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Highlight of Alice Springs
Half Day Aboriginal Culture Desert Park
Outback Ballooning
Red Centre Dreaming Dinner and Show
Take a Camel to Dinner
Kings Canyon: Sounds of Firelight
Ayers Rock by Air (ex Alice Springs)

HIGHLIGHTS OF ALICE SPRINGS

Alice Springs is Australia’s best known “Outback” town. Originally settled as a post along the Overland Telegraph route, Alice Springs today is a lively town full of things to see and places to go. Today, visit the base of the Royal Flying Doctor Service and the School of the Air, two uniquely Australian organizations. Enjoy panoramic views of the town and the West MacDonnell Ranges from Anzac Hill. See the old Telegraph Station before transferring back to your hotel.

 Tour is 3 1/2 hours and departs daily at 2:00pm.

Tour Code: A22

HALF DAY ABORIGINAL CULTURE & DESERT PARK

Be greeted by your local Aboriginal Guide, and be introduced to the life and traditions of the Arrente People. Learn of life and survival in the desert, bush food, searching for water, and traditional tools. Visit the renowned Desert Park and enjoy the demonstration at the Nature Museum before exploring at leisure. Finally, visit the Alice Springs Cultural Precinct to view the paintings in the Albert Namatjira Gallery and wander through the Museum of Central Australia.

Tour is 5 hours and departs daily at 7:30am.

Tour Code: A11

OUTBACK BALLOONING

Experience hot-air ballooning for either a half-hour or full-hour and watch the sun rise over the MacDonnell Ranges. You will be picked up from your hotel before dawn and fly within a 30-mile radius of Alice Springs. On your return to the ground, enjoy a delicious sparkling wine breakfast in the outback. Tour is 5 hours and departs daily from Alice Springs at 4:00am in summer and 5:00am in winter.

Note: Tour does not operate 25, 26 Dec 08 and 1 Jan 09. An additional AUD$25 insurance is payable direct the morning of the flight. Not recommended for children under 6 years of age.

Tour Code: 0BB60

RED CENTER DREAMING DINNER & SHOW

This authentic, traditional and contemporary Aboriginal performance features dancing, weaponry, didgeridoo-playing, cultural history and storytelling. Enjoy a 3-course dinner with wine and soft drinks, including soup served with damper (Australian bread) barramundi, smoked lamb, and kangaroo with a choice of salad/vegetables served buffet style.

Tour is 3 hours and departs daily from your Alice Springs hotel at 6:30pm and returns at 10:00pm.

Note: Menu items subject to change.

TAKE A CAMEL TO DINNER

Enjoy a 1-hour camel safari along the Todd River to the Frontier Camel Farm for a delicious home-cooked dinner. Visit the camel museum, arid zone reptile house, and kangaroos before pre-dinner drinks and bush tucker tasting. Hotel pick-up included.

Tour is 4 hours and departs daily from Alice Springs at 4:00pm May–September and 5:00pm October–April.

Note: Tour does not operate 14 Jul 08 (Camel Cup), 25 Dec 08 and 1 Jan 09. Not recommended for children under 5 years of age.

Tour Code:CTD

KING'S CANYON, SOUNDS OF FIRELIGHT

The only light comes from the moon and the flickering glow of the fire. Enjoy a romantic dinner beside a crackling fire under the spectacular night sky. You and just nine other couples have the desert setting all to yourselves. Savor four delicious courses and the finest Australian wines, served by attentive staff. Tour is 4 hours and departs daily from Kings Canyon.

Note: Not suitable for children under 12 years of age.
Not available Nov–Mar due to weather conditions.

Ayers Rock ex Alice Springs

The flight from Alice Springs highlights the magnificence and vastness of the Australian interior. Marvel at Uluru (Ayers Rock) from the air before landing at Ayers Rock Airport where you transfer directly to your 4WD and personal guide for your journey out to Kata Tjuta (the Olgas) passing by the Spinifex grasslands and Mulga trees. Your first stop is at a dune lookout which puts you in touch with the environment and lets you delight in the spectacular panoramic view of Kata Tjuta (the Olgas) - a very sacred place to the Aboriginal people. Arriving at Walpa Gorge, we walk into this mystic place, to hear how it has evolved over millions of years.

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Departures: Daily except Christmas Day. Departs Alice Springs:
WINTER: (Jun - Aug) 10:00am    AUTUMN: (Mar - May)  10:30am
SUMMER: (Dec - Feb) 11:30am   SPRING: (Sep - Nov)  11:00am
The tour's duration is 8 1/2 hours.

Tour Code:AYR1

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