Itinerary
Day 1: Arrive Darwin
This evening, get to know your fellow travellers, Driver-Guide and Tour Director during a welcome dinner at your hotel.
Day 2: Darwin, Litchfield National Park, Adelaide River
Discover Litchfield National Park and visit both Wangi Falls and Florence Falls, set among a monsoon forest. After lunch visit the poignant and beautifully maintained war cemetery at Adelaide River.
Tonight enjoy dinner at your hotel.
Day 3: Katherine, Lorella Springs Wilderness Lodge
Today, learn about the mystery that surrounds the death of explorer Ludwig Leichhardt, who disappeared with his exploration party in 1848. In the remote town of Roper Bar, see the monument commemorating the centenary of Leichhardt’s crossing of the Roper River. Then continue to Lorella Springs Wilderness Park, a sprawling one-million-acre working cattle station.
Day 4: Lorella Springs Wilderness Park
Today, we will explore this coastal wilderness sanctuary, driving through a variety of landscapes and enjoying some bush walks and a scenic flight. This 4000-square-kilometre park contains coastal floodplains, salt flats and mangroves, escarpment country and dense forest.
Signature Experience - Lost City Scenic Flight
Board a scenic flight over the Lost City, a series of large sandstone outcrops that evoke the remains of an ancient civilisation.
Day 5: Lorella Springs Wilderness Park
Today, you have a full day to explore the pristine wilderness. Your guide will lead you along bush tracks, as well as swim in the waterholes and relax in the thermal springs. Optional walk from Nanney’s retreat or an afternoon at leisure.
Day 6: Lorella Wilderness Park, Borroloola, Hell's Gate
After your morning in Lorella Springs, travel to Borroloola, where you will board your scenic flight to Hell's Gate.
Day 7: Hell's Gate, Karumba
Arrive at Burketown Thermal Springs, hot springs that have been created from a bore drilled into the ground in 1897. Continue on to Burke and Wills Camp 119, which was the most northerly campsite during the Burke and Wills expedition in 1861. Afterwards, you will visit Leichhardt Falls, a plunging waterfall on the Leichhardt River. Take in the natural landscape, and you may even spot a saltwater crocodile in the nearby river.
Day 8: Karumba, Croydon
Journey to the historic goldrush town of Croydon, the heritage capital of the Gulf and visit the True Blue Interactive Information Centre. Take yourself on a self-guided walking tour of the Croydon town. Enjoy dinner at your hotel tonight.
Day 9: Cobbold Gorge
Discover Cobbold Gorge, hidden away within a spectacularly rugged sandstone formation. This morning, enjoy a boat cruise and tour through these narrow waterways as a guide points out the geological features of this incredible natural wonder. Remember to keep watch for the freshwater crocodiles.
Day 10: Cobbold Gorge, Undara Lava Tubes
After breakfast this morning, continue to Undara Volcanic National Park and set out on a guided discovery of the intriguing lava tubes.
Signature Experience – Undara Lava Tubes
Embark on the Archway Explorer tour through the mysterious Undara Lava Tubes. Be guided through the mesmerising lava tubes, the result of a volcanic eruption that spewed molten lava down a dry riverbed. The outer layer formed a crust, and when the lava below drained away, a series of long, hollow tubes remained.
Day 11: Undara, Millstream Falls, Herberton Historic Town, Cairns
Today, travel from Ravenshoe to Herberton and onwards to Cairns. Enjoy a visit and talk at Woodleigh Station, which is located within the surrounds of the quintessential Australian bush. Journey to the beautiful tiered waterfall, Millstream Falls. Later visit Herberton Historic Village before finishing the day in Cairns with a dinner at your hotel.
Day 12: Depart Cairns
Your adventure draws to a close after breakfast this morning. Be transferred to the airport for your onward flight.
