The Outback
2024
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Culture / Heritage, Faune and flora.
Best times to go
The best time(s) to go is/are : Printemps, Eté, Automne.
Petit Futé
Where to stay - Adelaide ?
The map of your stay "The Outback"
Detail of the stay : The Outback
How to get there - Adelaide
Day trip to Adelaide
Steps: Adelaide
A day to enjoyAdelaide, Australia's only major city to have escaped Americanization. A peaceful city that has retained a certain colonial style.
Heading for Port Augusta
Steps: Port Augusta
From Adelaide, take the Stuart Highway north to Port Augusta. Visit the Wadlata Outback Centre for its exhibitions on the Outback and Aboriginal history, and the Royal Flying Doctor Service. A taste of the bush before you head off to the other side of Australia.
Places of interest : ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE
Troglodyte city of Coober Pedy
Steps: Coober Pedy
Head for the silence of the Outback and Coober Pedy, the mining town and opal capital. Coober Pedy, the "white man's burrow", with its ancient mines and 250,000 opal shafts. Half the population lives underground. You can also spend a night in an underground hotel.
Endless deserts
Steps: Uluru - Ayers Rock
Get back on the road early for the long drive to Ayers Rock. On the way, take a break to admire the Painted Desert and the colorful Breakaways Reserve, the setting for Mad Max. Then stop off at the Cadney Homestead (bungalows and motel rooms).
Places of interest : ULURU
On the way to Ayers Rock - Uluru.
Glowing landscapes
Steep cliffs of Warrtaka National Park
Steps: Watarrka National Park
It will take you at least 3 hours to drive to Kings Canyon. Watch out for camels and kangaroos along the way. To discover Kings Canyon, take the Kings Canyon Walk (6 km). You'll discover the Garden of Eden, a superb view of the Outback and its 100-metre gorges. Stay overnight at Kings Creek Station.
Discover Alice Springs
Steps: Alice Springs
En route to Alice Springs, 230 km away. Discover the town and the School of the Air, which provides radio lessons for Outback children.
Places of interest : SCHOOL OF THE AIR
Color gradation
From Alice Springs, take a trip (4X4 recommended) to the Rainbow Valley Conservation Reserve and Simpson Gap for some great walking.
Continuation of the cross-country tour
Steps: Tennant Creek
On the way up to Darwin, close to the Stuart Highway, you'll discover the eggs of the "rainbow snake" (a symbol of Aboriginal mythology) and the Devil's Marbles rock formation. Pass through Tennant Creek and stop further north at Daly Waters, Australia's best-known outback pub. Camping on site.
Places of interest : KARLU KARLU (DEVILS MARBLES)
Arrival at Katherine George National Park
Steps: Nitmiluk National Park
Direction Katherine. Departure in trek in the Katherine George National Park.
Spectacular gorges of blue-green water
Second day at Katherine Gorge National Park. Discover its magnificent gorges and rapids and take a refreshing dip after the heat of the Outback.
Discovering Darwin
Steps: Darwin
On to tropical Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory and Top End. Visit the town.
