Flinders Ranges
- Duration: 12 Days (approx.)
- Product code: FLI25
HOME TO CLARE
Meet your tour leader at Sydney airport for your flight to Adelaide or meet in Adelaide. Our destination this afternoon is the picturesque Clare Valley. Here, a patchwork of farmland seamlessly blends into rows of vines, elegant eucalypts and natural bushland. Check into your hotel for two nights. Welcome dinner tonight.
Clare Country Club, Clare
BUNGAREE STATION
Bungaree Station was established by George Hawker and his brothers in 1841. It became headquarters of an extensive sheep station with 100,000 merino sheep by the 1880’s: a self-sufficient village with a beautiful sandstone homestead at its heart. Afternoon wine tasting at Seven Hill Winery, one of the oldest in Australia.
Clare Country Club, Clare
CLARE TO MARREE
Travel north to the desert oasis of Parachilna. First licensed in 1876, the Prairie Hotel is an iconic outbackdestination, renowned for its innovative menu, perfect for lunch. The Lyndhurst Ochre Cliffs are an important site for local Adnyamathanha people, quarried for thousands of years, the ochre was traded far north to the Northern Territory and Queensland, and south to the coast. Continue to Marree your home for the next two nights. Dinner included tonight.
The Marree Hotel, Marree
MARREE
Maree is a fascinating town to explore full of local history. Nearby is Kati Thanda– Lake Eyre, Australia’s largest salt lake, the best way to appreciate its incredible colours and patterns is from the air. Option this morning to take a scenic flight over the lake (at own expense). Later we’ll drive to the start of the famous Birdsville track. Dinner included tonight.
The Marree Hotel, Marree
MARREE TO WILPENA POUND
A day travelling through ancient gorge country of the Flinders Ranges-Ikara National Park. Morning tea stop under the River Red Gums in rugged Parachilna Gorge. Lunch stop in Blinman. Photo stop at a rocky ridge geological feature known as The Great Wall. Check into the Wilpena Pound Resort for 3 nights. Dinner is included tonight.
Wilpena Pound Resort, Flinders Ranges
FLINDERS RANGES
A local guide joins us today to explore this vast and ancient landscape including Bunyeroo Valley and Brachina Gorge with iconic landforms, unique geology and wildflowers; landscapes that inspired artists including Sir Hans Heysen. Photograph the Cazneaux Tree, a solitary river red gum made famous in 1937 by Australian photographer Harold Cazneaux. Dinner is included tonight at the resort.
Wilpena Pound Resort, Flinders Ranges
WILPENA POUND
Optional scenic flights this morning over Wilpena Pound and Ikara-Flinders National Park. If you are not flying, travel a short distance to Old Wilpena Station one of South Australia’s oldest and best-preserved pastoral settlements. Finally a ‘Sunset Tour’ to watch changing colours of this vast ancient landscape of Wilpena and the Flinders Ranges from a panoramic viewing platform with drinks and canapes. Dinner is included this evening at your resort.
Wilpena Pound Resort, Flinders Ranges
ARID LANDS BOTANIC GARDEN
Travel south this morning to Port Augusta to visit the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden. Then onto the historic town of Quorn. Once an important town at the junction of the Sydney-Perth and Adelaide-Darwin railways, Quorn is now a popular film set/location. Stay overnight in Quorn to see the Silo light show.
Great Northern Lodge, Quorn
QUORN TO ADELAIDE
Travel to Adelaide with a stop in Snowtown, on the South Australian Silo Art Trail. Arrive in Adelaide, check in to your boutique hotel in the city centre. Farewell Dinner this evening.
The Crowne Plaza, Adelaide
ADELAIDE TO HOME
Free morning. Early afternoon transfer to Adelaide airport for our flight home.
