Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges National Park, South Australia.4WD Aussie   Outback     Adventures

 

 

 

Siller’s Lookout, Arkaroola Ridgetop Tour.           Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges National Park.          One of our secret places in the Flinders Ranges.

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Flinders Ranges Tours.

2 day, Flinders Ranges, Wilpena Pound.  From $623

 

3 day, Flinders Ranges, Wilpena & Beyond. From $795

 

 

Flinders Ranges & Arkaroola.

4 day, Flinders Ranges, Arkaroola Adventure. From $1,060

 

Coober Pedy & Flinders Ranges.

 

4 day, Coober Pedy, Lake Eyre, Wilpena Pound & Flinders Ranges. From $1,209

 

5 day, Coober Pedy, Lake Eyre, Arkaroola, & Wilpena Pound. From $1,386


 

If our pre-planned packages are not suitable to your requirements,

 we can tailor a tour for you.


All Flinders Ranges  2 & 3 day Tours run with Min of 2 and Max of 6 persons / vehicle.

 

Flinders Ranges, South Australia.

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Tours available for departure Tuesdays.

 

 Special departure & Exclusive  Tours

 depart by arrangement.

 

All accommodation quoted on twin share basis. Single supplement $90 / night.

 

 

“Flinders Ranges, Wilpena Pound.”

          AOA006 2 day tour from $623

 

Included:  Morning tea, lunches,  bed & breakfast twin share.

 

Day one:

7.30 am. pickup from hotel in Adelaide CBD, and travel 400 Kms North to historic townships of Quorn & Hawker, the Hub of the Flinders Ranges and the gateway to the Outback.  Visit “Old Kanyaka Ruins” sad testimony to this harsh country, abandoned due to drought.

 

Old Kanyaka ruins, established 1852, once home to 70 people, abondoned during the 1864-67 drought, 20,000 sheep perished.     Arkaba Woolshed & shearing shed, Flinders Ranges South Australia, established circa 1856

“Old Kanyaka Homestead    c1852                                           “Old Arkaba Woolshed  c1856

     

Travel through the Moralana scenic drive & the view the beautiful Arkaba Hills. 

Take in the view of Wilpena Pound & the Chace Range from Pugilist Hill Lookout before booking into accommodation at Wilpena or Rawnsley Park depending on availability of accommodation.

 

Day two:

Early breakfast with time available for you to take an optional scenic flight around this spectacular, ancient geological formation called Wilpena Pound.

Return to Adelaide via the famous gorges of the Flinders Ranges, Bunyeroo Valley & Gorge, Flinders Ranges National Park, & Brachina Gorge, a geological journey through 640 million years.

Lunch at Hawker before continuing on through the quality wine producing Clare Valley.

Stop to sample some local produce, arrive in Adelaide approx 6.00 – 6.30pm.

 

Package tour available with all options included.

 



 

Moralana scenic drive.

 

Flinders Ranges, Wilpena Pound & Beyond”

AOA007      3 Day  Tour from $795

 

Morning tea, lunches, Bed & Breakfast, twin share.

 

Day one:

Same as day one of two-day tour.

 

Day two:

Early breakfast with time available for you to take an optional scenic flight around this spectacular, ancient geological formation called Wilpena Pound. 

Depart for Chambers Gorge, the most spectacular accessible gorge in the Flinders Ranges.  4WD trek into gorge for lunch in idyllic surroundings and view the gallery of aboriginal rock engravings reputed to be thousands of years old.

Return to Wilpena via the old copper mining town of Blinman and travel through the heart of the Flinders Ranges National Park.

 

Day three:

Return to Adelaide via the famous gorges of the Flinders Ranges, Bunyeroo Valley/Gorge & spectacular Brachina Gorge, a geological journey through 640 million years.

Lunch at Hawker before continuing on through the quality wine producing Clare Valley. Stop to sample some local produce, arrive in Adelaide approx 6.00 – 6.30pm.

 

Package tour available with all options included.

 

Another unforgettable

4WD Aussie Outback Adventure.

 

 

 

 

Coober Pedy, Lake Eyre, Wilpena Pound & Flinders Ranges

AOA008W    4 Day Tour from $1,209

 

Travel in the comfort of a modern, specially equipped air-conditioned

 4WD station wagon, Registered chauffeured vehicle.

Follow in the footsteps of the famous explorer John Mc Douall Stuart,

the Overland Telegraph line and the old Ghan Railway.

 

Visit the true outback, see some of the harshest country in Australia, realize the hardship of people building the Ghan railway and the overland telegraph line.

 

Tour includes:  Pickup and drop off anywhere in Adelaide CBD,

 Morning teas, Lunches, Bed and Breakfast with twin share accommodation.

 Single supplement $90 / night.

Tours depart Mondays, other days by arrangement.

 Min. of two persons, Max.  of four persons / vehicle.

 

Day 1:  Tour departs Adelaide at 6.30 am. for Coober Pedy via Pt Augusta and Woomera (brief visit to Heritage Park in Woomera).

Arrive Coober Pedy approx 5.30 pm.

Tour around Coober Pedy on arrival including The Breakaways, Dingo Fence, Moon Plain & Oodnadatta road.

 O/night accommodation at Coober Pedy.

 

Day 2:  8.00 am.  Depart for William Creek via Anna Creek Station, the largest cattle station in the world.

Optional one-hour scenic flight over Lake Eyre on arrival.

4WD trek to Halligan Bay at Lake Eyre (5 Hour, 134 Kms return trip).

Lunch at the shore of Lake Eyre.  O/night at William Creek.

 

 

Day 3.  Depart William Creek approx 8.00 am for Wilpena Pound via Marree.  Stop in at Coward Springs; visit the Bubbler and Mound Springs (natural artesian springs), Curdimurka (the site of the bi-annual outback ball) before arriving at Lake Eyre South. Arrive Marree for lunch.  Visit Farina (original Ghan rail head),  Ochre pits & the Leigh Creek open cut coal field, traveling through the heart of the Flinders Ranges National Park to Wilpena Pound Resort.

O/night at Wilpena Pound Resort or Rawnsley Park Station (subject to availability).

 

Day 4:  (Optional ½ hr scenic flight available at Wilpena Pound Resort or Rawnsley Park station).

Before departing for Adelaide, traveling through the famous gorges of the Flinders, Bunyeroo Valley & Gorge, Brachina Gorge (a geological journey through  320 million years).

Arrive in Adelaide approx 6.00pm – 6.30pm.

 

Package tour available with all options included.

 

Another unforgettable

4WD Aussie Outback Adventure

 

Combine the Flinders Ranges & Arkaroola.

Text Box: The Grand Flinders Ranges Tour.
 

 

 


Our clients most popular tour selection.

 

 

See the best that South Australia’s majestic Flinders Ranges has to offer.

Fly (optional) around the Spectacular geological formation called Wilpena Pound.

Travel through the deep gorges of the Flinders Ranges National Park.

Visit Mt Chambers Gorge, the most spectacular accessible gorge in the Flinders.

And view aboriginal rock engravings thousands of years old.

Enjoy the world famous Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary’s Ridge top Tour.

 

Sillers Lookout, Arkaroola ridge top tour.

 

“Flinders Ranges, Arkaroola Adventure”

AOA009           4 Day Tour from $1,060

 

Print version itinerary available, please click HERE

 

Tour Includes:  Morning teas, lunches, one night Bed & breakfast Wilpena Pound Resort or Rawnsley Park Station, two nights Bed & Breakfast Arkaroola Resort.

All accommodation twin share.

 

Optional extras:         Arkaroola Astronomical Observatory Tour.

30 minute Wilpena Pound Scenic flight.

 

Day one: 7.30 am. pickup from your hotel in Adelaide CBD, travel in a modern, air-conditioned Four Wheel Drive Station Wagon, 400Kms north via Pt Augusta to Hawker for lunch.

After lunch, we journey through the beautiful Moralana Scenic Drive before booking into our accommodation at the Wilpena Pound Resort or Rawnsley Park Station.

table 30-minute Scenic Flight around this spectacular geological formation called Wilpena Pound.

Walk into the Pound and climb Wangara Lookout to finish off the day.

 

Day two:  Time for your optional scenic flight around the spectacular geological formation called Wilpena Pound before continuing our journey to Arkaroola as we travel through the heart of the Flinders Ranges via Bunyeroo Valley & Gorge, Brachina Gorge, Parachilna Gorge and Blinman. With abundance of wildlife in the area you could see Kangaroos, Emus and the graceful Wedge tailed Eagle.  After lunch at Blinman we travel on to a 4WD trek into Mt Chambers Gorge, the most spectacular accessible gorge in the Flinders Ranges, view the gallery of ancient Aboriginal Rock Engravings, before continuing on into the Gammon Ranges National Park and the Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary Resort.

 

Day three:     Early breakfast before joining the exclusive, world famous, Arkaroola Ridge Top Tour, travel through the creeks, valleys & over the ridges of the Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary, climaxing with an amazing view from Sillers lookout.  After lunch, take a short trip to the beautiful Echo Camp waterhole, and capture more memories of the flora, fauna & rugged beauty of this wonderous, ancient area.  After dark you may wish to tour the universe (optional) from Australia’s largest privately owned astronomical observatory.

 

 

Day four:       Return to Adelaide via Copley and Leigh Creek, visit the Historic township of Beltana (the Rev John Flynn’s first outback posting) before stopping for lunch at Hawker.

Continue on to Adelaide traveling to the east of the ranges through Quorn, Wilmington, Melrose & the famous wine producing Clare Valley.

Sample some of the local produce, if time permits, before arriving to your Adelaide accommodation approximately 6.00 – 6.30 pm.

 

Package tour available with all options included.

 

Min. 2 persons   Max.  4 persons / vehicle

Will take 6 persons only if one group.

Larger groups catered for traveling in convoy.

 

Another unforgettable

4WD Aussie Outback Adventure

 

 

 

“Coober Pedy, Lake Eyre, Arkaroola, & Wilpena Pound.”

AOA008A           5-Day Tour from $1,385

 

Depart Adelaide, o/night at Coober Pedy, optional flight available over

Lake Eyre from William Creek, local 4WD trek to Lake Eyre,

o/night at William Creek, return to Adelaide via Flinders Ranges, Arkaroola,

Ridge Top Tour (optional), & Wilpena Pound, Scenic flight (optional).

 

Travel in the comfort of a modern air-conditioned 4WD station wagon, registered chauffeured vehicle.  Follow in the footsteps of the famous explorer John Mc Douall Stuart and the old Ghan Railway, visit the true outback, see some of the harshest country in Australia, realize the hardship of people building the Ghan railway and the overland telegraph line, take the famous Arkaroola ridge top tour (optional) and a spectacular scenic flight around Wilpena Pound (optional).  Return to Adelaide via the Flinders Ranges National Park, Bunyeroo Valley/Gorge,  & the spectacular Brachina Gorge.  Finish off, time permitting, by sampling the produce of the Clare Valley, famous for quality wine production.

 

Tour includes:  Pickup and drop off in Adelaide CBD, Morning teas, Lunches,  Bed and Breakfast with twin share accommodation. Single supplement $90 / night.

4WD trip to Halligan Bay on the shores of Lake Eyre.

 

Tours depart Mondays, other days by arrangement.

Min. of two persons,  Max. of four persons / vehicle.

Larger groups catered for traveling in convoy.

 

 

Day One:  Tour departs Adelaide at 6.30 am for Coober Pedy via Pt Augusta and Woomera (brief visit to Heritage Park in Woomera). Arrive Coober Pedy approx 5.30 pm. Tour around Coober Pedy on arrival including The Breakaways, (location for Mad Max 11, beyond thunderdome), underground home construction, underground church, O/night accommodation at Coober Pedy.

 

 

Day two:  8.00 am.  Depart for William Creek via Anna Creek Station, the largest cattle property in the world.  One hour scenic flight (optional) over Lake Eyre on arrival. 4WD trek to Halligan Bay at Lake Eyre (5 Hour, 134 Kms return trip). Lunch at the shore of Lake Eyre. O/night at William Creek.

 

  

Halligan Bay, Lake Eyre                     Bubbler  Spring & Mound Spring in background.

 

Day three:  Depart William Creek approx 8.00 am for Arkaroola via the Oodnadatta Track & Marree. Visit Coward Springs; Artesian springs the Bubbler and Mound Springs, Curdimurka, Lake Eyre South, before lunch at Marree.  Visit the ruins of the ghost town of Farina (the original Old Ghan railhead), Lyndhurst Ochre Pits & the Leigh Creek open cut coal field.  Leave the desert behind as we enter the Gammon Ranges arriving at Arkaroola approx 6.30 pm.

 

Sillers lookout, Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary’s world famous 4WD ridge top tour.  

 

Day Four:  Time allowed to take the famous 4 hour 4WD Arkaroola ridge top tour (optional) or the Echo Camp Back Track tour (optional), before leaving for Wilpena Pound, traveling through the heart of the Flinders Ranges, 4WD trek into Chambers Gorge, the most spectacular accessible gorge in the Flinders Ranges, view the gallery of aboriginal rock engravings thousands of years old before visiting the old copper mining town of Blinman.  Walk into Wangarra lookout on arrival at Wilpena Pound Resort.

 

Chambers Gorge              Rock Engravings

 

Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges National Park, South Australia.

 

Day Five:  8.30 am. Time to take an optional Scenic flight around this awesome, ancient, geological formation called Wilpena Pound.

Return to Adelaide via The Flinders Ranges National Park, Bunyeroo Valley & Gorge, spectacular Brachina Gorge, (a geological journey through 640 million years) & the Clare Valley, famous for Quality wine production, sample he local produce before arriving in Adelaide approx 6.30pm.

 

 

Bunyeroo Valley,  Flinders Ranges National Park, South Australia.

 

 

Tour content may change without notice due to weather conditions and the availability of accommodation.  Unsealed roads in this area can become impassible when wet and may be closed by the South Australian Government after heavy rain.  If in the unlikely event we are unable to proceed beyond Coober Pedy, we will continue the tour via the main highway.  Costs additional to tour itineraries are clients responsibility.

 

Package tour available with all options included.

 

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Another Unforgettable

4WD Aussie Outback Adventure

 

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