✈️ Experience Lake Eyre Flight Options
One of the absolute highlights of travelling through Australia’s legendary Outback is seeing Kati Thanda –Lake Eyre from the air. These Lake Eyre Flight Options show you the immense scale of Australia’s largest salt lake, the winding desert rivers, and the incredible floodplains can only truly be appreciated from above.
For those looking to explore the beauty of the Australian landscape, our Lake Eyre Flight Options provide a unique perspective.
On our Lake Eyre tours we offer three spectacular scenic flight options, allowing guests to choose the experience that suits their time, budget and level of adventure.
* Book Lake Eyre Flights and Tour – HERE
🌊 1.5 Hour Lake Eyre Scenic Flight
Price: AU$495* per person
This scenic flight provides a breathtaking aerial overview of Lake Eyre North and South and surrounding desert landscapes.
Highlights typically include:
• Lake Eyre shoreline and salt patterns – See Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre South & lower half of Lake Eyre North, Dingo Fence Muloorina Station Madigan Gulf Jackboot Bay Madigan Gulf, and Belt Bay, the lowest point on mainland Australia and the famous Marree Man and the spectacular Willouran Ranges.
• Vast desert floodplains
• The iconic Marree Man
• Desert rivers and channels flowing toward the lake
• Birdlife and changing water patterns depending on seasonal flooding
This option is perfect for travellers who want a memorable introduction to Lake Eyre from the air without committing to a longer flight.
🐦 2 Hour Lake Eyre North Flight
Price: AU$645*per person
For those wanting a deeper exploration of the lake system, the two-hour flight extends further north across the lake.
Highlights include:
• Lake Eyre North and the deepest section of the lake – includes Dingo Fence Muloorina Station Top Of Lake Eyre North Madigan Gulf Warburton River| Cooper Creek Neales River Warburton Groove Jackboot Bay Belt Bay Lake Eyre South Marree Man
• Bird nesting areas and feeding grounds
• Warburton River channels
• Expansive salt lake vistas stretching to the horizon
• Remote desert landscapes few people ever see
This flight reaches areas where birdlife and water flows are often most active, offering a richer perspective of this extraordinary ecosystem.This flight extends on the above flight to the top of Lake Eyre North and the Warburton River and follows the Warburton Groove down. It is an excellent way to see the main river systems which feed into the Lake Eyre basin and all it has to offer. Not to be missed especially when water is flowing in. Bird life is quite often seen and the odd Camel.
🌊Lake Eyre, Marree Man + Painted Hills
Price: 2.5hrs* $695* pp
This flight takes in the Marree Man, Lake Eyre South and a portion of Lake Eyre North but then heads west over the picturesque Painted Hills.
This flight includes the Dog Fence, the Marree Man, Oodnadatta Track and Australia’s largest pastoral property – Anna Creek Station. A good taster of this area.
🌏 Full Day Lake Eyre & Birdsville Flight Adventure
Price: AU$1,495* per person (includes lunch)
This is the ultimate outback aerial expedition.
Guests fly deep into the Channel Country, following the rivers that feed Lake Eyre before landing in the legendary outback town of Birdsville for lunch at the famous Birdsville Hotel.
Highlights include:
• Lake Eyre South & North – Birdsville Hotel Simpson Desert Cooper Creek Goyder Lagoon Coongie Lakes – A great way to see Birdsville without travelling on the dirt road. This flight covers Lake Eyre North & South, the Marree Man, Channel country, Goyder Lagoon stopping for lunch at the Birdsville Hotel. Head back to Marree towards Innamincka, over the Diamantina, Strezlecki Desert, Coongie Lakes & Cooper Creek. Great day trip to see the magnitude and expanse of our water system.
• Warburton River and Cooper Creek floodplains
• Goyder Lagoon wetlands
• Birdsville Track landscapes
• Lunch stop at Birdsville Hotel
• A spectacular aerial journey across some of Australia’s most remote country
This flight provides the most comprehensive perspective of the Lake Eyre Basin, one of the world’s great desert river systems.
Why Guests Love These Flights
✔ See the true scale of Lake Eyre
✔ Photograph landscapes few travellers ever witness
✔ Follow the rivers that create Australia’s greatest inland flood events
✔ Experience the Outback from a perspective impossible by road
Flight options can be selected when booking your tour.
Seasonal water flows and birdlife vary throughout the year, making every Lake Eyre flight a unique experience.
* Prices subject to change depending on tour and numbers booking – see details at booking link – HERE