3 Days Flinders Ranges & Outback Eco Safari

Commence your wilderness journey by heading north via the old coastal towns of Port Wakefield and Port Germein, which boasts the longest wooden jetty in the Southern Hemisphere. During the safari your Eco Tour Guide will introduce you to a remarkable and resilient history of both Aboriginal and white settlement in S.A.. Continue into the Southern Flinders Ranges to Mount Remarkable National park. If you wish, join a one hour bush walk where you will be surrounded by 600 million year old mountain peaks and spectacular views over the Spencer Gulf. Travel through the picturesque Pichi Richi Pass to the historic township of Quorn (the start of the original Ghan Railway). Then follow in the path of our early explorers and head to Warrens Gorge Conservation Park to search for the rare and elusive yellow-footed rock-wallabies. Dramatic rock formations and outcrops harbour these endangered wallabies with an estimate of only 8,000 living in the wild. Head out along the rough and dusty outback tracks through the deserted Willochra Plain where eagles soar and emus run free. Check out old ghost towns with their early history of hardship where pioneers survived temporarily but eventually gave way to the unforgiving desert conditions. Onto the comfort of the award winning Wilpena Pound or Rawnsley Park resort.

Visit one of the Outback’s unique icons, Wilpena Pound. Join our guided walk following the tree-lined creek beds to Wangara Lookout that offers magnificent views into the pound itself. Explore the ancient mountain ranges including Bunyeroo and Brachina Gorges. Become a geologist for the day and view some of the oldest rock formations in the world including fossils from the beginning of life on earth! As the sun becomes low in the sky we will follow the road back to our base through a landscape of absolute beauty. Wildlife including kangaroos emus and wedge-tailed eagles are prolific in this rugged terrain. Optional Extra! 30 minute flight over Wilpena Pound

Come along on an early morning bush walk that will take us to a rock art site, extremely significant to the Adnyamathanha. Aboriginal people have been present here for thousands of years and have left artwork in the overhangs of the cliffs. Head back through the magnificent Southern Flinders Ranges with its mighty Red Gum forests to Melrose, the oldest town, settled in 1853. Getting closer to Adelaide we pass through lovely old townships of Mid-North South Australia and the beautiful wine region of Clare Valley. Arriving back in Adelaide at approximately 6.00pm you will have life-long memories to share with family and friends about the Flinders Ranges & Outback Australia.