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12 day Adelaide to Darwin  
Departs:  Tuesday, 22 July 2025    
Duration:  11  Days Tour Number: 4244    
Price: 
Tour Cost
 $6204p.p. (Travel Club $5893p.p.)  
Single Supplement $1950
Plus Flight
Includes Accommodation, Meals B (Breakfast) ,D (Dinner) where marked
and Entrance Fees and sightseeing as per itinerary  
Flight from  Darwin to Adelaide Not Included
Deposit of $593p.p Due within 7 days to confirm booking
                       Balance Due 1 June , 2025
   
 
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Tour Includes:
Highlights: Coober Pedy
Mac Donnell Ranges, Stanley Chasm, Alice Springs Desert Park
 Katherine, Nitmiluk Gorge Cruise, Kakadu Yellow Waters Cruise,
 Darwin City Sights
 
Day 1:                              Adelaide - Port Augusta                               D
Your chauffeured car will pick you up from home for our 9.00 am departure. Today we start our trek to The Red Centre and right through to Darwin. Seeing some of the spectacular scenery that make this country the best to be in. Our first stop will be Port August where we take time out to wander through Wadlarta Outback Centre and The Arid Lands Botanic Gardens before checking into the motel
Standpipe Motor Inn 08 8642 4033
Day 2:                          Port Augusta - Coober Pedy                                                        B,D
We pack the coach and make our way to Woomera for a morning break and have a look at the Missile Park. You can wander through Missile Park and gaze  at rockets on display. Time to move along to Glendambo for an early lunch. Driving the next leg of the day, arriving in Coober Pedy we visit the underground church and town lookout before checking into the motel
Accommodation Desert Cave Motel: 08 8672 5688
 
Day 3:                                  Coober Pedy - Alice Springs                                B,D
We travel the sturt highway through Marla, Kulgera and Erldunda and onto Alice Springs which will be our home for the next 3 nights. Lasseters Casino 08 8950 7777
 
 
Day 4                                               Alice Springs - MacDonnell Ranges                                            BD
We tour into the red earth country where we explore part of the ancient weathered West MacDonnell Ranges.  We visit Simpson Gap National Park with its steep side ridges, huge Ghost Gums timbered creek flats and scenic rocky gaps. Our next stop is Standley Chasm a spectacular nine metre cleft in the West McDonnells. Walk through the valley with its sheer towering walls and pre-historic cycads. We return to Alice Springs, via the “Flynn of the Inland’s” grave, a monument to his life and work in creating the “Mantle of Safety” over outback Australia. This afternoon we visit the National Road Transport Hall of Fame. We see the first road train as well as much more. Time to make our way to our motel for a well earned rest before dinner .We will be picked up for a Outback bush BBQ and Dinner Show. This fun filled evening of entertainment and outback cuisine is set in the remote and isolated East MacDonnell Ranges. You will tuck into a mouth-watering meal of prime Australian beef, the best the land has to offer. Enjoy a cold beer or wine from the Aussie Bush Bar while an authentic bush balladeer sings timeless Australian songs underneath a chandelier of stars.
 
Day 5:                            Alice Springs                                       B
Today we make our way to The Royal Flying Doctors. It will satisfy the most curious of mind. You can discover what it's like to be inside one of the aircraft and look inside a replica fuselage of a Pilatus PC12. There is a large display of historic medical equipment that would have been used on the RFDS flights of the past. A range of model airplanes used by RFDS will take you through the different aircraft used through the decades. The Reverend John Flynn, founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), has been brought back to life to tell the story of the foundation of the world famous aeromedical service. We continue to familiarise ourselves with Alice springs with a visit to the Old Telegraph Station dating back to 1872, once a repeater station on the Adelaide to Darwin Telegraph line. Returning to the city we take in ANZAC Hill Lookout giving us spectacular views over the city.  Lunch can be had in the city centre before we visit the Alice Springs Desert park with all it’s natural flora and fauna  from the Red Centre Desert region, and enjoy a fascinating Birds Of Prey demonstration in the natural theatre. At the conclusion we will be taken back to our accommodation  Tonight you are free to try one of the many restaurants at Lasseters
 
Day 6:                            Alice Springs - Tennant Creek        B,D
We farewell Alice Springs and travel along the Stuart Highway over the tropic of Capricorn  and past Mt Stuart The Geographical centre of Australia and onto Barrow Creek and stopping off at the Devils Marbles for a wander and a photo stop before arriving in Tennant Creek for our nights rest.
Bluestone Motor Inn  8962 2617
 
Day 7:                                Tennant Creek - Katherine                   B,D
After Breaky we continue north past Renner Springs onto Daly Waters. We visit the Daly Waters Hotel the towns attraction for tourists is the famous pub, which is decorated throughout with banknotes and other memorabilia left by visitors from every corner of the globe. The historic pub was licensed in 1938 to service passengers and crew from the nearby airfield. After lunch we make our way to Mataranka Thermal Pool with time fore a refreshing dip before we arrive at Katherine.
Contour Hotel Katherine: 08 8972 1744
 
Day 8:                                    Katherine - Kakadu         B,D
This morning we venture to Katherine Gorge National Park. The deep gorge carved through ancient sandstone by the Katherine River is the central attraction of the Park so we have a  2 hour cruise on the Katherine river through some spectacular gorges. Leaving Katherine we travel to Pine Creek, known for the gold mining in the area.  Here we leave the Stuart Highway to make our way into Kakadu National Park.  This World Heritage-listed national park is internationally famous for the breath-taking natural beauty of its wetlands, escarpments and spectacular waterfalls, as well as its more than 50 000-year-old Aboriginal cultural heritage.  On the spectacular Yellow Waters cruise, float among the peaceful water lilies to view the vast array of bird life, and maybe some of the crocodiles for which the park is famous.
Cooinda Lodge Kakadu: 088979 1500
 
Day 9:                              Kakadu -Darwin                          B,D
After breakfast, we visit the Cultural Centre and wander through the displays and exhibitions, we gain an understanding of the Aboriginal traditional land owners of Kakadu National Park.  Travelling on towards Darwin, we take time to cruise the Adelaide river, from the safety of our motor vessel, watch the famous “Jumping Crocodiles” in action.  A feast of birdlife can also be seen above the danger of the crocodiles; and wild pigs and buffalo are often seen darting in and out  of  the tall grasses along the river banks.  The Arnhem Highway takes us back to the Stuart Highway, and then it’s onto Darwin for the next three nights.   Oaks Motel: 1300 542 502
 
Day 10:                                               DARWIN CITY SIGHTS                                       B
This morning we board the coach and see the sights of Darwin including Darwin Botanical Gardens,
Darwin Military Museum, Darwin Museum to view the Cyclone Tracey Exhibition and Fannie Bay Gaol Just to Name A few.  We will return to the motel with time to freshen up before dinner. You will be free tonight to try many of the restaurants in Darwin city
 
Day 11:                                                                 FREE DAY                                                                B                                                     
Today is free to do as you wish or join one of the tours to other parts of the Top End. You have the chance to try one of the many restaurants in the city centre for dinner tonight.
 
DAY 12                                                      DARWIN - ADELAIDE                                                          D
We wish those returning to Adelaide Bon Voyage. Once arriving in Adelaide your car will be waiting to take you home..