SELF DRIVE Best of Flinders Ranges
Day 1 > Adelaide to Flinders Ranges Drive north from Adelaide and find Flinders Ranges yourself in the Clare Valley for wine tasting and touring. Renowned for Clare Valley producing some of the world’s best Rieslings, the Clare Valley is a unique ADELAIDE region and owes its grape growing 3 day itinerary includes beginnings to Jesuit priests back in 1851. Adelaide, Clare Valley The Jesuits still own and operate the and Flinders Ranges. historic Sevenhill Winery. Continue north via Jamestown or Melrose to Wilpena Pound, in the Flinders Ranges. Stay in accommodation near Wilpena Pound. Choose from luxury eco-retreats, station stays, cabins or tents. > Adelaide to Clare: 141 kilometres, 1 hour 48 minutes > Clare to Wilpena Pound (resort): 292 kilometres, 3 hours 27 minutes
From top: Flinders Ranges, South Australia; 4WD Driving Tour, Arkaba Station. Page 2 of 2 SELF DRIVE Best of Flinders Ranges
Day 2 > Flinders Ranges One-day extension: Itinerary Highlights: Tour the region on foot via walking Day 3 > Flinders Ranges trails or do a guided four wheel • Clare Valley wineries On day three depart early and visit drive (4WD) tour. Climb Wilpena Blinman at the northern edge of the • Wilpena Pound Pound for remarkable views of this Flinders Ranges National Park. It’s also curious landform which is an enormous • Brachina Gorge the highest town in South Australia. natural amphitheatre. From there, it’s a three hour drive to • Prairie Hotel Wilpena Pound offers breathtaking the privately-owned Arkaroola scenery, rich Aboriginal and European Wilderness Sanctuary. Join Arkaroola’s * Distances and times are approximate and history, wildlife, and above all, a great famous Ridgetop Tour (1pm departure) do not include detours or stops. chance to unwind. and stay overnight at Arkaroola. Scenic flights are available. Walk Wilpena > Wilpena Pound (resort) to Blinman: homestead or go on a sunset tour and 64 kilometres, 1 hour keep a look out for wildlife, including > Blinman to Arkaroola: rare yellow-footed wallabies. 155 kilometres, 3 hours
Day 3 > Flinders Ranges Day 4 > Flinders Ranges to Adelaide to Adelaide Early morning, drive through Bunyeroo Return to Adelaide, via Copley and and Brachina Gorges and head for the Parachilna, stopping at the Prairie Hotel Prairie Hotel at Parachilna for an outback for lunch. Break up your journey with pub experience, where you’ll find some another overnight stop in Port Augusta. of the local wildlife on the menu. After lunch, return to Adelaide. > Arkaroola to Copley: 130 kilometres, 2 hours > Wilpena Pound (resort) to Parachilna: 88 kilometres, > Copley to Parachilna: 2 hours 3 minutes 70 kilometres, 45 minutes > Parachilna to Adelaide: > Parachilna to Port Augusta: 490 kilometres, 5 hours 25 minutes 195 kilometres, 2 hours For further information > Port Augusta to Adelaide: visit southaustralia.com 308 kilometres, 3 hours 25 minutes
From left: Prairie Hotel, Parachilna; Historic Arkaba Woolshed, Arkaba Station; Bunyeroo Valley Drive, Flinders Ranges.