Adelaide to Darwin to Adelaide 25 Day Tour

Day One and Two
Depart Adelaide 8:00AM for Yorke Peninsula arriving at Point Pearce Aboriginal Lands. Here we experience some Aboriginal culture and environment with the Narrunga People.

Day Three
Depart Yorke Peninsula 8:00AM for Wilpena Pound Resort via Port Pirie, Port Germein and Port Augusta (the crossroads of Australia). At Port Augusta we explore the Flinders Ranges and Outback in Wadlata Outback Centre's Tunnel of Time. We discover its origins, the Aboriginal Dreaming, European settlement and much more. After lunch we head towards Wilpena Pound via Quorn and Hawker. From Hawker we visit Kanyaka ruins and Death Rock. If you are feeling energetic perhaps we can climb up to see the Yourambulla Caves, where we view Aboriginal rock painting. We spend tonight at Wilpena Resort.

Day Four & Five
After breakfast we have a peaceful bushwalk to Wangarra Lookouts and the Hill Homestead. After our walk we visit Sacred Canyon which is a major Aboriginal Art sites. We then travel the geological trail through the Brachina Gorge. This gorge traces the geological history of the area for hundreds of million years.

Our next stop is the Prairie Hotel at Parachilna where we taste some Feral food (emu and kangaroo). After morning tea we head to Iga Warta ( the place of the native orange), where we spend some time learning about the Adnymathanha culture and environment. Iga Warta is an Aboriginal owned and managed environmental and cultural interpretive centre. Overnight Iga Warta (camping).

Day Six
Our destination today is William Creek via the Oodnadatta Track. Our first stop is Lyndhurst where we visit the spectacular red and brown ochre cliffs. The ochre pits provided ceremonial colour for the aborigines. The deep, wide pit-like an open cut mine is a glowing spectrum of colour.From the ochre cliffs head to the ghost town of Farina, which was set up in 1882 as a farming centre and railhead for wool and cattle. From Farina ruins we head to Marree where we visit the Arabunna Aboriginal Centre.

After lunch we continue along the Oodnadatta Track. This a land of contrasts, there's red gibber plains stretching to the horizon, mound springs (we visit Bubbler Springs and Blanche Cup Springs) which create bush oases and wetlands, red gum lined creeks and vast areas of grey salt bush spiky Spinifex. At Coward Springs you have a chance of a relaxing soak in a hot pool. Remnants of the old Ghan Railway are abundant along the Oodnadatta Track.

Overnight William Creek. William Creek is the world's most isolated pub where you can indulge in a well-deserved Australian beer. The most important claim to fame for William Creek is that it is the smallest town in Australia and that it is located on the worlds largest cattle station (Anna Creek Station) which is 32500 square kilometres. A walk along the old Ghan Railway line to the bridge at Breakfast Time Creek can also be enjoyed. Optional flight over Lake Eyre Basin is available at own expense.

Day Seven
Coober Pedy is today's destination.  Overnight underground motel.

Day Eight & Nine
Coober Pedy in the heart of South Australia's vast outback is an opal wonderland. We spend some time visiting mines and interpretive centres which a great insight into the town and its mining operations. There are more than 30 opal shops in Coober Pedy if you like to purchase some opal. The town takes its name from the Aboriginal word Kupa (uninitiated man or white man) and Piti (hole). Overnight underground motel. We also visit The Breakaways, Moon Plain and The Dingo Fence.

Day Ten
After breakfast we head to Explorer Highway where we enjoy a sealed road again. On the way to Uluru/Kata Tjuta National Park we visit Mintabie which is an active opal mining town. Noodling for opal on old dumps is a popular pastime.

Day Eleven
After breakfast our destination is Uluru/Ayers Rock via the Stuart Highway/Explorer Highway to Kulgera and Erldunda. From Erldunda we join the Lasseter Highway to Uluru/Kata Tjuta National Park, arriving in time to see the magical sunset. Overnight camp Yalara.

Day Twelve & Thirteen
We spend the next 2 days in Uluru and Kata Tjuta National Park. This gives us plenty of time to appreciate the Aboriginal culture and environment on a 2-hour tour with an Aboriginal guide. We can also enjoy a walk around the base of Uluru or for the fit and energetic a climb to the top of this magnificent monolith.

A number of optional tours are available from Yalara. These include: Harley Davidson Tour of Uluru, Camel rides to Uluru, Helicopter flights over the Rock and Kata Tjuta, many more are available. (Optional tours at own expense)

Day Fourteen & Fifteen
After breakfast we head to Kings Canyon. Here, a breath-taking walk around the rim of the canyon allows you to gaze down in awe at the sandstone chasm plunging 270 metres to the canyon floor. OR we can venture down into the chasm and discover luxuriant cycads around the permanent waterhole in the exotic Garden of Eden. We can also discover traditional and contemporary Aboriginal Culture with a tour to Lilla Rockhole, journey through an area of sacred caves and paintings, learn about traditional medicine and bush tucker and try your hand at spear and boomerang throwing (optional tour at own expense). Overnight Kings Creek Station.

Day Sixteen
We travel along the Mereenie Loop Road through Aboriginal land to Alice Springs via the West MacDonnell Ranges. Arrive Alice Springs approximately 6:00PM

Day Seventeen
Free day Alice Springs.

Day Eighteen
Depart Alice Springs and head to the Western Australian town of Halls Creek travelling along The Tanami Track. The Tanami is the epitome of what most of us regard as a desert- a vast, flat and featureless landscape where water is scarce. The notorious track cuts a 1050 kilometre sandy course from Alice Springs to Halls Creek through unforgiving country where many early expeditioners perished trying to conquer the harsh terrain. The track takes us past the rich Tanami and Granites gold mines. Overnight Tilmouth roadhouse to spend a couple of days on an outback station.(to be confirmed)

Day Nineteen
Tilmouth Roadhouse.

Day Twenty
Travel the Tanami Track to Rabbit Flat (where the population once doubled overnight-when twins were born to the owners)

Day Twenty-one
Leave Rabbit Flat for Wolfe Creek meteorite crater(second largest meteorite crater in the world) where we have lunch. We now head to Halls Creek. Overnight Halls Creek or The Bungle Bungles(Purnululu). This spectacular rock formation consists of dome shaped mountains, sheer walls and deep gorges over an area of 500 square kilometres. An optional helicopter flight over the Bungles is recommended as it is very difficult to appreciate this region from the land.

Day Twenty-two
After breakfast. we visit Wyndham and Kunanurra. At Wyndham we visit the five rivers lookout for views of the gulf. Overnight Lake Argyle.

Day Twenty-three
Leave Lake Argyle and head to Katherine where we spend the night at Katherine Gorge.

Day Twenty-four
After breakfast we head to Kakadu (not sure on this yet as it depends on how much time we spend at Tilmouth)

Day Twenty-five
Katherine to Darwin