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Mungo National Park and Silo Art Trail Tour from Sydney to Broken Hill & Adelaide
Possible to Meet Lake Eyre to Alice Springs tour from Adelaide or Broken Hill OR Meet Cameron Corner Country toursOptions to depart at Broken Hill on day 4 and or take a day tour of Mutawintji National Park for exceptional rock art rich in Aboriginal history.
Mungo National Park Tours Discover Outback NSW and this ancient landscape, travel the Darling River Run, and explore Bourke & Wills camp and wetlands at Menindee Lakes on this Mungo National Park Tours from Sydney to BrokenHill (or reverse option)
Day 1 – Depart from Sydney – travelling via the famous “Dog on the Tucker Box” (Canberra pickup available) over the Great Dividing Range to Wagga Wagga, and on to Narrandera in the Heart of Australia food bowl, the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, then Hay to see the Shearers Hall of Fame at Shear Outback and learn of the rich life in the wool industry in early NSW. Overnight Balranald for a hearty local meal and overnight stop.
Day 2 – Into the desert and Mungo National Park to explore this ancient lake bed environment. Here the stories of the regions from local Aboriginal guide, and learn of the oldest known ritual burial in the world. Discover the Walls of China and the megafauna history of the area, explore the ancient Willandra Lakes and the historic sheep station and large and impressive shearing shed that served the area for around 100 years. Overnight Mungo Lodge, Mungo National Park.
Days 3 – Travel the Darling River via Pooncarie, Menindee and Kinchega National Park. Explore the memorial to Burke & Wills camp on the lakeshore, and a haven for wetland birds. Dinner at famous & delicious Mario’s Palace Hotel (full of murals from Priscilla fame) Overnight Broken Hill.
Day 4 – Explore Broken Hill highlights (your choice) including Pro Hart Gallery, The Line of Lode Lookout and Miners Memorial plus Desert Sculptures or Mutawintji National Park for exceptional rock art rich in Aboriginal history.
Day 5 – Explore Broken Hill in the morning then travel to Adelaide via Peterborough (railway history) Burra (historic Copper mine town) and tour via rural South Australia to Adelaide and tour completion this eve.
4 day tour – Cost including 3 nights motel accommodation, all meals, 4WD travel, twin share or double. Single supplement $480. Excludes Mutawintji National Park tour cost
5 day tour – Cost including 4 nights motel accommodation, all meals, 4WD travel, twin share or double. Single supplement $580. Excludes Mutawintji National Park tour cost
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They were knowledgeable, extremely helpful and friendly.
In particular, Lyn made a huge effort to share her wealth of information and satisfy any of our requests.
Such an amazing experience to see Kati Thanda in flood highly recommend this tour company.
Lyn and Richard are very relaxed and extremely proficient in every aspect. I would certainly recommend Spirit Safaris if you want a comfortable and engaging trip in the outback.
To use the original track across Coppers Creek to get to the Dig Tree instead of taking the long way around was a great memory. There is no doubt that we thoroughly enjoyed our experience and cannot thank both Spirit Safaris and Adrian foe a great experience.
Thank you. Maureen and David
For our first 3 days we travelled with Richard's partner, Lyn, and her group before hiving off to Innamincka, Birdsville and Marree with many stops in between. Nothing was too much trouble for Richard and he kept us well informed of what we were doing each day. He even made a detour to Betoota at our request! Every day was full and there was no room for the slightest boredom even on long drive days as Richard and our other passenger, Janelle, were the excellent conversationalists with great senses of humour too boot.
If you're looking for a 4 - 5 star luxury holiday then this is not for you but if good, clean, comfortable accommodation and regular meals suffice then this holiday is well worth undertaking. Once you've driven on the Stuart Desert, the Strzlecki and the Oodnadatta Tracks you can really appreciate the logistics and costs associated with getting goods and services to these and surrounding areas. Having said that, we had some lovely stays and meals and a holiday we haven't stopped talking about but which will remain a favourite for sure. Our thanks to Richard and Lyn.
Dalhousie Springs was also a great attaction, showing the diversity of such a remote area of Australia
Comfortable travel in the four-wheel drive vehicles and in camp with good sized tents and a stretcher being provided to give a good night's sleep.
Comfortable travel in the four-wheel drive vehicles and in camp with good sized tents and a stretcher being provided to give a good night's sleep.
Comfortable travel, good food, excellent accommodation for the locations (don't expect 5 star at Cameron's Corner) and all with a knowledgeable and careful driver.
We ticked off all of the items we wished to see in the area.
Highly Recommended
The accommodation is ok and suited our needs.
That night we ate at the Oasis cafe (which is the service station, post office and local store). The food was great - lots of it and delicious. The owner is a great guy (cant remember his name) and easy going. Wine and beer etc available but limited selections - but not an issue from my perspective as we all had enough options to drink that night.
The following morning Oasis cafe was helpful in providing a good breakfast and coffee and we were off on a 3hr drive to Williams Creek to catch our flight over Lake Eyre.
Excellent flight over Lake Eyre for 2 hours - great colours, black ducks etc
Lunch at William Creek and then our return drive stopping in at the Bubbler plus some other spots.
Sunset in Maree with amazing colours across the land. Strong orange moon rise.
Dinner at the Pub in Maree and good selection of food, a few drinks and a few more at our accommodation with the other members of the tour group.
Breakfast the following morning at Oasis cafe and we were off back to Adelaide.
Passing through Leigh Creek and the dam that supports Leigh Creek - stunning.
Stopping in at Farina and Kanyaka homestead. Back to Quorn for lunch, to the final drive back to Adelaide.
Great weekend!
Lyn and Grant the tour drivers were fantastic easy going and accommodating.
Just some notes to perspective visitors -
1. There is a lot of ground to cover to get to Maree so depart times are important.
2. Do some research on temperatures and drive duration
3. If there are specific areas you would like to visit advise the tour operators prior to the trip/ booking
4. Of course the tour operators can provide specific information
Thanks to Spirit Safaris for a great weekend.
My only criticism is that the price is the very upper end of what I think a lot of people would pay.








