The 'Enduro' Tour - An amazing experience taking you through the heart of the outback without using the typical tourist routes. You'll see all the main attractions but the roads you'll use to get there are much more fun! The tour either runs from Darwin to Melbourne or vice versa.

As a summary, you'll ride via the waterfalls and swimming holes of the lovely Edith Falls to Katherine gorge and then Kununurra. Here you'll visit Lake Argyle and maybe a take a flight over the Bungle Bungle Range (optional). Wolfe Creek meteorite crater is next before a ride down the 1,000km remote Tanami track to Alice Springs.

You'll continue on to Kings Canyon and Uluru (Ayers Rock) before riding another remote track to the underground town of Coober Pedy.

The spectacular Flinders Ranges are next and from there it's a 'short' ride to Melbourne. All in all - an incredible outback adventure..!

You'll cover about 6,500 kms of which over 3,000 kms is on gravel and unsurfaced roads with a medium level of difficulty. There is little sand but it's useful for riders to have some off road experience even if it's just an off road training day or two.

The Trip in More Detail....
The trip starts with a ride south from Darwin past the Adelaide River pub (where the water buffalo from the Crocodile Dundee film stands on the bar!) and on to Edith Falls. There you can swim beneath the waterfalls in a deep plunge pool shared with long neck turtles and tropical fish.

It's a great start to the tour and swimming's OK in the billabongs as it's on top of a steep rocky escarpment. Fortunately salt water crocs. can't climb! There's a lovely camp site here and sitting on a rock with the sun going down watching the birds and wildlife is the perfect end to your day's ride.

You'll turn west at Katherine and ride to Kununurra. Here you'll visit Lake Argyle which covers an area 18 times the size of Sydney Harbour. It's an amazing sight with the red cliffs of the Kimberley all around. From Kununurra you can take an optional flight over the relatively recently discovered Bungle Bungle Range. Huge beehive structures make you feel like you've traveled back into pre-history and a flight is the only way you can see some of the more remote areas of this amazing region.

Next stop is the largest meteor crater in Australia at Wolfe Creek and then you'll ride into one of the most remote regions in the country on the 1,000km unsealed track through the rugged Tanami Desert.

At the end of the track is Alice Springs. Civilisation is a welcome sight and you'll get a chance to catch up on communications with family and friends and to explore the town.

Standly Chasm and Ormiston Gorge are fairly close to Alice and well worth visiting before the ride to Kings Canyon station and the incredible gorge. It's a strenuous walk in places around the edge of the canyon but it's rewarded with breathtaking views over the edge and a swim in the Garden of Eden. This is a plunge pool at the top of a huge waterfall that cascades to the base of the canyon. Plants that exist nowhere on earth live here and it's amazing to take a swim in the middle of the desert with steep canyon walls all around.

Just as amazing is Uluru (Ayers Rock) and the nearby Kata Tjuta (the Olgas). It's an incredible sight after hundreds of kms of flat desert to view Uluru in the distance and even more impressive to walk around its base and see the changing colours as the sun sets.

Kata Tjuta is 45km away and is equally impressive but less well known. The Valley of the Winds walk is 7.5kms but worth every step if you have the time.

Leaving Uluru you'll head back towards the Stuart Highway and before long turn off onto the Oodnadatta Track which is another long gravel track that leads down towards the Flinders Ranges.

On the way you'll visit the underground homes, churches and mines of Coober Pedy - the opal mining capital of the world. With 5 million 1 metre holes randomly scattered across the desert and some over 80 metres deep this is no place to take a late night walk after a long evening in the bar! Far better to enjoy a drink in the underground hotel after a guided tour of the mines, Breakaway Ranges, underground homes and church. Not a pretty place but fascinating all the same. If you're thinking of taking something back for a loved one then a Coober Pedy opal has to be on the list and there are plenty of townsfolk that would be pleased to oblige!



Back on the Oodnadatta Track you'll ride south to the Flinders Ranges. These are a spectacular area of outback with narrow gravel tracks, loads of wildlife and superb rocky gorges. It's a beautiful area to finish the outback part of the trip.

The final part of the tour is the ride down to Castlemaine just north of Melbourne for the final night barbeque and party!

The last day of the trip is spent exploring Melbourne and many clients often get together for one last restaurant meal before heading off to their hotels for the night.

The Enduro Tour is an amazing adventure. The outback casts a spell over most who visit and many people are drawn back to the red rocky gorges, remote desert and camp fires for reunion trips with their new found friends.

The experiences and memories will last you a lifetime.