Your Australian Outback and Cultural Experience.
This is a Special Tour, designed for discerning travelers who seek more adventure, privacy and a slower pace than is possible on Coach Tours.
This is a combination tour with 3 to 4 participants in our Escort vehicle and other participants Taging Along in their own or a hired 4WD vehicle. Two to 3 Tag Along Vehicles maybe possible. To run this tour purely as a Tag Along Tour  5 vehicles will be required! 


This 4WD Camping Tour through remote outback areas is lead by an experienced local Guide.
If you arrive a few days prior to the tours start you can check out sophisticated Sydney before you join our team. After passing through the magnificent Blue Mountains, wheat and sheep farming and historic mining towns we reach the 600 million year old Flinders Ranges.  
Here we also visit an Aboriginal Community ( circumstances permitting) then on the Oodnadatta Track we follow the Old Ghan railway line and skirt the Simpson Desert  as we drive through the real Outback and the Worlds largest Cattle Station ( the size of Belgium ). Marvel at Desert Landscapes, sleep underground in Coober Pedy, the worlds most productive Opal Field and drive through the Sand Dunes of this ancient land to spectacular Chambers Pillar.
Next along an historic Stock Route to the Henbury Meteorite Craters and on to Ayers Rock, the Olgas and  Kings Canyon.  
We walk and camp in Palm Valley with its unique flora. When we visit the old Hermannsburg Mission we learn about Albert Namatjira - Australia's best known Aboriginal Painter.
Then you walk in a 143 mill. year old Comet Crater before driving through the spectacular West MacDonnell Ranges to Alice Springs - this Oasis in the Red Centre.

Along your journey you will see and come close to Australia's unique wildlife with many opportunities for photos and video filming.

You too can be a participant on this adventurous trip that will be guided by one of the most experienced Guide with more than 30 years of experience in Australia's Outback and Deserts.


18 Day 4WD Tag Along Tour, Sydney to Alice Springs.
Tag Along Tours are self catering.
 For a tour in reverse see below.  



 Special inclusions with this tour in 2006:
* 3 to 4 expertly cooked campfire dinners.  *1
* Visit and learn about life in an Aboriginal Community (Conditions and time permitting). 
* Accommodation in an Underground Motel in Coober Pedy. 
* Time permitting, a visit to an old Gold Mine.

* Motel Accommodation in Alice Springs.
*1For Escort Vehicle passengers all meals (few exceptions) are included. 


Day/Dates Daily Destinations Meals
Tentative next
departure  dates:
April 9th 2006  

meals shown
are for escort
vehicle  passengers.

Day 1 -  From Sydney via the Blue Mountains to Parkes or Forbes. D
2 -  Parkes ( Forbes ) to the Willandra Nat. Park. B D
3 -  Willandra N. P. to Broken Hill. ( Motel optional )  B L
4 -  Broken Hill to Waukaringa or there abouts. B L D
5 -  Waukaringa to the Flinders Ranges Nat. Park.
B L D
6 -
Flinders Ranges Nat. Park
B L D

7 -  Copley, Farina ( Marree )   B L D
8 -  Farina ( Marree ) to Coober Pedy.( Underground Motel ) B L 
9 -  Coober Pedy to Oodnadatta, Perdirka Desert  B L D
10 -  Perdirka Desert, Finke, Chambers Pillar.   B L D
11 -  Chambers Pillar, Hugh River Stock Route, Ernest Gilles Road to Curtin Springs. B L 
12 -  Curtin Springs to Yulara, Uluru. B L  S
13 -  Uluru, Olgas. B L 
14 -  Yulara to Kings Canyon.  B L D
15 -  Kings Canyon to Palm Valley.
B L D
16 -
Palm Valley.
B L D

17 -
Hermannsburg, Gosse Bluff, to Glen Helen or Ormiston Gorge.
B L D

18 -
West MacDonnell Ranges to Alice Springs.( Motel )
B L






For Custom and Private tours it is possible to extent by one or more days.
It is also possible to shorten the tour by one day by allowing less time at different destinations.


Distance:
5400 km approx.
Please note that the daily destinations are only a guide. Changes at short notice maybe necessary. 



Do not delay reserving your place on this exceptional tour.
For those who need a hired car: We need to reserve those early !




Contact by E-mail here,
Please tell us also where you heard about this tour.






In the reverse:
The reverse tour can be very flexible.
The above tour is at times also available in reverse, starting from Alice Springs and finishing either in Melbourne or Sydney. 
A maximum of four passengers are possible and Tag Along Vehicle numbers will be limited. Please contact us without delay so that we can schedule accordingly.
E-mail here.


Not Included for Passengers:
Personal expenses,
Drinks and beverages,
Meals were not shown in Itinerary,
Optional activities,



Not Included for Tag Along Participants:
( self catering )
Car Rental,
Fuel, vehicle maintenance, any repairs etc. to cars and tyres.
Personal expenses,
Accommodation, except in Coober Pedy.
Drinks and beverages,
Provisions for self catered meals, ( 2 - 3 campfire dinners are provided ).
Optional activities


Other recommended tours during 2006:
June 30th 2006. 25 day 4WD Tag Along Tour to Cape York.
Start in Sydney, finish in Cairns.
Space available for only one additional car and for 2 passengers.

July 30th 2006. In 15 days across the top, Cairns to Darwin.
Max. 4 Participants, plus up to 3 Tag Along vehicles.
  For more Info E-mail here.






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