4-Day Flinders Outback Explorer Trip from Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Trip Type: Multi-day Tours
Duration: 4 days
From Adelaide to Coober Pedy and return, take time to discover the South Australian Outback. Start going through the Clare Valley before reaching the Flinders Ranges. Walk through the Parachlina Gorge before heading to the Oodnadatta track. Along the track stop at Lake Eyre, Australia's largest salt lake before bathing at Coward Springs. Enjoy your time visiting Coober Pedy, the Opal capital of the world.
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From Adelaide to Coober Pedy and return, take time to discover the South Australian Outback. Start going through the Clare Valley before reaching the Flinders Ranges. Walk through the Parachlina Gorge before heading to the Oodnadatta track. Along the track stop at Lake Eyre, Australia's largest salt lake before bathing at Coward Springs. Enjoy your time visiting Coober Pedy, the Opal capital of the world.
Day 1 Adelaide - Flinders Ranges
Quickly escaping the city, head north into the magnificent Flinders Ranges, the starting point for your outback desert adventure. Passing through charming country towns like Quorn and Hawker the scenery gradually changes to the legendary landscapes of the oldest continent on earth. At the lovely Parachilna Gorge, with its rock pools, red cliffs and creek beds, you’ll probably spot kangaroos, emus and maybe a rare Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby. Your first night will be spent counting desert stars while snuggled inside a swag.
Day 2 Flinders Ranges - William Creek
Now, it’s time to really hit the Outback! From Maree, with a rich history of camel trains, head along the unsealed Oodnadatta Track. You will also follow the old Ghan Railway, with its crumbling bridges and long-abandoned settlements, and traverse the bottom of Lake Eyre. Usually a giant salt pan that you can walk, dance or cartwheel on. About once every eight years when it fills with water Lake Eyre transforms into Australia’s largest lake, where fish and birdlife gather to celebrate! Stop at Coward Springs for a relaxing, all-natural spa with its consistently warm water. At William Creek, South Australia’s smallest town with an official population of just 10 people and their pets, enjoy a few drinks and chat to locals at the iconic pub built in 1887.
Day 3 William Creek - Coober Pedy
Start the day following an isolated track through Anna Creek, the world’s largest working cattle station – at about 32,500 square kilometres, it’s bigger than Israel. Coober Pedy is the Opal Capital of the World and set in a landscape that looks like the moon. On a tour of an underground mine and Opal Mining Museum you’ll learn about the history of the town, and at the Aboriginal Interpretive Centre you’ll also hear about the local indigenous people. There will be time to explore this remarkable town above and below the ground; try your luck fossicking or “noodling” for opals or just browse one of the many opal shops. A highlight for some is visiting Josephine’s Kangaroo Orphanage, where you can meet the rescued kangaroos and baby joeys and admire (or buy) Aboriginal art and didgeridoos. Tonight sleep like the locals do – underground, in bunkhouse accommodation.
Day 4 Coober Pedy - Adelaide
After breakfast, leave early for the trip back to Adelaide through the ever-changing landscapes of the great Australian Outback. There are many opportunities to stop for photos, time permitting, the group will have lunch on the foreshore of Port Augusta at the tip of the Spencer Gulf, before arriving into Adelaide at approximately 6:30pm.
Quickly escaping the city, head north into the magnificent Flinders Ranges, the starting point for your outback desert adventure. Passing through charming country towns like Quorn and Hawker the scenery gradually changes to the legendary landscapes of the oldest continent on earth. At the lovely Parachilna Gorge, with its rock pools, red cliffs and creek beds, you’ll probably spot kangaroos, emus and maybe a rare Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby. Your first night will be spent counting desert stars while snuggled inside a swag.
Day 2 Flinders Ranges - William Creek
Now, it’s time to really hit the Outback! From Maree, with a rich history of camel trains, head along the unsealed Oodnadatta Track. You will also follow the old Ghan Railway, with its crumbling bridges and long-abandoned settlements, and traverse the bottom of Lake Eyre. Usually a giant salt pan that you can walk, dance or cartwheel on. About once every eight years when it fills with water Lake Eyre transforms into Australia’s largest lake, where fish and birdlife gather to celebrate! Stop at Coward Springs for a relaxing, all-natural spa with its consistently warm water. At William Creek, South Australia’s smallest town with an official population of just 10 people and their pets, enjoy a few drinks and chat to locals at the iconic pub built in 1887.
Day 3 William Creek - Coober Pedy
Start the day following an isolated track through Anna Creek, the world’s largest working cattle station – at about 32,500 square kilometres, it’s bigger than Israel. Coober Pedy is the Opal Capital of the World and set in a landscape that looks like the moon. On a tour of an underground mine and Opal Mining Museum you’ll learn about the history of the town, and at the Aboriginal Interpretive Centre you’ll also hear about the local indigenous people. There will be time to explore this remarkable town above and below the ground; try your luck fossicking or “noodling” for opals or just browse one of the many opal shops. A highlight for some is visiting Josephine’s Kangaroo Orphanage, where you can meet the rescued kangaroos and baby joeys and admire (or buy) Aboriginal art and didgeridoos. Tonight sleep like the locals do – underground, in bunkhouse accommodation.
Day 4 Coober Pedy - Adelaide
After breakfast, leave early for the trip back to Adelaide through the ever-changing landscapes of the great Australian Outback. There are many opportunities to stop for photos, time permitting, the group will have lunch on the foreshore of Port Augusta at the tip of the Spencer Gulf, before arriving into Adelaide at approximately 6:30pm.
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