Central Australia and Top End Discovery

Departures & Pricing

Cabin grades, balcony upgrades and pre-cruise hotel options are quoted on enquiry — call 1300 414 198.

Itinerary

1. 1

   Arrive Uluru

   Be met on arrival and transferred to your hotel. At sunset, enjoy an incredible Insider Experience, followed by a Welcome Dinner with your Tour Director and fellow travellers.

   Insider Experience – Field of Light

   Experience the award-winning Field of Light installation at sunset, where 50,000 spindles of light radiate as Uluru transforms into a dark silhouette.

2. 2

   Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

   Today begins with an Insider Experience. Later, visit the Uluru-Kata Tjuta Cultural Centre and embark on a walk around the base of Uluru. Return to your hotel and spend the afternoon at leisure. Perhaps enjoy the renowned Sounds of Silence dining experience this evening (additional expense).

   Insider Experience – Sunrise at Uluru

   Wake early and drive to Uluru, where you'll witness the splendour of sunrise from a viewing platform. Be awed as the sun rises up over the ancient desert landscape, illuminating the massive sandstone monolith.

   Enhance Your Journey – Sounds of Silence Dinner

   Enjoy the award-winning Sounds of Silence, a magical dining experience under the outback sky in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. Savour canapés, a bush tucker-inspired menu with Australian wines, and a didgeridoo performance, before a resident star talker reveals the wonders of the southern night sky.

3. 3

   Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Kings Canyon

   Journey to the striking Walpa Gorge and set out on a walk between two of the 36 domes of Kata Tjuta. Then, continue to the million-acre property of Curtin Springs Station. Take in sweeping views from the nearby Mount Conner Lookout. Continue to the magnificent Kings Canyon, where you'll embark on the Kings Creek Walk along its base, nestled amid the looming sandstone cliffs. Afterwards, continue to your accommodation, set among beautiful desert oaks. Settle in and spend the afternoon at leisure. Tonight, enjoy dinner at Kings Creek Station Cafe.

4. 4

   Kings Canyon

   Savour a breakfast hamper in your tent this morning before an Insider Experience, choose to spend the morning at your own pace. Enjoy lunch at leisure at Kings Creek Station (additional expense). Perhaps join an optional Aboriginal cultural tour in the afternoon (additional expense). This evening, enjoy dinner at Carmichael's Restaurant, followed by another incredible Insider Experience.

   Insider Experience – Kings Canyon Rim Walk

   Embark on the 6-kilometre Kings Canyon Rim Walk, offering incredible views of the spectacular desert landscape, followed by morning tea.

   Enhance Your Journey – Karrke Aboriginal Cultural Experience

   Experience a guided walk and talk on Aboriginal bush tucker and medicines used by the Luritja and Pertame (Southern Aranda) people of the Central Australia desert region, along with insights into dot painting and traditional wooden artefacts.

   Insider Experience – Kings Canyon’s Light-Towers

   As night falls, a special experience awaits at Kings Canyon’s Light-Towers, a collection of 69 two-metre towers which transform in colour as a celestial soundscape sets the scene. Be captivated by this outback maze of light and sound that illuminates the night sky, as you reflect on the wonder that is the Australian Outback.

5. 5

   Kings Canyon, Alice Springs

   Journey to Tnorala (Gosse Bluff) Conservation Reserve, an enormous comet impact site formed around 142.5 million years ago. Sacred to the Western Arrernte Aboriginal people, it also holds significant international scientific importance. Continue to Alice Springs, where you'll take a tour of the town and visit ANZAC Hill. Tonight, an incredible Insider Experience awaits.

   Insider Experience – Outback Bush Barbecue and Nocturnal Tour

   At sunset, savour a magical bush food barbecue dinner at Alice Springs Desert Park. Afterwards, set out on a night walk for the chance to encounter Central Australia's elusive wildlife, including the mala (now extinct in the wild), the distinctive echidna, the endangered brush-tailed bandicoot, and the iconic bilby.

6. 6

   Alice Springs, Standley Chasm, Aileron, Karlu Karlu/Devils Marbles

   Visit the breathtaking Standley Chasm, sacred to the Arrernte people and traditionally known as Angkerle Atwatye, meaning 'Gap of Water'. Later, take a tour of the Royal Flying Doctor Service Alice Springs Tourist Facility and visit the Alice Springs School of the Air, which has been bridging education gaps caused by remote locations since 1951. Travel to the Aileron Roadhouse, where you'll see the giant sculpture of the ‘Anmatjere Man’ and enjoy lunch, then continue to the Devils Marbles Hotel. Later, a special Insider Experience awaits.

   Insider Experience – Sunset at Karlu Karlu/Devils Marbles

   Soak up the splendour of Karlu Karlu/Devils Marbles at sunset, a sacred Aboriginal site featuring ancient granite boulders formed over millions of years.

7. 7

   Karlu Karlu/Devils Marbles, Daly Waters

   Journey to the outback town of Tennant Creek, then travel to Elliott, where you'll stop for a packed lunch. Continue to Daly Waters and settle into your accommodation, where you'll enjoy dinner tonight (additional expense).

8. 8

   Daly Waters, Mataranka, Katherine

   Enjoy breakfast before journeying to Mataranka, where you'll have the chance to view the thermal waters of Bitter Springs and Mataranka Thermal Pool. Continue to Katherine and settle into your accommodation before an afternoon at leisure. Tonight, take part in a spectacular Insider Experience.

   Insider Experience – Nitmiluk Gorge Sunset Dinner Cruise

   Discover the stories of the Jawoyn people and savour a delicious three-course dinner on a memorable sunset cruise through the breathtaking Nitmiluk Gorge.

9. 9

   Katherine, Kakadu National Park

   Journey to the picturesque Leliyn (Edith Falls) for a swim. Afterwards, continue to Pine Creek, where you'll enjoy lunch (additional expense). Set out an Insider Experience in the wetlands of Kakadu, then check in to your lodge and settle into your premium safari tent, with the rest of the day at leisure. Savour dinner at your lodge tonight (additional expense).

   Insider Experience – Yellow Water Cruise

   Embark on the Yellow Water Cruise through the wetlands of Kakadu, home to an abundance of birdlife and saltwater crocodiles.

10. 10

    Kakadu National Park

    After breakfast, travel deep into Kakadu National Park to Burrungkuy (Nourlangie), where a guided walk reveals ancient Aboriginal rock art galleries. Continue to Jabiru for lunch at your leisure (additional expense) before journeying to Ubirr, home to world-renowned Aboriginal rock art. Take a one-kilometre walk to see incredible rock art sites and soak up breathtaking views over the Nadab floodplain from a lookout. Return to your lodge for a relaxing afternoon, then gather for a memorable Farewell Dinner this evening.

11. 11

    Kakadu National Park, Depart Darwin

    Following breakfast, drive to Darwin, with a pitstop at Mount Bundey on the way. Your tour concludes in Darwin.

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