TOUR OVERVIEW

WHAT'S INCLUDED

• Services of a professional tour leader
• All transportation by private adventure vehicle
• All 18 nights budget lodging
• Excellent hiking opportunities
• Full day Cruise to Outer Barrier Reef (snorkelling included)
• Entrance fees to Kakadu World Heritage Park
• Entrance fees and hiking at Uluru (Ayers Rock)
• Ubir and Nourlangie Aboriginal Art sites
• Aboriginal Cultural Day
• Sunset or dawn photos at the Devil's Marbles
• Kings Canyon rim & base hikes
• Working camel ranch visit
• Kata Tjuta Hike (The Olgas)
• Mataranka hot springs
• Katherine Gorge Cruise
• Yellow Water Billabong Cruise

OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES (Paid Locally)

• Kakadu Flight AU$80-$180
• Ayers Rock Flight AU$80-$180
• Camel Riding AU$40
• Quad Bike Tour AU$85
• Hot Air Ballooning AU$250
• Harley Davidson Ride AU$50
• Didgeridoo Making AU$250

FLEXIBLE ITINERARY

• Days: 1 Cairns & Great Barrier Reef

What better way to start this tour than a full day on our luxury sailing boat to the Outer Barrier Reef. Try scuba diving (no experience needed) and snorkelling among the coral in the clear waters. A great start to the tour and a day you will remember for the rest of your life!
Accommodation: Budget Lodging included

• Days: 2-4 Charters Tower, Mt Isa & Tennants Creek

We then travel west over the Great Dividing Range, passing through small quiet outback country towns like Julia Creek. Travel through some vastly changing landscapes en route to the mining town of Mt Isa. Depart Queensland through Camooweal and into the exciting Northern Territory to see just how flat this remarkable country is. Visit the historic Daly Waters Hotel for a refreshing drink, then take a refreshing dip in the turquoise waters of Mataranka's thermal pool, nestled amongst tall shady palms.
Accommodation: Budget Lodging included

• Days: 5-6 Katherine Gorge & Litchfield National Park

Heading North, join us on a cruise up two of the spectacular gorge systems of Katherine Gorge before visiting the famous Magnetic termite mounds in Litchfield National Park. We overnight in Katherine.
Accommodation: Budget Lodging included

• Days: 7-9 Darwin

There is time for a morning swim at Florence Falls before arriving this afternoon back to civilisation in Darwin with a real bed in the multi million-dollar YHA. We normally go out for a meal and perhaps a fling at a nightclub for those in a party mood. Then a free day to take in the sights of this frontier city. See the museums, the historic early settlement, take a trip on the "Tour Tub!", an open top bus trip of the city or just chill out by the pool.
Accommodation: Budget Lodging included

• Days: 10-11 Kakadu National Park

Back on the road, we head to the "World Heritage Listed" Kakadu National Park, one of Australia's most beautiful wilderness areas. and explore Nourlangie & Ubirr Rock to see Aboriginal art thousands of years old. We'll take you to the impressive visitor's centre and the Warradjan Aboriginal Cultural Centre to learn about the aborigines that have inhabited this area for over 30'000 years. The included Yellow Water Billabong Cruise gives us a chance to spot crocodiles, birds, snakes, dingos and all sorts of wildlife in the lively mangrove swamps and wetlands.
Accommodation: Budget Lodging included

• Days: 12-13 Katherine & Wauchope

The road south leads us past the Daly Waters Pub again. Visit the gold mining town of Tennant Creek before arriving at the eerie Devils Marbles in time for sunset. There are several short hikes around the area & some stunning photographs to be taken.
Accommodation: Budget Lodging included

• Days: 14-16 Alice Springs

Next, there are two full days to spend exploring Alice Springs. Maybe take a hot air balloon flight, complete with champagne breakfast, consider a day tour through the Western MacDonnell ranges, where you can see Simpson's Gap, the Ochre Pits or even hike around Ormiston Gorge. Why not eat out in one of the great restaurants or maybe have pizza tonight?
Accommodation: Budget Lodging included

• Days: 17 Kings Canyon

Experience aboriginal life on an included cultural tour before we visit a working camel farm where you can catch a camel ride over stunning sand hills. We hit the track south to Kings Canyon and marvel at the sheer canyon walls. Hike and photograph the "Lost City" and "Garden of Eden".
Accommodation: Budget Lodging included

• Days: 18-19 Ayers Rock & Alice Springs

We'll the drive further outback to one of the worlds' largest monoliths, Uluru (Ayers Rock) as the sun sets. Discover some of the aboriginal legends that abound in this World Heritage Area. We'll hike the base of Uluru, learning some of the Aboriginal legends that surround this sacred area, spend time at the unique visitor's centre. Watch the sunrise at Uluru before we join the haunting Valley of the Winds walk around Kata Tjuta (the Olgas), giant dome shaped boulders looming out of the flat desert. Sadly we must head back to Alice Springs and the end of this unforgettable adventure.
Accommodation: Budget Lodging included

Tour ends at approx 17:00 - 18:00 hrs in Alice Springs on day 19.

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