3 Day Tour Adelaide - Flinders Ranges - Adelaide

"Magic Flinders Outback"

3 Days Adelaide - Adelaide 3 day/2 night .  Every Wednesday and Sunday. All year around 

Boutique Cabins Accommodation.

 To March 2007  AUD$1495 per person twin share      AUD$1695 single. 

Day 1.  Adelaide - Wilpena Pound

We will picked you up from your Adelaide City Hotel at around 7.30 in the morning. We leave Adelaide and head north through picturesque countryside - grain farming areas in particular. Our first stop is going to be at Burra, which is a very famous copper mining town. At Burra we will be exploring the history of these early mining days in Australia and we will also take you on a trip to the nearby mining sites. We will also have a look at the township itself which presents itself in a mixture of historic buildings among very new dwellings. Now we head North to "Maggies Rendezvous" in Orroroo for a well-earned lunch break. After lunch we will visit South Australia's largest and oldest Eucalypt tree. From there we head North to Hawker, the gateway to the Central Flinders Ranges and reach our Base near Wilpena Pound in the early evening.

Accommodation: Rawnsley Park Station, Wilpena area (or similar)

Meals: Lunch and Dinner

Entries: National Park entry fees where applicable  

Day 2.  Wilpena Pound

After the early morning optional flight (extra costs are not included in the tour price) around Wilpena Pound we will enjoy a hearty breakfast. Following breakfast we drive to the Sacred Canyon and we will walk along the creek bed inside the canyon to see some interesting Aborigine paintings and carvings. The Buneryoo Valley and Gorge (superb scenery) is next on our agenda before we get to the intersection of the Brachina Geological Trail and Gorge and the famous Aroona Valley. Today, we shall enjoy a delicious outdoor picnic near where Sir Hans Heysen used to paint his famous Landscapes. We travel through time (geological formations are some 580 million years old) and will encounter the sight of the true outback at the end of the Gorge. On the way back to our base we will drive along more magic sceneries, the Morolana Scenic Drive.

Accommodation: Rawnsley Park Station, Wilpena area (or similar)

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Entries: National Park entry fees where applicable  

Day 3.  Wilpena Pound - Adelaide

Visit the Yourumbulla Caves where we will see ancient cave paintings left behind by Aborigines who lived here thousands of years ago. Following a drink of water we shall take the road to Hawker and travel on to Quorn, home of the famous Pitchi Richi" Railway, through vast grain farming holdings to Melrose where we will enjoy our lunch at Bluey Bluntstones coffee house. After a well deserved rest we will head South towards the beautiful Clare Valley, which is famous for its wines. After visiting one or two vineyards for some excellent wine tasting we will arrive back in Adelaide in the early evening. We will transfer you to your City Hotel in Adelaide.

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Entries: National Park entry fees where applicable

Note: Please bring good walking shoes, rain coat, warm jumper for cool days and a hat.