and the Bunu­ba Resis­tance was cen­tred in the 1890s, depict­ed in 2 nov­els and a recent stage pro­duc­tion. Here we can don torch­es and shorts to wade through this incred­i­ble under­ground riv­er sys­tem full of sta­lag­mites and sta­lac­tites and even an under ground spring. Alter­na­tive­ly, take a short walk in the shady and refresh­ing sur­round­ing area by the creek that feeds the under­ground water system.

Leav­ing Wind­jana Gorge we trav­el the Gibb Riv­er Road to the Mowan­jum Abo­rig­i­nal Art Cen­tre and Der­by town­ship, and view King Sound where Australia’s biggest tides of 10m or 30 ft occur. We vis­it the cul­tur­al­ly sig­nif­i­cant Prison Boab Tree. We arrive Broome and time per­mit­ting enjoy Cable Beach in time for the spec­tac­u­lar sun­set over the Indi­an Ocean. Enjoy a meal at a local restau­rant before overnight in Broome. BLD Tour com­pletes this evening or we can arrange accom­mo­da­tion for you.

Days 9 & 10 — These are option­al and can be added as extras when using Book­ing link below. 

Kim­ber­ley Kununur­ra to Broome Lake Argyle Mitchell Falls 8 Day Tour

Inclu­sions

• Kununur­ra to Broome via Halls Creek includes 4WD dri­ve in to Bun­gle Bungles 
• Mitchell Falls flight option with an option­al walk to Mer­ton & Mitchell Falls
• Cruis­es on Lake Argyle & Cham­ber­lain Riv­er plus Geike Gorge on Fitzroy River
• Bun­gle Bun­gles Domes walk to Cathe­dral Gorge and Pic­can­niny Creek
• El Que­stro walks & swims, Zebedee Hot Springs, Emma Gorge, Jacka­roos waterhole,
• Cock­burn Range, Par­ry Lagoon, Wyn­d­ham, Five Rivers Lookout
• Cat­tle Sta­tions of El Que­stro, Mabel Downs and many more
• Wind­jana Gorge, Tun­nel Creek – Jan­damar­ra sto­ry, Fitzroy Crossing
• Accom­mo­dat­ed or Camp­ing or combination
• All fees, meals except 1, 7 nights ful­ly accommodated

Exclu­sions for Kim­ber­ley Kununur­ra to Broome Lake Argyle Mitchell Falls 8 Day Tour

• 1 din­ner own pur­chase in restau­rant. Alcohol
• Accom­mo­da­tion upgrades if required. Avail­able at all loca­tions if prebooked
• Mitchell Falls Flight unless cho­sen as an extra
  
• Flights to and from depar­ture points
  

Kim­ber­ley Kununur­ra to Broome Lake Argyle Mitchell Falls 8 Day Tour

8 Days as above includ­ing day tour with Mitchell Falls flights with 1 heli­copter shut­tle return Mitchell Falls to car park 

• 8 Days Kununur­ra to Broome Tour – For the 8 day accom­mo­dat­ed tour price includ­ing Mitchell Falls flight & 8 days / 7 nights accom­mo­da­tion and meals, for 2 peo­ple accom­mo­dat­ed (twin or dou­ble) is $6,885 per person. 
  

• 7 Days Kununur­ra to Broome Tour Option — For the 7 day accom­mo­dat­ed tour price exclud­ing Mitchell Falls flight, for 2 peo­ple accom­mo­dat­ed (twin or dou­ble) is $5,690 per per­son. (sin­gle sup­ple­ment $795)

• 9 or 10 days - Add 1 or 2 extra nights to cel­e­brate with a morn­ing swim and/​or break­fast at Cable Beach. Just relax for a day or 2 — there is plen­ty to do – Broome options include a scenic flight to the awe­some Hor­i­zon­tal Water­falls or vis­it the Willie Creek Pearl Farm, Mal­colm Dou­glas Wildlife Park, Broome Bird Obser­va­to­ry or sim­ply shop or relax in Broome’s balmy climate

Depar­tures on demand – or call 1300 763 188 or 0417 244 600

Lake Eyre Tours Flights with Wilpe­na Pound Coober Pedy 6 DAYS via Flinders Ranges, Bun­yeroo & Brachi­na Gorges, Sacred Canyon, Coober Pedy, William Creek. Includ­ing 2 Hour Flight over Lake Eyre and War­bur­ton Groove, lake shore vis­it and walk, Bird­watch­ing and Lake Shore dri­ve by 4WD, lux­u­ry 4WD transport.

Fol­low the Over­land Tele­graph Line & Old Ghan Rail­way Track and vis­it his­toric Cow­ard Springs & Cur­dimur­ka Rail­way Sid­ings and his­to­ry plus much more. Includes all fees, flight, meals, ensuite accom­mo­dat­ed at Wilpe­na Pound, Mar­ree (or William Creek) & Coober Pedy. Con­sid­er also the Wilpe­na Pound Flinders Ranges flight option. Tour Code LCP4. Con­nec­tion options to Syd­ney, Bro­ken Hill or Mel­bourne

Day 1 – Flights arrive at Ulu­ru around lunchtime or come the night before for extra time at Ulu­ru. We arrange to meet you at Yulara or Ayers Rock Air­port. Our after­noon includes a wel­come to coun­try and an intro­duc­tion to the area at the local Abo­rig­i­nal Anan­gu cul­tur­al cen­tre. We have time for a walk at the rock before view­ing the spec­tac­u­lar Ulu­ru sun­set. Overnight at Yulara camp­ground or resort. Din­ner at the resort restaurant

Day 2 - An ear­ly start for sun­rise and break­fast at Ulu­ru, and some qui­et walks in the ear­ly morn­ing still­ness. Time for a walk at Kata Tju­ta or if you pre­fer, spend your time at Ulu­ru. We return to base for lunch then depart for Kings Canyon, via Curtin Springs and the Mt Con­nor look­out. We trav­el via veg­e­tat­ed rolling sand­hills, shady groves of Desert Oaks then Kings Creek and the George Gill Range. This evening relax in camp with the resort facil­i­ties at Kings Canyon Resort. Overnight at Yulara camp­ground or resort.Campfire dinner.

4 Day Lake Eyre Tours Flights — itinerary

Itin­er­ary — Lake Eyre Tours and Flights from Alice Springs ( Ulu­ru or option) to Ade­laide 4 days 

Day 3 - Pick up at 8 am at your Ulu­ru or Alice Springs accom­mo­da­tion. Trav­el to Coober Pedy via the Stu­art Hwy, the route pio­neered by Australia’s great­est explor­er John McDouall Stu­art. View memo­ri­als to his achieve­ments at var­i­ous stops includ­ing NT / SA Bor­der, and road­hous­es includ­ing Kul­gera & Mar­la. Depend­ing on time & inter­ests we vis­it some local land­marks and sight­see­ing, with ​‘at source” opal buy­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties in Coober Pedy. Din­ner and overnight at Coober Pedy. (L D)

Day 4 - Depart Coober Pedy via the Moon Plains to arrive at William Creek for option 1 – 2 hour scenic flight over Lake Eyre. (Option­al exten­sions at extra cost). After our flight and lunch, we fol­low the Old Ghan Rail­way Line and Ood­na­dat­ta Track to Mar­ree. We vis­it the shores of Lake Eyre South and unique Mound Springs, which are per­ma­nent water flows from the Great Arte­sian Basin. We con­nect with the won­der of the bird and plant life revi­talised by recent flood­ing rains. We vis­it a per­ma­nent water hole, a favourite spot for birds (includ­ing brol­gas) and bird­watch­ers. At Mar­ree check out the ancient mosque, Old Ghan Rail­way his­to­ry and Lake Eyre Yacht Club. Overnight Mar­ree and a few yarns around the camp­fire the bar, or just take it easy. B L D

Day 5 — Today we vis­it the Old Ghan ghost town of Fari­na, the fas­ci­nat­ing and colour­ful Ochre Pits and trav­el via the Heyson ranges and old Ghan rail­way towns includ­ing Parachilna and the famous Prairie Hotel, with tasty treats and excep­tion­al Abo­rig­i­nal art and jew­ellery for sale here view the Edi­acra fos­sils, evi­dence of the old­est com­plex life on earth. trav­el the fas­ci­nat­ing Geo­log­i­cal Trail through 800
mil­lion years of time via Brachi­na Gorge and Bun­yeroo Gorges in the
Flinders Ranges, view­ing fos­sils includ­ing ancient stro­ma­to­lites. Time for an after­noon walk in the red gums to Wilpe­na Pound before overnight.

Day 6 - Enjoy an option­al scenic Wilpe­na Pound flight before a scenic walk with the kan­ga­roos and spec­tac­u­lar Riv­er Red Gums into Wilpe­na Pound, view­ing unique flo­ra, Old Hills Home­stead. Then an option­al hike up to Wan­gar­ra
Hill look­out offer­ing panoram­ic views of Wilpe­na Pound. 

Enjoy Scenic views of the Elder, Druid & Heyson Ranges, and a vis­it an ancient Abo­rig­i­nal Rock art site at Arka­roo Rock (with art­work sim­i­lar to recent­ly dis­cov­ered War­ran­tyi Rock Shel­ter).
Here enjoy an easy short walk amongst the Cypress Pines into the gorge to view pecked rock art tens of thou­sands of years old. Head­ing south trav­el via the rich wine
pro­duc­ing region of the Clare Val­ley (wine tast­ing option­al) and through the rich coun­try­side of rur­al South Aus­tralia.
Enjoy pic­turesque scenery, and rur­al town stops with lunch and morn­ing tea. Vis­it scenic Mel­rose at the base of Mt Remark­able and cross the Goy­der Line after Quorn and Hawk­er, the gate­way to the Flinders Ranges. and

Ulu­ru and Lake Eyre Tours Flights with Wilpe­na Pound Coober Pedy Tour Inclusions -

• For Ful­ly accom­mo­dat­ed (ensuites) rate add accom­mo­da­tion at check­out. Base price is com­fy camping 
  
• All meals includ­ed except 1 at Coober Pedy
  
• Small group lux­u­ry 4WD trav­el (usu­al­ly 4 – 6 / vehi­cle) with pro­fes­sion­al and expe­ri­enced dri­ver / guide
• Scenic Flight option over Lake Eyre — 1 – 2 hour flight options and selec­table in book­ing process
• All deli­cious meals, includ­ing veg­e­tar­i­an options
• Com­fort­able hotel / motel style en-suite accom­mo­da­tion or low­er copst camp­ing option
  
• All Nation­al Park entry and accom­mo­da­tion fees, air­port or hotel pick­up & return
• Con­tri­bu­tions of tour price sup­ports Out­back Kids and Aus­tralian Wildlife Con­ser­van­cy nature care programs.
  

INCLUDES SPEC­TAC­U­LAR 1+ hour flight over Lake Eyre FLOODS & RIV­ER INLET

+ option to add an EXTEND­ED FLIGHT WITH BIRDSVILLE LUNCH, SIMP­SON DESERT, CHAN­NEL COUN­TRY, GOY­DER LAGOON FLIGHT — SEE options when book­ing — add to extras when booking 

Our Lake Eyre Tours and Flights include a spec­tac­u­lar flight over Lake Eyre view­ing the War­bur­ton Groove (major inflow) and Tirari Desert and depart from William Creek. This flight views also Elliot Price Con­ser­va­tion Park, (Don­ald) Camp­bell Point, Jack­boot, Hal­li­gan & Belt Bays, Lake Eyre South, major islands & land­marks. Longer flights exten­sion options avail­able – please ask ) to the north­ern extreme of the lake and the War­bur­ton & Macum­ba Rivers and south­ern Simp­son Desert region of Lake Eyre North. The extend­ed flight will view the War­bur­ton Riv­er. Learn of the Mar­ree Man giant sculpture.

We aim to find where the best water and wildlife view­ing expe­ri­ences are at the time, so your guide may vis­it Lake Eyre South shore­line and look­out, and Ood­na­dat­ta Track high­lights, such as Mound Springs ( includ­ing ​“The Bub­bler”) in the Wab­ma Kadar­bu Mound Springs Con­ser­va­tion Park and the old Afghan cre­at­ed palm grove of the old Ghan town of Cow­ard Springs with great rail­way her­itage and a chance for a swim in the warm springs.

A Paint­ed Hills flight is avail­able on some tours if booked. All Lake Eyre tours include Flinders Ranges, Parachilna, Ochre Pits, Ood­na­dat­ta & Birdsville Tracks, flight over Lake Eyre.

You can see a dai­ly satel­lite image here — https://​world​view​.earth​da​ta​.nasa​.gov/​?​v​=​1​3​2​.​5​2​7​6​9​9​7​1​8​3​1​0​1​5​,​-​3​0​.​2​2​3​8​3​9​9​9​9​9​9​9​9​9​2​,​1​4​5​.​7​9​8​7​3​9​7​1​8​3​1​0​1​2​,​-​2​3​.​7​4​3​8​3​9​9​9​9​9​9​9​9​9​5​&​l​=​M​O​D​I​S​_​A​q​u​a​_​C​o​r​r​e​c​t​e​d​R​e​f​l​e​c​t​a​n​c​e​_​B​a​n​ds721

Please con­tact us if you have any questions.

3 day Lake Eyre Tours and Flights — Depart from Ade­laide return to Ade­laide (or Bro­ken Hill option) via Lake Eyre – Includes flights over Lake Eyre, lakeshore by 4WD, wet­lands birds areas, see the Old Ghan Rail­way, Tom Kruse Out­back Mail­man from ​“Back of Beyond” truck & his­to­ry, Ood­na­dat­ta Track, Birdsville Track, Mar­ree, Leigh Creek, Cop­ley, Lake Eyre Nation­al Park, Flinders Ranges. Con­nec­tion options to Syd­ney, Bro­ken Hill or Melbourne

Day 1 – From Ade­laide city or air­port we depart via spec­tac­u­lar moun­tain scenery adja­cent the Flinders Ranges. Trav­el via the rich wine-pro­duc­ing region of the Clare Val­ley ((wine tast­ing option) and through the rich coun­try­side of rur­al South Aus­tralia. Enjoy pic­turesque scenery, and rur­al town stops with lunch and morn­ing teas. We cross the Goy­der Line, view the Elder & Heyson Ranges, Wilpe­na Pound & Lake Tor­rens and vis­it the his­toric and award win­ning Prairie Hotel at Parachilna with great out­back art before arrival at our cosy overnight stop at Leigh Creek (or Mar­ree on some tours). L, D

Day 2 – At Mar­ree we check out the ancient mosque, Old Ghan rail­way his­to­ry and Lake Eyre Yacht Club. From Mar­ree we fol­low the Old Ghan Rail­way Line and Ood­na­dat­ta Track to William Creek. From here take a 2 hour scenic flight over Lake Eyre. (Option­al exten­sions at extra cost). We vis­it the shores of Lake Eyre South and unique Mound Springs, which are per­ma­nent water flows from the Great Arte­sian Basin. We con­nect with the won­der of the bird and plant life revi­talised by recent flood­ing rains. We vis­it a favourite spot for birds (includ­ing brol­gas) and bird­watch­ers. Overnight Mar­ree and a few yarns around the camp­fire (option­al), the bar, or just take it easy.

Day 3 –Today we vis­it the Old Ghan ghost town of Fari­na, view the giant Leigh Creek coal mine, the fas­ci­nat­ing and colour­ful Ochre Pits and trav­el via old Ghan rail­way towns includ­ing Wil­son, Wool­shed Flat via the Flinders Ranges to Hawk­er and stun­ning moun­tain land­scapes. We vis­it the impres­sive Kanya­ka Sta­tion & view stone wool­shed ruins (time per­mit­ting) as we fol­low the Old Ghan Line via Quorn, through the Pitchi Ritchie Pass and the breath­tak­ing view of Spencers Gulf & Port Augus­ta to arrive Ade­laide around 6pm, deliv­ered to your CBD accom­mo­da­tion or Ade­laide airport. 

Tour Inclu­sions

• Ful­ly accom­mo­dat­ed (ensuites) and all meals included
• Small group lux­u­ry 4WD trav­el (usu­al­ly 4 – 6 / vehi­cle) with pro­fes­sion­al and expe­ri­enced dri­ver / guide
• Scenic Flight over Lake Eyre — 1 hour flight with add on options as above and selec­table in book­ing process
• All deli­cious meals, includ­ing veg­e­tar­i­an options
• Com­fort­able hotel / motel style ensuite accommodation
• All Nation­al Park entry and accom­mo­da­tion fees, air­port or CBD hotel pick­up & return
• Con­tri­bu­tions of tour price sup­ports Out­back Kids and Aus­tralian Wildlife Con­ser­van­cy nature care programs.

Overnight & flight depar­ture loca­tions, and con­tent may change depend­ing on avail­abil­i­ty when book­ing — so Book Early

Explore the Far West of NSW with Silo Art, Cor­ner Coun­try, Mun­go Nation­al Park, Bro­ken Hill, Dar­ling Riv­er Run from Wilcan­nia to Bourke with a vis­it to White Cliffs opals fields & min­ers stores, Bourke, Bre­war­ri­na Syd­ney Return 12 days

High­lights

• Syd­ney to Bro­ken Hill and return to Sydney 
• Port­land Silo Art
• Parkes Radio Tele­scope – The Dish
• Canowin­dra – Age of Fish­es Fos­sil Museum
• Gren­fell Silo Art
• Weet­halle Silo Art
• Hay – Shear Out­back Centre
• Went­worth – Junc­tion of the Dar­ling & Mur­ray Rivers + Megafau­na Museum
• Mun­go Nation­al Park & Chi­na Walls tour
• Menindee – Lakes & Burke & Wills Camp
• Bro­ken Hill & Sil­ver­ton - Pro Hart Gallery, mine tour option, his­to­ry, Min­ing & rail­way museums
• Pack­sad­dle & Mil­parin­ka his­toric sites
• Depot Glen & Pooles Grave
• Tiboobur­ra gran­ites, pas­toral, art and min­ing history
• Dog Fence & NSW State border
• White Cliffs Opal fields (sleep underground)
• Dar­ling Riv­er Run via Poon­car­ie, Menindee Lakes, Wilcan­nia Tilpa & Louth 
• Gund­abooka Nation­al Park & Abo­rig­i­nal rock art
• Bourke - riv­er cruise and Back O’Bourke cen­tre / history
• Bre­war­rin­na - ancient Abo­rig­i­nal fish traps 40,000 years old
• Mac­quar­ie Marsh­es - great bird spotting
• War­rm­bun­gles Ranges - with bushwalk
  
• Sid­ing Springs Observatory 
• Gul­go­ng — $10 note, Gold and pio­neer history 
• Mudgee wine tasting 
• Blue Moun­tains

Our tours are small group adven­tures for peo­ple who love to con­nect with region­al Aus­tralia and par­tic­u­lar­ly region­al and out­back New South Wales. Our small group tours trav­el in Land Cruis­er vehicles 

The Silo At Trail is trans­form­ing Aus­tralian region­al towns. Join us on an adven­ture through rur­al Aus­tralia to wit­ness these great mas­ter­pieces and the local hospitality.

Options include a day tour to Mutaw­in­tji Nation­al Park for excep­tion­al rock art rich in Abo­rig­i­nal history.

Day 1 – This 12 day tour takes us via some of the NSW Silo Art Trail through love­ly coun­try towns and region­al areas. From Syd­ney (or enroute pick­up) to Bro­ken Hill and return includes the best of NSW. Com­mence with stun­ning views from Echo Point and the Three Sis­ters at Katoom­ba, the Port­land silos at the old Cement Fac­to­ry – beau­ti­ful art­work there on the cement works and sym­bol­ic of the restora­tion of the com­mu­ni­ty in Port­land exem­pli­fied by their site work and the won­der­ful annu­al art exhi­bi­tion. Meals: LD

Mov­ing on via Bathurst and the fas­ci­nat­ing his­to­ry of the gold rush and Cobb & Co coach­es, then The Dish Exhi­bi­tion cen­tre at the giant CSIRO oper­at­ed radiote­le­scope that brought the 1^st moon land­ing images to Earth. Back in Parkes, and less famous is the King’s Cas­tle, Aus­trali­a’s very own Elvis Pres­ley muse­um cre­at­ed by the orig­i­nal yel­low Wig­gle Greg Page. Overnight Parkes

Day 2 – We vis­it Canowin­dra, bal­loon­ing cap­i­tal of Aus­tralia and the Muse­um of Fish­es – view­ing ancient fish fos­sils from this area that was once an inland sea. Then Cowra (and rail­way round­house for the keen). Onwards we trav­el via Wed­din Moun­tains Nation­al Park, vis­it­ing the pop­u­lar Gren­fell Wheat silos com­plet­ed in 2019 and then through West Wya­long to the well-known Weet­halle Silos. Dri­ving West via Rankin Springs the coun­try spreads and the sky seems to get big­ger we know the per­fect place to see our first Big Sky sun­set with the full spec­trum of colours as the sun sets over the Hay Plains. Overnight Hay Meals: BLD

Day 3 – SHEAR OUT­BACK, OUT­BACK VIL­LAGES, WENTWORTH

Hay was one of Australia’s major wool grow­ing areas, and a vis­it to the Shear Out­back cen­tre takes to you into the rich life in the wool indus­try in ear­ly NSW. We’ll take the back­road through seem­ing­ly end­less salt­bush plains, that are home to over 50 farm­ing fam­i­lies. Tiny vil­lages are the social hub for many of the large out­back sta­tions, where life can often be lone­ly. Fol­low the Mur­ray Riv­er to Tren­tham Estate, a fam­i­ly-owned win­ery on the banks of the Mur­ray Riv­er. Enjoy an after­noon wine tast­ing by the riv­er before we head to Went­worth. In the late 1800’s Went­worth was the largest riv­er port in Aus­tralia with over 400 boats ply­ing the Mur­ray and the Dar­ling Rivers, which meet here. Overnight Went­worth Meals: BL

Day 4 – Went­worth vis­it the junc­tion of the Mur­ray and Dar­ling Rivers, Australia’s biggest riv­er sys­tem and also vis­it Went­worth Pio­neer Muse­um with life-size megafau­na repli­cas from the local area includ­ing the cud­dly 2‑metre high Diprotodons. Into the desert and Mun­go Nation­al Park to explore this ancient lakebed envi­ron­ment. Here the sto­ries of the regions from a local guide, and learn of the old­est known rit­u­al bur­ial in the world. Dis­cov­er the Walls of Chi­na and megafau­na his­to­ry of the area, explore the ancient Wil­lan­dra Lakes and the his­toric sheep sta­tion and large and impres­sive shear­ing shed that served the area for around 100 years. Overnight Mun­go Lodge, Mun­go Nation­al Park. Meals: BLD

Days 5 – Trav­el the Dar­ling Riv­er via Poon­car­ie, Menindee and Kinchega Nation­al Park. Explore the memo­r­i­al to Burke & Wills camp on the lakeshore, and a haven for wet­land birds. Into Bro­ken Hill and din­ner at famous & deli­cious Mario’s Palace Hotel (full of murals from Priscil­la Queen of the Desert fame) Overnight Bro­ken Hill. Meals: BLD

Day 6 – Explore Bro­ken Hill high­lights (your choice) includ­ing Pro Hart Gallery, The Line of Lode Look­out and Min­ers Memo­r­i­al plus Desert Sculp­tures or exra cost for Mutaw­in­tji Nation­al Park for excep­tion­al rock art rich in Abo­rig­i­nal his­to­ry. Meals: BL

Day 7 — Depart Bro­ken Hill through the Bar­ri­er Range on the Sil­ver City High­way via Pack­sad­dle for Mil­parin­ka and Depot Glen, where explor­er Charles Sturt spent 6 months in 1845 with a team of men, wait­ing for rain and cool­er con­di­tions. This area has been exten­sive­ly mined for tin, lead and gold and oper­at­ed large sheep sta­tions. Appre­ci­ate this once thriv­ing gold min­ing town at the restored Mil­parin­ka Her­itage Precinct. Time to explore Tiboobur­ra, and the Out­door Pas­toral Muse­um. Flat-topped mesas and fan­tas­tic views char­ac­terise the cen­tral Jump-Up coun­try. Rem­nant gidgee wood­land, the catch­ment sys­tem of the ephemer­al Twelve-Mile Creek and gib­ber and grass-cov­ered plains dom­i­nate the east, while 450 mil­lion-year-old gran­ite tors sur­round­ing Tiboobur­ra form part of the south­ern bound­ary of the park. We check out the Tiboobur­ra pubs and con­sid­er­able town and min­ing his­to­ry before overnight here at Fam­i­ly Hotel or Gran­ites Motel Meals BLD

Day 8 — Today we are head­ing into the Sturt Desert & Sturt Nation­al park, cross­ing the Grey Range with a stop at Fort Grey. The park pro­tects an enor­mous arid land­scape of space and soli­tude. The rolling red sand dunes of the Strz­elec­ki desert rip­ple through the west­ern sec­tion, grad­u­at­ing past sur­pris­ing wet­lands sur­round­ed by white sands. After some great oppor­tu­ni­ties for pho­tos, we pass through the Dog Fence and arrive at Cameron Cor­ner on the 3 states cor­ner (NSW, SA & QLD) for a thirst quencher and sou­venirs, and check out the ​“Cor­ner Store” (con­di­tion­al on the bor­der being open). 

Trav­el to White Cliffs and explore the opal mines his­to­ry, and maybe find some local opal bar­gains. Then to our overnight accom­mo­da­tion under­ground — Meals BLD

Day 9 — Now to the Dar­ling Riv­er Run via Wilcan­nia, once a bustling port for the wool laden pad­dle steam­ers, now with its beau­ti­ful and his­toric sand­stone pub­lic archi­tec­ture. On up the Dar­ling Riv­er Run to riv­er towns of Louth & Tilpa - with a cup­pa and tour at the famous Dun­lop Sta­tion. Dun­lop Sta­tion is an his­toric sheep sta­tion prop­er­ty locat­ed on the Dar­ling Riv­er. Once a mil­lion acres it has a 45 stand shear­ing shed which was the first shed to have mechan­i­cal shears. with the check out the pad­dle boat and big wool and sheep sta­tion his­to­ry of this region. Gund­abooka Nation­al Park sur­rounds Mt Gund­abooka and has unique Abo­rig­i­nal Rock art to explore, includ­ing a pleas­ant and easy walk through this iso­lat­ed Nation­al Park. Overnight Bourke BLD

Day 10 — BOURKE — The impres­sive ​‘Back O’Bourke’ cen­tre show­cas­es the ear­ly days of Bourke and beyond. Dis­cov­er the ​‘Out­back’ life of Hen­ry Law­son, the search for an inland sea. Mar­vel at the sto­ries of the ​‘women of the west’ includ­ing Nan­cy Bird Wal­ton, who flew an air ambu­lance here in the 1930’s. Stop by the 110 year old Morrall’s bak­ery for a pie or pas­try, fol­low the Her­itage Trail through town, or vis­it the grave of Fred Hol­lows. Cruise along the Dar­ling on the Jan­dra, an his­toric pad­dle boat to recall the riv­er boat his­to­ry. In recent years Bourke has under­gone a remark­able revi­tal­i­sa­tion and is now a shin­ing light in pos­i­tive indige­nous oppor­tu­ni­ties. Take a cul­tur­al walk to learn about the his­to­ry of Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple in Bourke and the per­son­al con­nec­tion formed with the land and it’s rich­ness. Tonight we’ll join a camp­fire din­ner under a coolabah tree, (if avail­able) under a star­lit sky, with plen­ty of music, poet­ry, and sto­ry­telling all about out­back of Aus­tralia. Overnight Bourke. Meals: BL

Day 11 — We head for Bre­war­ri­na on the Bar­won Riv­er, and the 40,000-year-old Abo­rig­i­nal Fish Traps — still work­ing. The Bre­war­ri­na fish traps are one of the old­est man-made struc­tures on earth. This elab­o­rate net­work of rock weirs and pools stretch­es for around half a kilo­me­tre along the riverbed and was built by ancient tribes, to catch fish as they swam upstream. Head­ing south to Mac­quar­ie Marsh­es a UNESCO reg­is­tered site of out­stand­ing val­ue as one of the most impor­tant wet­land areas in the world. It is one of the most cru­cial breed­ing sites for water­birds in Aus­tralia, with 77 species, along with over 150 oth­er birds, as well as fish, tur­tles, frogs, snakes and mam­mals. We trav­el on to our final art silo in Coon­am­ble then take the scenic road to the beau­ti­ful War­rum­bun­gles for a delight­ful bush walk with won­der­ful views of The Bread­knife. We have a tour of Sid­ing Springs Obser­va­to­ry, home to Australia’s largest tele­scope. The War­rum­bun­gles is Australia’s only Dark Sky Park, mean­ing it is our only Inter­na­tion­al­ly recog­nised park with an excep­tion­al qual­i­ty of star­ry nights and an envi­ron­ment specif­i­cal­ly pro­tect­ed for its sci­en­tif­ic, nat­ur­al, edu­ca­tion­al, cul­tur­al her­itage, and pub­lic enjoy­ment. Overnight. Coon­abarabran Meals: BLD

Day 12 — GUL­GO­NG, MUDGEE, SYDNEY 

Dri­ve through Dune­doo, known for its poet­ry, hos­pi­tal­i­ty, and name, or alter­na­tive­ly via Coolah, one of sev­er­al towns to claim brag­ging rights as the home of the leg­endary Black Stump. It was here that the col­lo­qui­al say­ing ​‘Beyond the Black Stump’, mean­ing ​‘beyond the lim­its of civil­i­sa­tion,’ is said to have originated.

On the way to Gul­go­ng — the town that was on the way to Gul­go­ng — the town that was on the $10 note. This small vil­lage from the gold rush days is a delight to take in the region­al his­to­ry and his­toric build­ings. We are now a short dri­ve to Mudgee where we’ll taste some local wines and have lunch in a vine­yard. Trav­el via the Zig Zag rail­way and back to Syd­ney via spec­tac­u­lar Grose Val­ley views and Mt Tom­ah on Bells Line fo Road to Syd­ney Meals: BL 

All tours require a min­i­mum of 2 pas­sen­gers for depar­ture. If you require a book­ing for 1 per­son please call us direct to con­firm min­i­mum num­bers have been met pri­or to book­ing online.

Inclu­sions –

• 11 nights Hotel Motel Accom­mo­da­tion — twin share or sin­gle sup­ple­ment avail­able — see book­ing link 
• Gen­uine small group tour vehi­cle — usu­al­ly 4WD GXL Landcruisers 
• Pro­fes­sion­al Dri­ver Guide 
• 11 break­fasts, 10 lunch­es, 7 x 2 course dinners 
• Pad­dle­boat cruise at Bourke
• Wild wildlife!!
• Nation­al Parks entry fees. 
  
• Tour price sup­ports Out­back Kids & Nature Care projects.

• BOOK HERE
  

Perth to Broome via Kalbari Kar­i­ji­ni Ninga­loo Mon­key Mia Tour

Kar­i­ji­ni Gorges TourPerth to Broome via Kalbari Kar­i­ji­ni Ninga­loo Mon­key Mia Tour 10 day Tour via West Coast of West­ern Aus­tralia.

Includes 80 Mile Beach, Mill­stream NP, Kar­i­ji­ni Nation­al Park, Pil­bara, Hamer­s­ley Ranges, Port Hed­land 2 nights at Kar­i­ji­ni Eco Retreat to explore amaz­ing wild­flow­ers, gorges, walks & water holes & Oxer, Jof­fre, Fortes­cue, Han­cock, Dales gorges, Fern & Cir­cu­lar Pools. Plus BHPs Port Hed­land docks, New­man, Bur­rup Rock Art, Red Dog Memo­r­i­al, Rio Tin­to Rail­way Road to Tom Price. Mine tour option.

Includes Ninga­loo Reef glass bot­tom boat cruise, (or swim with whale sharks option at extra cost), Coral Bay, Mon­key Mia dol­phins & Kalbari NP 2 nights, and Pin­na­cles from Perth

Accom­mo­dat­ed, camp­ing or com­bi­na­tion of both avail­able

Perth to Broome via Kalbari Kar­i­ji­ni Ninga­loo Mon­key Mia Tour 10 days via West Coast of West­ern Australia.

Per­son­al & Pri­vate lux­u­ry 4WD Tour Includes 80 Mile Beach, Mar­ble Bar & Mill­stream NP, Kar­i­ji­ni Nation­al Park, Pil­bara, Hamer­s­ley Ranges, Port Hed­land 2 nights at Kar­i­ji­ni Eco Retreat to explore amaz­ing wild­flow­ers, gorges, walks & water holes & Oxer, Jof­fre, Fortes­cue, Han­cock, Dales gorges, Fern & Cir­cu­lar Pools. Plus BHPs Port Hed­land docks, New­man, Bur­rup Rock Art, Red Dog Memo­r­i­al, Rio Tin­to Rail­way Road to Tom Price. Mine tour option. Includes Ninga­loo Reef glass bot­tom boat cruise, (or swim with whale sharks option at extra cost), Coral Bay, Mon­key Mia dol­phins & Kalbari NP 2 nights, and Pin­na­cles from Perth — Ask re reverse Broome to Exmouth 6 day option also avail­able. Book Tour

Tour Details – from Perth to Broome via West Coast of West­ern Aus­tralia.

Day 1 – Depart Perth via the Indi­an Ocean Dri­ve for Nam­bung Nation­al Park up the West Aus­tralian Coast. Enjoy the atmos­phere of the sur­re­al lime­stone Pin­na­cles of upright stones. Con­tin­ue via Cer­vantes and Jurien Bay to cos­mopoli­tan City of Ger­ald­ton-Gree­nough. We vis­it the WA Muse­um Ger­ald­ton and the HMAS Syd­ney Memo­r­i­al for stun­ning views over the city and ocean. Then to Kalbar­ri Nation­al Park for evening meal sun­set views and enjoy­able din­ner togeth­er. Overnight

Day 2 – Explore Kalbar­ri Nation­al Park and vis­i­tors cen­tre, with a stun­ning coastal walk and spec­tac­u­lar coastal cliff look­outs and inland gorges. Vis­it Eagle Bluff with big bay view, and shark and dugong sight­ings. Overnight Shark Bay

Day 3 – Meet the friend­ly Dol­phins of Mon­key Mia fol­lowed by a boat cruise on the marine rich waters of the bay. We vis­it the Shark Bay World Her­itage Dis­cov­ery Cen­tre and learn about the bay’s his­to­ry, cul­ture and why it is one of the few places on earth to meet all four nat­ur­al cri­te­ria for World Her­itage list­ing. Vis­it the ancient Stro­ma­to­lites of Hamelin Bay and the 120km long Shell Beach, two of the unique nat­ur­al attrac­tions in the area.Overnight Carnar­von

Day 4 – We head for Carnar­von and Coral Bay to explore the world’s largest fring­ing Ninga­loo Reef. It is sit­u­at­ed only metres from the shore in places and has over 500 species of trop­i­cal fish and 250 corals along with the world’s largest fish, the giant whale shark (late March-July) and Hump­back Whales (June- Novem­ber). Option­al whale sharks swim avail­able.

Day 5 – Locat­ed right on the Ninga­loo Reef, Coral Bay is a snorkel­ers and divers par­adise and offers safe swim­ming for the kids. Char­ter boats are avail­able for div­ing and fish­ing. Vis­it the spec­tac­u­lar scenery of Charles Knife and Shot­hole Canyon in the Cape Range Nation­al Park en route to Exmouth for overnight. We also vis­it a mon­u­ment a trib­ute to Oper­a­tion Jay­wick. This oper­a­tion involved the ​“Krait”, a cap­tured Japan­ese fish­ing ves­sel. This ves­sel sailed from Exmouth to Sin­ga­pore in WWII. This elite crew severe­ly dam­aged sev­en ships totalling almost 40 000tons. The par­ty returned to Exmouth Gulf after 47 days at sea. See https://​www​.abc​.net​.au/​a​u​s​t​o​r​y​/​t​h​e​-​s​t​o​r​y​-​o​f​-​t​h​e​-​k​r​a​i​t​/​8​4​66640

Day 6 – 7 – We head for Tom Price and Kar­i­ji­ni Nation­al Park – Kar­i­ji­ni Nation­al Park tour Oxer look­out

Two nights at Kar­i­ji­ni Eco Retreat to explore amaz­ing wild­flow­ers, gorges, walks & water holes & Oxer look­out, and Fortes­cue, Han­cock, Dales, Red, Jof­fre and Knox Gorges, and Fern & Cir­cu­lar Pools. Fern & Cir­cu­lar Pools with swim­ming oppor­tu­ni­ties and overnights at the Kar­i­ji­ni Eco Retreat.

Day 8 – Morn­ing walk oppor­tu­ni­ty in near­by Jof­fre Gorge then depar­ture for Tom Price (mine tour optional)before we haed for Ham­mer­s­ley Gorge and down the Rio Tin­to pri­vate Rail­way Road, wit­ness­ing the largest trains in the world car­ry­ing Iron Ore to Kar­ratha docks. Vis­it unique land­scapes of Mill­stream Nation­al Park with the Fortesque Riv­er look­outs, to arrive Kar­ratha for the evening. Ear­ly Depart­ing Kar­i­ji­ni

The Tom Price Rio Tin­to Mine – The Mount Tom price mine is owned by Rio Tin­to / Hamer­s­ley Iron and oper­at­ed by Pil­bara iron. The mine was devel­oped in 1966 and is a mas­sive ore body eight kilo­me­tres long and more than one kilo­me­tre wide. In 2004 the mine moved over 45Mt of mate­r­i­al and pro­duced over 18Mt of iron ore.

Day 9 – Explore Bur­rup Penin­su­la rock art, the largest rock art site in the worlds, with pet­ro­glyphs esti­mat­ed around 25 – 30 mil­lion years old. Here also is one of the worlds largest LNG liq­ue­fied gas plants pro­cess­ing off­shore gas for export. We learn at the vis­i­tors cen­tre and wit­ness this mod­ern indus­tri­al phe­nom­e­non in that brings mas­sive wealth to Aus­tralia. The Red Dog memo­r­i­al is also near­by at Dampi­er and he’s always hap­py to see vis­i­tors. After lunch by the beach, we head up through scenic Pil­bara land­scapes and riv­er cross­ings to Port Hed­land for overnight.

Day 10 – Wit­ness the BHP oper­at­ed Port Hed­land docks and mas­sive ship­ping traf­fic in this busy port before we head for 80 Mile Beach and a short walk in the sand and option­al swim. We cross the mighty De Grey Riv­er, trav­el­ling through cat­tle graz­ing coun­try and vis­it Par­doo & Sand­fire and arrive Broome late afternoon

Inclu­sions

• Bun­gle Bun­gles tour and walk in to Cathe­dral & Pic­canin­ny Creek + Echid­na Chasm
• Mitchell Falls walks and heli­copter scenic ride close and over the falls.
• Cruise Lake Argyle, Cham­ber­lain Riv­er Gorge at El Que­stro & Geike Gorge at Fitzroy Crossing
• Excep­tion­al Abo­rig­i­nal rock art – Wand­ji­na, Brad­shaw, Gwion Gwion
• Pro­fes­sion­al and expe­ri­enced dri­ver / guide
• Long estab­lished rela­tion­ships with local Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple enrich­es experiences
• Access to remote areas and rock art sites unreach­able by most tour vehicles
• Deli­cious meals as shown, includ­ing veg­e­tar­i­an options.
• Accom­mo­dat­ed sleep­ing or com­fy camp­ing – Your choice. Camp gear is mod­ern and easy to use.
• Option­al Accom­mo­da­tion upgrades avail­able if pre booked .
• All World Her­itage and Nation­al Park entry and accom­mo­da­tion fees
• Abo­rig­i­nal Art com­mu­ni­ty vis­its for ​“direct from artist” purchases
• Con­tri­bu­tions of tour price sup­ports Out­back Kids and nature care programs.
• You – and Your involve­ment in a cre­ation much big­ger than most can imagine

Exclu­sions

• 2 din­ners own pur­chase in restau­rants, Alcohol
• Accom­mo­da­tion upgrades if required. Avail­able most nights if pre booked
• Flights to and from depar­ture points
  

Simp­son Desert Tours from Ade­laide return to Ade­laide — 9 days 

9 days – Simp­son Desert & Birdsville Races Tour – from Alice Springs to Birdsville, return to Ade­laide. Simp­son Desert cross­ing includes Old Ghan Rail­way stops (incl. Finke) Mt Dare, Dal­housie Springs (for warm swim­ming in ther­mals pools), 3 nights in desert cross­ing via French Line & WAA Line, then Birdsville Races, and 2 days return trav­el to Alice Springs or Ade­laide option. Excludes Cham­bers Pil­lar. Com­pletes Sep­tem­ber 9 in Ade­laide or Alice Springs option – 9 days

Itin­er­ary for 9 days Simp­son Desert & Birdsville Races Tours Flights 2019 – Alice Springs to Adelaide 

1. Alice Springs to Mt Dare Hotel – Depart 8am for Kul­gera, Lambert’s Cen­tre of Aus­tralia, Finke Abo­rig­i­nal com­mu­ni­ty, Char­lotte Waters (old OTL Tele­graph Sta­tion) NT/SA bor­der cross­ing, Witji­ra Nation­al Park. At Mt Dare overnight camp or accom­mo­da­tion upgrade option
2. Dal­housie Springs – Trav­el via Bloods Creek Bore & stock­yards, Opos­sum Water­hole to Dal­housie Springs, a series of 60 nat­ur­al Arte­sian springs from the Great Arte­sian Basin. Swim option at Dal­housie Springs in 38 – 43 Deg C water. Enter the Simp­son Desert Region­al Reserve – Overnight camp west­ern edge of the Simp­son Desert
3. Simp­son Desert cross­ing – Trav­el­ling over and between the sand­hills. Great pho­to oppor­tu­ni­ties, sun­sets and sun­ris­es and wild­flow­ers. Remote desert camp
4. Simp­son Desert – as above – anoth­er night under the stars in a remote camp
5. Birdsville – Vis­it the Approdin­na Atto­ra Knolls, high gyp­sum hills with a great look­out over the desert. Poep­pels cor­ner mark­ing the meet­ing of QLD, NT & SA bor­ders. Tra­verse Big Red sand­hill – orig­i­nal­ly known as Nap­paner­i­ca Dune, on the west­ern edge of Lake Nap­paner­i­ca, and east­ern edge of The Simp­son Desert – Overnight Birdsville
6. Races Day – Its race day for 2 days with an active social pro­gram sup­port­ing the Roy­al Fly­ing Doc­tor Ser­vice. You are issued with a Birdsville Race Club Medal­lion for entry to all events, includ­ing the races, and may attend the Birdsville Dance & the Birdsville Ball, enjoy a drink at the Birdsville Pub and tune up your whip crack­ing skills for the com­pe­ti­tion. Today if not hav­ing trav­elled the desert with us, we will also vis­it & option­al­ly climb Big Red the Simp­son Desert’s biggest sand hill. We do a Birdsville tour with its fas­ci­nat­ing his­to­ry, see Burke & Wills marked tree by the Dia­man­ti­na Riv­er, and ther­mal pow­er sta­tion . Option­al Lake Eyre, Goy­der Lagoon & Simp­son Desert flights (book ear­ly) Great plane spot­ting too as we wit­ness the fly in from around Aus­tralia. Overnight Birdsville
7. Races Days – The BIG DAY at Birdsville Races – 12 races are on the pro­gram. You choose if you wish to attend all or just be amused by the char­ac­ters and many activ­i­ties and spon­ta­neous enter­tain­ment avail­able. Overnight Birdsville
8. Birdsville Track via Munger­an­nie hot springs to Mar­ree overnight. Head off south on the Birdsville Track cross­ing by the Coop­er Creek and wet­lands. Enjoy a break at Munger­an­nie Hotel, and a Munger­an­nie wet­lands walk (and hot spa if time per­mits) views of the salt lakes and rich veg­e­ta­tion on this remote icon­ic Aus­tralian route. This after­noon we cross the Coop­er Creek, and flood plain, vis­it old sta­tion ruins includ­ing Lake Har­ry. Arriv­ing in Mar­ree, explore this once thriv­ing rail­way town that helped save Dar­win dur­ing WWII with 56 trains per week ! Mar­ree is at the junc­tion of the Birdsville and Ood­na­dat­ta Tracks, and the path of the Great North­ern Rail­way / Old Ghan for over 100 years, so lots of his­to­ry here includ­ing Abo­rig­i­nal muse­um and his­to­ry, Tom Kruse (Out­back Mail­man from ​“Back of Beyond”) and Don­ald Camp­bells Blue­bird sto­ry. Take an option­al 1 or 2 hour scenic flight over Lake Eyre to see the War­bur­ton Groove, the main inflow chan­nel to Lake Eyre, Elliot Price Con­ser­va­tion Park, Hal­li­gan Bay, Lake Eyre South and the Mar­ree Man (a 4 km long, giant engrav­ing in the land­scape). On return to base, we see some of the sights of Mar­ree, this once thriv­ing Ghan Rail­way town. Mar­ree is care­tak­er for some inter­est­ing rail­way relics, plus the old mail truck used by leg­endary out­back mail­man Tom Kruse on the run from Mar­ree to Birdsville. We vis­it the shores of Lake Eyre and Lake Eyre Nation­al Park and con­nect with the won­der of the bird and plant life revi­talised by recent flood­ing rains in a per­ma­nent water­hole. Overnight in Mar­ree with a few yarns around the camp­fire or at the local pub. BLD Overnight Marree.
9. Lake Eyre flight option avail­able (book ear­ly) before trav­el via the spec­tac­u­lar scenery of the Flinders Ranges and remote out­back pas­toral coun­try via Hawk­er, Quorn and Pitchie Ritchie Pass to Ade­laide to arrive approx­i­mate­ly 6 – 7 pm. Accom­mo­da­tion own arrangements.

Birdsville Races Tours Flights from Alice prings to Birdsville & Ade­laide.

Option­al scenic flights over Goy­der Lagoon, Kati Than­da-Lake Eyre, Simp­son Desert, Coongie Lakes. 9 days or fly out day 8 option. Detailed Itin­er­ary shown below. 

9 days Simp­son Desert Tour Alice Springs return to Alice Springs – or 7 day option

Itin­er­ary as 9 day tour to Birdsville then 2 options – fly out Day 7 from Birdsville (Rex air­lines) to Bris­bane or oth­er options.

Day 1 – Alice Springs to Cham­bers Pil­lar – Depart 8 am for a spe­cial and rare oppor­tu­ni­ty to vis­it the Ewaninga Abo­rig­i­nal rock art site, then Mary­vale Cat­tle Sta­tion and Titjikala Abo­rig­i­nal Artists in the com­mu­ni­ty. We leave Titjikala and cross the Hugh Riv­er, trav­el­ling through Mary­vale cat­tle sta­tion, then from a high van­tage point view Cham­bers Pil­lar and the sand­hills rolling into the Simp­son Desert. We arrive at Cham­bers Pil­lar and enjoy an after­noon walk around this spe­cial place (which has more than 1 pil­lar). We make camp here for the night under the stars. LD

Day 2 – Depart­ing Cham­bers Pil­lar we trav­el the Old Ghan Rail­way route and vis­it Rodin­ga Sid­ing, one of the last built and most North­ern fet­tlers cot­tages on the Old Ghan Line. We vis­it the his­toric Bun­dooma Rail­way Sid­ing after cross­ing the Finke Riv­er, the site of a few famous Old Ghan bridges and riv­er washouts, to arrive in the active Abo­rig­i­nal com­mu­ni­ty and ex Ghan stop of Finke. Its then on to Lambert’s Cen­tre of Aus­tralia, Char­lotte Waters (an old OTL Tele­graph Sta­tion), NT/SA bor­der cross­ing, then Mt Dare Hotel for overnight camp or accom­mo­da­tion upgrade option. BLD

Day 3 – We enter Witji­ra Nation­al Park and vis­it Bloods Creek Bore pre­served cat­tle yards from bygone days and Oppos­sum Water­hole. Arrive at Dal­housie Springs, a vast area of nat­ur­al springs out­pour­ing from the Great Arte­sian Basin – Dal­housie Springs is a series of 60 nat­ur­al arte­sian springs from the Great Arte­sian Basin. Swim option at Dal­housie Springs in 38 – 43 Deg C water. Enter the Simp­son Desert Region­al Reserve – Overnight camp on the edge of the Simp­son Desert. BLD

Day 5 – We cross more salt lakes, and plen­ty of sand dunes, but also trav­el par­al­lel to the dunes for a dif­fer­ent per­spec­tive of the land­scape. We vis­it the Approdin­na Atto­ra Knolls, high gyp­sum hills with a great look­out over the desert. Take a break at Poep­pel’s Cor­ner mark­ing the meet­ing of QLD, NT & SA bor­ders. Overnight under the stars in our remote camp.

Day 6 – We cross the Eyre Creek and tra­verse the largest sand­hill, Big Red – orig­i­nal­ly known as Nap­paner­i­ca Dune, on the west­ern edge of Lake Nap­paner­i­ca, and the east­ern edge of The Simp­son Desert. Overnight accom­mo­da­tion in the Birdsville Hotel. BLD

Day 7 – Option­al morn­ing Lake Eyre, Goy­der Lagoon & Simp­son Desert flights (book ear­ly). Enjoy the icon­ic out­back town of Birdsville, once a cus­tom post for cat­tle head­ing south to Ade­laide mar­kets, now cen­tre of an organ­ic beef export indus­try, full of fas­ci­nat­ing out­back expe­ri­ences. Have a cup­pa at the Hard Road Café, check out the air­port adja­cent the pub, and the his­toric sights of the town includ­ing the marked tree at Camp LXXVI of the Burke and Wills expe­di­tion of 1860. View the now his­toric ther­mal pow­er sta­tion run­ning on hot water from the Great Arte­sian Basin, or take a joy flight over the Simp­son and Goy­der Lagoon area. 7 Day tour ends here with flights (own cost) from Birdsville to Bris­bane or else­where. After lunch we depart and trav­el due north through Chan­nel Coun­try and the Dia­man­ti­na Shire HQ at Bedourie, cross­ing sev­er­al creeks and water holes often host­ing wet­land birds includ­ing Brol­gas. Arrive Bou­lia for overnight at Aus­tralia Hotel or Bou­lia Desert Sands Motel. BLD

Day 8 – The Min Min Encounter is a the­atre pre­sen­ta­tion at the vis­i­tors cen­tre, where we learn of the fas­ci­nat­ing sto­ry of the Min Min lights phe­nom­e­na – a mys­tery of strange red lights appear­ing and fol­low­ing peo­ple in this remote desert region. We depart after the exhi­bi­tion and town tour for Tober­morey via the Plen­ty High­way and the north­ern bound­ary of the Simp­son Desert. Onward takes us via Jer­vois, which is our last fuel stop. Jer­vois
is a cat­tle sta­tion, formed in 1960, and one of the last sta­tions to be
tak­en up in the area. We can enjoy an open camp­fire under the stars tonight. Camp­ing here as this is our last night under the stars. BLD

Day 9 – From Jer­vois, we pass by giant ter­mite nests and near­by the rugged Harts Range. Enjoy a stop at the remote Atit­jere com­mu­ni­ty Abo­rig­i­nal Arts cen­tre, nes­tled at the base of the Harts Ranges, Atit­jere is home to around 400 peo­ple. Time per­mit­ting, a stopover at Gemtree and check out the gems, crys­tals and min­er­al spec­i­mens as well as local Abo­rig­i­nal Art and arti­facts at this pop­u­lar gem fos­sick­ing region. Arrive in Alice Springs for overnight and a cel­e­bra­to­ry meal togeth­er. BLD Tour com­pletes after dinner.

Tag along trav­ellers in their own cars may wish to depart at Birdsville to head south to Adelaide 

This ful­ly inclu­sive tour is by small group lux­u­ry 4WD travel.

Book Now – places limited

13 days Simp­son Desert Tour Alice Springs return to Alice Springs – or 7 days

Itin­er­ary as 9 day tour to Birdsville then 2 options – fly out Day 7 from Birdsvil­lle (Rex air­lines) to Bris­bane or oth­er options.

Day 1 – Alice Springs to Cham­bers Pil­lar – Depart 8am for a spe­cial and rare oppor­tu­ni­ty to vis­it the Ewaninga Abo­rig­i­nal rock art site, then Mary­vale Cat­tle Sta­tion and Titjikala Abo­rig­i­nal Artists in com­mu­ni­ty. We leave Titjikala and cross the Hugh Riv­er, trav­el­ling through Mary­vale cat­tle sta­tion, then from a high van­tage point view Cham­bers Pil­lar and the sand­hills rolling into the Simp­son Desert. We arrive at Cham­bers Pil­lar and enjoy an after­noon walk around this spe­cial place (which has more than 1 pil­lar). We make camp here for the night under the stars. LD

Day 2 – Depart­ing Cham­bers Pil­lar we trav­el the Old Ghan Rail­way route and vis­it Rodin­ga Sid­ing, one of the last built and most North­ern fet­tlers cot­tages on the Old Ghan Line. We vis­it the his­toric Bun­dooma Rail­way Sid­ing after cross­ing the Finke Riv­er, site of a few famous Old Ghan bridges and riv­er washouts, to arrive in the active Abo­rig­i­nal com­mu­ni­ty and ex Ghan stop of Finke. Its then on to Lambert’s Cen­tre of Aus­tralia, Char­lotte Waters (an old OTL Tele­graph Sta­tion), NT/SA bor­der cross­ing, then Mt Dare Hotel for overnight camp or accom­mo­da­tion upgrade option. BLD

Day 3 – We enter Witji­ra Nation­al Park and vis­it Bloods Creek Bore pre­served cat­tle yards from bygone days and Oppos­sum Water­hole. Arrive at Dal­housie Springs, a vast area of nat­ur­al springs out­pour­ing from the Great Arte­sian Basin – Dal­housie Springs is a series of 60 nat­ur­al arte­sian springs from the Great Arte­sian Basin. Swim option at Dal­housie Springs in 38 – 43 Deg C water. Enter the Simp­son Desert Region­al Reserve – Overnight camp on the edge of the Simp­son Desert. BLD

Day 4 – Head­ing into the Simp­son Desert we cross the flood­plains of Spring Creek Delta then mov­ing into numer­ous salt lakes and high­er sand dunes. Spec­tac­u­lar views from the top and great feel­ing of nur­tur­ing by nature with­in the dunes. We trav­el over and between the sand­hills. Great pho­to oppor­tu­ni­ties, maybe a din­go or two to see, sun­sets and sun­ris­es and wild­flow­ers. Enjoy the camp­fire at our remote desert camp BLD

Day 5 – We cross more salt lakes, and plen­ty of sand dunes, but also trav­el par­al­lel to the dunes for a dif­fer­ent per­spec­tive of the land­scape. We vis­it the Approdin­na Atto­ra Knolls, high gyp­sum hills with a great look­out over the desert. Take a break at Poep­pel’s Cor­ner mark­ing the meet­ing of QLD, NT & SA bor­ders. Overnight under the stars in our remote camp.

Day 6 – We cross the Eyre Creek and tra­verse the largest sand­hill, Big Red – orig­i­nal­ly known as Nap­paner­i­ca Dune, on the west­ern edge of Lake Nap­paner­i­ca, and the east­ern edge of The Simp­son Desert. Overnight accom­mo­da­tion in the Birdsville Hotel. BLD

Day 7 – Option­al morn­ing Lake Eyre, Goy­der Lagoon & Simp­son Desert flights (book ear­ly). Enjoy the icon­ic out­back town of Birdsville, once a cus­tom post for cat­tle head­ing south to Ade­laide mar­kets, now cen­tre of an organ­ic beef export indus­try, full of fas­ci­nat­ing out­back expe­ri­ences. Have a cup­pa at the Hard Road Café, check out the air­port adja­cent the pub, and the his­toric sights of the town includ­ing the marked tree at Camp LXXVI of the Burke and Wills expe­di­tion of 1860. View the ther­mal pow­er sta­tion run­ning on hot water from the Great Arte­sian Basin, or take a joy flight over the Simp­son and Goy­der Lagoon area. 7 Day tour ends here with flights from Birdsville to Bris­bane or else­where – or After lunch we head off down the Birdsville inside track (or out­side depend­ing on con­di­tions) view­ing the Goy­der lagoon region to the War­bur­ton Riv­er Cross­ing and join the K1 line through the Simp­son Desert sand dune swales and salt lakes to our overnight camp.

Days 8 – 9 – 10 – Hay Riv­er Track, Lake Car­o­line & Madi­gan Line – We see aban­doned oil wells, and remote Abo­rig­i­nal sites and tool remains from a past pop­u­la­tion that lived in this region. Trav­el­ling most­ly in the swales and fol­low­ing the Hay Riv­er we vis­it a num­ber of Madigan’s camps, and see impres­sive stands of Riv­er Red Gums. (Cecil Thomas Madi­gan was an ear­ly explor­er and geol­o­gist who lead a par­ty of nine men on an epic cross­ing of the North Simp­son Desert by camels in 1939). We vis­it Lake Car­o­line, a usu­al­ly dry clay­pan that attracts unique veg­e­ta­tion sup­port­ed by local ground water. Tra­vers­ing some dunes gives great views of this remote land­scapes, and good sun­set pho­to oppor­tu­ni­ties too. We check out Van­tage Point with views to Mt Win­necke

Day 11 – Arrive at Bat­ton Hill camp which is well ser­viced by tra­di­tion­al own­ers with show­ers and flush­ing toi­lets, where we join them on The My Coun­try and Bush Tuck­er Tour. Also we vis­it Goy­ders Pil­lar, an impres­sive pil­lar of rock.

Day 12 – Next day we head for Jer­vois, and trav­el the Plen­ty High­way, then vis­it the Harts Range Abo­rig­i­nal Atit­jere com­mu­ni­ty and Gem Tree in the regions gem­fields. Arrive Alice Springs for a wel­come hotel bed and cel­e­bra­tion dinner.

Day 13 – Tour com­pletes 10am after break­fast in Alice Springs – with plen­ty to do here – or deliv­ery to your flight, Ghan or oth­er connections.

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Explore Tasmania’s West Coast Wilder­ness Tracks when you join this small pri­vate group Tas­man­ian Wilder­ness Explor­er 4WD Tours see­ing the best of Tas­man­ian wilder­ness includ­ing Freycinet Nation­al Park, Wine­glass Bay, Huon Val­ley, Tarkine For­est, Styx Riv­er Val­ley walk, Cra­dle Moun­tain (walks), Port Arthur, Hobart, Mac­quar­ie Har­bour, Gor­don, Franklin & King Rivers, West Coast Wilder­ness Rail­way, Burnie, Stan­ley & ​“The Nut”

Tours from Launce­s­ton (or Syd­ney / Mel­bourne oth­er cities options)

Explore Tasmania’s West Coast Wilder­ness Tracks when you join this small pri­vate group Tas­man­ian Wilder­ness Explor­er 4WD Tours see­ing the best of Tas­man­ian wilder­ness includ­ing Freycinet Nation­al Park, Wine­glass Bay, Huon Val­ley, Tarkine For­est, Styx Riv­er Val­ley walk, Cra­dle Moun­tain (walks), Port Arthur, Hobart, Mac­quar­ie Har­bour, Gor­don, Franklin & King Rivers, West Coast Wilder­ness Rail­way, Burnie, Stan­ley & ​“The Nut”

Itin­er­ary for 8 days tour shown below.

12 day Tas­man­ian Wilder­ness Explor­er 4WD Tours include the 8 days PLUS 4 extra nights for –

Tour through Cen­tral Plateau & Great Lake Con­ser­va­tion Areas, via West­ern Tiers
Bruny Island Wilder­ness Cruise explor­ing the rugged coast­line of Bruny Island in south­ern Tas­ma­nia.
Strath­gor­don tour via Lake Ped­der and Lake Gor­don & Admans­field Con­ser­va­tion Area
Fly to the South­west World Her­itage Area via South East Cape, to Melaleu­ca for a boat trip to Bathurst Har­bour, Port Dav­ey. See map
Option­al time for Mona Art Gallery and more

8 & 12 Day Tour – DAY 1: Tamar Val­ley – Lif­fey Falls – Launce­s­ton Lif­fey Falls

Arrive in Launce­s­ton (air­port links from major cities) by 12:30 pm for an after­noon explor­ing Launce­s­ton, and the scenic Cataract Gorge Reserve plus Lif­fey Falls in the shad­ow of the West­ern Tiers moun­tain range. All meet at 6:00 pm in our Launce­s­ton hotel for Wel­come Din­ner this evening

DAY 2: Launce­s­ton – St Helens – Bicheno
Depart Launce­s­ton and head towards the north east coast via Scotts­dale, call into Pyen­gana and vis­it St Colum­ba Falls and the Pyen­gana Cheese Fac­to­ry
Vis­it the coastal town of St Helens, then Bina­long Bay and World Her­itage List­ed Bay of Fires for beach walk and stun­ning red rock pho­tog­ra­phy
Explore the fish­ing vil­lage of Bicheno and the sea bird life at the fish­ing port of The Gulch
Meet the Lit­tle Pen­guins on a pen­guin parade from the local pen­guin colony
Overnight at Bicheno (B,L,D)

DAY 3: Bicheno- Swansea – Freycinet Nation­al Park – Hobart

• Explore the Freycinet Nation­al Park and the spec­tac­u­lar scenery and nat­ur­al won­ders of the World Her­itage List­ed area includ­ing Friend­ly Beach­es, the Haz­ards and Wine­glass Bay. Vis­it Cape Tourville Light­house and spot the Sea Lions on the near­by Nuggets Islands. Meet the cute lit­tle local Ben­netts Wal­la­by, usu­al­ly hap­py to greet vis­i­tors. Enjoy a deli­cious pic­nic lunch on the beach at Hon­ey­moon Bay with a wide view over Coles Bay and the Haz­ards
• On the scenic dri­ve to Hobart call in for some tasty home­made ice-cream and fruit at Kate’s Berry Farm
• Vis­it Con­sti­tu­tion Dock (Hobart water­front) then check in to your 2 nights accom­mo­da­tion near the water­front in Hobart (B,L,D)

DAY 4: Hobart – Port Arthur (or Mona, Bruny Island options) – Hobart

Begin the morn­ing vis­it­ing Mount Welling­ton, tow­er­ing 1271 metres over Hobart
Options avail­able today include Mona Art Gallery (by boat up the Der­went Riv­er), Huon Val­ley & South­ern tip dri­ve, South West Cape with forests flight, Bruny Island cruise – please ask
For Bruny Island cruise we depart Hobart 745am for 45 mins to Ket­ter­ing fer­ry at 9 am fer­ry then 35 min on Bruny for 11am cruise
OR we dri­ve down the Tas­man Penin­su­lar, and see the Peninsula’s nat­ur­al won­ders – the Tes­sel­lat­ed Pave­ment, Blow Hole, Devil’s Kitchen and Tas­man Arch (all at Eagle­hawk Neck) before arriv­ing into Port Arthur. Here expe­ri­ence a guid­ed tour, har­bour cruise and access to the his­toric site and build­ings
Return to Hobart for 2^nd night in Hobart hotel (B – Lunch and din­ner own costs)

DAY 5: Hobart – Styx Val­ley – Lake St Clair – Mt Field NP – Stra­han

• If your tour has you in Hobart on a Sat­ur­day, enjoy a morn­ing enjoy a stroll through Sala­man­ca Mar­kets area and expe­ri­ence some of Tasmania’s local pro­duce, arts and crafts.
• Trav­el to New Nor­folk and up the Der­went Riv­er Val­ley to head west to the Styx Val­ley For­est walk
• Mar­vel at these ancient and giant trees – some over 80 metres tall – the tallest in the world with the high­est car­bon den­si­ty – recent­ly threat­ened by log­ging
• Vis­it Mt Field Nation­al Park and the spec­tac­u­lar water­fall walks to famous and near­by Rus­sell Falls then only 300 metres beyond the top of Rus­sell Falls the beau­ti­ful Horse­shoe Falls.
• Head­ing towards the west coast wilder­ness, we take a break and walk at scenic Lake St Clair. We vis­it the out­stand­ing artis­tic cre­ation and depic­tion of Tas­man­ian his­to­ry in the wood­en carved The Wall- in the Wilder­ness at Der­went Bridge

The Wall in the Wilder­ness — Artist Greg Dun­can is cre­at­ing a stun­ning sculp­ture at Der­went Bridge in the heart of Tas­ma­nia. The Wall in the Wilder­ness is a com­mem­o­ra­tion of those who helped shape the past and present of Tasmania’s cen­tral high­lands. A work in progress, The Wall is being carved from three-metre high wood­en pan­els. The carved pan­els will tell the his­to­ry of the harsh Cen­tral High­lands region – begin­ning with the indige­nous peo­ple, then to the pio­neer­ing tim­ber har­vesters, pas­toral­ists, min­ers and Hydro work­ers.

We cross the Franklin Riv­er and check the wilder­ness look­out before dri­ving through the bare hills of Queen­stown and arriv­ing into Stra­han late after­noon on the scenic shores of Mac­quar­ie Harbour

• Buf­fet Din­ner with deli­cious local seafood
Overnight Stra­han Vil­lage, Stra­han (B,L,D)

DAY 6: Stra­han – Gor­don Riv­er – Tarkine – Cra­dle Moun­tain

• Today you have the choice between a Gor­don Riv­er Cruise or the West Coast Wilder­ness Rail­way. Both take you deep into Tasmania’s most stun­ning wilder­ness telling sto­ries of the areas colour­ful his­to­ry.

• OR from Stra­han, take an option­al extra cost heli­copter flight and fly over the King and Franklin Gor­don Wild Rivers, World Her­itage Area, land­ing on the Gor­don for a short walk amongst the Huon Pines near the riv­er junc­tions where the Gor­don Riv­er dam was going to be, but was stopped by envi­ron­men­tal protests. On return explore and relax on the water­front in Stra­han.

• OR from Stra­han there’s time to ride the steam train of the West Coast Wilder­ness Rail­way, (SEE VIDEO BELOW) a beau­ti­ful­ly scenic and his­to­ry filled jour­ney through the forests, as we cross high bridges and climb steep grades through a nar­row gorge and fol­low the route built by pio­neers more than a cen­tu­ry ago.

• We explore Stra­han and sur­rounds includ­ing Hen­ty Dunes and Ocean Beach to expe­ri­ence the Great South­ern Ocean with no land mass west of here until Argenti­na. We depart the area via the his­toric min­ing town of a Zee­han. We take the fer­ry over the Pie­man Riv­er then the dirt road from Corin­na through the unique Tarkine For­est region to Sav­age Riv­er. We stop at the Her­itage Min­ing town of Waratah to admire the water­fall in the mid­dle of town and the old miner’s Stam­per Mill, before arriv­ing into Cra­dle Moun­tain.
• Tonight will include an option­al tour ​‘Devils@Cradle’, where you can watch Tas­man­ian Dev­ils feed at night
• Din­ner at Cra­dle Moun­tain

Overnight Cra­dle Moun­tain (B, L, D)

DAY 7: Cra­dle Moun­tain

This ancient glacial area is one of Tasmania’s high­lights. Enjoy the unique cli­mate and spec­tac­u­lar scenery with numer­ous walks, or just relax with our 2 nights in the Cra­dle Moun­tain Lodge.

• Dove Lake Cir­cuit Walk – A fair­ly easy grade makes this walk suit­able for all ages and fit­ness lev­els, focus­ing on Cra­dle Moun­tain, tem­per­ate rain­forests and sub alpine plant com­mu­ni­ties. See Cra­dle Moun­tain in all its glo­ry and learn about the action of past glac­i­ers on the land­scape. Dura­tion – 3 Hours Grade – Easy

• Crater Lake Walk – An excel­lent walk which takes you to the Crater Falls and a mag­i­cal for­est with pan­di­ni and sas­safras trees. Dis­cov­er the hid­den glacial lake sur­round­ed by 200 meter cliffs cov­ered with fagus. Great views of Marion’s Look­out and Crater Lakes. Dura­tion – 3 Hours Grade – Medi­um
• Mar­i­ons Look­out Walk – This is a mod­er­ate grade walk with some steep sec­tions, so a rea­son­able degree of fit­ness is desir­able. On a clear day, this walk offers spec­tac­u­lar views of Cra­dle Moun­tain and Dove Lake. Dura­tion – 3 Hours Grade – Medi­um to Hard

Overnight Cra­dle Moun­tain Château, Cra­dle Moun­tain (B, L, D)

DAY 8: Cra­dle Moun­tain – Arthur Riv­er – Stan­ley – The Nut – Burnie – Launce­s­ton

• After a tasty break­fast, we dri­ve back into the Tarkine For­est region for qui­et walks time in this amaz­ing for­est. Then trav­el via the west coast road to Arthur Riv­er with time at Cou­ta Rocks and The Edge of the World at Gar­diners Point. The ocean west of Tas­ma­nia is the longest unin­ter­rupt­ed expanse of ocean on the globe. From Argenti­na the cur­rents sweep unim­ped­ed more than halfway around the plan­et until they hit this point. Enjoy the quaint Tas­man­ian vil­lage of Arthur Riv­er Ocean then north to Stan­ley and the famous Nut, vis­it­ing Rocky Cape Nation­al Park & light­house. Return­ing along the north­ern coast road via Burnie and Pen­guin to Launce­s­ton.
• Return to Launce­s­ton for flights home approx 1900 hrs
• Option­al­ly extend your stay in Tas­ma­nia for flights or fer­ry next day. (B, L)



Inclu­sions for Tas­man­ian Wilder­ness Explor­er 4WD Tours – 12 Days Tour :

7 nights 3 ½ – 5 star accom­mo­da­tion includ­ing break­fast dai­ly
All Din­ners except 1 (includ­ing Wel­come Din­ner in Launce­s­ton
5 lunch­es – 2 are own pur­chase in local mar­kets, vil­lages
Entry to Port Arthur His­toric site
Gor­don Riv­er Cruise includ­ed or West Coast Wilder­ness Rail­way (add $230)
Air­port, fer­ry or hotel pick­up & return in Launce­s­ton or Devon­port
Small group trav­el in lux­u­ry 4WD
Nation­al Park entry fees
Pro­fes­sion­al guide/​drivers

EXTRA in the 12 day tour 

Tour through Cen­tral Plateau & Great Lake Con­ser­va­tion Areas, via West­ern Tiers
Bruny Island Wilder­ness Cruise explor­ing the rugged coast­line of Bruny Island in south­ern Tas­ma­nia.
Strath­gor­don tour via Lake Ped­der and Lake Gor­don & Admans­field Con­ser­va­tion Area
Fly to the South­west World Her­itage Area via South East Cape, to Melaleu­ca for a boat trip to Bathurst Har­bour, Port Dav­ey. See map
Option­al time for Mona Art Gallery and more

Exclu­sions – 2 lunch­es (Port Arthur/​Hobart, Stra­han), alco­hol, fares to & from Launce­s­ton, Tas­ma­nia.

Trav­el from Mel­bourne or Syd­ney avail­able – Please ask.

Itin­er­ary for 8 days tour shown 12 day tour includes the 8 days PLUS 4 extra nights for tours listed

From Perth to Wave Rock, Kal­go­or­lie, Stir­ling Ranges, Albany, Den­mark, Mar­garet Riv­er, jour­ney via the Stir­ling and Porongu­rup Ranges, and along the spec­tac­u­lar south­ern and west­ern coast­lines through vast seas of wild­flow­ers and mag­nif­i­cent Nation­al Parks

Con­sid­er an option­al boat trip to Rot­tnest Island, a gazetted A‑class nature reserve, or clos­er to home.

The Stir­ling Range Nation­al Park is home to more than 1,500 species of native plants, 87 of which aren’t found any­where else in the world. With unique and abun­dant wild­flow­ers, includ­ing Banksia, Dryan­dras, Queen She­ba Orchids and Moun­tain Bells, plus the beau­ty of the moun­tain land­scape, this park is one of the South West’s most pop­u­lar des­ti­na­tions. The path­ways in Porongu­rup Nation­al Park lead through Mar­ri, Jar­rah and Kar­ri for­est to reach the sum­mits of weath­ered gran­ite domes. From here there are panoram­ic views of the coast­line, the near­by Stir­ling Range, sur­round­ing farm­land and vineyards. 

Amongst the gran­ite and the scenic views you’ll dis­cov­er a diver­si­ty of native flo­ra and fau­na; from the yel­low Aca­cias and pur­ple Hov­ea, to wal­la­bies, antech­i­nus, south­ern brown bandi­coots and grey kan­ga­roos. The pow­er­ful South­ern Ocean has sculp­tured spec­tac­u­lar coastal fea­tures known as ​‘The Gap’ and the ​‘Nat­ur­al Bridge’ along Torndirrup Nation­al Park’s buf­fet­ed coast­line. Com­ple­ment­ed by a dis­play of wild­flow­ers, includ­ing the Sticky Tail­flower, the pink Pim­i­lea Rosea and blue Scaevola Nitida. 

Pro­gramme

Day 1 Perth – Wave Rock

Hotel: Wave Rock Includ­ed Meals: Break­fast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 2 — Wave Rock – Kalgoorlie

Trav­el via Cool­gar­die a for­mer gold boom­town and on to Kal­go­or­lie for amaz­ing views over the famous Super Pit open-cut gold mine, and a tour of this famous town.

Includ­ed Meals: Break­fast, Lunch

Day 3 Kal­go­or­lie – Esperance

Vis­it Cape Le Grand Nation­al Park for the wild coastal scenery, rugged gran­ite peaks, sweep­ing heath­lands and white sand beach­es. At Lucky Bay, we may see some whales after their calf birthing. 

Includ­ed Meals: Break­fast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 4 Esper­ance – Albany

Trav­el on through Raven­sthor­pe and the unique Fitzger­ald Bios­phere. Lat­er, at Bluff Knoll Look­out, you’ll wit­ness the rugged beau­ty of the Stir­ling Ranges Nation­al Park. Con­tin­ue to Albany, a town famous for its whal­ing sta­tion and Anzac his­to­ry. Con­sid­er a vis­it to the Nation­al ANZAC Cen­tre, where 41,000 men and woman depart­ed for the Great War. 

Meals: Break­fast, Dinner

Day 5 Albany – Mar­garet River

Explore the Giants Tree Top Walk in the majes­tic Tin­gle for­est. Then to Cape Leeuwin, where the Indi­an and Great South­ern Oceans meet. On to Mar­garet Riv­er, one of Australia’s pre­mier wine-grow­ing regions. Enjoy the beach­es of the near­by coast, and per­haps spot migra­to­ry whales between June and November.

Includ­ed Meals: Break­fast, Lunch, Dinner 

Day 6 Mar­garet Riv­er — Mar­garet River 

Mar­garet Riv­er is known not only for its fab­u­lous wine but also for its fresh pro­duce and bou­tique pro­duc­ers. Con­tin­ue to a local win­ery for wine tast­ings and lunch pre­pared using fresh local produce. 

Includ­ed Meals: Break­fast, Lunch

Day 7 Mar­garet Riv­er – Perth

You may like to take a stroll along the 2‑kilometre jet­ty in Bus­sel­ton, a pop­u­lar hol­i­day town on the shores of Geo­graphe Bay. On arrival in Fre­man­tle, the after­noon is yours to explore this won­der­ful city. You could vis­it the colour­ful Fre­man­tle Mar­kets to pur­chase local arts and crafts and taste local pro­duce. We rec­om­mend tak­ing a wan­der along the Fre­man­tle fore­shore to observe the impres­sive fish­ing fleet. Enjoy cel­e­bra­tion com­ple­tion din­ner this evening. Accom­mo­da­tion own arrangements. 

Includ­ed Meals: Break­fast, Dinner

• 7 days 6 nights in motel / hotel accommodation
• 5 Din­ners, 5 Lunch­es, 6 Breakfasts 
  
• Pro­fes­sion­al and expe­ri­enced dri­ver / guide
• Long estab­lished rela­tion­ships with local Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple enrich­es experiences
• Access to remote areas and rock art sites unreach­able by most tour vehicles
• Deli­cious meals as shown, includ­ing veg­e­tar­i­an options.
• Accom­mo­dat­ed sleep­ing or com­fy camp­ing – Your choice. Camp gear is mod­ern and easy to use.
• Option­al Accom­mo­da­tion upgrades avail­able if pre booked .
• All World Her­itage and Nation­al Park entry and accom­mo­da­tion fees
• Abo­rig­i­nal Art com­mu­ni­ty vis­its for ​“direct from artist” purchases
• Con­tri­bu­tions of tour price sup­ports Out­back Kids and nature care programs.
• You – and Your involve­ment in a cre­ation much big­ger than most can imagine

Exclu­sions

• Some meals own pur­chase as shown, Alcohol
• Accom­mo­da­tion upgrades if required. Avail­able most nights if pre booked
• Flights to and from depar­ture points

General Terms & Conditions

1 The tour operator or agent reserves the right to vary or cancel tours or part thereof owing to extremes of weather or changes to conditions eg road closures or other circumstances to ensure safety and value to clients 2 Every effort will be made to keep to published departure times connections and itineraries but no guarantee can be made and no compensation shall be payable if variations occur. 3 The operator reserves the right to substitute drivers and/or vehicles or equipment or subcontract suppliers as circumstances may require or vary or cancel tours without prior notice. 4 Prices are in Australian Dollars and are subject to change. Prices are confirmed at time of booking. 5 The tour operator does not accept any liability for the acts omission defaults or negligence of other operators suppliers wildlife parks rides or any other service provider used in conjunction with these tours. 6 Smoking and the consumption of alcohol are prohibited on public passenger vehicles & aircraft. The operator reserves the right to exclude a passenger if he/she presents a danger to other passengers or impairs their comfort or if he/she commits an unlawful act.7. I understand 4 wheel drive travel in remote areas can be dangerous and can lead to serious injury or death 8 The tour operator shall not be responsible or liable for death illness or injury to any person or loss of or damage to any property or otherwise due to the operator's or agent's negligence nor for any inconvenience delay injury accident theft or negligence caused to or expenses incurred by any passenger/ client however caused by or arising out of provision of or failure to provide services. 9 Tours are sold subject to conditions of the operator supplying the services & these General Conditions. 10 For multiday tours a deposit of $300 or 25% per person (whichever is greater) is required to confirm booking. Final payment to be made at least 60 days prior to departure. Cancellation Policy: Written notice is required. For multi day tours cancellation up to 30 days prior to departure is subject to a $100 administration fee. Cancellation within 42-60 days of departure loss of 25%. Cancellation within 20-30 days of departure loss of 50%. Less than 20 days 100%. Your Travel insurance may compensate if cancellations are required. For day or short tours cancellation by client and alternative tours not being available cancellation fees may apply of 10% per day from 10 days prior to tour date depending on tour type/duration. 11 All travellers are advised to take out comprehensive travel insurance in case of unforseen circumstances such as cancellation missed connections illness or lost luggage.