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Savannah Explorer

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Operated by APT
Tripcode: GOCK12R
Overview
Destination:
Australia
Start:Darwin, Australia
Finish:Cairns, Australia
Duration:12 days
Type:Group tour (max 45)
Style:
Land Tour,
Travel Period
May 2025 - September 2025
Darwin → Cairns

Travel along the iconic Savannah Way as you explore pioneering towns and sprawling national parks. Watch sunset over the Gulf of Carpentaria and embark on scenic flight over the Lost City.

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Standard inclusions
  • Experiences in 13 destinations
  • Locally inspired dining - a total of 32 meals
  • The services of an expert APT tour director and driver
  • Embark on the Archway Explorer tour through the mysterious Undara Lava Tubes
  • Enjoy a relaxing cruise in Karumba and take in the sunset over the Gulf of Carpentaria
  • Take to the skies on a helicopter flight over the Lost City, made up of incredible sandstone formations
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Day 1 - Arrive Darwin

This evening, get to know your fellow travellers, Driver-Guide and Tour Director during a welcome dinner at your hotel.

Day 2 - Darwin, Litchfield National Park, Adelaide River

Discover Litchfield National Park and visit both Wangi Falls and Florence Falls, set among a monsoon forest. After lunch visit the poignant and beautifully maintained war cemetery at Adelaide River.

Tonight enjoy dinner at your hotel.

Day 3 - Katherine, Lorella Springs Wilderness Lodge

Today, learn about the mystery that surrounds the death of explorer Ludwig Leichhardt, who disappeared with his exploration party in 1848. In the remote town of Roper Bar, see the monument commemorating the centenary of Leichhardt’s crossing of the Roper River. Then continue to Lorella Springs Wilderness Park, a sprawling one-million-acre working cattle station.

Day 4 - Lorella Springs Wilderness Park

Today, we will explore this coastal wilderness sanctuary, driving through a variety of landscapes and enjoying some bush walks and a scenic flight. This 4000-square-kilometre park contains coastal floodplains, salt flats and mangroves, escarpment country and dense forest.

Signature Experience - Lost City Scenic Flight

Board a scenic flight over the Lost City, a series of large sandstone outcrops that evoke the remains of an ancient civilisation.

Day 5 - Lorella Springs Wilderness Park

Today, you have a full day to explore the pristine wilderness. Your guide will lead you along bush tracks, as well as swim in the waterholes and relax in the thermal springs. Optional walk from Nanney’s retreat or an afternoon at leisure.

Day 6 - Lorella Wilderness Park, Borroloola, Hell's Gate

After your morning in Lorella Springs, travel to Borroloola, where you will board your scenic flight to Hell's Gate.

Day 7 - Hell's Gate, Karumba

Arrive at Burketown Thermal Springs, hot springs that have been created from a bore drilled into the ground in 1897. Continue on to Burke and Wills Camp 119, which was the most northerly campsite during the Burke and Wills expedition in 1861. Afterwards, you will visit Leichhardt Falls, a plunging waterfall on the Leichhardt River. Take in the natural landscape, and you may even spot a saltwater crocodile in the nearby river.

Day 8 - Karumba, Croydon

Journey to the historic goldrush town of Croydon, the heritage capital of the Gulf and visit the True Blue Interactive Information Centre. Take yourself on a self-guided walking tour of the Croydon town. Enjoy dinner at your hotel tonight.

Day 9 - Cobbold Gorge

Discover Cobbold Gorge, hidden away within a spectacularly rugged sandstone formation. This morning, enjoy a boat cruise and tour through these narrow waterways as a guide points out the geological features of this incredible natural wonder. Remember to keep watch for the freshwater crocodiles.

Day 10 - Cobbold Gorge, Undara Lava Tubes

After breakfast this morning, continue to Undara Volcanic National Park and set out on a guided discovery of the intriguing lava tubes.

Signature Experience – Undara Lava Tubes

Embark on the Archway Explorer tour through the mysterious Undara Lava Tubes. Be guided through the mesmerising lava tubes, the result of a volcanic eruption that spewed molten lava down a dry riverbed. The outer layer formed a crust, and when the lava below drained away, a series of long, hollow tubes remained. 

Day 11 - Undara, Millstream Falls, Herberton Historic Town, Cairns

Today, travel from Ravenshoe to Herberton and onwards to Cairns. Enjoy a visit and talk at Woodleigh Station, which is located within the surrounds of the quintessential Australian bush. Journey to the beautiful tiered waterfall, Millstream Falls. Later visit Herberton Historic Village before finishing the day in Cairns with a dinner at your hotel.

Day 12 - Depart Cairns

Your adventure draws to a close after breakfast this morning. Be transferred to the airport for your onward flight.

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Operator
APT

APT Luxury Travel offers all-inclusive, all taken care of and all-inspiring luxury cruises, tours and rail journeys. As Australia’s largest family-owned tour and cruise company, we are committed to delivering unforgettable travel experiences to our valued guests. What began as just a vision, over 90 years ago, has now grown into a proud global business, demonstrating the power of dreaming fully.

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