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Swim in thermal pools, take a scenic helicopter flight and cruise the Calvert River • Travel the remote Savannah Way and spend 2 nights at Lorella Springs, an incredible million-acre cattle station on the Gulf. • Explore Burrunju (the ‘Ruined City’) in southern Arnhem Land on an exclusive helicopter adventure • Marvel at Riversleigh, one of the most significant fossil deposits in the world • Take a guided tour through mind-blowing lava tubes at Undara Volcanic National Park and overnight in unique train carriage accommodation • Take a magical sunset dinner cruise on the Gulf of Carpentaria at Karumba • Visit Limmen National Park and explore the southern ‘Lost City’ on a guided walk • Enjoy a guided walk and tranquil cruise in stunning Lawn Hill Gorge • Travel through the Atherton Tablelands and visit Millaa Millaa Falls • Visit Roper Bar and cruise the historic Roper River • Ride the historic Gulflander Train 9 ACCOMMODATION & ITINERARY SNAPSHOT DAY DESTINATION ACCOMMODATION DAY DESTINATION ACCOMMODATION 1 Cairns Shangri-La Hotel 8 Pungalina-Seven Emu Pungalina Sanctuary 2 Undara Volcanic Nat. Park Undara Experience 9 Lorella Springs Lorella Springs Station 3 Karumba End of the Road Motel 10 Lorella Springs Lorella Springs Station 4 Lawn Hill National Park Adel’s Grove 11 Ngukurr Darlala Motel 5 Lawn Hill National Park Adel’s Grove 12 Ngukurr Darlala Motel 6 Pungalina-Seven Emu Pungalina Sanctuary 13 Darwin DoubleTree by Hilton 7 Pungalina-Seven Emu Pungalina Sanctuary 14 Tour Concludes 10 outbackspirittours.com.au Leichhardt’s Savannah Expedition 14 DAYS | FULLY ACCOMMODATED | CAIRNS - DARWIN (AND VICE VERSA) the coach and continue to Karumba. Located on DAY 6 Your Journey the banks of the Norman River, Karumba came Savannah Way – Pungalina-Seven Emu to importance in the 1930’s when it became a Wildlife Sanctuary DAY 1 stop-over point for flying boats on the run from This morning we bid farewell to Lawn Hill and Your Adventure Begins in Cairns London to Australia. continue along the Savannah Way, crossing Upon your arrival at Cairns airport today, you Note: Gulflander Train operates subject to over the border into the Northern Territory. will be met by your friendly and professional availabilty. Not far into the Territory we turn off and head Outback Spirit Tour Driver and Tour Director. This afternoon we enjoy a special Sand Island into Australian Wildlife Conservancy’s Pungalina- We’ll then check in to the luxurious Shangri- sunset dinner cruise in the Gulf. Dine on local Seven Emu Wildlife Sanctuary. Together, the two La Hotel, perfectly positioned on the Cairns seafood while watching a sensational gulf sunset. properties cover a combined area of around Marina. Tonight, join us in the hotel restaurant (Includes wine and beer. Alternative meals are 305,000 hectares and include coastal monsoon for a sumptuous welcome dinner and meet your available). We overnight at the End of the Road rainforest, tall paper bark forests, palm fringed fellow adventurers. Meals: D Motel. Meals: B.L.D wetlands, deep gorges and coastal flood plains. The sanctuary is home to over 40 species of DAY 2 DAY 4 mammals, 190 species of birds and 95 species Atherton Tablelands – Undara Volcanic Savannah Way – Adel’s Grove of frogs and reptiles. National Park Today we follow the Savannah Way across the We arrive at Pungalina-Seven Emu Wildlife Departing Cairns early, we trek west and drive Gulf. Stop at Camp 119, the most northerly Sanctuary late this afternoon for a special three through the scenic Atherton Tablelands. Visit camp of the Burke and Wills Expedition of night stay in our new safari camp. Enjoy staying beautiful Millaa Millaa Falls before continuing to 1860/61 before continuing to Leichhardt Falls in unique safari tents with ensuite bathrooms. Undara Volcanic National Park, which protects (no swimming). We then trek on to Boodjamulla Meals: B.L.D the longest lava tube cave system in the world. (Lawn Hill) National Park, arriving at Adel’s Note: Seven Emu is owned by Mr Frank Today a local Savannah Guide will take us on a Grove mid-afternoon for our two night stay. Shadforth with 110,000 hectares of the tour through the lava tube cave system. Created Accommodation consists of motel-style units property leased to the Australian Wildlife when the Undara Volcano erupted over 190,000 with ensuite bathrooms. Meals: B.L.D Conservancy for conservation. Pungalina is years ago, the lava that poured out was enough wholly owned by AWC. to fill Sydney Harbour three times over. The lava DAY 5 flows lasted a long time, which allowed the outer Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) National Park DAY 7 & 8 edge to cool while the interior kept flowing, Exploring Pungalina-Seven Emu creating the tubes seen today. The name ‘Adel’ comes from the initials of Albert de Lestang. In 1920 he took up some land Sanctuary This afternoon we arrive at Undara Experience which was once a miner’s lease, and transformed Over the next two days we’ll explore Pungalina- and check in to our unique accommodation, it into an experimental Botanical Garden.