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| Trekking in the Flinders Ranges | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Guided walking staying in farm accommodation - 7 days / 6 nights |
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| Flinders Ranges - HEYSEN TRAIL TREK: 7 days / 6 nights | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accommodation: Twin/shared rooms in
comfortable farm accommodation, often shearers quarters, with shared facilities
and welcoming, friendly hosts. Fitness level: the tour is graded easy/moderate. Max group size: 10 Departs from Adelaide with a minimum of 2 walkers on the following dates: |
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| Itinerary: Heysen Trail Tek in Flinders Ranges | |||||||||||||||||||||
| DAY 1: After leaving
Adelaide, you will travel to the Flinders Ranges via Port Wakefield,
Port Augusta, Quorn and Hawker, visiting the Wadlata Outback Centre en
route. Lunch is supplied and late in the day you will arrive at your
accommodation on a large pastoral property near Blinman. DAY 2: Today walk through the Bunyeroo Gorge, with its permanent water supply, on your way to the Wilcolo Valley giving you stunning views of Wilpena Pound’s Eastern Wall. Day 3 Drive to Aroona Ruins, where Sir Hans Heysen stayed on painting trips, and follow the Heysen Trail as it heads east over the Red Hill lookout and then turns south towards Brachina Creek. The views towards Wilpena are superb! Then follow beautiful Yuluna Creek back to Aroona. Day 4 Today visit the historic copper mining town of Blinman, and drive through the Glass Gorge. In the afternoon follow a beautiful creek to Blinman Pools and visit the Parachilna Gorge. Day 5 Walk in the crater like formation of Wilpena Pound, a natural amphitheatre ringed by saw tooth peaks. Fromy our lunch spot, Tanderra Saddle, gain spectacular views over the Flinders Ranges. Day 6 A choice of itineraries - perhaps to Wilkawillina Gorge and explore the property you are staying on or to the Aboriginal rock carvings in Chambers Gorge. Day 7 Today it is time to drive home via Arkaroo Rock to look at Aboriginal cave paintings and the Southern Flinders Ranges, providing lunch en route. The scheduled time of return to Adelaide is approximately 5.00pm |
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| Heysen Trail Trek Includes: | |||||||||||||||||||||
Six nights twin/share accommodation in comfortable farm accommodation |
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