Canning Stock Route Tour Drone View from Spirit Safaris drone footage showing various landscapes from above. Canning Stock Route Tours available as tag along, self drive or passenger tours from Alice Springs or Broome. Depart from Alice Springs to Alice Springs travelling via Tanami Track, CSR, Gunbarrel Highway, Giles, Warburton, Uluru to Alice Springs. Or depart from Broome to Alice Springs via CSR, Gunbarrel Highway, Giles, Warburton, Uluru to Alice Springs, OR 3RD OPTION, from Broome to Wiluna (then fly to Perth option) via CSR or Newman option
The WA government has officially closed the Canning Stock Route indefinitely for 2021 hence this Canning Stock Route Alternative Tour Update 2021. The government says they are reviewing monthly, but WA has a record of fast shut downs.
With this much uncertainty, we have provided alternatce tours via Simpson Desert as follows from Broome return and from Alice Springs return.
Alternative tour tour that fit into the same dates from Broome to Broome and includes Wolfe Creek Crater, Tanami Track to Alice Springs, with Newhaven wildlife sanctuary, remote Aboriginal art centres, Alice Springs, Chambers Pillar, Mt Dare, Dalhousie Springs, Simpson Desert, Birdsville, Plenty Highway, Devils Marbles, Daly Waters, Wave Hill (Victoria-Daly Region), Old Halls Creek to Broome. This tour would be the same cost.
2021 Canning Stock Route ALTERNATIVE Tours now available
August 9 – 25, 2021 – Canning Stock Route Tours 2021– From Broome to Broome and includes Wolf Creek Crater, Tanami Track to Alice Springs, with Newhaven wildlife sanctuary, remote Aboriginal art centres, Alice Springs, Chambers Pillar, Mt Dare, Dalhousie Springs, Simpson Desert 9 day crossing, Birdsville, Plenty Highway, Devils Marbles, Daly Waters, Wave Hill (Victoria-Daly Region), Old Halls Creek to Broome.
August 9 – 27, 2021– From Alice Springs to Alice Springs via Tanami Track, with Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary, remote Aboriginal art centres, Chambers Pillar, Mt Dare, Dalhousie Springs, Birdsville, Simpson Desert 13 days via French and WAA lines, Big Red, Birdsville Track (part), K1 line and Hay River Track, Batton Hill, Plenty Highway to complete Alice Springs.
Alternative options from Broome or Alice Springs in same date period include …
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Newhaven Sanctuary & Tanami Track Broome to Alice Springs Tour
6 days/5 nights
Newhaven Sanctuary & Tanami Track Broome to Alice Springs Tour Eastbound includes Newhaven 2 nights, Geike Gorge cruise on Fitzroy River, Outback Art, Wolfe Creek Crater, Balgo, Warlukurlangu artists at Yuendumu, Tillmouth Wells art gallery, Balgo Art Community. Departs Mondays 1pm after lunch, completes Saturday after rock art site & lunch in Alice Springs. Includes 2 nights at Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary. Price includes 5 nights comfy camping OR add 1 or 2 nights accommodation upgrade available at Fitzroy Crossing or Tillmouth Well for $250 twin room/night). Also option to add last night in Alice Springs motel, with breakfast add $280 twin room.
Sample days on tour..
Day 2 – After breakfast enjoy a relaxing Geike Gorge river cruise on the vast Fitzroy River, and marvel at the high cliffs, annual massive flood records, stunning wildlife and river tales from our knowledgeable local guide. After a morning cuppa, and comfortable highway cruising we enjoy lunch at a spectacular local lookout, on the major songline that crosses the Tanami Desert. Time permitting we stop in at Yiyili Aboriginal Art centre (beautiful colourful & contemporary artworks for sale here) and Halls Creek for last supplies before the Tanami Track. Late afternoon we arrive at Wolfe Creek Crater in time for a crater walk and set up camp prior to a spectacular Kimberley sunset over Wolfe Creek Crater. BLD
Day 3 – A chance this morning for stunning photos and memories at sunrise of Wolfe Creek Crater, the worlds second largest meteorite crater. Local stories say this is where the rainbow serpent entered the Earth. You can take a walk in the crater or enjoy the view from the crater rim. After a healthy breakfast, we take the Tanami Track to Billiluna Aboriginal community on the edge of the Canning Stock Route, before visiting the Balgo community & Balgo Aboriginal Art centre to witness artist sin action and, some wonderful and unique art styles of the western deserts available to purchase at significant discounts from the local artists. We lunch enjoying the spectacular view over the Balgo Hills and mesas stretching into the western deserts – The Great Sandy Desert & Gibson Deserts. This afternoon we make camp near Rabbit Flat for our overnight camp in the real Never Never, under a brilliant starry sky, and see the Milky Way and the heavens like never before. BLD