Day 1 (L, )
7.30am departure from Alice Springs. west along the MacDonnell Ranges to historic Hermannsburg that was once the home to Albert Namitjira and the Lutheran Missionaries.
Morning Tea in the Tea Rooms will be a delight after you’ve taken in the incredible culture and history of this preserved precinct.
Off the beaten Track as we head into the Finke Gorge National Park. Boggy Hole provides some awesome scenery, unique bird watching and a place to swim at lunchtime.
The rugged and beautiful riverscape of the Finke will carry us onto Running Waters, where rare fish are seen on most trips. Red Sand & ancient Desert Trees will be enjoyed by Ossies travelers. We are the only Tour Company using these 4WD Tracks regularly enroute to Kings Canyon. Kings Canyon arrival time approx 7.00pm. Time to reflect over a cold drink on the days activities.
• Overnight Accommodation at Kings Canyon Resort

Day 2 ( L,D )
You’ll need to charge your energy cells with a good breakfast to prepare yourself for the awesome Rim walk at Kings Canyon or the less strenuous Valley walk among Cycads & Rivergums.
We continue Ossies’ format of “Tracks less Traversed” on our way to Uluru (Ayers Rock). Ancient Desert Oaks (up to 800 years old) amongst beautiful Red Sand Hills along a track not known by modern travellers. Appreciate the solitude and quietness over our Campfire Lunch in the middle of Harry’s “highway” before continuing to Uluru.
At sunset you’ll enjoy nibbles and sparkling wine as the desert sky says ‘goodnight’ to the ever photogenic and colour changing ‘Rock’.
• Overnight Accommodation at Yulara

Day 3 (B,L,D)
Sunrise breakfast at Uluru before base walks or climb.Aboriginal Culture Centre,50km to Kata Tjuta (the Olgas) for walks and sight seeing. before departure to Kulgera Motel via Mulga Park Road – Len Beadells first section of the Gunbarrel Highway, along the Musgrave Ranges.
• Dinner, Bed & Breakfast at Kulgera Roadhouse

Day 4 (B,L,D)
Breakfast in the Roadhouse dining room, then eastwards on the gravel road towards Finke/Apatula Town. We detour through Lilla Creek Station to the Lambert Centre – mainland Australia, geographical balance point. Back to the main road,into Old Ghan Rail Town of Finke. An hours detour through the township to experience pioneering rail history, return drive over the vast expanse of the Finke River, 250 km’s downstream from ‘Boggy Hole’. We exit along the Finke Desert Race Track wondering about Modern Mechanical Madness. South through New Crown Cattle Station to Charlotte Waters Telegraph Station ruins, to reminisce and ponder how Pat Byrne operated this place for 50 years. Across NT/SA Border to Mt Dare Hotel.
• Dinner, Bed and Breakfast at Mt Dare

Day 5 (B, L, D):
Birding & nature walks for early risers around Mt Dare Hotel. After a Homestead breakfast we travel through Witjira National Park to Dalhousie Homestead ruins, where a Pioneer operated a Sheep Station in 1872. Smoko, swim & relax in the nearby Dalhousie Thermal Springs. You will really begin to feel the remoteness of the desert as we travel in ‘real’ camel country to Federal, as the Afghans did over 100 years ago. Campfire Lunch & Billy Tea amongst Sand Dunes & Mulga Scrub. Return, via Blood Creek sheep station & wine shanty ruins, to Mt Dare Hotel for a relaxing evening.
• Dinner, Bed and Breakfast at Mt Dare

Day 6 (B,L)
8.00AM departure from Mt Dare, north into Finke Floodout Forest and back into NT at my favourite interstate border crossing. Four wheel driving along Bulldust silt tracks, through thick Coolibah Forest watered by Finke River floods. Andado Station at 10787sq km is the largest privately owned property in the Southern Hemisphere. Morning tea (Smoko) at Molly Clarks Heritage listed Homestead “Old Andado” built in the 1920’s.
Beside & around Simpson Desert sand dunes to Mac Clark Acacia Peuce Reserve – the rarest, hardest trees in the driest place in Australia – when marsupial mice are about, Letter Winged Kites live here.
North beside a huge Red Dune, we depart the Simpson Desert and finally Andado Station. Gidgee Tees (Stinking Wattle) to Santa Teresa Aboriginal Town. Ossies travellers can view inside the most beautifully decorated Church I have seen. 80km’s west into Alice Springs.

Accommodation Options

The following accommodation options are available:

1st April 2007 - 31st March 2008

Inclusion/Exclusions

Inclusions
1 nights Accommodation at Kings Canyon
1 night Accommodation at Yulara
1 night Dinner Bed and Breakfast at Kulgera
2 nights Dinner Bed and Breakfast at Mt Dare Hotel
Morning & Afternoon Teas
6 Lunches
Chicken and Sparkling wine at Uluru Sunset
Sunrise Breakfast at Uluru

Exclusions
Evening Meal at Kings Canyon
Breakfast at Kings Canyon
Uluru / Kata Tjuta National Park entrance fee. $25pp payable at time of touring

Note: This tour will normally operate as described. Ossies may reverse the direction if weather/road conditions denote. Our “Tracks Less Traversed” format is subject to variation or cancellation if rain occurs.
Ossies OUTBACK 4wd Tours proudly conduct their tours to enlighten travellers, who know about Ayers Rock & Kings Canyon, to other beautiful, remote and historic destinations.
Our customers receive complimentary descriptive tour notes and a map with the route highlighted to aid their understanding of their Journey with Ossies.
This comprehensive 6 Day Tour travels 2120 kms,1550 of these are Off Road along rarely used Tracks, not often experienced by Tourists to Central Australia. Therefore Ossies customers have ongoing opportunities to relate to Nature – seeing, hearing, touching and photographing plants and animals unique to the ecologies in Central Australia

Booking Conditions

When joining 'Ossies Outback 4WD Tours' you need a sense of adventure and a reasonable level of fitness. Travel insurance is not included. We strongly recommend that passengers arrange their own travel insurance. 'Ossies' operates in remote areas, itineraries may vary according to road/weather/safety conditions. For more information please read our: Booking Information Form

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