Great way to get the 'skinny' on Mount Isa. The best of Mount Isa two-hour tour provides a very good overview of Mount Isa. Tour guide was knowledgeable and easy going and made for an informative and relaxing experience.

Well worth it We loved this! Decided to play grey nomads and do a coach tour, which is not usually our bag. Our guide was Tom, who was full of fun facts and I reckon we would’ve got lost if we’d tried this self-guided. The pit is absolutely phenomenal and worth the goat track in. Thanks Tom, an outstanding guide.

Well worth doing Our tour guide/driver Tom was great. He is knowledgeable and helpful. We had a wonderful time in a beautiful setting. Highly recommended this tour

Excellent Tom (the guide) gave us an interesting running commentary about the town, mine and surrounding bush. When we finished at the mine, a nice afternoon tea was provided. It was a very informative and enjoyable day. The video that was shown on the bus presented a dated and condescending view of the aboriginals and it glossed over the health risks although Tom presented a more balanced view.

Great tour great company great people Highlight of our holiday so far. Tom was a great guide and had loads of knowledge about the town and mine pit. When I booked the tour I mentioned my dietary restrictions and my needs were fully catered for.
Michelle from the tour company was great too.

FABULOUS AFTERNOON OUT We loved the Mary Kathleen tour and our guide Tom was excellent, telling us so many interesting facts. It was incredible to learn all about this once thriving town and see what is left.

We did a Mary Kathleen mine tour this afternoon with Tom our tour guide but unfortunately everytime we stopped Tom lit up a cigarette even standing under the covered area while we were having afternoon tea....we had to stand out in the sun to get away from the cigarette smoke.....that is not acceptable and to make matters worse he just stubbed them out on the ground and left them there in our beautiful bushland where we would all like to breathe in the fresh air.
The tour was very good but that just spoilt it for us.

Learning about Mount Isa. What a great way to learn about the great town Mount Isa. It’s the first thing we did and it gave us a real feel of the town from our guide who worked on the mines.Had a few stops where we could look around. Very reasonable price. Well worth doing.

We enjoyed our tour of mt Isa with phil,our tour guide.He is very pleasant and easy to understand.I would recommend this tour to anyone who wants to have a look at mt.isa

Mt Isa Highlights Phillip was our driver and guide which showed us the sights of Mt Isa.
Phillip had a fabulous knowledge of the town history and as a former mine employee he gave us a remarkable look into the mine, its origins and evolution into what is today. This was value for money, thanks to the team at North West Tours.

A great way to see Moondara lake and view the sunset with eats and drinks A great experience to see the lake system and view the sunset. What a great asset for the people of Mt Isa. Tom the driver was experienced and informative, thank you

Mary K Mine Very interesting tour of the Mary K mine. Tom the driver was informative and organised. Visiting the mine was well worth it, something that we would not be able to access ourselves

Mt Isa City Tour - very informative. Easy pace, Phillip the driver is very knowledgeable. Good overview of Mt Isa City Mt Isa City Tour - very informative. Easy pace, Phillip the driver is very knowledgeable. Good overview of Mt Isa City. Overall very good

The mine township and mine tour was excellent. It’s a pity the road out to the mine is so bad, but c’est la vie.
I have some great photos of the mine.

We had an amazing afternoon at the old Kathleen Uranium Mine with Tom from North West Tours.a very friendly cheerful and informative man.thanks again Tom we would recommend North West Tours any time cheers Pam & Rhonda

Great Mt Isa city tour Great tour. Thought we had already seen and learnt much about Mt Isa before we did it but saw and learnt much more. Steve was able to tell us so much about the town. Lots of great photo stops

Lake Moondarra Sunset tour is a must do! Phillip was an amazing tour guide. So generous with his knowledge and willing to have a yarn about all things Mount Isa! Highly recommend!

Sunset Toyr punctual, friendly, knowledgeable
great experience
highly recommend
wonderful sunset tour with generous food and drinks
thank you 😁

Thoroughly enjoyable Thoroughly enjoyed our Tour and our Tour Guide was excellent. We went all over Mt Isa and even to the Lookout. Our Guides description of the area was very informative and we both believed this was really good value for the money. Highly recommend.

Very informative tour Excellent tour of the town. The driver was vey informative with detailed local knowledge. Enjoyed it immensely.
Excellent tour

When you visit the Isa do this tour. The tour of Mt Isa was awesome. Thoroughly enjoyed it and our tour guide did the best job. (Sorry can’t remember his name)

I leartn things avbout the area which were not eveident when I had gone out there alone The serenity of the site withthe sundet is very spectacular. When each guest was picked up from their accomodation, Iwas impressed how Phil 2 went slowly around the other passengesrs and introduced eah by name. Well done Phil

Fantastic Phillip the guide was fantastic to listen to. His knowledge of the district was great and so interesting. Stuff you can't find about just driving through town. Highly recommend it.

Old Mary Kathleen for non 4x4 camper We had crossed a visit to Old Mary Kathleen off of our list because of having a motorhome. However, North West Tours came up trumps with a organised tour. Not only did they pick-up from our accomodation, they ran our tour even though there were only the two of us booked for thr trip.
Our guide and driver was a really good guy and I'm ashamed to say I cannot remember his name. However, after showing us an informative video he drove us around the remains of Mary Kathleen town pointing out the key points.
After a brief stop at the town centre to take some photo's we headed along to the Mine site along the track that we could never had risked driving the motorhome.
The sheer scope of the mining operation was immense and the tranquilly of the mine "lake" was beautiful.
We were in awe of this, as was our guide who had seen it so many time before us.
After taking numerous photo's we retreated from the site as the sight of foolhardy visitors taking risks at the lake edge.
We set off to a rest area for some coffee and cakes, and a good old chin wag, before heading back to our accomodation. An added bonus was to see a small herd of camels sharing space with some cattle as we were driven back.
So Thank You NORTH WEST TOURS for arranging the Old Kathleen Mine Tour. And thanks once again to our guide.

Information about Mt Isa Great information from the driver and tour around Mt Isa was very informative and as was the info center. Great place

Great Overview of Mt Isa Great little bus tour to learn a bit of history and how the locals live! Well worth doing and our guide was very good! Would highly recommend.

A fantastic way to spend an evening The sunsets are magic with great knowledge. The food and drinks were very nice indeed. Phil was a pleasant host.

Tour of Mt Isa Great morning, full of information. So glad the other half suggested going.
Would highly recommend. Easy location to meet your.

Well worth it! Well worth the cost! Small group, lots of information (including a really historic video) and plenty of time to view both the town site and the mine. Afternoon tea was relaxed and well catered. Philip was an excellent communicator and Dreiser.

Highly recommended I did all 3 tours and all three were excellent. The drivers (Phil and Phill) were excellent and very informative; the time allowance was generous; the refreshments provided were delicious and generous - overall, great value for money!!

Highly Recommended A great informative tour. Our guide Phil was very knowledgeable with a great sense of humor and very easy going.

We went on the Best of Mt Isa tour yesterday. Our tour guide Phil was very knowledgeable and informative, and friendly. The tour gave us a great insight of Mt Isa past and present.
Highly recommend it.

Very informative tour Phil was so knowledgeable and entertaining, he was an excellent tour leader, we thoroughly enjoyed our Mt Isa tour and learning about the local attractions, thank you!

All You Wanted to Know About Mount Isa Really enjoyed our 2 1/4 hour mini-bus trip with driver/guide Phil this afternoon. Phil was entertaining and informative. In about 20 stops (including a toilet break at the railway station) we learnt fascinating tidbits about the town's history, past and present buildings, the Royal Flying Doctor Service, mining history and current lead and copper processing, air quality controls and even a bit of botany. Thanks a lot Phil!

Mt Isa tour Very interesting history
Knowledgeable guide
Covered all areas of town including the mine. Worth doing to provide a background of Mt Isa

Driver very friendly not very knowledgeable though. This tour was ok however we were hoping for more history of the town. Our guide was a nice guy who made sure we were comfortable but wasn’t very knowledgeable and couldn’t answer many questions. He did give us some great info here and there and some of the things we saw including around the mine site, Casa Grande, old tent house, the lookout and some of the early accommodations in Mt Isa were interesting. The tour went 40 mins overtime and unfortunately we found it a bit boring.

Great tour. Best start to our Mt Isa stay. Great tour, has given us plenty to follow up on during our stay. Cheers

Very worthwhile tour Very enlightening and enjoyable. Phil was great and very knowledgeable and helpful. Highly recommend this tour.

Thank you

Not to be missed tour! Phil our tour guide was an excellent host. You watch a video on the way out about the community that lived in Mary Kathleen many many years ago which is interesting as afterwards you’ll get to visit the town in its current state.

You then visit the open cut uranium mine which is spectacular! Followed by a delicious afternoon of tea, coffee and cakes.

Tour states 4 hrs but we were 5, no complaints tho as it was informative and a relaxing evening spent.

Out of 3 tours I did. All were over time (all different companies) so it’s a little more laid back here if the numbers in the tour are bigger.

Beautiful views and food. Small group , lovely tour guide gave us plenty of information about the area, beautiful lake and great food and wine provided. Very enjoyable evening thank you.

Great Mount Isa We did mine tour and the around town tour. Both really great. Loved the experience of the underground mine with Ian and Heather was very informative doing the around town tour. Heather was also helpful when we arrived in mount isa showing us directions to the things we needed.
Loved our stay in mount isa. Wish it wasn’t so far away.

Good overview of Mount Isa This tour provides a good overview of Mount Isa, helping to get oriented and find out some local background/history. Also enjoyed the tip as to where to get good sandwiches.

Exploring the townsite of Mary Kathleen Such an interesting tour. Watching the video beforehand was good preparation as it is hard to lmagine a town when so little remains.
The scenery at the former pit is stunning. The wattle was in bloom and was a beautiful contrast to the vivid red rocks.
Smoko at Fountain Springs rest area was welcome- a nice selection of biccies and cake on offer.
Our guide Phillip was very informative and he ensured we were comfortable. The roads on the site are quite rough so be aware. The walk up to the viewing area is not arduous.
Mary Kathleen has a unique history well worth investigating. I recommend this trip as part of getting to know the Mt Isa area.

Well worth doing to get your bearings! A great city tour. Phillip our guide and driver was very professional, personal, knowledgeable and informative. A great overview of your city!

Mr Isa tour The whole tour was excellent. the driver had great knowledge of Mt Isa and was able to answer all our questions. Tour was not rushed and it is great value for money. A great way to learn about the history of the town

Great intro to the Isa Awesome intro to the town and history. Having someone who has actually been underground made it all the more interesting - Thanks Phil !

Must do in My Isa Absolutely great afternoon. Our driver, Bob was full of great and interesting information and no question was too difficult. The tour of the original town site was great as well as a little bush bashing to get to the mine itself. It's an awesome sight to see the mine and it's surroundings. We had people from Switzerland & Austria (where there are NO Kangaroos' !!!) and they were lucky enough to see some wildlife up close thanks to Bob stopping on request. Afternoon tea followed then a drive back to Mt Isa. Recommend the tour . ABSOLUTELY.

Amazing trip to the old mine The guide picked me up in time and we were a small group of 5. Approx. 1 hour drive from Mount Isa to go to the abbandoned village of Mary Kathleen and the mine. Then teatime with snacks before driving home. The view on the mine and the lake there was amazing, the village was disappointing because there could only be seen some remaining stone floors. All buildings were sold and are gone. Today it is obviously used as wild camping ground
The drivers slang was realy hard to understand for me. I guess my linguistic proficiency is average .not every tourist (I am from Austria) is a native speaker ..guides should at least try to speak slowlier and clearer, maybe some Oxford englisch .especially when they notice that foreigners are onboard

Mount Isa (Morning) Town Tour Excellent. Our friendly tour guide/driver Phil gave us a lot of historical information about the different places in town such as buildings, parks, community heritage and more. His knowledge of the mines was interesting for someone like me who is new to the topic. I recommend this tour to anyone visiting Mt Isa.

Beautiful to see and experience Lake Moondarra is beautiful anytime of the day but sunset is the best and I can see why this tour is so popular, Thank you to North West Tours for fitting me in as it was beautiful and I have some photos I’ll keep forever that’s for sure, hospitality was also amazing and Phil (guide) was awesome and new his stuff about the town and lake was also very friendly and approachable to ask questions hope I didn’t ask to many haha

Definitely recommend

Got to learn a lot of things we didn’t know about Mt Isa It was a great tour and Phillip our tour guide was excellent and very knowledgeable, would highly recommend

Great Introduction to Mount Isa. Excellent way to learn about Mt Isa past, present and future. Great air conditioned coach with a very knowledgeable local guide. You certainly get the lay of the land with plenty of time for questions. Cool drinks provided. Plenty of photo opportunities. Thoroughly recommend.

Good tour with history of ooen cast mining Great tour with alot of information Bout the mine and more. Tour guide and driver great. Take water and a hat. Not out of coach for long but very hot

An interesting slice of history It was interesting to see the remains of the Mary Kathleen township now only populated by free campers and cattle. The mine itself set in the rich red of the rocky landscape was reflected in the gem like blue greens of the water at the base of the open cut. Just stunning!

A tour you should not miss doing Craig the tour guide was extremely friendly and knowledgeable.
It was a really interesting tour and one I would definitely do again.
The history of the settlement was really interesting.
The mine itself was stunning and the color of the water brilliant. Afternoon tea was plentiful. Well worth doing.

Mt Isa wander Craig was a wealth of information and we saw and heard so much about Mt Isa that we wouldn’t have discovered on our 2 night stay.
Good value tour and would highly recommend.

AWESOME MOUNT ISA CITY TOUR Fantastic tour today. Hubby and I were the only ones on board, so we had our own personal tour guide Craig. Craig was awesome, very knowledgeable and friendly and down to earth
Highly recommended tour and company & tour guide Craig
Thanks buddy

Amazing Mary Kathleen Mine An awesome tour from pick up to drop off. Craig was very knowledgeable and friendly. Getting to the mine was a trip we would of never done by ourselves but the bus did a great job taking us over some very bumpy roads. Even stopped to get a photo of a camel spotted by one person. The mine itself was amazing, the colours are unbelievable. Wonderful photo opportunity. Then we had a great afternoon tea at a shady rest stop exactly half way between Mt Isa and Cloncurry. Magic tour.

Mary Kathleen Mine Tour I was given a gift voucher to do the Mary Kathleen mine tour while on our travels around Australia

Craig was our tour guide and was a very experienced tour operator

The tour was well set out with plenty of information regarding past and present relating to the Mary Kathleen town, mine and Mt Isa in general.

I would recommend this as a must do tour if your in the area.

The 2 hour Best of Mt Isa tour is a must-do . Craig, the tour guide knows the town and mine well and he packs a lot of information into 2 hours.