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Andamooka Observatory Tours
Things To Do Andamooka, Outback Communities Authority, South Australia
Adventure and Outdoors Tours
The Andamooka Observatory is a family-owned tour business that can create personalised and private itineraries that take guests into one of Australia’s last Outback frontiers: the Andamooka Opal Fields.
The bespoke premium tours are ideal for guests who want a pristine desert experience, sensational starry nights, fine food and wine, vast open spaces, abundant wildlife, and marvel at Australia’s national gemstone: Opal.
They can customise private tours to include delicious bush tucker banquets and beverages, searching for opal with LED (Ultraviolet) flashlights, opal mining, paleontology, opal cutting lessons, birding, sunsets, stargazing, and nocturnal tours.
Andamooka opal is renowned as being the finest quality opal in the world.
Most guests choose to fly to Andamooka via Olympic Dam Airport for convenience or due to time constraints. The flight between Adelaide and Olympic Dam takes about 1 hour and 10 minutes.
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$50
Discover Australia’s ancient inland seabed and Andamooka’s famous opalised fossils. Explore different types of minerals, stones, and gems, learn about the formation of opal, what to look for and how to get started on your own opal mining claim. Noodle for opal and fossils in a relaxed setting talking opal lore and local history. Enjoy the moonscape views of the Andamooka opal fields with a visit to our underground opal mine and let your mind marvel at intracarved sculptures at Cal the Stoner’s open-air studio.
Opal Mining 101 is customised to your specific interests and timeframe. It is a fully guided tour that includes walking and an escorted drive into the Andamooka Opal Fields.
Disabled Access
Carpark Family Friendly Pet Friendly - Enquire$55
Want to know about opal mining? How to get started and where to go? How to get a claim? Good noodling spots? What’s the rules?
Our ‘Opal Mining 102 Night Mining’ tours provide time and space for you to relax, soak up the elements, explore nature and is a great way to Zen out.
Adults $50 / Kids: $25
Tours can be customized to include: Black lighting & Naked Eye Astronomy
Disabled Access
Carpark Family Friendly Pet Friendly - EnquireThe Andamooka Observatory is a family-owned tour business that can create personalised and private itineraries that take our guests into one of Australia’s last Outback frontiers: the Andamooka Opal Fields. Our bespoke premium tours are ideal for guests who want a pristine desert experience, sensational starry nights, fine food and wine, vast open spaces, abundant wildlife, and marvel at Australia’s national gemstone: Opal.
We can customise private tours to include delicious bush tucker banquets and beverages, searching for opal with LED (Ultraviolet) flashlights, opal mining, paleontology, opal cutting lessons, birding, sunsets, stargazing, and nocturnal tours.
Andamooka opal is renowned as being the finest quality opal in the world.
Most of our guests choose to fly to Andamooka via Olympic Dam Airport for convenience or due to time constraints. The flight between Adelaide and Olympic Dam takes about 1 hour and 10 minutes.
Enquire about booking your Andamooka Opal Fields experience: 0466265377 /0487112747
Disabled Access
Carpark Family Friendly Non Smoking Pet Friendly - Enquire Public Toilet