Spirit Safaris

Abo­rig­i­nal Art Cen­tre Tours – West­ern Deserts Tour – From Alice Springs to Uluru

Arrive in Alice Springs for art gal­leries, (or rock art — 3pm depart) din­ner and overnight in Alice Springs. Morn­ing start for overnight Ulu­ru with sun­set or Field of Lights (option­al). Ear­ly start to Ama­ta, Wingel­li­na and Black­stone overnight. Next day War­bur­ton gallery and overnight. Then next day Warakur­na and Giles weath­er sta­tion. Next Tjukurla if time and inter­est, before Dock­er Riv­er and late arrival
Ulu­ru. Tour com­pletes 10 am day 7

Also return to Alice Springs avail­able approx 12 noon. There is dai­ly coach and flights con­nect­ing Ulu­ru to Alice and flights 3 days / week from Ulu­ru to Bris­bane. Also Vir­gin and Qan­tas fly to Alice Springs 

For more details and oth­er Art Cen­tre Tours see — https://​www​.spir​it​sa​faris​.com/​a​b​o​r​i​g​i​n​a​l​-​a​r​t​-​t​ours/

Inclu­sions –

• Small bou­tique group in mod­ern 4 wheel dri­ve vehi­cles – Land­cruis­ers or similar
• Pro­fes­sion­al and expe­ri­enced dri­ver / guides
• Long estab­lished rela­tion­ships with local Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple enrich­es experiences
• Expe­ri­ence the high ener­gy of rock art, sacred sites and songlines
• All meals, includ­ing veg­e­tar­i­an options, unless not­ed in itinerary.
• Accom­mo­da­tion in com­mu­ni­ty or hotels 
  
• All World Her­itage and Nation­al Park & entry per­mits 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.
• You – and Your involve­ment in a cre­ation much big­ger than most can imagine

Con­sid­er allow­ing time before or after the the tour to stay in Alice Springs and see more of the rich sights such as Roy­al Fly­ing Doc­tor Ser­vice, School of the Air, Over­land Tele­graph Sta­tion, Aralu­en Art & Cul­tur­al Cen­tre, Air or Trans­port Muse­um, Abo­rig­i­nal Art gal­leries, Alice Springs Desert Park.

Tour Includes deli­cious meals, all fees, pro­fes­sion­al guides, lux­u­ry 4WD trans­port, com­fy camp­ing + 3 night resort accom­mo­da­tion includ­ed. includes hotel meals. Also return to Alice Springs avail­able approx 12 noon. Oth­er options avail­able – Please Ask

For more details and oth­er Art Cen­tre Tours see — https://​www​.spir​it​sa​faris​.com/​a​b​o​r​i​g​i​n​a​l​-​a​r​t​-​t​ours/

• 4WD trans­port in small group (max­i­mum 7) lux­u­ry air con­di­tioned vehicles
• Best Feath­erdale Wildlife Park expe­ri­ence up close with Aus­tralia’ favourite animals – 
  
• Koala, kan­ga­roos, wom­bats, Tassy Dev­ils, croc­o­dile, exot­ic birds etc
• Remote area access to rain­forests, giant gum trees, pris­tine forests, native flo­ra and fauna
• Deli­cious pic­nic lunch and morn­ing tea.
• Easy Walks in breath­tak­ing Blue Moun­tains Aus­tralia World Her­itage Nation­al Parks
• Vast ​“Grand Canyon” look­outs and breath­tak­ing views
• Kan­ga­roos, goan­nas, par­rots, lori­keets and their mates
• Expe­ri­enced and pro­fes­sion­al guide
• Departs dai­ly from your Syd­ney hotel approx­i­mate­ly 8 – 8:30am. Returns approx­i­mate­ly 5 – 5:30pm. Wear casu­al clothes and walk­ing shoes, bring hat, cam­era, water.

• Con­nect, Cre­ate and Cel­e­brate with wild nature’s vitality
• Expe­ri­ence the Mag­ic and Mys­tery of Abo­rig­i­nal ​“Dream­time”
• Learn of these great forests, ancient canyons, Song­lines, Sacred Sites and cre­ation stories

• Best day ever – LM
• This has been a real break­through for me … the land con­nec­tion and group ener­gy helped me see this – CEO
• I saw the impor­tance of my role in my com­pa­ny and how I can add so much more val­ue – Manager
• Real­ly Friend­ly, Enthu­si­as­tic and excel­lent knowl­edge – Nisha more

Cameron Cor­ner Coun­try 4WD Tour ‑NSW / QLD / SA Cor­ner ‑4 Day Cor­ner Coun­try from Bro­ken Hill return to Bro­ken Hill via Tiboobur­ra, Mil­parin­ka, Moom­ba, Innamin­ka, Dig Tree, Cameron Cor­ner – Explore in the foot­steps of Burke & Wills (vis­it the Dig Tree) this remote and fas­ci­nat­ing area around the junc­tion of the NSW, QLD & SA bor­ders. 4 days from Bro­ken Hill (or Syd­ney Ade­laide or Mel­bourne by rail, fly or coach options available) — 

Details below …

Explore in the foot­steps of Burke & Wills (vis­it the famous Dig Tree & his­toric reserve) this remote and fas­ci­nat­ing area around the junc­tion of the NSW, QLD & SA bor­ders, known as Cameron Cor­ner. Trav­el through giant sheep sta­tions from over 100 years ago, wit­ness the Moom­ba oil fields & mighty Coop­er Creek at Innam­inc­ka. Trav­el­ling in our lux­u­ry 4WD Land­cruis­ers, you can stand at the famous Cameron Cor­ner, and stay overnight at the ​“cor­ner store”. Dis­cov­er ancient Abo­rig­i­nal rock art sites and hear the tales of the great Cat­tle dri­ves as we trav­el the Strz­elec­ki Track — pio­neered by Cap­tain Starlight as he stole 1000 cat­tle from Queens­land QLD in 1870. Lat­er, Sid­ney Kid­man & Co and many oth­ers made their for­tunes on the track pio­neered by Starlight.

Cameron Cor­ner Coun­try Tour Details …

Day 1 — Depart Bro­ken Hill (or Ade­laide day pri­or) through the Bar­ri­er Ranges on the Sil­ver City High­way via Pack­sad­dle for Mil­parin­ka and the Albert Hotel. Appre­ci­ate this once thriv­ing gold min­ing town at the restored Mil­parin­ka Her­itage Precinct. We check out the Tiboobur­ra pub and con­sid­er­able town before head­ing into the Sturt Desert & 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, and to explore we arrive at Cameron Cor­ner on the 3 states cor­ner (NSW, SA & QLD) for a tasty meal and overnight at the ​“Cor­ner Store” and hotel.

Geol­o­gists think that 10 mil­lion years ago, the gran­ites in the Coop­er Basin, South Aus­tralia, were exposed at the sur­face. Since that time they have been cov­ered by a sed­i­men­ta­ry lay­er, four kilo­me­tres thick, that acts as an over­ly­ing blan­ket; trap­ping the heat and pre­vent­ing it from escap­ing to the atmosphere.

The heat is cre­at­ed by nat­u­ral­ly occur­ring radi­ogenic decay that heats the gran­ite to more than 250 degrees Cel­sius. The gran­ite tem­per­a­tures in Europe are only 180 degrees Cel­sius. The gran­ite belt in the Coop­er Basin is frac­tured in hor­i­zon­tal lay­ers and these frac­tures nat­u­ral­ly con­tain water at very high pres­sures – up to 5, 000 pounds per square inch. Check out the birdlife at sun­set on the flood­ing Coop­er Creek before a deli­cious meal at the Innam­inc­ka Hotel, adja­cent the famous old Mis­sion sta­tion, restored as Nation­al Parks offices.

Day 4 - 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 leave town and head for Pooles Grave & Depot Glen where in 1845 Charles Sturts men were strand­ed and lay camp. Trav­el­ling south via salt lakes and vast plains we arrive Bro­ken Hill late after­noon wth man­ay a tale to share.

Ful­ly inclu­sive lux­u­ry 4WD tour includes lux­u­ry small group 4WD trav­el, 4 days with 3 nights accom­mo­da­tion, all meals, pro­fes­sion­al guide. If sin­gle room required, add $395 sin­gle supplement.

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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 – dates below

New 2019 Depar­ture Dates – Alice Springs depar­ture & return options on these dates if booked ear­ly.

• August 12 – 26, 2019 – Can­ning Stock Route Tours 2019– From Broome to New­man 16 days
• August 12 – 28, 2019 – Can­ning Stock Route Tours 2019– From Broome to Broome 17 days
• August 12 – 29, 2019– Can­ning Stock Route Tours 2019– From Alice Springs to Alice Springs 18 days return via Tana­mi Track, Gun­bar­rel High­way, Giles, War­bur­ton, Ulu­ru to 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 abund

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 (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. 

• August 12 – 26, 2019 – Can­ning Stock Route Tours 2019– From Broome to New­man 16 days 
• August 12 – 28, 2019 – Can­ning Stock Route Tours 2019– From Broome to Broome 17 days
• August 12 – 29, 2019– Can­ning Stock Route Tours 2019– From Alice Springs to Alice Springs 18 days return via Tana­mi Track, Gun­bar­rel High­way, Giles, War­bur­ton, Ulu­ru to 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 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 

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 

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.

Gulf Savan­nah Tours Dar­win to Cairns 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.

Gulf Savan­nah Way Dar­win to Cairns tour 14 days …

Day 1 – Meet us in Dar­win and join your fel­low trav­ellers at 6 pm for intro­duc­tion and drinks at our Esplanade 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 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 kilo­me­tres (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. 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.

The whole sanc­tu­ary com­pris­es an unbro­ken stretch of 305,000 hectares from the sand­stone uplands to the coastal waters of the Gulf. It pro­tects a suite of habi­tats along an impor­tant eco­log­i­cal gra­di­ent in one of the high­est-pri­or­i­ty regions in Aus­tralia, as well as deliv­er­ing sig­nif­i­cant socio-eco­nom­ic ben­e­fits for Indige­nous communities.

We tour some of the high­lghts 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

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 com­bi­na­tion available

3 Day Syd­ney to Out­back NSW via Jenolan Caves Blue Moun­tains Hunter Val­ley Tours with Hill End & Mudgee NSW Tours

Day 1 – Jenolan Caves Blue Moun­tains Hunter Val­ley Tours Depart your Syd­ney hotel or accom­mo­da­tion at 730 am and enjoy the fresh ear­ly light and air of the spec­tac­u­lar Blue Moun­tains. Vis­it Katoom­ba, Leu­ra, Echo Point, Three Sis­ters, Jamieson Val­ley (Grand Canyon) and Cliff Dri­ve over Mega­long Val­ley. Enjoy the spec­tac­u­lar view from Govett’s
Leap near Black­heath, over­look­ing the Grosse Val­ley and spec­tac­u­lar Blue Gum For­est. Descent the 1500 metres of the Great Divid­ing Range to the west­ern slopes, then down the scenic Jenolan Caves road for a cave tour or nature walk.

Jenolan Caves are the world’s old­est dat­ed caves – over 340 mil­lion years old! They con­tain some of the world’s most spec­tac­u­lar cal­cite crys­tal for­ma­tions, which since 1838 have entranced visitors.

Regard­ed as Australia’s most out­stand­ing cave sys­tem – with 11 spec­tac­u­lar show caves, mul­ti-lin­gual self-guid­ed tour, pure under­ground rivers and amaz­ing for­ma­tions – Jenolan Caves is among the finest and old­est cave sys­tems in the world.

Jenolan Caves is in a huge nature reserve which forms part of the Blue Moun­tains World Her­itage area. You can stroll along a choice of scenic bush tracks (from easy to stren­u­ous), pic­nic at the Blue Lake, and in the qui­et of the ear­ly morn­ing or at dusk, see native ani­mals and birds. On almost any day you can spot a platy­pus, and if overnight­ing,
you are sure to see kan­ga­roos. After a caves tour and nature walk, we enjoy a deli­cious meal at the local restau­rant, before overnight at Caves House.

Day 2: After a healthy break­fast trav­el through the moun­tain region to the tim­ber town of Oberon, then the scenic dri­ve into Bathurst. Bathurst was home to New South wales first big gold rush in the 1850s and became home to the Cobb & Co (stage) coach com­pa­ny, who ran the largest trans­port net­work in the world with 6,000 hors­es run­ning dai­ly. Enjoy a look at local his­to­ry, and this tru­ly pio­neer­ing coun­try town before we ​“head for the hills” and back coun­try via the quaint old gold min­ing town of Sofala. From here we wind our way along the bri­dle track fol­low­ing the Tur­on Riv­er, to Hill End.

Some his­to­ry – In 1851, gold was dis­cov­ered at Hill End, and by 1872, at the height of the great gold rush, the town was the largest inland set­tle­ment in NSW. With its muse­um dis­plays and many pre­served build­ings, Hill End offers a fas­ci­nat­ing insight into the 19^th-cen­tu­ry gold rush. This well-pre­served, for­mer Bathurst gold-min­ing town is set in an iso­lat­ed val­ley sur­round­ed by rugged moun­tains and gorges. The rugged scenery has inspired many renowned Aus­tralian painters, includ­ing Don­ald Friend and Rus­sell Drys­dale, who paint­ed some of the finest Aus­tralian land­scapes of the 20^th cen­tu­ry. In its hey­day in the 1870s, Hill End had a pop­u­la­tion of 10,000 and boast­ed a kilo­me­tre of colour­ful shopfronts, includ­ing 28 pubs, an opi­um den and an oys­ter bar. Today you can take a self-guid­ed tour of the gold-rush streetscape, go under­ground at the Bald Hill Mine or join a ​‘fos­sick­ing’ tour and search­for gold among mounds of old mine tailings.

East­ern Grey Kan­ga­roos Hunter Val­ley Tour­Time here to enjoy the local his­to­ry, before trav­el­ling back coun­try­trails, to arrive at Mudgee, and pros­per­ous vol­canic soil wine growingarea. Enjoy a tasty lunch at a Win­ery in Mudgee and enjoy wine tastin­gat a pre­mi­um local winery.We see wild kan­ga­roos as we trav­el through dense forests and­spec­tac­u­lar rock and moun­tain scenery to descend into the Upper Hunter­Val­ley. Overnight Sandy Hol­low or Denman.

Day 3: Depart through pic­turesque rur­al prop­er­ties, cross­ing the Goul­burn & Hunter Rivers (The Twin Rivers) to fol­low the Gold­en High­way in the foothills of Wol­lo­mi Nation­al Park. We vis­it the sacred Abo­rig­i­nal ​“Biamme Cave” with a mas­sive Abo­rig­i­nal cave paint­ing depict­ing the supreme Abo­rig­i­nal cre­ator spir­it Biamme, with out­stretched arms car­ing over his peo­ple. (Known as the ​“rope man” in the Pacif­ic Islands. Learn of local Abo­rig­i­nal his­to­ry, and land­marks before we enjoy lunch at a scenic vine­yard pic­nic area. We trav­el through Broke and the his­toric vil­lage of Wol­lom­bi (more wine tast­ing options) before arriv­ing in the heart of the Low­er Hunter Val­ley, Pokol­bin.

Lots of treats here includ­ing many bou­tique winer­ies, the Hunter Val­ley Gar­dens, Hunter Val­ley Choco­late Com­pa­ny, Cheese tast­ing and more. A local Wildlife park vis­it option is also avail­able to ensure close encoun­ters of the fur­ry kind with koalas, kan­ga­roos, wom­bats, Tas­man­ian Dev­ils, croc­o­diles and more. After a full day we trav­el back to Syd­ney cross­ing the mighty & scenic Hawkes­bury Riv­er, trav­el­ling back into the city via the leafy north shore sub­urbs, arriv­ing approx­i­mate­ly 6pm.

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. LD

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 th

KIM­BER­LEY Broome to Broome Tours — 8 day Kim­ber­ley Tour with Mitchell Falls & Bun­gle Bungles

Day 1 — Departs Broome 730 am via the Savan­nah Way. Trav­el the mighty Savan­nah grass­lands, and cross the Fitzroy Riv­er twice. Mar­vel at the giant boabs, and lunch at Fitzroy Cross­ing. Vis­it Halls Creek with gold min­ing his­to­ry to overnight at Bun­gles Bun­gles Safari camp for our next day in the Bun­gle Bun­gles LD

Day 2 — All aboard our day tour into the Bun­gle Bun­gles to Cathe­dral Gorge and learn of the Bun­gle Bun­gles her­itage and hear some of local nature’s hid­den secrets. Be amazed on your walk into Cathe­dral Gorge, where you will be 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 and enjoy a mem­o­rable pic­nic lunch before return­ing on your walk to rejoin the 4WD. Trav­el to the Bun­gle Bun­gle Bush Camp for after­noon tea then join your air­craft to com­plete your after­noon scenic flight over the ancient Ragged Ranges and the Argyle Dia­mond Mine. Arriv­ing back in Kununur­ra approx. 500 pm. Day includes easy to mod­er­ate 3 km walk into Cathe­dral Gorge via the Bee­hive Domes. Overnight Kununur­ra or El Que­stro Sta­tion option if booked.

Day 3 — Check out the fab­u­lous art gal­leries dis­play­ing local works before we depart for the Gibb Riv­er Road and El Que­stro Sta­tion, a mil­lion acres of spec­tac­u­lar Kim­ber­ley scenery, rivers and gorges. Its here that the movie Aus­tralia was filmed, nes­tled under the Cock­burn Ranges. This morn­ing enjoy a walk and option­al swim in one of El Que­stro’s many fab­u­lous gorges. After lunch by the river­side, enjoy a cruise in the Cham­ber­lain Riv­er Gorge and view­ing from Pigeon Look­out over the Pen­te­cost Riv­er. Overnight at El Que­stro. Late after­noon relax by the riv­er at our El Que­stro Sta­tion home­stead river­side camp. BL Din­ner own at expense at sta­tion restaurant.

Day 4 – 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 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 as we trav­el from East to West Kim­ber­ley. Enjoy a break at a bird lovers bill­abong. We take a right turn at the Kalum­bu­ru Rd, and can enjoy a cool drink at the bar of the famous work­ing cat­tle sta­tion, Drys­dale Riv­er cat­tle Sta­tion where we overnight. There’s always news to catch up with here, and some tall tales from trav­ellers and locals at this remote Kim­ber­ley cat­tle station.

Day 5 — From Drys­dale Riv­er Sta­tion, we take a 2 hour scenic flight view­ing Mt Hann, Deep Gorge and the Rift, then over the mag­nif­i­cent Prince Regent Nature Reserve. We fol­low the Prince Regent Riv­er, fly over numer­ous unnamed water­falls, King Cas­cades, St George Basin, Mt Trafal­gar, Prince Fred­er­ick Har­bour, the Hunter Riv­er, Donk­ins Hill Falls and the spec­tac­u­lar Mitchell Falls. The vast beau­ti­ful unspoilt coast­line of the wilder­ness nature reserve is always a heart win­ner. You may even see croc­o­diles, dugong and whales. This is a flight over the most remote wilder­ness area in the world. This is the best way to see this coun­try from the air, the rugged land­scape with untouched coast­line and tum­bling water­falls will stay in your mem­o­ry for­ev­er. On return we trav­el south on the Gibb Riv­er Rd cross­ing the Gibb, Hann and Man­ning Rivers, to Mt Bar­nett Road­house. After lunch enjoy a swim of relax at the easy to access and 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 and arrive at Bell Gorge / Imitji Safari Camp for overnight. BLD

Day 6 - Mag­i­cal Bell Gorge is call­ing this morn­ing for a walk and swim oppor­tu­ni­ty in these fresh flow­ing waters. Enjoy this idyl­lic set­ting before our 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 morn­ing tea 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 mega fau­na roamed. We then fol­low the Devon­ian Reef / Napi­er Range road to Tun­nel Creek Nation­al Park 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 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 recent stage pro­duc­tion. After our walk in the shady and refresh­ing under­ground riv­er sys­tem, we fol­low the ranges and cross through them again, to arrive Fitzroy Cross­ing for overnight. BLD

Day 7– 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 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. Time per­mit­ting we vis­it the Der­by wet­lands for last looks at Jabiru & Brol­gas. Depart Der­by for Broome to arrive late after­noon to enjoy sun­set at Cable Beach over the Indi­an Ocean, and pos­si­bly an option­al camel ride. Enjoy a meal at a local restau­rant before overnight in Broome or option­al late flights ex Broome. BLD

Day 8 — Cel­e­brate with a morn­ing swim and/​or break­fast at Cable Beach before tour ends at 10am. Just relax for the day or 2 or there is plen­ty to do — 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 

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 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 7 – After break­fast we 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 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 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 exte

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 x2 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 $1339 + $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, youwill 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 Wolffe 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 west

2019 INCLUDES SPEC­TAC­U­LAR 2+ hour flight over Lake Eyre FLOODS & CHAN­NEL COUN­TRY,

Our Lake Eyre Tours and Flights include a spec­tac­u­lar flights 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.

These Lake Eyre Tours and Flights are by lux­u­ry 4WD from Ade­laide via spec­tac­u­lar moun­tains and rur­al SA scenery and pio­neer his­to­ry with wildlife & bird spot­ting by the lake shore.

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.

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, lake shore 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 Ood­nad­dat­ta 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 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 & 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 accom­mo­da­tion or air­port connection.

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 — 2 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 hotel pick­up & return
• Con­tri­bu­tions of tour price sup­ports Out­back Kids and Aus­tralian Wildlife Con­ser­van­cy nature care programs.

Lake Eyre Tours Flights with Wilpe­na Pound Coober Pedy 4 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 vis­its and walks, Bird­watch­ing and Lake Shore dri­ve by 4WD, Wet­lands birds area walk, lux­u­ry 4WD transport.

Option­al EXTEND­ED FLIGHT to Birdsville return via Lake Eyre & CHAN­NEL COUN­TRY, WITH BIRDSVILLE LUNCH, SIMP­SON DESERT — see detail at Extras when com­mence book­ing process

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 

4 Day Lake Eyre Tours Flights — itinerary

Day 1 — From Ade­laide city or air­port we depart via spec­tac­u­lar moun­tain scenery adja­cent the South­ern Flinders Ranges. 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 a morn­ing and after­noon teas. We have a pic­nic lunch in scenic Mel­rose at the base of Mt Remark­able and cross the Goy­der Line before Quorn and Hawk­er, gate­way to the Flinders Ranges. Enjoy Scenic views of the Elder, Druid & Heyson Ranges, and vis­it an ancient Abo­rig­i­nal Rock art site at Sacred Canyon (near 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. Return­ing to Wilpe­na Pound, we check in for the night for a cosy din­ner with open fire place L,D

Day 2 — Enjoy an option­al scenic 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. Depart Wilpe­na Pound Resort and trav­el the fas­ci­nat­ing Geo­log­i­cal Trail through 800 mil­lion years of time via Brachi­na Gorge and Bun­yeroo Gorge in the Flinders Ranges, view­ing fos­sils includ­ing ancient stro­matal­ites. Arrive at the old Ghan rail­way town of Parachilna and the famous Prairie Hotel, with tasty treats and excep­tion­al Abo­rig­i­nal art and jew­ellery for sale. We trav­el north here fol­low­ing the Heyson Range via Leigh Creek (view­ing the mas­sive open cut mine ow closed) via Cop­ley and Lind­hurst past the Strz­elec­ki Track and into the desert. Stop for a look at the large and colour­ful ochre pits famous for trad­ing ochre wide­ly through­out Aus­tralia. Fari­na Arrive Mar­ree for overnight. B,L,D

Day 3 – At Mar­ree check out the ancient mosque and Old Ghan Rail­way his­to­ry. Also the Lake Eyre Yacht Club and Birdsville Track. We fol­low the Ood­na­dat­ta Track Over­land Tele­graph Line & Old Ghan Rail­way Track and vis­it his­toric Cow­ard Springs & Cur­dimur­ka Rail­way Sid­ings and the look­out at Lake Eyre South then the Mound Springs, nat­ur­al springs bub­bling up from the Arte­sian Basin. Vis­it the shores of Lake Eyre and con­nect with the won­der of the bird and plant life revi­talised by flood­ing rains. We vis­it creeks and water holes along the route which are favourite spots for birds (includ­ing brol­gas, egrets, swans, ducks, waders, Herons and many more) and bird­watch­ers. Arrive his­toric William Creek on Anna Creek Sta­tion (Sid­ney Kid­man’s largest cat­tle sta­tion) for a 2+ hour scenic flight over Lake Eyre. After our flight, we head though the moon plains for Coober Pedy for overnight. This is a spe­cial sleep under­ground oppor­tu­ni­ty. B,L,D

Day 4 – Today we are head­ing south on the Stu­art High­way via desert trav­el & salt lakes that let you appre­ci­ate the remote and vast out­back. Wit­ness mod­ern ​“oasis” out­back sta­tions and trans­port road­hous­es of this great Stu­art High­way con­nect­ing Australia’s north and south. Vis­it Woomera and the ​“rock­et park” col­lec­tion of mis­siles launched from this unique loca­tion, the exten­sive Rock­et Range Muse­um and view the infa­mous Deten­tion Cen­tre. Trav­el via Port Augus­ta, the pow­er­house of Spencers Gulf and a cup­pa by the water front, then on via rich rur­al lands of the Gulf of St Vin­cent to arrive Ade­laide this evening. Tour ends approx 7 pm. B,L

Lake Eyre Tours Flights with Wilpe­na Pound Coober Pedy 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 — 2 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 hotel pick­up & return
• Con­tri­bu­tions of tour price sup­ports Out­back Kids and Aus­tralian Wildlife Con­ser­van­cy nature care programs.

¹⁄₂ day Syd­ney North­ern Beach­es, Bays and Rivers Tour by pri­vate lux­u­ry 4WD – includes scenic beach­es and water­ways, Wildlife, Abo­rig­i­nal rock art sites, Kuringai Chase Nation­al Park.

Expe­ri­ence the Mag­ic and Mys­tery of the Syd­ney bush and water­ways, the wildlife, song lines and pow­er­ful Abo­rig­i­nal rock art sites. Enjoy a real tea or cof­fee in the bush and the won­der and beau­ty of the north­ern beach­es, scenic head­lands, vast ocean views, and hide­away bays. Expand your aware­ness and nature con­nec­tion. Fun, empow­er­ing and relax­ing – includes lux­u­ry 4WD trav­el, after­noon tea/​coffee and free sou­venir.

Departs from your North­ern Beach­es accom­mo­da­tion or Man­ly, Syd­ney city hotel, or Milson’s Point/​North Syd­ney, returns to your accom­mo­da­tion, city or Man­ly (or as arranged) to enable you to return to the city by Man­ly Fer­ry (40 min­utes or 20 min­utes by Jet­cat) or stay a while in Manly.

Departs from your CBD hotel, OR Man­ly OR North­ern Beach­es: MORN­ING 8am ‑12 noon or AFTER­NOON 1pm‑5:00pm

Call 1300 763 188 or 0417 244 600

• 4WD trans­port in small group (2−7) lux­u­ry air con­di­tioned vehicles
• Deli­cious morn­ing / after­noon tea.
• Expe­ri­enced and pro­fes­sion­al local guide

• Best day ever – LM
• This has been a real break­through for me … the land con­nec­tion and group ener­gy helped me see this – CEO
• I saw the impor­tance of my role in my com­pa­ny and how I can add so much more val­ue – Manager
• Real­ly Friend­ly, Enthu­si­as­tic and excel­lent knowl­edge – Nisha more

¹⁄₂ day Syd­ney North­ern Beach­es, Bays and Rivers Tour by pri­vate lux­u­ry 4WD – includes scenic beach­es and water­ways, Wildlife, Abo­rig­i­nal rock art sites, Kuringai Chase Nation­al Park.

Expe­ri­ence the Mag­ic and Mys­tery of the Syd­ney bush and water­ways, the wildlife, song lines and pow­er­ful Abo­rig­i­nal rock art sites. Enjoy a real tea or cof­fee in the bush and the won­der and beau­ty of the north­ern beach­es, scenic head­lands, vast ocean views, and hide­away bays. Expand your aware­ness and nature con­nec­tion. Fun, empow­er­ing and relax­ing – includes lux­u­ry 4WD trav­el, after­noon tea/​coffee and free sou­venir.

Departs from your North­ern Beach­es accom­mo­da­tion or Man­ly, Syd­ney city hotel, or Milson’s Point/​North Syd­ney, returns to your accom­mo­da­tion, city or Man­ly (or as arranged) to enable you to return to the city by Man­ly Fer­ry (40 min­utes or 20 min­utes by Jet­cat) or stay a while in Manly.

Departs from your CBD hotel, OR Man­ly OR North­ern Beach­es: MORN­ING 8am ‑12 noon or AFTER­NOON 1pm‑5:00pm

Call 1300 763 188 or 0417 244 600

• 4WD trans­port in small group (2−7) lux­u­ry air con­di­tioned vehicles
• Deli­cious morn­ing / after­noon tea.
• Expe­ri­enced and pro­fes­sion­al local guide

• Best day ever – LM
• This has been a real break­through for me … the land con­nec­tion and group ener­gy helped me see this – CEO
• I saw the impor­tance of my role in my com­pa­ny and how I can add so much more val­ue – Manager
• Real­ly Friend­ly, Enthu­si­as­tic and excel­lent knowl­edge – Nisha more

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
Tas­man­ian Wilder­ness Explor­er 4WD Tours Rus­sell Falls
Rus­sell Falls Mt Field Nation­al Park



• 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. Check the wilder­ness look­out before dri­ving through the bare hills of Queen­stown and arriv­ing into Stra­han late after­noon on the peace­ful 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

Explore Tasmania’s 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, Cra­dle Moun­tain (walks), Port Arthur (or oth­er options), Hobart, Mac­quar­ie Har­bour, Gor­don, Franklin & King Rivers, West Coast Wilder­ness Rail­way option, Burnie, Stan­ley & ​“The Nut”

Dates – 2019 – Feb­ru­ary, March, April

8 Day tour – Feb­ru­ary 17 – 24 and March 2 – 9, March 13 – 20, March 23 – 30 and March 30 – April 6


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.

Our 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. 
• 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. Check the wilder­ness look­out before dri­ving through the bare hills of Queen­stown and arriv­ing into Stra­han late after­noon on the peace­ful 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. Durat

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