Untamed Escapes hotel tour · Alice Springs or Yulara
This seven-day Untamed Escapes tour starts in Alice Springs, or picks up at Yulara, and drives south to Adelaide with a bed every night, including an underground motel in Coober Pedy. It gives you Uluru and Kings Canyon first, then a full afternoon of Coober Pedy sights, without a night in a swag.
The southbound Explorer's Way leaves Alice Springs early on day one, drives about 510 km via Erldunda and collects Yulara guests before entering Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. You visit the Cultural Centre and watch Uluru at sunset. Day two is sunrise at Kata Tjuta and the Valley of the Winds, then a free afternoon. Day three starts with sunrise at Uluru and the 10.6 km Base Walk before the drive to Kings Canyon, and day four climbs the 6 km Rim Walk past the Lost City domes and the Garden of Eden.
Day five brings you into South Australia via Marla, with a stop at Kanku-Breakaways Conservation Park on the way into town. In Coober Pedy you tour Old Timers Mine and visit Josephine's Gallery & Kangaroo Orphanage, then settle in underground at the Coober Pedy Experience Motel. The Coober Pedy Experience Motel is an old opal mine, worked from 1918 into the 1960s and turned into a motel in 1990, per its South Australian Tourism Commission listing. The last two days run south to the Arid Lands Botanic Garden at Port Augusta and Quorn, then Warren Gorge, Wirrabara's silo art and a tasting at Skillogalee Winery in the Clare Valley, reaching Adelaide in the early evening.
Meals are not included, so plan for every breakfast, lunch and dinner, plus snacks and drinks. It is a new listing with no reviews yet. You get five nights in twin-share rooms and one in a multi-share dorm, the guide, the vehicle, all activities and park fees. It needs four people to run, and free cancellation up to 24 hours before keeps it flexible.
An early start from Alice Springs, a Yulara pickup, the Cultural Centre and Uluru at sunset. Day two is sunrise at Kata Tjuta, the Valley of the Winds and a free afternoon. Two nights at the Outback Hotel.
Sunrise at Uluru and the 10.6 km Base Walk, with shorter sections, then west to Watarrka National Park for the Kings Canyon Creek Walk. Night at Kings Canyon Resort.
The 6 km Kings Canyon Rim Walk, then south to Erldunda Desert Oaks Resort. About 310 km.
Into South Australia via Marla, a stop at Kanku-Breakaways, then Old Timers Mine and Josephine's Gallery & Kangaroo Orphanage in Coober Pedy. Night underground at the Coober Pedy Experience Motel. About 590 km.
South across open plains to the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden at Port Augusta, then Quorn in the southern Flinders Ranges. Night at the Great Northern Lodge.
A walk in Warren Gorge, Wirrabara's silo art and a wine tasting at Skillogalee Winery in the Clare Valley, then Adelaide in the early evening.
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In Alice Springs, early on day one. Yulara guests are collected on the way, before the group enters Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. Your exact pickup appears when you check availability.
On day five you stop at Kanku-Breakaways on the way in, then tour Old Timers Mine and visit Josephine's Gallery & Kangaroo Orphanage before a night at the underground Coober Pedy Experience Motel. Old Timers Mine is a 1916 opal mine with underground homes, opal seams in the walls and a small museum, per the District Council of Coober Pedy. The council lists walk-in entry at A$15 per adult for 2026.
No. Meals, snacks, soft drinks and alcohol are not included. Accommodation, activities, park fees, the guide and the vehicle are.
Moderately fit. The listing mentions walks of 3 to 12 km on some days, over rough ground, including the 6 km Kings Canyon Rim Walk and the 10.6 km Uluru Base Walk, with shorter options on some walks.
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Seven days from Alice Springs or Yulara to Adelaide in hotel rooms, with the Breakaways, Old Timers Mine and a night underground.
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