FLEXIBLE ITINERARY

Our routes have been carefully chosen to include the best night-stops and highlights. However, as road conditions, weather, local restrictions and group input may vary, no two trips will ever be the same. With the help of your tour leader and fellow trekkers you may modify certain highlights to give a truly unique experience!

Days: 1 Cairns & Great Barrier Reef

Start the trip with our included full-day sailing cruise to the Outer Great Barrier Reef. Try scuba diving, (no experience needed), hand feed the fish or snorkel among the vibrant coral in the warm tropical waters. A day you will remember for the rest of your life. Accommodation: Budget Lodging included.

Days: 2 Mount Surprise

Travel up and over the Great Dividing Range, passing through small towns like Ravenshoe and Mount Garnet. Meet Russell in Mt Surprise and interact in his unique reptile show.
Accommodation: Camping included.

Days: 3-4 Mount Isa & Bush Camp

The next few days will be a real outback adventure. We travel through some vastly changing landscape en route to the mining town, Mount Isa. Depart Queensland through Camooweal and head into the exciting Northern Territory. Today you can see just how flat this remarkable country is. You can experience a proper Aussie bush camp tonight and a good opportunity for a damper cooked in the coals of the fire. Accommodation: Camping & Bush Camp include.

Days: 5-6 Katherine Gorge (Nitmiluk) & Litchfield National Park

Visit the historic Daly Waters Pub for a refreshing drink and then take a refreshing dip in the turquoise waters of Mataranka's thermal pool, nestled amongst tall shady palms. Heading north, maybe take a cruise or canoe up two of the spectacular gorge systems of Katherine Gorge (Nitmiluk). Then travelling further north to the see the famous magnetic termite mounds in Litchfield National Park. We camp next to waterfalls in Litchfield National Park this evening. Accommodation: Camping & Bush Camp included.

Days: 7-8 Darwin

There is time for a morning swim at Florence Falls before arriving back to civilisation in Darwin with a real bed in the multi million-dollar hostel. We normally go out for a meal and perhaps a dance or drink at a nightclub for those in a party mood. Then a free day to take in the sights of this frontier city. See the museums, the historic early settlement, take a trip on the "Tour Tub" an open top bus trip of the city or just chill out by the pool. Maybe even spend the day making a didgeridoo with a local Aboriginal person. Accommodation: Budget lodging included.

Days: 9-10 Kakadu National Park

A chance for last minute shopping before we head out on the road to the World Heritage Listed Kakadu National Park, one of Australia's most beautiful areas of wilderness. Come and explore Nourlangie Rock to see Aboriginal rock art thousands of years old before watching the sunset where the Aborigines have lived for over 40,000 years, or take a cruise on the Yellow Water Billabong where you can spot the many crocodiles, birds, snakes, dingos and more that are abundant in Kakadu. Accommodation: Camping included.

Days: 11-12 Manyallaluk & Mataranka Hot Springs

Maybe take a swim at Barramundi Gorge or Edith Falls before heading out of Kakadu to camp on an Aboriginal buffalo station, Manyallaluk. We join the locals to try some "Bush Tucker", and learn how to throw a spear or even "make fire". Find out how the Aborigines existed for thousands of years in harmony with their surroundings. The Aborigines themselves teach the ancient skills. This is also a great opportunity to purchase didgeridoos, paintings and woven baskets from the people who make them. We have time for another relaxing swim at Mataranka Hot Springs after setting up camp. Accommodation: Camping included.

Days: 13-15 Devil's Marbles, McDonnell Ranges & Alice Springs

The road south leads us past the Daly Waters Pub again. Visit the gold mining town of Tennant Creek before arriving at the eerie Devil's Marbles in time for sunset. There are several short hikes around the area and some stunning photographs to be taken. The next day we travel through the Western MacDonnell ranges, where you can see Simpson's Gap, the Ochre Pits and hike around Ormiston Gorge. We continue to Alice Springs and set up camp before heading out on the town for a meal and some nightlife. Accommodation: Bush Camp & Camping included.

Days: 16-18 Kings Canyon & Uluru / Kata Tjuta

We visit a working camel farm and you can catch a camel ride over rolling sand hills as we hit the track south to Kings Canyon. Marvel at the sheer canyon walls and hit the rim trail for a hike over the Lost City and the Garden of Eden before arriving at our final camp at Ayers Rock Resort. Plenty of time this evening for that world famous picture of Uluru (Ayers Rock) at sunset. An early rise is required the next day, not only to watch the sunrise but because the cool of the morning is the best time to explore Uluru. Come and take our challenge to walk around the base of one of the world's largest monoliths and reveal some of the Aboriginal legends that surround this sacred land. This afternoon we will explore Kata Tjuta (Mount Olga) before viewing the sunset over these surreal domes. Accommodation: Camping included.

Days: 19 Alice Springs

We will have one last early morning visit and photo stop at Uluru before returning to Alice Springs where we will say a goodbye to newfound friends.

Tour ends at approx 17:00 - 18:00 hrs in Alice Springs on day 19