10-Day Perth to Adelaide Overland Tour

Enjoy breakfast at a favourite local café while watching surfers riding the waves of one of the worlds most renowned breaks. Explore the quaint township of Margaret River and its eclectic craft and produce stores. Today get ready to have the taste buds tingling as you taste your way around the region. Visit various cellar doors from wine, beer and gin, to dairy and sweet treats, and in amongst the tastings, you’ll stop for lunch today at one of the Margaret River’s great restaurants.

This evening, relax back at your hotel and enjoy a platter of local produce collected throughout the day.

Travel within the Margaret River region travelling around 80km.

After breakfast, head inland to the Walpole Wilderness region and connect with nature at the Valley of the Giants. Walk 40 metres high into the canopy of Western Australia’s majestic tingle trees, found nowhere else on Earth.

Stretch the legs at Denmark, a gorgeous town nestled on the banks of the Denmark River. Next, we’ll make our way along a dreamy coastal drive towards Albany, stopping at two highlights, The Gap and Natural Bridge. Check into our accommodation and enjoy a meal at a local restaurant overlooking the ocean.

Today we’ll travel around 350km.

After breakfast, discover Albany’s township and its interesting history before travelling into the Porongurup’s for a two-hour walk to Castel Rock. Be wowed by jaw-dropping views over the region. Travel through the beautiful Stirling Ranges towards Esperance, and if you are travelling during wildflower season, it will look even more picture-perfect.

Stop at the mind-blowingly beautiful Twilight Cove for your first taste of the epic beaches of the ’Golden Outback’. Check into our Esperance accommodation and enjoy an evening meal overlooking a turquoise ocean.

Today we’ll travel 480km.

Words cannot describe the absolute beauty you are going to experience today. Located approximately 50km east of Esperance, Cape Le Grand is one of Western Australia’s most spectacular National Parks. It features blindingly white sandy beaches with sand so fine it squeaks between your toes. Wildlife is in abundance, including the iconic sunbathing kangaroos at Lucky Bay, who are always up for a photo opportunity. Swim, bushwalk and reconnect with nature today.

Stay back in Esperance tonight and enjoy dining at a local restaurant. Just 80km to travel today.

It’s up before the bird’s chirp today. We’ll be putting our clocks forward 1.5 hours and have a lot of land to cover as we begin our journey across the Nullarbor Plain. Stretch the legs at the original Eucla Telegraph Station before crossing the border into South Australia.

Today we travel long-distance, even by Australian standards. Head off-road, four-wheel driving along the Balladonia Track to see some unique historical highlights. Be entertained by your guide as you enjoy the changing landscapes. Tonight, stay at an iconic Outback Roadhouse Motel in Border Village.

Today we travel approximately 790km.

Continue the journey along the Nullarbor, stopping in at the unique Koonalda Homestead in the Nullarbor National Park. Formerly a fuel and rest stop for people travelling along the Nullarbor in the 1950s, it was abandoned in the 1970s and is now a unique piece of Australiana history.
Have the opportunity to play a hole on the longest golf course in the world, the Nullarbor Links.

Take in the Head of Bight’s otherworldly scenery, Australia’s ultimate coastal lookout where from June to October, you can spot whales taking shelter in the Great Australian Bight Marine Park.

Come late afternoon, check into the 4.5 star Eco Villas, positioned right on the beach in Ceduna. Relax and watch the sunset over the ocean as you sample fresh local produce and wines.

Today we travel 480km.

Enjoy a much-deserved sleep in this morning before getting back in the car to travel to Streaky Bay. Grab a coffee and have a look around before we arrive in Baird Bay for a tour highlight, swimming with Australian sea lions and dolphins on a 3-hour eco-cruise. The puppy dogs of the sea will twist and twirl around you, and the magical dolphins won’t disappoint either. This optional extra is just $200pp and available from September to May. If it is not operating, or you’d rather stay on dry land, we offer an alternative itinerary.

After lunch, visit Talia Caves and come late afternoon arrive at Waterloo Bay Tourist Park on the beach in Elliston. Enjoy a BBQ dinner on the beach.

After breakfast, mosey south, stopping at some coastal highlights, including Locks Well and Cummings Lookout. At the seaside town of Coffin Bay, join the Coffin Bay Oyster Farm Tour. Put on some waders and sit down to feast on the world-renowned Coffin Bay oysters plucked straight out of the ocean. Lunch will follow with a beautiful seafood platter at the 1802 Oyster Bar & Restaurant.

Explore Coffin Bay National Park, where kangaroos and emus are in abundance and walk along another deserted white sandy beach. Come mid-afternoon, arrive in Port Lincoln, and relax at your accommodation before our final dinner at an award-winning seafood restaurant.

Today we travel 300km.

On the last day of the tour, you have earned a sleep-in. Enjoy a relaxing continental breakfast in the hotel restaurant and take a town tour of ’Australia’s Seafood Capital’. Visit the Fresh Fish Place for lunch, and this afternoon, head offroad, four-wheel driving through the dunes from Wanna Lookout to Sleaford. Get your last dose of epic coastline at Whalers Way and meet the adorable koalas at Mikkira Station.

Pop into a vineyard for wine tasting, and as your ten-day journey comes to an end, your guide will drop you off at the Port Lincoln Airport for your 45-minute flight to Adelaide. A private transfer will have you back to Adelaide accommodation by around 7 pm.