Travel guide Flinders Ranges & Outback

The geological amphitheatre of Wilpena Pound borders Arkaba and a three day walk through a rich and varied landscape with overnight luxury swag camps, supplied with food and beverages in advance, is one of the best ways to take in the sights and sounds of the bush and to understand the subtleties of this environment.. www.arkabastation.com Read more

Wallaby Tracks Adventure Tours offers extensive tailor made four wheel drive expeditions from Adelaide through to the Australian Outback, visit the Flinders Ranges and Gammon Ranges including Arkaroola Sanctuary, Lake Eyre via the famous Oodnadatta T... Read more

Visit the Old Timers Mine and Museum, Coober Pedy's premier, multi award winning, affordable and family friendly tourist attraction. Explore a 1916 underground opal mine, museum and 1920 to 1990 home. View three large good quality opal seams, opalised seashells in the roof in their natural state, Coober Pedy's largest painted lady opal. Compare opal prices of opal jewellery mined, cut and polished, and set locally at the Underground Opal and Gift shop. Enjoy a continuous self-guided tour with written guides in a number of different languages including English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Dutch and Hebrew. Free opal mining machine demonstrations, blower and tunnelling machine available at 9.30am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm. Noodle the pit after your tour for the chance to fin... Read more

Iga Warta offers a unique opportunity for visitors to experience Adnyamathanha, Aboriginal culture, living, sharing and learning in an Aboriginal community setting. Iga Warta means place of the native orange tree in Yura Ngawarla, the language of the Adnyamathanha people, the traditional owners of the area. Iga Warta is set amongst the magnificent mountains in the Northern Flinders Ranges and is owned, managed and staffed totally by Aboriginal people.. www.igawarta.com Read more

Four Winds Cultural Guiding warmly welcomes people to experience the mysterious depths of the Adnyamathanha Aboriginal culture. We offer a range of Aboriginal experiences designed to provide participants with a deeper understanding and an informed respect for this remarkable culture. The Creation Stories, sometimes known as Dreamtime Stories are shared beside a campfire, under the evening sky. Relax as your guide unravels the mysteries of the Adnyamathanha Creation Stories, the stories that explain the creation of the land, the people and the animals and establish the laws of the Adnyamathanha people.The Bush Tucker and the Tracks and Scats tours are relaxed and engaging guided walks through the breathtaking Flinders Ranges bush land. Your guide will identify the wide array of bush foods t... Read more

Flinders and Outback Day Tours specialise in short two-hour tours and longer private charters in unpretentious luxury north of Port Augusta for two-six passengers.

All our tours have feature elements of seemingly impossible contrasts such as Flinders Ranges, Outback and Coastal experiences. Each tour has an informative commentary encompassing both the natural and historical points of interest all from the luxury leather interior of our brand new luxury vehicle.. www.flindersoutbackdaytours.com.au Read more

Desert Cave Tours offer a variety of tours in and around the famous opal mining town, Coober Pedy. The tours are only limited by your imagination. Experience the beauty of outback landscapes. Tours include Coober Pedy town and scenic tours, opal discovery, fossicking for opals and mail run day tour.. www.desertcave.com.au Read more

Only three hours from Adelaide, and 15 kilometres south of Orroroo lies the Pekina Valley, boasting some of the most picturesque countryside you will ever experience. Come and escape to Carinya, our family's 3000-acre rural working property that has ... Read more

Arid Zone Tours offers tours around the town of Coober Pedy, Lake Eyre, Painted Desert and The Breakaways.Town tours for people on a tight schedule take approximately two hours and visit all the major attractions inside the town area, excluding the main street, and include a visit to a dugout home an opal mine and also visit an underground church and the desert golf course. Breakaways Tours take approximately four hours and include everything you see on the town tour plus a trip out to the Breakaways.A hundred kilometres up Oodnadatta Road from Coober Pedy is the turn off to The Painted Desert. The Painted Desert is a colourful natural display of sandstone and ochres in hues that artists love to capture. Also part of the Breakaway country further south, this area receives very few visitors... Read more

At one point in time, Australia’s vast deserts were teeming with marine life and completely underwater. The Eromanga Sea that once covered Australia’s outback disappeared between 100-120 million years ago, leaving behind fossils and opals, as well as terrain that is both rugged and beautiful. It’s hard to imagine the deep flowing water of this sea however, as today South Australia is the driest state in the driest continent on earth. But this is a good thing – it’s unlikely to rain on your holiday, and the flora, fauna, and desert features that are the result of this change from sea to desert are utterly fascinating. Coober Pedy is at the northern end of the South Australian outback, and here you will find an underground town with some buildings bobbing abo... Read more