Tour details are below and on the web here - https://www.spiritsafaris.com/uluru_red_centre_tours/

3 day Macs Meander Alice Springs to Ayers Rock / Uluru Tours – Via MacDonnell ranges, Hermannsburg, Kings Canyon to Uluru

FULLY ACCOMMODATED RATE SHOWN

Day 1 - Departs Alice Springs 8 am, includes Simpson Gap walk, Hermannsburg Mission, Palm Valley (3 hrs return with 1 hour walk & lunch), Glen Helen Resort overnight.

Day 2  - Ochre Pits walk, Ormiston Gorge walk, lunch at Tyler’s Pass overlooking Gosse Bluff meteorite crater. Drive into the crater & 40 mins walk. Travel the Mereenie Loop 4WD track via Camels Humps to George Gill Ranges lookout then Kings Canyon Resort for overnight.

Day 3 – Early start for Kings Canyon 6 km rim walk (3-4 hours) or easier 40 mins valley floor walk. Lunch at Kings Canyon before highway cruise through scenic desert oaks & sand hills to Uluru and Yulara resort. Includes all meals except 1 at Glen Helen (restaurant), plus National Park entry fees. Optional sunset viewing between Uluru & Kata Tjuta , so you see whole landscape and both landmarks. Ie 3 day tour does not include entry to Uluru NP or time for Uluru sunset or sunrise, but includes extra time for Palm Valley, Hermannsburg & MacDonnell Ranges. Ends at Yulara Resort / Uluru 3rd evening 6pm then own accommodation arrangement.

Uluru to Alice Springs via MacDonnell Ranges Haasts Bluff Palm Valley Kings Canyon Tours 8 Days

ACCOMMODATED OR Easy Comfy Camping 

Overnights at Uluru 2N, Kings Canyon, Glen Helen 2N, Palm Valley (or Glen Helen if accommodated), Alice Springs ie 7 nights

Reverse itinerary also available - please ask

Uluru to Alice Springs via Palm Valley & Mereenie Loop Track Tour includes – Stanley Chasm, Simpson’s Gap, Palm Valley, Hermannsburg, MacDonnell Ranges including Ormiston Gorge, Larapinta Trail,  Glen Helen, Papunya Art Centre, Haasts Bluff, Gosse Bluff, Mereenie Loop, Kings Canyon, Kata Tjuta (Olgas), Uluru (Ayers Rock), Aboriginal rock art, visit Aboriginal art centres.

Relax and Revitalise your creative self in the clear and nurturing energies of the Central Deserts of Australia’s Heartlands …  This journey is an opportunity to reflect, honour and develop deeper relationships with the land, each other, and with the traditional Aboriginal caretakers, songmasters, singers and dancers from the land we travel. We experience extraordinary landscapes, and sacred sites, and walk, rest and relax in these special places.

The 8 day and 5 day tours travel some similar areas – except the 8 day includes 1st night in Alice Springs (or Uluru) hotel, 1 overnight at Palm Valley, 1 extra night (2 total) at Glen Helen allowing more time to explore the Western MacDonnell Ranges and to visit Hassts Bluff and Papunya local Aboriginal art communities.

8 day Uluru / Ayers Rock to Alice Springs via MacDonnell Ranges & Mereenie Loop Track –  

 

Day 1 - Flights arrive Uluru around lunchtime. We collect you at airport for hotel check-in and free time. Explore the Resort Cultural centre and art galleries. Sunset viewing over Uluru & Kata Tjuta options. Evening gathering and debrief, before evening meal and overnight at Uluru / Yulara resort.

Day 2 – An early start for Uluru at sunrise and a nearby breakfast. Opportunity for morning walk and quiet time at sacred waterholes and gorges. Experience a "welcome to country" and an introduction to the area at the local Aboriginal Anangu cultural centre. After lunch and a relax, enjoy an afternoon Kata Tjuta (Olga's) walk. Sunset at Uluru.  Overnight Uluru / Yulara Resort. Dinner own cost at local restaurant.

Day 3 – Morning return to Kata Tjuta (The Olgas) or Uluru for extended 3-4 hours Valley of  the Winds walk. Picnic lunch in the National Park before departure on our for 4 hours highway cruise through picturesque desert oaks & sand hills to Kings Canyon with scenic stops. Enroute view Curtin Springs and Mt Connor lookout, plus George Gill Ranges. Overnight Kings Canyon resort (with swimming pool) 

Day 4 – Our time for morning walks at Kings Canyon allows for the 3-4 hours (6 km) over the top via the "Garden of Eden" and the spectacular north and south walls or a shorter walk option is also available in the valley floor). After a delicious and well earned lunch we head off on the 4WD Mereenie Loop Track, through spectacular Central Deserts landscapes via the Gardiner Range, the Camels Hump and Katapata Pass with sweeping views from Tyler’s Pass of the comet crater known as Gosse Bluff (Tnorala). We enter the crater and spend some quiet time here with a short walk to a lookout where the dimensions of time, space and your place in the universe can be appreciated in a new perspective. After marveling at nature’s power, we travel on in the MacDonnell ranges National Park and in view of Mt Sonder. We crioss the Finke River to Glen Helen Resort for overnight Dinner own cost at resort.

Day 5 - Enjoy a morning swim before we head out to Haasts Bluff and Papunya Art centre communities to meet the artists and appreciate the stunning spectacle and real beauty of these central desert landscapes. Here you can buy Aboriginal art from source at best prices. On return, we take a peaceful and reflective walk in beautiful Ormiston Gorge and witness Mt Sonder's changing colours at sunset.  Overnight Glen Helen.

Day 6 - We depart Glen Helen following the Caterpillar songline of the MacDonnell Ranges and enjoy a relaxing day of short walks and great energy and scenery at various gorges including Ormiston Gorge, Serpentine Gorge, Ellery Big Hole and the Ochre Pits. We travel on to visit the Hermannsburg Mission, the source of so many beautiful artworks of the central deserts, then wind our way up the ancient Finke River bed to Palm Valley where the artist Albert Namatjira’s paintings were so inspired. Overnight at coszy campsite in Palm Valley. 

Day 7 – At Palm Valley we take a walk in this eerie and ancient Palm Valley, viewing Livingstonia palm trees and unique landforms only seen here – watch out for dinosaurs. Additional walks in an ancient natural amphitheatre helps recomections with this special landscape and unique landforms. We leave Palm Valley and head east on the Larapinta Drive for an easy walk in the peaceful energies of Simpsons Gap – where we may meet the cute but endangered Black Footed Rock Wallabies. Simpsons Gap is also here, and another very pleasant creeek bed walk. Now we head for Alice Springs and a short short town tour before overnight. BLD  

Day 8 - Enjoy a hearty breakfast or alternatively enjoy the resort facilities or just relaxing. Transport available to airport for flight connections. Tour ends 10am after breakfast for flights home or extend your stay to enjoy Alice Springs highlights including Desert Wildlife Park, Royal Flying Doctor Service, School of the Air, Overland Telegraph Station, Araluen Art & Cultural Centre, Air  or Transport Museum, Aboriginal Art galleries.

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 delicious meals, including vegetarian options, unless noted in itinerary.
• Accommodated sleeping or luxury camping. Camp gear includes stretcher, mattress & linen.
• All World Heritage and National Park entry and accommodation fees
• Aboriginal Art community visits for “direct from artist” purchases
• Contributions of tour price supports Outback Kids and nature care programs.
• A knowing that you are co-creating Australia’s future.
• You – and Your involvement in a creation much bigger than most can imagine

Learn practical skills –

• Bush foods & medicine and survival skills for self and team survival and thrival
• Rock art symbols 
• Understanding songlines & sacred sites 

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 + 1 night resort accommodation included. ACCOMMODATION UPGRADES - See Extras options when you commence online booking procedure.  – or Please Ask

Book Early & SAVE  

Uluru (Ayers Rock) to Alice Springs Tours, Mereenie Track Palm Valley, MacDonnell Ranges Tours 5 days via Simpson’s Gap, Palm Valley, Hermannsburg, MacDonnell Ranges including Ormiston Gorge, Larapinta Trail, Glen Helen, Gosse Bluff, Mereenie Loop, Kings Canyon, Kata Tjuta (Olgas), Uluru (Ayers Rock), Aboriginal rock art, visit Aboriginal art centres. REVERSE available

REVERSE ITINERARY SHOWN

Uluru start meets flights from Sydney & Melbourne approximately 1pm

ACCOMMODATED OR Easy Comfy Camping

5 day Alice Springs to Ayers Rock / Uluru via MacDonnell Ranges & Mereenie Loop Track via Simpsons Gap, Palm Valley, Hermannsburg, Kings Canyon, Gosse Bluff & MacDonnell Ranges Tours – Arrive Alice Springs day prior departure, includes welcome to country, 2 Uluru sunsets, 1 sunrise, 2 nights Uluru, 1 night Kings Canyon, 1 night Glen Helen, ends Uluru after breakfast day 5 in time for flights. Tour Code MAU5 – Please ASK

REVERSE option available – Please ASK

Below describes our 5 Day MacDonnell Ranges Tour.

Relax and Revitalise your creative self in the clear and nurturing energies of the Central Deserts of Australia’s Heartlands …  This journey is an opportunity to reflect, honour and develop creative relationships with the land, each other, and with the traditional Aboriginal caretakers, songmasters, singers and dancers from the land we travel. We experience extraordinary landscapes, and sacred sites, walk and relax in these places and share each participants unique gifts of creativity and place in creation …. with the aim of having fun, and enriching all life.

5 Day Tour Details – Alice Springs to Uluru

Day 1– We depart Alice Springs 730am and head west on the Larapinta Drive for an easy walk in the peaceful energies of Simpsons Gap – where we may meet the cute but endangered Black Footed Rock Wallabies. We travel on to visit the Hermannsburg Mission, the source of so many beautiful artworks of the central deserts, then wind our way up the ancient Finke River river bed to Palm Valley where the artist Albert Namatjira’s paintings were so inspired.We take a walk in this eerie and ancient Palm Valley, viewing Livingstonia palm trees and unique landforms only seen here – watch out for dinosaurs. Leaving Palm Valley, we drive back down the riverbed, following the Caterpillar songline of the MacDonnell Ranges – and an optional swim before dinner at the resort. Here is a great spot to witness the regions magnificent Mt Sonder’s changing colours at sunset. Overnight at Glen Helen Gorge & resort. L. Dinner own cost at resort restaurant

Day 2 – After a tasty breakfast, we take a peaceful and reflectivewalk in beautiful Ormiston Gorge by the waterhole formed by the Finke River. More wallabies here too ! Leaving the MacDonnell Ranges behind, we head west then south on the 4WD Mereenie Loop track through spectacular Central Deserts landscapes via sweeping views from Tyler’s Pass of the comet crater known as Gosse Bluff(Tnorala). We enter the crater and spend some quiet time here with a short walk to a lookout where the dimensions of time, space and your place in the niverse can be appreciated in a new perspective. After marveling at nature’s power, we travel on via the Gardiner Range, the Camels Hump and Katapata Pass to our Kings Canyon Resort for the evening.BLD

Day 3 - Our time for morning walks at Kings Canyon allows for the 3 hours (6 km) over the top via the “Garden of Eden” and the spectacular north and south walls or a shorter walk option is also available in the valley floor. After a delicious and well earned lunch we cruise the 3 hour drive on to Uluru, visiting Curtin Springs and viewing Mt Connor (Attila) before arriving at Yulara resort and Uluru sunset viewing. Overnight Uluru. BL Dinner own cost at resort restaurant.

Day 4 – An early start for Uluru at sunrise and a nearby breakfast. Opportunity for morning walk and quiet time at sacred waterholes and gorges. Experience a “welcome to country” and an introduction to the area at the local Aboriginal Anangu cultural centre. After lunch and a relax, enjoy an afternoon Kata Tjuta (Olga’s) walk. Overnight Uluru BLD

Day 5 – Enjoy a hearty breakfast or alternatively enjoy the resort facilities or more time for walks or just relaxing with the power of Uluru Transport available to airport for flight connections. Tour ends 9am after breakfast for flights home or flight or road transport to Alice Springs is available, or join our 4 day tour to Lake Eyre & Adelaide via Coober Pedy & the Flinders Ranges. B  

Inclusions –

• Small boutique group in modern 4 wheel drive vehicles (4-6 passengers) – 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
• Delicious meals shown as B,L,D, including vegetarian options, unless noted in itinerary.
• Accommodated sleeping or luxury camping. Camp gear includes stretcher, mattress & linen.
• All World Heritage and National Park entry and accommodation fees
• Aboriginal Art community visits for “direct from artist” purchases
• Contributions of tour price supports Outback Kids and nature care programs.
• A knowing that you are co-creating Australia’s future.
• You – and Your involvement in a creation much bigger than most can imagine

Allow 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.  5 Day Alice Spring to Uluru Ayers Rock via McDonnell Ranges Tour Tour includes professional guide, delicious meals, all fees, professional guides, luxury 4WD transport, comfy camping or Accommodation upgrade options.

Alice Springs to Uluru Tours, Mereenie Track Palm Valley, MacDonnell Ranges Tours 5 days via Simpson’s Gap, Palm Valley, Hermannsburg, MacDonnell Ranges including Ormiston Gorge, Larapinta Trail, Glen Helen, Gosse Bluff, Mereenie Loop, Kings Canyon, Kata Tjuta (Olgas), Uluru (Ayers Rock), Aboriginal rock art, visit Aboriginal art centres. REVERSE available

ACCOMMODATED OR Easy Comfy Camping

5 day Alice Springs to Ayers Rock / Uluru via MacDonnell Ranges & Mereenie Loop Track via Simpsons Gap, Palm Valley, Hermannsburg, Kings Canyon, Gosse Bluff & MacDonnell Ranges Tours – Arrive Alice Springs day prior departure, includes welcome to country, 2 Uluru sunsets, 1 sunrise, 2 nights Uluru, 1 night Kings Canyon, 1 night Glen Helen, ends Uluru after breakfast day 5 in time for flights. Tour Code MAU5 – Please ASK

REVERSE option available) – Please ASK

Below describes our 5 Day MacDonnell Ranges Tour.

Relax and Revitalise your creative self in the clear and nurturing energies of the Central Deserts of Australia’s Heartlands …  This journey is an opportunity to reflect, honour and develop creative relationships with the land, each other, and with the traditional Aboriginal caretakers, songmasters, singers and dancers from the land we travel. We experience extraordinary landscapes, and sacred sites, walk and relax in these places and share each participants unique gifts of creativity and place in creation …. with the aim of having fun, and enriching all life.

5 Day Tour Details – Alice Springs to Uluru

Day 1– We depart Alice Springs 730am and head west on the Larapinta Drive for an easy walk in the peaceful energies of Simpsons Gap – where we may meet the cute but endangered Black Footed Rock Wallabies. We travel on to visit the Hermannsburg Mission, the source of so many beautiful artworks of the central deserts, then wind our way up the ancient Finke River river bed to Palm Valley where the artist Albert Namatjira’s paintings were so inspired.We take a walk in this eerie and ancient Palm Valley, viewing Livingstonia palm trees and unique landforms only seen here – watch out for dinosaurs. Leaving Palm Valley, we drive back down the riverbed, following the Caterpillar songline of the MacDonnell Ranges – and an optional swim before dinner at the resort. Here is a great spot to witness the regions magnificent Mt Sonder’s changing colours at sunset. Overnight at Glen Helen Gorge & resort. L. Dinner own cost at resort restaurant

Day 2 – After a tasty breakfast, we take a peaceful and reflectivewalk in beautiful Ormiston Gorge by the waterhole formed by the Finke River. More wallabies here too ! Leaving the MacDonnell Ranges behind, we head west then south on the 4WD Mereenie Loop track through spectacular Central Deserts landscapes via sweeping views from Tyler’s Pass of the comet crater known as Gosse Bluff(Tnorala). We enter the crater and spend some quiet time here with a short walk to a lookout where the dimensions of time, space and your place in the niverse can be appreciated in a new perspective. After marveling at nature’s power, we travel on via the Gardiner Range, the Camels Hump and Katapata Pass to our Kings Canyon Resort for the evening.BLD

Day 3 - Our time for morning walks at Kings Canyon allows for the 3 hours (6 km) over the top via the “Garden of Eden” and the spectacular north and south walls or a shorter walk option is also available in the valley floor. After a delicious and well earned lunch we cruise the 3 hour drive on to Uluru, visiting Curtin Springs and viewing Mt Connor (Attila) before arriving at Yulara resort and Uluru sunset viewing. Overnight Uluru. BL Dinner own cost at resort restaurant.

Gosse Bluff – this comet crater dominates the landscape. We enter this powerful Earth energy impact centre.

Day 4 – An early start for Uluru at sunrise and a nearby breakfast. Opportunity for morning walk and quiet time at sacred waterholes and gorges. Experience a “welcome to country” and an introduction to the area at the local Aboriginal Anangu cultural centre. After lunch and a relax, enjoy an afternoon Kata Tjuta (Olga’s) walk. Overnight Uluru BLD

Day 5 – Enjoy a hearty breakfast or alternatively enjoy the resort facilities or more time for walks or just relaxing with the power of Uluru Transport available to airport for flight connections. Tour ends 9am after breakfast for flights home or flight or road transport to Alice Springs is available, or join our 4 day tour to Lake Eyre & Adelaide via Coober Pedy & the Flinders Ranges. B  

Inclusions –

• Small boutique group in modern 4 wheel drive vehicles (4-6 passengers) – 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
• Delicious meals shown as B,L,D, including vegetarian options, unless noted in itinerary.
• Accommodated sleeping or luxury camping. Camp gear includes stretcher, mattress & linen.
• All World Heritage and National Park entry and accommodation fees
• Aboriginal Art community visits for “direct from artist” purchases
• Contributions of tour price supports Outback Kids and nature care programs.
• A knowing that you are co-creating Australia’s future.
• You – and Your involvement in a creation much bigger than most can imagine

Allow 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.  5 Day Alice Spring to Uluru Ayers Rock via McDonnell Ranges Tour Tour includes professional guide, delicious meals, all fees, professional guides, luxury 4WD transport, comfy camping or Accommodation upgrade options.

Alice Springs to Uluru (Ayers Rock) via MacDonnell Ranges Haasts Bluff Palm Valley Kings Canyon Tours 8 Days

ACCOMMODATED OR Easy Comfy Camping 

Overnights at Uluru 2N, Kings Canyon, Glen Helen 2N, Palm Valley, Alice Springs ie 7 nights

Reverse itinerary also available - please ask

Alice Springs to Uluru via Palm Valley & Mereenie Loop Track Tour includes – Stanley Chasm, Simpson’s Gap, Palm Valley, Hermannsburg, MacDonnell Ranges including Ormiston Gorge, Larapinta Trail,  Glen Helen, Papunya Art Centre, Haasts Bluff, Gosse Bluff, Mereenie Loop, Kings Canyon, Kata Tjuta (Olgas), Uluru (Ayers Rock), Aboriginal rock art, visit Aboriginal art centres.

Relax and Revitalise your creative self in the clear and nurturing energies of the Central Deserts of Australia’s Heartlands …  This journey is an opportunity to reflect, honour and develop deeper relationships with the land, each other, and with the traditional Aboriginal caretakers, songmasters, singers and dancers from the land we travel. We experience extraordinary landscapes, and sacred sites, and walk, rest and relax in these special places.

The 8 day and 5 day tours travel some similar areas – except the 8 day includes 1st night in Alice Springs (or Uluru) hotel, 1 overnight at Palm Valley, 1 extra night (2 total) at Glen Helen allowing more time to explore the Western MacDonnell Ranges and to visit Hassts Bluff and Papunya local Aboriginal art communities.

8 day Uluru / Ayers Rock to Alice Springs via MacDonnell Ranges & Mereenie Loop Track –  Book Tour

8 Days Alice Springs to Ayers Rock / Uluru Tours via MacDonnell Ranges & Mereenie Track Tour details

or reverse Ayers Rock / Uluru to Alice Springs via MacDonnell Ranges & Mereenie Track Tour

Day 1 – Flights arrive Alice Springs around lunchtime. We collect you at airport for hotel check-in and free time in
Alice Springs. Explore the Araluen Cultural Precinct or Desert Park. Evening group gathering and debrief, before evening meal and overnight at resort accommodation.

Day 2 – We depart Alice Springs 9am and head west on the Larapinta Drive for an easy walk in the peaceful energies of Simpsons Gap and Stanley Chasm – where we likely meet some rock wallabies. After morning tea we travel on to visit the Hermannsburg Mission, the source of so many beautiful artworks of the central deserts. We visit Albert Namatjira’s house before winding our way up the ancient Finke River bed to Palm Valley where Albert Namatjira’s paintings were so inspired. There’s time for some great sunset photos of this stunning landscape before a relaxing sunset and overnight camp at Palm Valley (unless accommodated then Glen Helen or Alice Springs).

Day 3 – Today we take a morning walk in this eerie and ancient Palm Valley, viewing Livingstonia palm trees and unique landforms only seen here – watch out for dinosaurs. Leaving Palm Valley, we drive on following the Caterpillar songline of the MacDonnell Ranges and enjoy a relaxing day of short walks and great energy and scenery at various gorges including Serpentine Gorge, Ellery Big Hole. The Ochre Pits offer an insight into local customs before overnight at Glen Helen gorge – and a welcome swim before dinner. Dinner own cost at resort restaurant .

Day 4 – Enjoy a morning swim before we head out to Haasts Bluff and Papunya Art centre communities to meet the artists and appreciate the stunning spectacle and real beauty of these central desert landscapes. Here you can buy Aboriginal art from source at best prices. On return, we take a peaceful and reflective walk in beautiful Ormiston Gorge and witness Mt Sonder’s changing colours at sunset.  Overnight Glen Helen.

Day 5 – Leaving the MacDonnell Ranges behind, we head west then south on the 4WD Mereenie Loop track through spectacular Central Deserts landscapes via sweeping views from Tyler’s Pass of the comet crater known as Gosse

Bluff(Tnorala). We enter the crater and spent some quiet time here with a short walk to a lookout where the dimensions of time, space and your place in the Universe can be appreciated in a new perspective. After a cuppa tea, marveling at nature’s power, we travel on via the Gardiner Range, the Camels Hump and Katapata Pass  to our Kings Canyon Resort camp.

Day 6 – Our time for morning walks at Kings Canyon allows for the 3 hours (6 km) over the top via the “Garden
of Eden” and the spectacular north and south walls or a shorter walk option is also available). After a delicious and well earned lunch we cruise the 3 hour drive to Uluru, visiting Curtin Springs before arriving at Yulara resort and Uluru sunset viewing. Overnight Uluru.

Day 7 – An early start for Uluru at sunrise and a nearby breakfast. Opportunity for morning walk and quiet time at sacred waterholes and gorges. Experience a “welcome to country” and an introduction to the area at the local Aboriginal Anangu cultural centre. After lunch and a relax, enjoy an afternoon Kata Tjuta (Olga’s) walk. Overnight Uluru. 
Dinner own cost at local restaurant

Day 8 – Enjoy a hearty breakfast or alternatively enjoy the resort facilities or more time for walks or just relaxing with the power of  Uluru. Transport available to airport for flight connections. Tour ends 9am after breakfast for flights home or road transport to Alice Springs available. Most flights depart Uluru before or around lunchtime. Become part of the re-creation of country and culture. Discover new understandings from times beginning. This is a small group adventure learning journeys … connecting and re-creating with the land and locals.

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 delicious meals, including vegetarian options, unless noted in itinerary.
• Accommodated sleeping or luxury camping. Camp gear includes stretcher, mattress & linen.
• All World Heritage and National Park entry and accommodation fees
• Aboriginal Art community visits for “direct from artist” purchases
• Contributions of tour price supports Outback Kids and nature care programs.
• A knowing that you are co-creating Australia’s future.
• You – and Your involvement in a creation much bigger than most can imagine

Learn practical skills –

• Bush foods & medicine and survival skills for self and team survival and thrival
• Rock art symbols 
• Understanding songlines & sacred sites 

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 + 1 night resort accommodation included. For 5 nights motel / hotel accommodation upgrade add $995 per twin share / double room. For 7 nights add $1980 per person – includes hotel meals. Other options available – Please Ask

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Lake Eyre Tours Flights with Coober Pedy 4 DAYS via Flinders Ranges, Coober Pedy, William Creek. Including optional Flight over Lake Eyre and Warburton Groove, lake shore visit and walks, Birdwatching and Lake Shore drive by 4WD.

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, most meals, ensuite accommodated at Marree William Creek & Coober Pedy.

Our tours aim to show you the best this unique region has to offer, including the amazing mound springs, iconic landmarks and Ghan and pioneer history. Lately, our travellers have been impressed with their Lake Eyre flight also incorporating the Painted Hills, a nearby desert region with awesome multi-coloured ochre hills.

We look forward to seeing you on your journey soon and will be showing you the wonderful aspect of Lake Eyre and the region.

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

Day 1 - Pick up at 8 am at your Uluru or Alice Springs accommodation. Travel to Coober Pedy via the Stuart Hwy, the route pioneered by Australia’s greatest explorer John McDouall Stuart. View memorials to his achievements at various stops including NT / SA Border, and roadhouses including Kulgera & Marla. Depending on time & interests we visit some local landmarks and sightseeing, with 'at source" opal buying opportunities in Coober Pedy. Arrive Coober Pedy for a local meal (own cost) before a comfortable underground sleep in our dugout motel room. L Dinner own purchase at a restaurant

Day 2 – After a hearty breakfast, we explore fascinating Coober Pedy. Visit an underground chapel, and mining museum display to experience the life of the opal miners, view ancient opalised giant fish fossils, and take a tour to the Big Winch lookout to view this extraordinary landscape. We leave Coober Pedy, and enter the desert and cross the Dog Fence – the largest man-made structure in the world. The 5,300km Dog Fence separates the sheep-growing areas in the south from the dingoes of the north.

We meet the Oodnadatta Track and arrive at William Creek for our (optional) Lake Eyre scenic flight. A flight allows us to see the enormous expanse of Lake Eyre, often with reflective cloud patterns, plus the Warburton Groove, the main inflow channel to Lake Eyre, the Elliot Price Conservation Park, Halligan & ABC Bays, Lake Eyre South and if an extended flight, the Marree Man ( a giant sculpture in the landscape). A Painted Desert flight option is also available if pre-arranged. See images or link for flight options.

William Creek is on Anna Creek Station, once an S. Kidman & Co station, and larger than Belgium. Enjoy the quirky pub, town history and Woomera rockets museum park. Overnight William Creek BLD

Day 3 - Today we follow the Old Ghan Railway track via various picturesque rail bridges and sidings from the Ghan heydays. We aim to find where the best water and wildlife viewing experiences are at the time, and we visit 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. View Lake Eyre South from a high vantage point and appreciate the extent of the great Artesian Basin, underlying the region. We have a chuckle and wonder at the giant desert dog, hover bus and other desert sculptures of Mutonia Sculpture Park

Arrive in Marree and see some of the sights of this once thriving Ghan Railway town where the 2 gauges met.  Marree is caretaker for some interesting railway relics, plus the old mail truck used by legendary outback mailman Tom Kruse on his run from Marree to Birdsville. The Birdsville track commenced in Marree. Plus the Lake Eyre Yacht Club. Overnight in Marree with yarns around a campfire or the famous Marree Hotel, or just take it easy. BLD

Day 4 – Today we visit the Old Ghan ghost town of Farina, view the giant Leigh Creek coal mine (now closed), the fascinating and colourful Ochre Pits and travel via old Ghan railway towns including Parachilna, Hawker, Wilson, Woolshed Flat via the Flinders Ranges to Hawker and stunning mountain landscapes.  We visit the impressive Kanyaka Station & view stone woolshed ruins (time permitting) as we follow the Old Ghan Line via Quorn, through the Pitchi Ritchie Pass and the breathtaking view of Spencers Gulf & Port Augusta to arrive Adelaide around 6 pm, delivered to your CBD accommodation or Adelaide airport.

Tour Inclusions

•  Small group luxury 4WD travel (usually 4-6 / vehicle) with professional and experienced driver / guide
•  Scenic Flight over Lake Eyre optional - see options in booking process
  
•  All delicious meals, including vegetarian, unless noted in the itinerary.
•  Comfortable motel or cabin accommodation.
•  All World Heritage and National Park entry and accommodation fees, hotel pickups
•  Contributions of tour price supports Outback Kids and nature care programs.

Uluru to Alice Springs via MacDonnell Ranges Kings Canyon Tour 4 Days

ACCOMMODATED options or Easy Comfy Camping 

Overnights at Kings Canyon 1N, Glen Helen 1N, ie 3 nights

Reverse itinerary also available - please ask

Uluru to Alice Springs via Mereenie Loop Track Tour includes – Simpson’s Gap, MacDonnell Ranges including Ormiston Gorge, Larapinta Trail, Glen Helen, Gosse Bluff, Kings Canyon with walk, Kata Tjuta (Olgas), Uluru (Ayers Rock), Aboriginal rock art, visit Aboriginal art centres.

Relax and Revitalise your creative self in the clear and nurturing energies of the Central Deserts of Australia’s Heartlands …  This journey is an opportunity to reflect, honour and develop deeper relationships with the land, each other, and with the traditional Aboriginal caretakers, songmasters, singers and dancers from the land we travel. We experience extraordinary landscapes, and sacred sites, and walk, rest and relax in these special places.

4 day Uluru / Ayers Rock to Alice Springs via MacDonnell Ranges & Mereenie Loop Track –  

Day 1 - . We collect you from your hotel or airport. (Most flights arrive Uluru around lunchtime). Experience a "welcome to country" and an introduction to the area at the local Aboriginal Anangu cultural centre. Opportunity for walk and quiet time at sacred waterholes and gorges. After lunch and a relax, enjoy an afternoon at Kata Tjuta (Olga's) walk. Sunset at Uluru.  Overnight Uluru / Yulara Resort. Dinner own cost at local restaurant.

Day 2 – An early start for Uluru at sunrise and a nearby breakfast. Optional morning return to Kata Tjuta (The Olgas) or Uluru for extended 3-4 hours Valley of  the Winds walk. Picnic lunch in the National Park before departure on our for 4 hours highway cruise through picturesque desert oaks & sand hills to Kings Canyon with scenic stops. Enroute view Curtin Springs and Mt Connor lookout, plus George Gill Ranges. Overnight Kings Canyon resort (with swimming pool) 

Day 3 – Our time for morning walks at Kings Canyon allows for the 3-4 hours (6 km) over the top via the "Garden of Eden" and the spectacular north and south walls or a shorter walk option is also available in the valley floor). After a delicious and well earned lunch we head off on the 4WD Mereenie Loop Track, through spectacular Central Deserts landscapes via the Gardiner Range, the Camels Hump and Katapata Pass with sweeping views from Tyler’s Pass of the comet crater known as Gosse Bluff (Tnorala). We enter the crater and spend some quiet time here with a short walk to a lookout where the dimensions of time, space and your place in the universe can be appreciated in a new perspective. After marveling at nature’s power, we travel on in the MacDonnell Ranges National Park and in view of Mt Sonder. We crioss the Finke River to Glen Helen Resort for overnight Dinner own cost at resort.

Day 4 - We depart Glen Helen following the Caterpillar songline of the MacDonnell Ranges and enjoy a relaxing day of short walks and great energy and scenery at various gorges including Ormiston Gorge, Serpentine Gorge, Ellery Big Hole and the Ochre Pits. We l head east on the Larapinta Drive for an easy walk in the peaceful energies of Simpsons Gap – where we may meet the cute but endangered Black Footed Rock Wallabies. Simpsons Gap is also here, and another very pleasant creek bed walk. Now we head for Alice Springs and a short short town tour before overnight. BL  Accommodation own arrangements 

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 delicious meals, including vegetarian options, unless noted in itinerary.
• Accommodated sleeping or luxury camping. Camp gear includes stretcher, mattress & linen.
• All World Heritage and National Park entry and accommodation fees
• Aboriginal Art community visits for “direct from artist” purchases
• Contributions of tour price supports Outback Kids and nature care programs.
• A knowing that you are co-creating Australia’s future.
• You – and Your involvement in a creation much bigger than most can imagine

Learn practical skills –

• Bush foods & medicine and survival skills for self and team survival and thrival
• Rock art symbols 
• Understanding songlines & sacred sites 

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 + ACCOMMODATION UPGRADES - See Extras options when you commence online booking procedure.  – or Please Ask

Old Ghan Railway Oodnadatta Track & Lake Eyre Adelaide to Alice Springs Tour – Follow the Old Ghan railway line from Port Augusta to Alice Springs with Pitchi Ritchi railway to Quorn then 4WD via the Old Ghan Railway & Overland Telegraph Line (OTL), via Beltana Farina Marree via Lake Eyre shore walk, Curdimurka, Coward Springs, Strangeways, Algebuckina, William Creek, Oodnadatta, Dalhousie Springs, Mt Dare, Simpson Desert, to Alice Springs. Small Group 4WD touring from Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne, Broken Hill, Marree, with Lake Eyre Flight  optional

Daily Overnights + Highlights

If from Sydney - via Broken Hill pickup option with Peterborough 3 gauge yard, stunning light show and overnight - please ASK 

Depart from Adelaide - Arrive day prior to visit the National Rail Museum & rail photo exhibition next day

• If travelling from Sydney – Broken Hill Optional from Sydney visit Cowra engine sheds & Peterborough Roundhouse, night show and 3 guage yard - please ask

Day 1 - Pickups in Adelaide from 8 am from your CBD location to visit the National Rail Museum & rail photo exhibition. Depart Adelaide 12 noon via.Port Pirie, (with historic museum) Augusta, Pt Wakefield, wind farms, Pt Pirie port and rail history, Spencers Gulf to visit the Wadlata Outback Centre then overnight Port Augusta

Day 2 - The Rail Ride - Ride the steam train Pitchi Ritchi Afghan Express from Pt Augusta to Quorn, Inspect steam engines, engine sheds and yards

Depart Port Augusta railway Station 10:30 am - See the ancient Flinders Ranges landscape unfold before you on the full-day Afghan Express from Port Augusta Railway Station to the historic outback railway town of Quorn.

Travelling the old Ghan route over red earth and bluebush plains from Port Augusta, you'll watch the ranges creep ever-closer before entering the Pichi Richi Pass with its rocky outcrops, dry riverbeds and beautiful hilly scenery.

The Afghan Express is the name railwaymen gave to the passenger train that ran from Terowie to Oodnadatta, through Quorn, in 1923. In time, this was abbreviated to the Ghan.

The railway was ultimately extended to Alice Springs by 1929. The Ghan used the Pichi Richi Railway route until 1956 when a new standard-gauge railway from Stirling North to Brachina bypassed the narrow gauge railway through the Pichi Richi Pass.

• Full day journey from Port Augusta to Quorn  (37 km) return
• Approximately 2 hour journey each way, with morning tea at Woolshed Flat
• Wherever practicable, original Ghan steam locomotive NM25 and genuine timber-bodied carriages built in the late 1920s will be used
• Diesel services use an historic Ghan locomotive, either NSU52 or NT76
• Departs Port Augusta at 10.30 am, and arrives at Quorn at approximately 12.15 pm for 1 hour stop, then return journey.

Day 3 - Leaving Port Augusta we have more time in Quorn, and steam angels willing, an engine shed and workshop tour. Closed-in footwear must be worn. We now travel by 4WD visiting railway towns and history of Hawker, Kanyaka Station, Marree, Beltana, Farina, Parachilna, see the Leigh Creek coal mine site, In Marree see the Old Ghan loop & cattle yards, 2 Old Ghan engines, 2 rail gauge platform, Tom Kruse “Outback Mailman” truck Tom Kruse museum and the Marree Rail History Museum - overnight Marree Hotel

Day 4 - Travel the Oodnadatta Track following the Old Ghan track and OT line visiting active Mound Springs and railway stops enroute including to Curdimurka, Beresford and Margaret Siding to Coward Springs (hot spa available) to view the Ghan Engineers Shed and museum - Onwards to Strangeways (Telegraph Station site)  and Angedool to William Creek Rocket Park and  William Creek hotel for overnight

Day 5 - At William Creek take a Lake Eyre flight (optional extra) then by 4WD travel Old Ghan route via Algebuckina Bridge (the largest on Old Ghan) and visit the Pink Roadhouse and extensive Railway Museum and precinct at Oodnadatta for overnight

Day 6 - Leaving Oodnadatta we head for Dalhousie Springs for hot springs swim under the palm trees. Overnight Mt Dare Hotel

Day 7 - Onwards to Finke, Rodinga Siding, Maryvale Station & Aboriginal community, Ewaninga Rock art - Overnight Alice Springs and celebration dinner

Day 8 - Morning visit to Alice Springs National Transport Museum – Optional flights home or Ghan to Adelaide or Darwin or tour to Darwin via Devils Marbles & /or Lost City - Overnight Alice Springs

 Day 9 Optional - Alice Springs optional extra day or tour to Uluru via Western MacDonnell Ranges, Meerenie Loop & Palm Valley

Our Lake Eyre component has time for an optional spectacular 1 hr flight with Warburton Groove which includes viewing Cooper Creek, Warburton Groove (the major inflows), Elliot Price Conservation Park, Campbell Point, Jackboot, Halligan & Belt Bays, Lake Eyre South, major islands & landmarks. Learn of the Marree Man giant sculpture. Visit Lake Eyre South shoreline, 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. Plus Painted Hills flight option.

Includes Alice Springs Transport Museum & historic steam engines and railway steam engine workshop visit.

Includes

• All meals
• Pitchi Ritchie rail ride - Port Augusta to Quorn
• National Railway Museum entry
• Wadlata Outback Centre entry
• National Transport Museum Entry

Excludes 

• Alcohol
• Items of personal; nature
• Transport to start in Adelaide and from finish in Alice Springs

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