Outback Safari
Escorted Tour
ULURU | KATA TJUTA | KINGS CANYON | ALICE SPRINGS | TENNANT CREEK | KATHERINE KAKADU | DARWIN | LITCHFIELD NATIONAL PARK
World Heritage Sites like Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park are just a glimpse into the Northern Territory. Your journey includes Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge tours, Kings Canyon hikes, Earth Sanctuary stargazing, sunrise at Uluru and a Yellow Water Billabong cruise. Wherever you venture, Aboriginal Songlines are strong, permitting you the privilege to glimpse millennia-old rock art, meet Elders, go to-the artistic source and sample bush tucker.
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Your Itinerary
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Day 1-3 : UK - Uluru
Today is one of colours. The ochre soil spiked with cycads as you come into land. The endless blue sky. The russet hues of Uluru. Approaching sunset, the landscape changes with every click of your camera. Have a glass of bubbles and some nibbles with your fellow adventurers.
Hotel: Desert Gardens, 2 nights
Day 4-5 : Uluru & Kata Tjuta
Experience firsthand Australia’s wilderness through a visit to Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park. You’ll encounter the iconic Uluru, or ‘the Rock,’ half a billion years old, standing 348 meters high and taller than the Eiffel Tower. This morning set the alarm clock and be sure not to miss an Uluru sunrise, quite a different experience to last night’s sunset. Rising with the birds certainly has benefits as you will feel much cooler whilst you tour the base of the world’s biggest monolith. A circumnavigation is 7 miles. Or you can join a guided walk to Mutitjulu Waterhole, a sacred spot decorated with millenniaold Aboriginal rock paintings. Dive even deeper into First Nations traditions at the Uluru-Kata Tjuta Cultural Centre. Then wander through Kata Tjuta and Walpa Gorge, with more bubbles to serenade the day’s end.
Day 6 : Kings Canyon
An early morning rise won’t disappoint, glimpse the Uluru Field of Light, a dazzling installation by British artist Bruce Munro that sees 50,000 stemlike globes blanket the Uluru soil. It’s optional so for those comfortable in their accommodation you will join your fellow travellers later. Did you know Australia has the largest population of wild camels in the world? Kings Creek Station, your next stop, is the largest exporter of these doe-eyed creatures. From here, the land eases into Kings Canyon, part of the immense Watarrka National Park. Views over the Red Centre put into perspective this vast and dramatic landscape.
Hotel: Kings Canyon Resort
Day 7 : Alice Springs
Cattle stations are the size of small nations in the Northern Territory outback, as you’ll discover on your journey toward Alice. Nature will also show her enormity as you view the MacDonnell Ranges. Back in 1872, Alice Springs was a hive of activity, when the Telegraph Station was built to connect Adelaide and Darwin as part of the Overland Telegraph Line.
Hotel: Doubletree by Hilton Alice Springs, 2 nights
Day 8 : Alice Springs
Visit Alice Springs Desert Park, home to a vast range of plants and wildlife native to the area. In remote parts of Australia, community is everything. The passionate Royal Flying Doctor Service health workers commute hundreds of kilometres to provide aid. End the day on a high at Earth Sanctuary World Nature Centre, where a local family will host a BBQ dinner under the stars.
Day 9 : Tennant Creek
Go back to your school days where you will be invited by “School of the Air” to watch a live lesson being broadcast to children in some of Australia’s most remote reaches. Not on the curriculum, aliens, although you will learn all about them passing through Wycliffe Well, also known as Australia’s ‘UFO capital’. Undeniably otherworldly are the precariously balanced boulders that characterise Karlu Karlu (Devils Marbles) and the landscapes surrounding gold-rich Tennant Creek.
Hotel: Bluestone Motor Inn
Day 10 : Katherine
When locals are not working hard in the Australian outback, they are having a lot of fun. Visitors are welcome in the Daly Waters Historic Pub, where the food, schnitzels, burgers come second to the atmosphere. This might be your opportunity to go hopping mad as you order the “kangaroo loin”. Without a doubt this will be one of the most unforgettable pub visits you have ever made!
Hotel: Contour Hotel Katherine
Day 11 : Kakadu
Explore the natural beauty of Nitmiluk National Park and cruise along Katherine Gorge. You will wind through this gorge carved through ancient sandstone alongside steep cliff walls, watching for lush rainforest gullies in giant cracks. A sprinkling of freshwater crocodiles and a flutter of rare birds will take your breath away. More wildlife lurks in Kakadu’s Yellow Water Billabong, which is a mecca for sea eagles, brolgas and little kingfishers. Hotel: Mercure Kakadu Crocodile Hotel
Day 12 : Darwin
The best way to grasp the immensity of Kakadu and Arnhem Land is from the air, should you wish to take an optional flight. Ubirr’s Aboriginal rock art dates back an eye-watering 20,000+ years. If it looks familiar, that’s because it starred in the classic Australian movie, Crocodile Dundee. Get your Darwin bearings on a quick tour brush shoulders with the locals as you enjoy a bite to eat at the Mindil Beach Sunset Market.
Hotel: Hilton Garden Inn Darwin, 2 nights
Day 13 : Litchfield National Park
Travel deep into Litchfield National Park on the last day of exploring this fascinating region, packed with 100-yearold, 2-metre-high magnetic termite mounds. Florence and Wangi Falls await your next stop. Change into your swimming costume and take a dip in the gem like waterholes or just dip your toe in. With fond memories and new friendships formed cruise the harbour at sunset, enjoying one last toast to your Northern Territory trip.
Day 14 : Farewell from Darwin
“Ma Muk’ (‘See you later’), as the Larrakia people would say. This Dreamtime adventure is over for now, however your memories will last forever.
