Outback Adventure
Outback Adventure
Outback Adventure
15 Days Starting in Adelaide, Australia and ending in Darwin, Australia
Visiting: Adelaide, Flinders Ranges, Port Augusta, Coober Pedy, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Uluru, Alice Springs, Katherine, Kakadu, Darwin, Litchfield National Park
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NAADF25
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Fully Guided
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Tour Overview
Embark on the "Outback Adventure" and discover the breathtaking beauty of the Australian outback. From the vibrant city of Adelaide to the rugged landscapes of Darwin, this guided holiday offers an immersive experience through some of Australia's most iconic locations. Marvel at the ancient rock art of Uluru and Kakadu with an Aboriginal guide, enjoy a Be My Guest dinner under the stars at Earth Sanctuary, and contribute to local conservation efforts with a stay at Wilpena Pound Resort. Highlights include visits to the Royal Flying Doctor Service, School of the Air, and the stunning Kings Canyon. This journey promises unforgettable memories and a deeper appreciation for Australia's natural and cultural heritage.
Highlights
Itinerary
Day 1: Welcome To Adelaide
Location: Adelaide
Accommodation Name: Crowne Plaza Adelaide
Meals Included: Dinner
At once cultured yet cool, Adelaide attracts foodies, historians and art aficionados in equal measure. Explore at your leisure, before meeting a local gourmand to tour the city’s legendary Central Market. This place has been selling cheese, green ant gin and artisan bread for 140-plus years, before joining your Travel Director for a Welcome Dinner.
Day 2: Adelaide - Flinders Ranges
Location: Flinders Ranges
Accommodation Name: Wilpena Pound Resort
One of Australia’s oldest wine regions, the Clare Valley is all rounded hills, rippling vines and native forest. It’s the postcard-perfect setting for historic Knappstein Enterprise Winery, producing sweet-scented rieslings and mineral-rich reds. The route north lands you at Hawker, the gateway to the Flinders Ranges, but there are plenty of reasons to linger, including well-preserved heritage buildings and the Jeff Morgan Gallery. The best is yet to come, as you arrive at Wilpena Pound Resort in the shadows of a staggering natural amphitheatre. Know that your MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience visit to the resort helps by contributing towards the sustainable economic future of the Adnyamathanha who in turn work with the resort to minimize the environmental footprint and participate in the conservation of the region.
Day 3: Flinders Ranges - Port Augusta
Location: Port Augusta
Accommodation Name: Majestic Oasis Apartments
The river red gums that envelop Hills Homestead will leave you lost for words. You get here on a leisurely walk along Wilpena Creek and continue to Wangarra Hill Lookout for views over the pound’s peaks and curves. The drama is echoed as you climb to Pichi Richi Pass and the historic town of Quorn, where with a Local Guide, you'll hear the importance of this town in the ANZAC's Gallipoli Campaign, before easing into Port Augusta.
Day 4: Port Augusta - Coober Pedy
Location: Coober Pedy
Accommodation Name: Desert Cave Hotel
The main attraction in Woomera is a former rocket-testing site, today stocked with disused rockets and missiles. Speaking of space, you’ll think you’ve landed on the moon as you travel through sun-baked country to Coober Pedy, known as ‘the opal capital of the world’. Things get deep as you travel underground to visit the town’s head-scratching subterranean facilities.
Day 5: Coober Pedy - Uluru
Location: Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
Accommodation Name: Desert Gardens
Emerge from your cave and cross the border into the Northern Territory. Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park has World Heritage status for a reason; under the gaze of the world’s mightiest monolith, toast the end of the day with a glass of bubbles and a camera full of sunset photos. Help protect the highlights of Australia's wilderness through your bucket list visit to Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park.
Day 6: Uluru Sunrise & Kata Tjuta
Location: Uluru
Accommodation Name: Desert Gardens
Pre-dawn wake-up calls are worth it when you get to enjoy a Red Centre sunrise. On this MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience you’ll encounter the iconic Uluru, or ‘The Rock,’ half a billion years old, standing 348 meters high and taller than the Eiffel Tower. Marvel at the majesty of Uluru as you circumnavigate its base or join a guided walk to Mutitjulu Waterhole. This landscape takes you back to the beginning of time, a sacred place among the Anangu people. More soul-salving landscapes await at Kata Tjuta, cool relief provided as you walk amid its domes to Walpa Gorge.
Day 7: Uluru - Kings Canyon
Location: Uluru
Accommodation Name: Kings Canyon Resort
Another sunrise excursion awaits, with this morning’s optional tour to Bruce Munro's Uluru Field of Light – a blanket of 50,000 glowing bulbs. Next chance to stretch your legs is at Kings Creek Station, the largest exporter of wild camels in Australia. All your senses will be activated at Kings Canyon, 440-million years in the making.
Day 8: Kings Canyon - Alice Springs
Location: Alice Springs
Accommodation Name: Doubletree by Hilton Alice Springs
Things are bigger in the NT outback, from the cattle stations to the MacDonnell Ranges, which stretch like a dinosaur spine toward Alice Springs. Aside from its plethora of Aboriginal galleries and art stores, Alice makes Australian history for her 1872 Telegraph Station, one of 12 along the Overland Telegraph Line between Adelaide and Darwin.
Day 9: Alice Springs
Location: Alice Springs
Accommodation Name: Doubletree by Hilton Alice Springs
Meals Included: Dinner
Aboriginal culture is strong in Alice, as you’ll fast find on a tour revealing the history of the Arrernte people at the Alice Springs Desert Park. The other thing that’s mighty is community spirit – it’s essential when there are so few people scattered over such a vast area of land. Enter the Royal Flying Doctor Service, its base a museum that goes behind the scenes of the life-saving health services delivered to people in remote realms. One of the benefits of being this far-flung is the lack of light pollution. And at Earth Sanctuary World Nature Centre, this equates to epic stargazing. Your Be My Guest BBQ dinner here with the Falzon family is enlightening and uplifting.
Day 10: Alice Springs - Tennant Creek
Location: Alice Springs
Accommodation Name: Bluestone Motor Inn
1.3 million square kilometers – that’s the eye-watering distance the School of Air’s lessons are broadcast across daily. Learn how teachers interact with children who would otherwise have no access to education. It doesn’tmatter how studious you are, you might just believe in aliens when you pass Wycliffe Well, the self-proclaimed ‘UFO capital’ of Australia. It’s the devil (well, his marbles) that awaits at Karlu Karlu, where precariously balanced boulders appear superglued together.
Day 11: Tennant Creek - Katherine
Location: Katherine
Accommodation Name: Contour Hotel Katherine
Since the 1930s, the Daly Waters Historic Pub has been dishing up schnitzels, barramundi burgers and hearty steaks. The walls are lined with treasures that passers-by leave behind. ‘Land of the Never Never’ awaits at Mataranka. Visit a replica of the Elsey Homestead, used in 1982 Aussie drama We of the Never Never. Or wander palm-lined walkways to take a dip in the region’s thermal springs.
Day 12: Katherine - Kakadu
Location: Kakadu
Accommodation Name: Mercure Kakadu Crocodile Hotel
The Jawoyn have called Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge home for millennia. You can feel their presence as you cruise the waterway, home to more than a few resident crocs. They’ll make another appearance in Kakadu, when you explore Yellow Water Billabong. You don’t need binoculars to spot the sea eagles, brolgas and kingfishers; they’re everywhere you look.
Day 13: Kakadu - Darwin
Location: Darwin
Accommodation Name: Hilton Garden Inn Darwin
Decisions, decisions: optional morning flight over Kakadu and Arnhem Land, or a sleep in. We vote for the former before you venture toward Ubirr and its ancient Aboriginal rock art. The night is yours in steamy Darwin, where the characters are as large as the shadows cast at sunset.
Day 14: Litchfield National Park
Location: Litchfield National Park
Accommodation Name: Hilton Garden Inn Darwin
Nature rules today, your explorations into Litchfield National Park revealing magnetic termite mounds standing two metres tall. And then there are the waterfalls: Florence, for its dreamy cascades, and Wangi, where youcan cool off in a crystal-clear waterhole (swimming is seasonal). See the NT capital in a new light when you venture out on a Darwin Harbour Cruise, your sparkling wine glass full to toast your last evening on this epic adventure.
Day 15: Farewell From Darwin
Location: Darwin
Time to bid adieu and head home to sort through all those photos. Even better are the memories; two weeks of wild outback adventures.
What's Included
Mode of Transport
Travel in comfort with private arrival and departure transfers, and enjoy the convenience of a specialist team of two highly experienced Travel Director and Driver accredited with Uluru and Kakadu National Parks.
Accommodation
Stay in centrally located premium hotels including Crowne Plaza Adelaide, Wilpena Pound Resort, Majestic Oasis Apartments, Desert Cave Hotel, Desert Gardens, Kings Canyon Resort, Doubletree by Hilton Alice Springs, Bluestone Motor Inn, Contour Hotel Katherine, Mercure Kakadu Crocodile Hotel, and Hilton Garden Inn Darwin.
Check out our Q&As
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What unique experiences are included in the Outback Adventure tour?
The Outback Adventure tour includes unique experiences such as a Be My Guest dinner at Earth Sanctuary, tours with the Royal Flying Doctor Service and School of the Air, and a visit to the historic Knappstein Enterprise Winery. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to explore ancient rock art with an Aboriginal guide and stay at Wilpena Pound Resort, which contributes to local conservation projects.
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What kind of accommodation can I expect during the tour?
You will stay in centrally located premium hotels throughout the tour. Specific accommodations include Crowne Plaza Adelaide, Wilpena Pound Resort, Majestic Oasis Apartments, Desert Cave Hotel, Desert Gardens, Kings Canyon Resort, Doubletree by Hilton Alice Springs, Bluestone Motor Inn, Contour Hotel Katherine, Mercure Kakadu Crocodile Hotel, and Hilton Garden Inn Darwin.
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Are there any special environmental or cultural contributions made during the tour?
Yes, the tour includes MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experiences that contribute to sustainable economic futures and conservation efforts. For example, your stay at Wilpena Pound Resort helps support the Adnyamathanha people and regional conservation projects. Additionally, your visit to Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park helps protect Australia's wilderness.
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What are some of the highlights of the tour in terms of natural attractions?
The tour highlights include visits to Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Kings Canyon, MacDonnell Ranges, Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge, Yellow Water Billabong in Kakadu, and Litchfield National Park. You will also have the opportunity to see ancient Aboriginal rock art at Ubirr and enjoy a Darwin Harbour Cruise.
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What kind of guided experiences are included in the tour?
The tour includes guided experiences such as a tour of Adelaide's Central Market with a local gourmand, a guided walk to Mutitjulu Waterhole at Uluru, and a tour of Quorn with a Local Guide to learn about its importance in the ANZAC's Gallipoli Campaign. Additionally, you will have guided tours at the Alice Springs Desert Park and the Royal Flying Doctor Service museum.
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What meals are included in the tour?
The tour includes a Welcome Dinner in Adelaide and a Be My Guest BBQ dinner at Earth Sanctuary World Nature Centre in Alice Springs. Other meals are not specifically mentioned, so it is advisable to check with the tour operator for more details.
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Are there any optional activities available during the tour?
Yes, there are optional activities such as a sunrise tour to Bruce Munro's Uluru Field of Light and an optional morning flight over Kakadu and Arnhem Land. These activities provide additional opportunities to enhance your experience.
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Who will be my travelling companions on the tour?
The beauty of taking a holiday with us is you’ll have the opportunity to meet and travel with people from all over the globe.
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Can I join the tour once it has departed?
It is important to adhere to departure times while on tour for the comfort of everyone on-board, and to make sure no one misses out on the planned experiences. The coach will not be able to wait for you, and in some instances, if you miss a departure time you will need to make your own way to the next destination to re-join the tour.
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Do you operate a “single share” option and how does it work?
AAT Kings operated Guided Holidays have competitive single supplement rates available if you prefer to confirm your own room. Or we can match you to share with a guest of the same gender at no extra cost. If we fail to match you, we will accommodate you in a single room at no extra cost.
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How long has the tour company been trading?
Over 100 years
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What documents will I receive before I travel?
We will email your documents to you approximately four weeks before your departure date provided you have completed your pre trip registration using the My Travel Portal. If you’ve booked through a travel agent, your documents will be emailed directly to your agent.
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AAT Kings requires a minimum deposit of 100 GBP per person or the full booking value, whichever is less, with the final balance not due until 60 days before departure.
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Cancellation Policy
We don't charge a cancellation fee, here is a summary of aat kings charges.
Up to 60 days before tour starts: Forfeit 100% of deposit.
At 59 days before tour starts: Forfeit 30% of booking price.
At 15 days before tour starts: Forfeit 50% of booking price.
At 7 days before tour starts: Forfeit 90% of booking price.
At 1 days before tour starts: Forfeit 100% of booking price.