SELF DRIVE

Best of Flinders Ranges

Day 1 > Adelaide to

Flinders Ranges
Drive north from Adelaide and find
Flinders Ranges yourself in the Clare Valley for wine
tasting and touring. Renowned for
Clare Valley producing some of the world’s best
Rieslings, the Clare Valley is a unique
ADELAIDE region and owes its grape growing
3 day itinerary includes beginnings to Jesuit priests back in 1851.

Adelaide, Clare Valley The Jesuits still own and operate the
and Flinders Ranges. historic Sevenhill Winery. Continue north
via Jamestown or Melrose to Wilpena
Pound, in the Flinders Ranges.
Stay in accommodation near Wilpena
Pound. Choose from luxury eco-retreats,
station stays, cabins or tents.
> Adelaide to Clare:
141 kilometres, 1 hour 48 minutes
> Clare to Wilpena Pound (resort):
292 kilometres, 3 hours 27 minutes

From top: Flinders Ranges, South Australia; 4WD Driving Tour,

Arkaba Station.
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SELF DRIVE

Best of Flinders Ranges

Day 2 > Flinders Ranges One-day extension:

Itinerary Highlights:
Tour the region on foot via walking Day 3 > Flinders Ranges
trails or do a guided four wheel • Clare Valley wineries
On day three depart early and visit
drive (4WD) tour. Climb Wilpena
Blinman at the northern edge of the • Wilpena Pound
Pound for remarkable views of this
Flinders Ranges National Park. It’s also
curious landform which is an enormous • Brachina Gorge
the highest town in South Australia.
natural amphitheatre.
From there, it’s a three hour drive to • Prairie Hotel
Wilpena Pound offers breathtaking the privately-owned Arkaroola
scenery, rich Aboriginal and European Wilderness Sanctuary. Join Arkaroola’s
* Distances and times are approximate and
history, wildlife, and above all, a great famous Ridgetop Tour (1pm departure) do not include detours or stops.
chance to unwind. and stay overnight at Arkaroola.
Scenic flights are available. Walk Wilpena > Wilpena Pound (resort) to Blinman:
homestead or go on a sunset tour and 64 kilometres, 1 hour
keep a look out for wildlife, including
> Blinman to Arkaroola:
rare yellow-footed wallabies.
155 kilometres, 3 hours

Day 3 > Flinders Ranges Day 4 > Flinders Ranges

to Adelaide to Adelaide
Early morning, drive through Bunyeroo
Return to Adelaide, via Copley and
and Brachina Gorges and head for the
Parachilna, stopping at the Prairie Hotel
Prairie Hotel at Parachilna for an outback
for lunch. Break up your journey with
pub experience, where you’ll find some
another overnight stop in Port Augusta.
of the local wildlife on the menu. After
lunch, return to Adelaide. > Arkaroola to Copley:
130 kilometres, 2 hours
>W
 ilpena Pound (resort) to
Parachilna: 88 kilometres, > Copley to Parachilna:
2 hours 3 minutes 70 kilometres, 45 minutes

> Parachilna to Adelaide: > Parachilna to Port Augusta:

490 kilometres, 5 hours 25 minutes 195 kilometres, 2 hours
For further information
> Port Augusta to Adelaide:
visit southaustralia.com
308 kilometres, 3 hours 25 minutes

From left: Prairie Hotel, Parachilna; Historic Arkaba Woolshed,

Arkaba Station; Bunyeroo Valley Drive, Flinders Ranges.