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Escape to the spectacular Flinders Ranges in South Australia for a relaxing holiday with a unique Aboriginal cultural experience. Join Haydyn on a trip into his traditional homelands and share a culture over 40,000 years old. Listen to Adnyamathanha creation stories at traditional significant sites and see ancient paintings and engravings. Learn about the history of the area in the beautiful Ranges landscape with rugged mountains, scenic gorges, ruins of early settlement and abundant wildlife.

Tour highlights include Wadlata Outback Centre, Port Augusta learn about the history and culture of the Flinders Ranges. Lunch in Quorn. Yourambulla Caves tour to see ancient Aboriginal paintings. Gorge tour with afternoon tea in Brachina Gorge. Wilpena Resort with free time, dinner and deluxe accommodation. On day two tour visit Arkaroo Rock or Sacred Canyon to see ancient Aboriginal paintings and hear Adnyamthanha Dreaming stories. Enjoy morning tea in a picturesque creek bed. View magnificent geological rock formations and see Yellow Footed Rock wallabies and other wildlife. Visit Hawker and the Wilpena Panorama Gallery to see a magnificent 360 degree painting of Wilpena Pound. Lunch at Hawker. Visit Kanyaka Ruins (time permitting). Return to Adelaide.

Operates: Mondays and Thursday at 8am.

Escape to the spectacular Flinders Ranges in South Australia for a relaxing holiday with a unique Aboriginal cultural experience. Join Haydyn on a trip into his traditional homelands and share a culture over 40,000 years old. Listen to Adnyamathanha creation stories at traditional significant sites and see ancient paintings and engravings. Learn about the history of the area in the beautiful Ranges landscape with rugged mountains, scenic gorges, ruins of early settlement and abundant wildlife.

Tour highlights include Port Germein. Wadlata Outback Centre, Port Augusta. Lunch in historic Quorn. Yourambulla Caves to see ancient Aboriginal paintings. Stay two nights at the Wilpena Pound Resort (optional scenic flight available at own expense). Mount Chambers Gorge to see ancient Aboriginal engravings and learn about the social history of the land from the Adnyamathanha people. Visit the Prairie Hotel, Parachilna or the Wild Lime Cafe, Blinman. Travel through the scenic Brachina and Bunyeroo Gorges. Free time to explore Wilpena Pound. Visit Arkaroo Rock to see ancient Aboriginal paintings and hear an Adnyamathanha Dreaming story. Visit historic Hawker and the Wilpena Panorama Gallery to see a magnificent 360 degree painting of Wilpena Pound, Return to Adelaide.

Operates: Monday and Thursday at 8am.

Escape to the spectacular Flinders Ranges in South Australia for a relaxing holiday with a unique Aboriginal cultural experience. Join Haydyn on a trip into his traditional homelands and share a culture over 40,000 years old. Listen to Adnyamathanha creation stories at traditional significant sites and see ancient paintings and engravings. Learn about the history of the area in the beautiful Ranges landscape with rugged mountains, scenic gorges, ruins of early settlement and abundant wildlife.

Tour highlights include Wadlata Outback Centre, Port Augusta. Prairie Hotel, Parachilna. Tour to Mineruta and learn about the social history of the Adnyamathanha people. Take a scenic creek bed walk to see ancient Aboriginal cave paintings. Tour the Ochre Pits and learn about its traditional uses. Pass through Nepabunna, Ithala Awi (Italowie Gap) and visit (time permitting) Balcanoona Ranger Headquarters. See ancient Aboriginal engravings at Mount Chambers Gorge. Take a scenic drive through Brachina and Bunyeroo Gorges. Stay at Wilpena Pound Resort and either walk to Wangarra lookout for spectacular views or learn about pastoral settlement life at Old Wilpena Station. Visit historic Hawker, Wilpena Panorama Gallery and have lunch in Quorn before returning to Adelaide.

Operates: Monday and Thursday at 8am.

Escape to the spectacular Flinders Ranges in South Australia for a relaxing holiday with a unique Aboriginal cultural experience. Join Haydyn on a trip into his traditional homelands and share a culture over 40,000 years old. Listen to Adnyamathanha creation stories at traditional significant sites and see ancient paintings and engravings. Learn about the history of the area in the beautiful Ranges landscape with rugged mountains, scenic gorges, ruins of early settlement and abundant wildlife.

Tour highlights include Wadlata Outback Centre, Port Augusta. Prairie Hotel, Parachilna. Morning Red Gorge tour. Visit Mineruta and learn about the social history of the Adnyamathanha people. Visit Malkii Cave. Scenic creek bed walk to see ancient Aboriginal cave paintings, Ochre Pits tour. Pass through Nepabunna, Ithala Awi (Italowie Gap). Visit Balcanoona Ranger Headquarters (time permitting). Continue to Mount Chambers Gorge. Take a scenic drive through Brachina and Bunyeroo Gorges. Stay at Wilpena Pound Resort and either walk to Wangarra lookout for spectacular views or take a 20 minute scenic flight (own expense). Old Wilpena Station tour. Visit Arkaroo Rock and see ancient ochre and charcoal paintings. Visit Wilpena Panorama Gallery, Hawker. Lunch in Quorn before returning to Adelaide.

Operates: Monday and Thursday at 8am.

Start the day with a leisurely stroll around the Botanic Gardens to learn about Aboriginal bush foods and plant uses. Find out about traditional duck hunting techniques, various other food gathering practices and where to find bush medicines. To conclude enjoy the great tastes if the Australian outback and try some native bush food products for morning tea within the beautiful surrounds of the Botanic Gardens.

Next take a short walk to Tandanya for a walk through the Aboriginal art exhibition gallery, a didgeridoo cultural demonstration (not available Mondays) visit the retail shop with a large range of Aboriginal artefacts, artwork, books and gifts. Experience the history of one of the world's oldest and most continuous living cultures in an exciting, contemporary context.

Operates: From the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, Friends Gate (back entrance), Plane Tree Drive, Adelaide daily at 9.20am on demand, bookings essential.

Escape to the spectacular Flinders Ranges in South Australia for a relaxing holiday with a unique Aboriginal cultural experience. Join Haydyn on a trip into his traditional homelands and share a culture over 40,000 years old. Listen to Adnyamathanha creation stories at traditional significant sites and see ancient paintings and engravings. Learn about the history of the area in the beautiful Ranges landscape with rugged mountains, scenic gorges, ruins of early settlement and abundant wildlife.

Tour highlights Wadlata Outback Centre, Port Augusta, Austral Hotel, Quorn for lunch. Visit an Aboriginal Rock Art site. Experience the vast and diverse landscapes of the Aussie outback. Learn about Aboriginal etchings dating back many thousands of years. Take in the sights of Parachilna Gorge and Blinman. Stay in luxurious eco-villas at Rawnsley Park. Optional tour at Rawnsley (own expense) 30 minute scenic flight over Wilpena Pound. Visit the Wilpena Panorama Gallery in Hawker. Continue to the Clare Valley wine district for lunch and wine tasting. Return to Adelaide.

Operates: Monday and Thursday at 8am.

The vast and beautiful Flinders Ranges can be divided into three distinct regions, each with something tantalising to offer. In the Southern Flinders Ranges you will find gorges to explore, wildlife to encounter and adventures of the most remarkable kind to write home about. The Central Flinders offers secret caves and gorgeous gorges and is home to the awesome amphitheatre of Wilpena Pound, while the Northern Flinders offers everything spectacular from the Aboriginal culture, the colours, the starry skies, the bounding kangaroos to the rugged peaks at sunset.

The South Australian Outback brings wide-open spaces, outback characters and underground dwellings, vast pastoral properties and proud towns. Wake early to beautiful sunrise, travel under brilliant blue skies, and then rest under night skies revealing stars you’ve never seen before. Follow the famous Outback tracks or discover our opal townships. The Outback is big on first impressions.

Operates: Departure dates on application.

Join your Aboriginal Tour Guide on a trip around Adelaide for an enjoyable and informative tour. Learn about the local Adelaide area and the social history of early Aboriginal life. Explore cultural environments, taste native bush foods, learn about Australian animals and have hands on experiences.

Start the day with a leisurely stroll around the Adelaide Botanic Gardens to learn about Aboriginal bush foods and plant uses. Then a short walk to Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultral Institute for a walk through the Aboriginal art gallery and a didgeridoo or cultural performance demonstration.

Enjoy lunch in Rundle Street - Adelaide's Cosmopolitan centre and a part of the historic East End of Adelaide. It's full of cafes, hotels, restaurants and small interesting shops.

After lunch take a short walk to see the Aboriginal Cultures Gallery at the South Australian Museum which showcases the largest collection of Australian Aboriginal artefacts and archival material in the world. Experience the history of one of the world's oldest and most continuous living cultures in an exciting, contemporary context

Operates: From the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, Friends Gate (back entrance), Plane Tree Drive, Adelaide daily at 9.30am on demand, subject to availability.

Enjoy a morning with an Aboriginal guide and visit an ancient Aboriginal rock art site depicting the creation of ‘Ikara’ (Wilpena pound).

Hear the cultural interpretation and an Adnynamathanha creation story and spectacular views of the Chase Range.

Please note 45 minutes walk each way.

This half day tour visits Ikara cultural site where we discuss Adnyamathanha Social History, Stokes Hill Lookout to get a cultural orientation of the Flinders, Perawurtine cultural site and Brachina and Bunyeroo Gorges.

This tour highlights the cultural aspects found in this area of the Flinders Ranges, including wildlife spotting and bush food plants.