News

 New and exclusive Flinders Ranges accommodation

We are pleased to announce that we will now feature two nights exclusive ATA accommodation in the quaint and historic railway township of Quorn. “The Mill’, will be used ONLY by our clients and itself is an historic icon in the town. All seasoned travellers will appreciate the added comfort that a two night stay brings, particularly in a region that has been officially recognised as one of Australia's first National Landscapes! Our Adelaide <> Alice Springs 6 day Safari will now feature two great hikes and a more relaxed pace!

Fighting Climate Change

Adventure Tours Australia is concerned about the issue of climate change and the negative impacts on our unique Central Australian environment.  As a result, we have introduced climate friendly initiatives into our every day operations and future planning.  In addition to this, we have been working with Tourism NT in a pilot project that is supported by WWF, and an independent verifier to assist us on the road to a low carbon economy.  

Adventure Tours Australia has recently completed a life cycle assessment and is currently maintaining an emissions monitoring plan to ensure our operations will be carbon neutral for the period 2008/09.   For more information on this exciting initiative visit www.outbackoffsets.com

If this offset facility has influenced your travel decision, quote “OFFSET” to offset your carbon footprint for FREE when you book directly with ATA for your  Central Australian tour.

Alice Springs <> Darwin Camp Refurbishment

We are pleased to share with you our Camp Building campaign for 2008.

We have commenced the building new Deluxe Twin Share camp-sites, including kitchens along the Alice Springs <> Darwin outback corridor. “Adventure Tours has over the last several years upgraded and built camp-sites at Yulara and Kakadu to a high standard, it was time to upgrade our facilities along the important route between Alice Springs and Darwin” says General Manager, Vicki Beard.

Tents are the popular Adventure Tours sturdy design with floors and good ventilation, and will be fitted out twin share with single beds. Sites for new camps are:

• Point Stuart Wilderness Lodge – 2 camps

• Katherine Campground

• Banka Banka Station

• Juno Horse Farm

• Yulara

Adventure Tours Australia gratefully acknowledges the support from AusIndustry for this project as an Australian Government funded initiative under the Australian Tourism Development Program. The total project cost is $291,000 with AusIndustry contributing $100,000.
 

Adventure Tours Australia supports the 'It's All Relative' (Bringing Australians together) Indigenous Roadtrip

Adventure Tours Australia proudly supported the 'It's All Relative' (Bringing Australians together) Indigenous Roadtrip project by donating the use of a minibus and trailer for the Roadtrip between Alice Springs and Sydney, taking in Mount Isa, Carnarvon National Park, Surfers Paradise and Byron Bay.

Paige Shreeve (Health Educator from the Aboriginal Resource Development Services, Winnellie, Northern Territory) had this to say about the support recently:
"I am writing to express my sincere thanks that Adventure Tours Australia has agreed to support our Indigenous Road trip project 'It's All Relative' with the use of a coaster bus and trailer from Darwin to Sydney (27th Nov to 27th Dec 2007)."

For more information about this project click here

For more information about Adventure Tours Australia's contribution and support to the local community click here
 

Send Us Video About Your Experience

There's nothing better than telling others about the time you've had.
You can take good video on your camera or mobile phone and upload it to http://www.youtube.com . We've created a special group for all the videos which we will later host on our websites.
Simple innovative videos shot on your camera or mobile phone are fine. Get creative! You'll see some examples already there of what's possible.
Be aware of the You Tube conditions and size limits for the video (max 100mb).
Here's how you upload videos:
i/ You will have to join http://www.youtube.com - free - if you do not already have an account, you need to sign up.
ii/ Upload your video - "tag" the videos with "adventure tours australia" so we can easily find your video.
iii/ Once you have uploaded your video to http://www.youtube.com/group/100adventure
iv/ Click on "Join this Group"
v/ click on "videos" (next to "members" under the "100adventure – traveller videos" title)
vi/ Click on "Add a video" and follow instructions by You Tube. You can add your video(s) to this 100Adventure traveller video page
It’s that easy and you can do this from most internet cafes

Please Note Our Luggage Limit of 10kg and 15kg Applies

As stated in our conditions of travel a limit of 15kg of luggage applies to all tours and a limit of 10kg on our Kakadu safaris. This is due to the vehicle has limited space and occupational health and safety reasons for our guides, so please keep your luggage to a maximum of 10-15 kgs in a backpack or soft overnight bag with a small day pack for easy access to camera, film, sunblock etc.

Please try and keep to that limit so we can ensure we can carry everyone's luggage in our trailers. If you can try and keep your belongings in one pack or case then this also assists packing. As a general rule if you can't carry it, we won't either. It's your responsibility to pack bags into the trailer. If your trip returns to the place your are starting your trip from, think about storing excess luggage to await your return. If you're not returning to the place you started your trip, think about freight forwarding luggage. All luggage that is more than 20kg must be marked as "HEAVY" so our staff avoid injury by picking it up off the ground without knowing.