Head of the Bight Whale Watching Tour - 5 Day / 4 Night
Eyre Peninsula & Gawler Ranges Tour - 8 Days / 7 Nights
Alternative option to reduce tour length:
- Fly Adelaide - Port Lincoln or
- Ceduna - Adelaide
- 3 - 6 Day Tour options
*Tours are either Accommodated or Camping
*Single Supplement applies to Accommodated Tours
Tours for 2024
Whale Watching Tours Available on Request for May - October 2024
5 Days 4 Nights Tour
Day 1 -
- Depart Adelaide Approx 0730hrs
- Adelaide - Wudinna via Highway 1
- Visit One of Australia's longest and oldest wooden jetties, Port Augusta, view Iron Knob birthplace of the Australian Steel industry.
- Overnight Wudinna
Day 2
- Wudinna - Nullabor
- Visit Mt. Wudinna and Tcharkuldu Rock, large granite outcrops displaying unusual landforms.
- Travel through the country towns of Minnipa, Ceduna and Penong to the Nullabor.
- Arrive late afternoon and have our first sightings of the monsters of the seas from the Head of Bight viewing areas.
- Overnight Nullabor
Day 3
- Nullabor - Ceduna.
- Return to the Head of the Bight to spend the morning watching Whales frolic in the clear blue waters of the Great Australian Bight.
- Return to Ceduna via Fowlers Bay and Cactus Beach, one of Australia best surfing spots.
- Overnight Ceduna.
Day 4
- Ceduna - Elliston
- Travel the Flinders Highway via Smoky Bay, Streaky Bay and coastal drives to Point Labatt and Elliston.
- Visit Point Labbatt Sea Lion colony, Murphy's Haystacks and Talia Caves.
- Overnight: Elliston.
Day 5
- Elliston - Adelaide
- Travel the Birdseye Highway to Lock, Cleve and Cowell, then the Lincoln Highway to Whyalla and Port Augusta.
- Visit a Jade showroom, an oyster farm to taste fresh local oysters and Whyalla birthplace of the Australian Steel industry.
- Return Adelaide 1800hrs (Approx)
8 Days / 7 Nights Tour
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Day 1
- Adelaide - Arno Bay
- Depart Adelaide approx 0730hrs.
- Travel north along Highway 1 to Port Augusta.
- View the longest wooden jetty in the Southern Hemisphere at Port Germein.
- Follow the coastline of St Vincent and Spencer Gulf's.View the magnificent Flinders Ranges.
- From Port Augusta we travel south along Highway1 to Cowell.
- Visit Whyalla a city developed to produce steel products from iron ore mined in the nearby Middleback Ranges.
- Overnight : Arno Bay
Day 2
- Arno Bay - Port Lincoln
- Take a morning walk along a mangrove boardwalk.
- Depart Arno Bay travel the Lincoln Highway stopping at several coastal towns.
- Continue south along Highway 1 to Port Lincoln situated on picturesque Boston Bay, one of the worlds largest natural harbours.
- View Port Lincoln and Boston Bay from numerous vantage points.
- Stroll amongst one of Australia's largest fishing fleets at Lincoln Cove Marina.
- Overnight : Port Lincoln.
Day 3
- Port Lincoln Area
- Tour Whalers Way viewing magnificent rugged coastline, sea stacks, secluded beaches of pristine white sand, crevasses and the wild seas of the Southern Ocean.
- Tour the Lincoln National Park or take a cruise on Boston Bay to visit tuna farms.
- Overnight Port Lincoln.
Day 4
- Port Lincoln - Elliston
- Depart Port Lincoln and continue along Highway 1 to Elliston.
- Along the way we visit Coffin Bay located on the shores of one of the most beautiful estuaries in Australia.
- View more rugged coastal scenery and unspoilt beaches.
- Overnight : Elliston
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Day 5
- Elliston - Streaky Bay / Baird Bay
- Continue along Highway 1 to Streaky Bay.
- We will visit Talia Caves, Murphy's Haystacks and Point Labatt seal colony.
- Swim or take a boat cruise to mingle with the seals at Baird Bay.
- Overnight : Streaky Bay / Baird Bay area.
Day 6
- Streaky Bay / Baird Bay - Gawler Ranges / Wudinna
- Travel Streaky Bay to Gawler Ranges.
- Visit the coastal whistling organ pipes.
- Here we leave the coast and head for the outback to the Gawler Ranges.
- Along the way we will visit Pildappa Rock and other unusual granite lanforms.
- Overnight : Gawler Ranges / Wudinna.
Day 7
- Wudinna / Gawler Ranges - Port Augusta
- Travel through the gently rolling and peaceful hills of the Gawler Ranges.Observe ancient domes of volcanic rock displaying fascinating geological formations and a vivid array of colours.
- View shimmering salt lakes and densely vegetated sand hills that bloom with wildflowers after rain.
- You will see some of the 140 species of birds recorded in the Ranges as well as numerous other native animals.
- Overnight : Port Augusta area.
Day 8
- Port Augusta - Adelaide
- Return to Adelaide
- Visit Wadlata Outback Centre, and travel the tunnel of time of the Flinders Ranges and Outback South Australia.Travel via the central Flinders Ranges and the Clare Valley one of Australia's premium wine growing regions.
- Arrive Adelaide approx. 1800hrs.
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