Arid Air

Arid Air – “your experience your way”.
Arid Air ensures you receive the ultimate customer experience on a personalised tour designed by you, to suit your needs and budget.
You can choose from one of their existing tours and adapt it or just tell them where you want to go and they will plan it for you.
Arid Air is passionate about the Australian outback. It is a vast country out there to explore, and a large portion of it is not accessible by road and therefore can only be seen and appreciated from the air. They are able to land in areas as long as there is a suitable airstrip. What better way to do it this than flying on a customised Arid Air Tour.

Disabled Access

$2499

Day 1
From Port Augusta, you’ll fly over the Flinders Ranges and Leigh Creek Coalfields for Etadunna Station along the Birdsville Track where we stop for morning tea. we then depart for Innamincka township. Here you will be take town tour, before lunch at the Innamincka Hotel.
Back on the plane, you’ll follow the Cooper Creek to the famous Bourke & Wills Dig Tree. You’ll depart over the gorgeous Coongie Lakes, the Strzelecki & Stoney Deserts, Lake Etamunbanie before arriving in Birdsville.
You will join a Big Red Sunset Tour. A unique experience, sitting on top of Big Red, watching the sunset whilst enjoying a beer or wine Before dinner at Iconic Birdsville Hotel.

Day 2
Head to Birdsville Bakery for a hearty breakfast and a wander before heading off on a Town tour where you will visit the town artesian bore, Birdsville Racecourse and historical buildings before embarking over the Simpson Desert (Munga-Thirri National Park & Conservation Park), Channel Country, Goyder Lagoon, Kallakoopah River, Warburton River and Lake Eyre North onto Marree Hotel for lunch. Departing from here, you’ll fly over Aroona Dam, before returning to Port Augusta.

Disabled Access

$1250

On your Lake Eyre Flight from Port Augusta we fly over the Spencer Gulf, Flinders Ranges, Wilpena Pound and the many gorges on our way to Leigh Creek for morning tea.

You’ll depart here, for the wonders of Lake Eyre, the infamous Marree Man and the spectacular Willouran Ranges, on Witchelina Station before stopping for lunch and a cold drink at the historic Marree Hotel. Returning home, they’ll fly over the Leigh Creek Coal fields, Aroona Dam, the Flinders Ranges and the natural wonder, Wilpena Pound.

Approx Flight Time: 4.7hrs
All meals at the Marree Hotel Included.
Flight departs Port Augusta 7.30am and returns 3.30pm approx.
Weight restictions apply. Flights are subject to weather and availabilty. Flight Paths may vary without notice.
Flight time 4.7hrs approx. + 2 stops

Disabled Access

$2375

DAY 1
Departing Port Augusta or Hawker SA, the flight will take you over Wilpena Pound, the Flinders ranges, several Gorges, Aroona Dam, Leigh Creek open-cut coal fields, Marree Man, Lake Eyre South and half of Lake Eyre North, landing at the remote town of William Creek for lunch (an iconic pub on the Oodnadatta Track). From here we fly over the beautiful Anna Creek Painted Hills onto Coober Pedy for your overnight stay.
After settling into your unique underground accommodation, you will head out to the Breakaways on a sunset tour before returning for your evening meal.

DAY 2:
After breakfast, you will take a tour of the Coober Pedy township, homes, churches, and mines all whilst learning the history of the underground way of life. You will then have free time to take a walk, visit the many opal shops and surrounds, then have lunch before joining up again to depart for Port Augusta.
Price includes all flights, accommodation, meals & guided tours. Price is based on twin share rooms.

All subject to weather & availability. Flight paths may vary without notice.

Disabled Access

$2499

DAY 1:
Departing Port Augusta, you’ll fly over the Flinders Ranges, Wilpena Pound, Gammon Ranges and the many gorges along the way to Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary for your overnight stay. After settling in and enjoying lunch, you will join the world famous 4×4 WD ridge top tour to Sillers Lookout. Afterwards you will have some free time before your evening meal in the Native Pine dining room. At 8pm you can join the Star gazing tour to the observatory, which is said to be one of the best locations in Australia to see the stars before retiring.

DAY 2: After breakfast, return to the plane and head to the remote airstrip on Etadunna station which is on the Birdsville Track. We then follow the Cooper Creek, over Lake Eyre North & the Warburton Inlet and across to the iconic William Creek Hotel for lunch. After lunch we return to Port Augusta via the Anna Creek Painted Hills, Olympic Dam, Roxby Downs and Lake Torrens.

Price includes all flights, accommodation, meals & guided tours. Price is based on twin share rooms.
All subject to weather & availability. Flight paths may vary without notice.

Disabled Access

$3599

Arid Air’s Extreme Outback Tour is an in-depth tour and looks at the vastness and uniqueness that the outback can represent.
For full itinerary please visit their website and price inclusions.

Day 1:
Departing from Marree, the flight route includes scenic views of Willouran Ranges, Marree Man, Lake Eyre South & Lake Eyre North & William Creek.

Afternoon morning tea, track over the Devonport and Denison Ranges. Before lunch at Australia’s most remote roadhouse, have a dip in the natural hot springs at Dalhousie.

Next, you’ll fly over The Simpson desert, settling in for the night at Birdsville.

Day 2:
Birdsville to Dig Tree, fly over the Diamantina to Goyder Lagoon, and cross the Stuart Stoney Desert and Strzelecki Desert. The next stop is Bourke and Wills Dig Tree. You’ll spend some time exploring in the tracks of our early explorers. After this ground tour, head to Innamincka, check-in and have lunch before spending the afternoon cruising Copper Creek.

Day 3;
Fly over Strzeleki Desert, numerous oil and gas fields, Lake Gregory and Sand dune lakes. You’ll then arrive back at Marree to get a town tour before finishing the journey with lunch at the Marree Hotel.

Disabled Access