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APT Touring: Central Australian Discovery

15 days 14 nights
Darwin to Adelaide
from AUD$10,795pp
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This adventure is jam-packed with moments that you'll want to re-live again and again. Moments like soaring over the mysterious Lost City on a scenic flight and dining overlooking Uluru as darkness falls and the Field of Light comes to life.

  • Experiences in 17 destinations
  • The services of an expert APT tour director and driver
  • Board a scenic flight over the Lost City, a series of large sandstone outcrops
  • Experience the incredible ‘Night at Field of Light’ at Uluru
  • Locally inspired dining - a total of 41 meals
  • Enjoy a cruise through Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge and keep an eye out for crocodiles
  • Embark on the Kings Canyon Rim Walk and take in spectacular views
  • View the salt flats of the largest inland lake in , Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre
Walking & hikingWildlife & nature

This Tour Also Features

  • Journey along the legendary Oodnadatta Track
  • Nitmiluk Gorge Cruise
  • Watarrka National Park - Kings Canyon Light Towers by Night
  • Walpa Gorge Walk
  • Visit to Brachina Gorge
  • Visit the Umoona Opal Mine
  • View the salt flats of the largest inland lake in Australia, Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre.
  • Uluru Sunrise Base Walk
  • Tjoritja-West MacDonnell Ranges - Standley Chasm Walk
  • Tjoritja-West MacDonnell Ranges - Simpsons Gap Walk
  • Self-guided walk to the spectacular Wilpena Pound
  • Scenic flight over the Lost City
  • Lunch at Watervale Hotel in Clare Valley
  • Lunch at Parachilna’s famous Prairie Hotel
  • Kings Canyon Rim Walk
  • A Night at Field of Light
  • Meals included: 1 lunch
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Itinerary
Darwin Waterfront
Be met on arrival in Darwin and transfer to your hotel. Enjoy the afternoon at leisure before a relaxed welcome dinner.

Staying Vibe Darwin

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Katherine
Head towards the remote township of Katherine and enjoy a Signature Experience. Later, discover the music, stories and ways of the local Jawoyn people.

Staying Contour Hotel Katherine

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outback landscape
Today, travel to Lorella Springs Wilderness Park, a one million-acre working castle station that stretches all the way to the Gulf of Carpentaria.

Staying Lorella Springs Wilderness Park

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Barkley
Today, we will explore this coastal wilderness sanctuary, driving through a variety of landscapes and a scenic flight. This 4000-square-kilometre park contains coastal floodplains, salt flats and mangroves, escarpment country and dense forest.Leave the oasis of Lorella Springs to journey along Nathan River Road towards Ryan’s Bend. Along the way, take a break to Savour a leisurely lunch at the iconic Heartbreak Hotel before continuing your route to Barkly Homestead, your evening destination.

Staying Barkly Homestead

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Alice Springs Township
Venture to Alice Springs via Tennant Creek. Along the way, stop at Karlu Karlu (Devils Marbles). A living cultural landscape, nearly the entire reserve is a registered sacred site.

Staying Two Nights, Crowne Plaza, Alice Springs

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Simpsons Gap
Explore Simpsons Gap, which pierces the West MacDonnell Ranges. This sacred area is an important spiritual site to the Arrarnta Indigenous people, where several Dreamtime stories have said to take place. Continue to the West MacDonnell Ranges National Park, whose landscapes played a significant role in the stories of Western Arrernte Indigenous culture. At Angkerle (Standley Chasm), follow a creek where spring-fed pools attract a variety of unique birdlife. Afterwards, visit Ormiston Gorge, home to a variety of unique species. Later, take the afternoon to unwind.

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Red Sand
Travel to Hermannsberg and visit the Namatjira School of Art, where you can view authentic art pieces. Afterwards, travel to Gosses Bluff crater, before heading off-road along the Mereenie Loop Road. Take in the outback scenes as you travel to Kings Canyon.

Staying Kings Canyon Resort

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Kings Canyon
Journey into the heart of Watarrka National Park today, where unspoiled bush and red rock canyons create an amazing experience. The Luritja people have called Watarrka National Park home for more than 20,000 years. After lunch, head inside Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. Visit Kata Tjuta (the Olgas), consisting of 36 domes that form deep valleys and steep-sided gorges. Explore Walpa Gorge before arriving at Ayers Rock Resort.

Staying Two Nights, Uluru, Sails in the Desert

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Uluru
At sunrise, embark on a base tour of Uluru, learning stories from the Dreamtime while you explore this icon.

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Coober Pedy
Cross into South Australia and arrive in the outback town of Coober Pedy. Visit the Umoona Opal Mine, where you'll get an insight into Indigenous and European settlement in the area, as well as learning about how opals are mined.

Staying Coober Pedy, Desert Cave Hotel

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Lake Eyre Fly over
Today you will journey along the Oodnadatta Track, pausing at William Creek for lunch. Perhaps board a scenic flight over the awe-inspiring Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre. Take to the skies and gain a true appreciation of this natural wonder from above (own expense). Afterwards, drive to the edge of Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre and look out over the seemingly endless salt flats. Later, arrive at the small town of Marree.

Staying Marree Hotel

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Wilpena Pound
On the way to Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park, stop for lunch at Parachilna’s famous Prairie Hotel. Arrive at the national park, which is a cultural site renowned for its 800-million-year-old landscapes. Explore Wilpena Pound, cradled within a natural amphitheatre of mountains. Continue to your accommodation, set amongst river red gums and native pines.

Staying Two Nights, Wilpena Pound Resort

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Brachina Gorge
A full day has been set aside for you to explore Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park in more depth. Visit Brachina Gorge and keep an eye out for the endangered yellow-footed rock-wallaby as you traverse the gorge’s ancient layers. Spend the afternoon at leisure, or perhaps take an optional scenic flight over Wilpena Pound (own expense).

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Clare Valley
Farewell Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park as you make your way through the wine-growing district of the Clare Valley. Here, enjoy lunch at The Watervale Hotel. Arrive in Adelaide and toast the end of your journey during a farewell dinner.

Staying Adelaide, The Playford Hotel

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Adelaide landscape
After breakfast, farewell your new-found friends and be transferred to the airport for your onward flight.

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