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Outback Safari Your itinerary Start Location Visited Location Plane End Location Cruise Train Over night Ferry Day 1 classroom” at the School of the Air. Tour the school with a Local Specialist, see the Welcome to Uluru teachers in action, and learn how they were the first to use two-way radio broadcasts to educate remote students, providing support to children living in Hello, explorers! Surrounded by rusty earth and brilliant blue skies, you’re right in the surrounding isolated communities. After an insightful morning, get out and the heart of Australia to begin your Outback safari tour in the heart of the Red adventure in Karlu Karlu (Devils Marbles), an amazing outcrop of precariously Centre in World Heritage listed Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, a MAKE TRAVEL balanced granite boulders. These massive rocks of up to six metres high, believed MATTER® Experience. (Flights to arrive prior to 3pm). After meeting your Travel by the Warmungu Aboriginal people to be the fossilised eggs of the Rainbow Director and new travelling companions, you’ll head out for your first visit through Serpent, continue to crack and change shape even today. Walk among them the desert landscapes and iconic, rusty red home of Uluru. Over a sundowner of experiencing their majesty before reaching your home for the night in the former appetizers and sparkling wine, sit back as the surrounding grasses blow and the 1930s gold-mining town of Tennant Creek, “the Territory’s heart of gold.” Enjoy sky lights up in red and orange illuminating 'The Rock’ rising 348 metres high. It’s dinner with your travel mates in this history-rich spot sharing the highlights of the best way to experience the true beauty of mesmerizing Uluru, connect to the your Outback travels. land, and kick-off your trip. You’ll get a good night’s rest in your Stays with Stories accommodation at the Desert Gardens Hotel. Surrounded by the red dirt and Hotel - Bluestone Motor Inn desert trees, this indigenous owned hotel is the perfect spot to immerse yourself in nature. Stay in or join an Optional Experience Uluru Barbecue Dinner complete Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner with a stargazing tour of the vast Southern sky. Day 7 Hotel - Desert Gardens Katherine and its Magical Gorge Day 2 It’s hard to believe it’s only been one week, but there is so much more to see. Enjoy a change of scenery in the Outback today on a visit to the quirky Daly Uluru Sunrise and Kata Tjuta Waters Pub. As soon as you step inside and see the collection of memorabilia on It’s a beautiful start to your first full day with a special sunrise in Uluru-Kata Tjuta the walls, you’ll understand this pub’s encouragement to patrons to “leave National Park. Grab a good spot, hot cocoa in hand, and watch the sun light up something behind.” Take in its history from the days when Qantas’ pilots stopped Uluru and the sprawling desert. Then learn more about the park on a guided walk to refuel on the nearby dirt runway as you sip on a cold schooner and maybe with your Travel Director to Mutitjulu Waterhole at the base of Uluru. You’ll leave one of your own treasures behind. Your next “watering hole” is Mataranka’s appreciate your guides passion for the area and understanding on the ancient hot springs to go for a refreshing dip in its crystal-clear, thermal springs. These rock art rich with history and lifetimes of stories that have been preserved for healing waters show you another side of the Outback and are a relaxing stop on hundreds of years. After a fascinating morning, kick back at the pool or visit the your way to Katherine, where the Outback meets the Tropics. Settle into your art galleries and Town Square shopping village. Later in the day you’ll get to enjoy centrally located hotel, enjoy a late dinner with the group and maybe go for even more of the National Park with a guided walk through Kata Tjuta’s thirty-six another swim in the pool. domes of red-hued sedimentary rock through Walpa (meaning “wind”) Gorge to a lookout. End your day of stunning natural surroundings with another memorable Hotel - Paraway Motel Uluru sunset paired with canapés and sparkling wine in a tucked away, secret Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner spot. Taking in the still magnificence of Uluru, it’s ‘cheers’ to the Outback! Day 8 Included Meals - Breakfast Timeless Kakadu National Park Day 3 Get ready for a big day in Nitmiluk National Park, where you’ll team up with an To Towering Kings Canyon indigenous Local Specialist for a two-hour riverboat cruise along the Katherine Sunrise fans have another opportunity to greet the dawn at Uluru with a private Gorge’s ancient waterway of steep cliff walls, and maybe a freshwater crocodile or Optional Experience at the Field of Light installation of artist Bruce Munro. As the two on the banks. You’ll have a chance to take a closer look at the indigenous rock sun rises in the distance, you’ll make your way through 50,000 frosted glass art before continuing your exploration on a second boat to the even bigger cliffs spheres lighting up the desert in violet, blue, and white like a field of flowers with of the deep river gorge. Every stop is stunning and enhanced by your guide’s Uluru as your backdrop. You’ve never seen anything like it, and it will make you knowledge of the traditional Jawoyn landowners and the Jawoyn’s stories of how appreciate Uluru and the land it occupies in a whole new way. Next up is a the gorge was formed. Next up is Kakadu National Park, a UNESCO World gorgeous desert drive from Uluru to Watarrka National Park (named for an Heritage Site and cultural jewel also known for its wildlife. Cruise the Yellow Water Indigenous word meaning “umbrella bush”) to the ancient walls of Kings Canyon. Billabong as your Local Specialist points out the diverse species of birdlife Put feet to ground on a guided walk along the sandy creek bed surrounded by the including magpie geese and perhaps more crocodiles. Your crocodile adventures striped cliff walls of golden yellow, orange, and red that rise 100 metres above continue during your stay in the heart of Kakadu at the indigenous owned hotel, Kings Creek. Your stay in Kings Canyon is at Kings Canyon Resort, and you’ll end whimsically designed in the shape of a crocodile. the day swapping stories with the group over a relaxing dinner and desert Hotel - Mercure Kakadu Crocodile Jabiru surrounds, topped off with a magical sunset over Carmichael Crag Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner Hotel - Kings Canyon Resort Day 9 Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner Darwin in the Tropical Top End Day 4 Go big on a day of history and culture before making your way to Darwin. You’ll Alice Springs, Town of Indigenous Art begin at Ubirr, one of Kakadu’s, and Australia’s, renowned Aboriginal rock art sites. The early bird catches the worm! Get a jump on the day with a sunrise hike with Dive Into Culture at this rocky landscape as your Travel Director shares the history your Travel Director to the top of Kings Canyon for a walk around its semi-circular and the stories behind these illuminating images. Explore the loop trail past caves edge. From the top you’ll wind down through sandstone formations into the and overhangs before a stop at Nadab lookout at Ubirr for the most endless view Garden of Eden’s shaded, lush oasis of greenery. It’s a cooling finish to a big over the wetlands of Kakadu - the filming location for Crocodile Dundee. Soak in morning. Relax and refresh at your hotel before making your way through the the vistas and get ready for a change of scenery as you travel to our home for the Outback to central Australia’s Alice Springs. Learn all about the history of the town next two nights, Darwin. Check into your hotel on the centrally located Darwin at the circa 1871 Telegraph Station. This important site has a deep history of Esplanade and head out to explore the city. You could catch a movie under the sending messages between Darwin and Adelaide with a single wire, not only stars at the Deckchair Cinema or see what’s cooking at the Mindil Beach Sunset connected Australia’s north and south, but also the first communication link Market for dinner and a stellar sunset. With plenty of options to choose from, between Australia and England. Your first day Alice Springs with 360-degree views including the Asian influenced food the city is known for, it may be tough to pick of ‘The Alice’ from the best vantage point, Anzac Hill. Take it all in, from the Anzac your favourite. Memorial to the panoramic views of the Western and Eastern MacDonnell ranges. Hotel - DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel - DoubleTree by Hilton Included Meals - Breakfast Included Meals - Breakfast Day 10 Day 5 Cool off in Litchfield National Park Meet the Locals in Alice Springs Get excited for your last full day of stunning nature and city sites. You’ll begin in Start your day with a Dive Into Culture and history as a local Aboriginal guide Litchfield National Park to see Northern Australia's own and over 100 years old shares the traditions of the local Arrernte People in Alice Springs Desert Park. Magnetic Termite mounds reaching up to three metres high.