Experience Arkaroola in Mawson Lodge

This inclusive package lets you explore Arkaroola's outback scenery, geology, wildlife and the universe.

Fall in love with some of Australia's most ancient landscapes and the universe during this two night stay in Arkaroola. Snug in the heart of Flinders Ranges, you will explore towering granite peaks and craggy mountains on a 4WD tour and get lost in the starry night sky of South Australia’s first International Dark Sky Sanctuary on an astronomy tour.

Experience Arkaroola includes two nights accommodation in one of the sanctuaries lodges, continental breakfast each morning, 2 course dinners each night with wine, an astronomy tour and Arkaroola's flagship experience; The Ridgetop Tour.

Travelling in a specially constructed open-top 4WD, passengers are taken on a guided tour of some of the most spectacular rugged country on earth. Experienced tour guides share their knowledge of Arkaroola's 1600-million-year geological history as they navigate the steep slopes and hair raising ascents of the famous Ridgetop Track. Travelling through the oldest parts of the Flinders Ranges, home to plants found nowhere else, you will explore the ancient granite mountains and hillsides covered in native bush. Several lookouts along the way offer breath-taking vistas of the vast and humbling expanse of the ranges. Take a tea break while drinking in the magnificent ring of saw-toothed Freeling Heights fringing the Mawson Plateau. See the jaw-dropping 1000m deep Yudnamutana Gorge, the plains and Lake Frome salt lake. And don't worry- the descent back to the homestead is just as much of an adventure as the way up!

Then come nightfall, go truly intergalactic with your choice of a astronomy tour. View the moon, stars, Milk Way and other celestial bodies up-close through astronomy binoculars, all while comfortably reclining on your camp lounge chair with our Under the Stars Experience (weather conditions permitting) OR see the stars and planets from a whole new perspective, up-close and personal and on the big screen on our real-time, state of the art digital astro experience Explore the Cosmos.