NORTHERN TERRITORY
Experience desert adventures in the heart of our country. Students will explore spellbinding national parks and fascinating opal mines, witness spectacular sunsets, uncover Australia’s wartime history, and engage with traditional Aboriginal culture and history during immersive outback experiences.
14 days | 13 nights
The Northern Territory will excite and inspire your students, who will return with unforgettable memories and an indelible sense of place.
Learning areas English | Science | Humanities and Social Sciences | Visual Arts | Sustainability | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Culture
B = BREAKFAST INCLUDED L = LUNCH INCLUDED D = DINNER INCLUDED
Day 1 | Travel to Coober Pedy Day 2 | Coober Pedy (L,D) Take a guided tour of the town and witness an opal cutting and polishing demonstration before visiting the Umoona Opal Mine and camping underground.
$1000 NORTHERN TERRITORY SCHOOL FUNDING AVAILABLE! Tourism NT is offering $1000 funding to interstate schools travelling to the Northern Territory. Visit worldstrides.com.au/ntfunding for more details.
Day 3 | Coober Pedy-Uluru (B,L,D) Enjoy the famous Breakaway Reserve. Take a self-guided tour of the Uluru-Kata Tjuta Cultural Centre. Learn about the local Anangu culture and witness the sunset over Uluru from the Sunset Strip.
Add-on: Aboriginal Dreamtime and Bushtucker Tour. Day 8 | Alice Springs-Daly Waters (B,L,D) Take in the extraordinary Devils Marbles. Day 9 | Daly Waters-Katherine (B,L,D) Bathe in the famous Mataranka Thermal Springs. Day 10 | Katherine-Kakadu National Park (B,L,D) Cruise the stunning natural gorges in Nitmiluk National Park, before watching the sunset at Ubirr Rock. Day 11 | Kakadu (B,L,D)
View Aboriginal rock paintings at the base of Uluru. Visit to Kata Tjuta.
Cruise along Kakadu’s Yellow Water Billabong and explore the breathtaking national park.
Day 5 | Uluru-Watarrka (B,L,D)
Day 12 | Kakadu-Darwin (B,L,D)
Day 4 | Uluru-Kata Tjuta (B,L,D)
See the Garden of Eden and the domes of the Lost City at the Watarrka National Park.
Discover waterfalls, rock pools and magnetic termite mounds in Litchfield National Park.
Day 6 | Watarrka-Alice Springs (B,L,D)
Day 13 | Darwin (B,L)
Experience a camel ride and visit Anzac Hill Lookout on a city sights tour. Day 7 | Alice Springs (B,L,D) Sightseeing day, visit: – Old Telegraph Station – School of the Air – Royal Flying Doctors – Alice Springs Desert Park.
Explore history and culture at: – Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory – Mindil Beach Sunset Markets. Add-on: Darwin Military Museum. Day 14 | Return home 17
