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Ballooning Downunder

The tour departs one and a half hours before dawn from your Alice Springs accommodation. Once in the sky, you can appreciate the vast remoteness and spectacular dawn colours of the Australian outback. After the balloon flight, a short trip through remote bush tracks takes you to their bush breakfast. Marinated chicken drumsticks, fruit basket consisting of watermelon, rockmelon, oranges and strawberries, cheese and water crackers, and chocolate cake. All this is served with chilled bubbly mixed with apple and guava juice, topped with fresh strawberries. Tea, coffee, water and orange juice are also available. Vegetarians can be catered for.

Touring Options

60 Minute Flight and Breakfast

Watch as sunrise colours and highlights the Red Centre on this 60 minute balloon flight departing from Alice Springs. From the sky you can enjoy breathtaking views of the East and West MacDonnell Ranges and the vast desert that stretches to the horizon. After the flight, a short trek through remote bush tracks takes you to a sumptuous bush breakfast before returning to your accommodation. This tour can also be experienced as a 30 minute flight.

Website: www.ballooningdownunder.com.au

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Explore The Outback

Australia has a vast remote interior, much of it largely untouched. By night, the outback is deathly quiet, with the only light provided by the stars and the moon - a perfect oportunity for stargazing. Explore the isolated heart of the country, meet and connect with Aboriginal people and experience one of the oldest living cultures in the world. Go ‘walk-about’ and immerse yourself with Australia’s endless outback horizons.

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Australia's Natural Wonders

Australia is a land of immense and diverse natural beauty. You'll see things here that you just won't see anywhere else in the world. Each corner of Austalia has an endless array of stunning natural landmarks just waiting for you to take the time to explore.

Australia has wide variety of accommodation options to suit most budgets and travelling preferences. Choose from luxury lodges, boutique hotels, serviced apartments, motels, bed and breakfasts, caravan parks as well as youth and backpacker hostels.

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Around the coast of Australia there are many amazing islands that are an unforgetable pleasure for all who visit. Naturally, the Great Barrier Reef dominates any list of great Australian islands, with pristine wonders like the Whitsundays, Dunk Island and Lizard Island. Further off the east coast is the spectacular Lord Howe Island and off the coast of South Australia is the unspoilt Kangaroo Island.

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