7 Day Ayres Rock - On this 7 day tour we travel through South Australia's vast outback to Ayers Rock, Kings Canyon and Alice Springs. We spend two days at Uluru and Kata Tjuta National Park where you'll see the true Australian outback. Return trip to Adelaide is available if required.   More information     Camel Ride to Candel Light Dinner - Enjoy a spectacular camel ride through native bush land. You arrive at a stone cottage as the sun sinks below the range. Your 2 course candlelight dinner will be waiting here for you.   More information

Many of the outback townships were founded with an ignorance relative to the time. For example, Maralinga and Mirikata were used for government nuclear testing and rocket tracking before we new of the potential harm and older towns such as Gordon were laid to pave the way for prosperous and fertile farmlands. With no regard for the harsh climatic conditions these towns struggled to survive. Some were abandoned as late as the 1960’s while others by this time, were already in ruins and these have become the Ghost Towns of South Australia.  

You can visit libraries whose shelves are filled with dust covered books and hear the winds howl their way through broken windows, banging open doors. It is said that some of the old timers still live in these towns or could these nightly sightings be the hauntings of lonely prospectors, determined to fulfill their dreams.

Lake Torrens and Lake Frome to the west and east of the Flinders Ranges National Park are usually found as nothing more than large dry salt pans.  The majority of town residents live underground in dug-outs. Originating as mines, these unusual homes continue to improve in size and structure as the mines become larger. Many run by solar power and they are ideal in the hot climate of the desert. Natural insulation keeps temperatures constant and natural lighting is provided through tunnels carved into the rock with glass panels concreted into the holes. If you have the opportunity for an overnight stay, take it!

When you think you understand planet Earth, it’s time to visit the South Australian Outback. It’s intense. It’s inspiring. And it’s a little insane. Walk out onto a salt lake bigger than Holland and see what it does to your head. Sweat buckets getting to the desert outpost of Coward Springs, then soak in a thermal oasis while a thousand cockatoos shriek at you from overhead. Take a 4WD into the Flinders Ranges to find high roads, low roads and lonely roads, and encounter yellow-footed wallabies, Aboriginal rock art and heart-breaking vistas. Savour the mateship and madness of an Outback pub like William Creek and The Prairie Hotel. Go ‘noodling’ in Coober Pedy, digging for the precious glitter of opal. Then swag by a campfire under the Outback stars and unearth the real meanings of ‘glittering’ and ‘precious’…