Question 1

What are the best tours in South Australia?

Accepted Answer

Odyssey Traveller now offers a range of exciting tours of South Australia. Whether you’re more interested in the outback, the city, or the coast, we likely have something for you!

Our tours of South Australia include:

Tour of the Flinders Ranges: Takes you to one of the most accessible regions of the Australian outback, the iconic Flinders Ranges, with visits to Lake Eyre and Coober Pedy.
Adelaide and Surrounds: Explores the historic city of Adelaide and surrounding areas, including the Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island.
Southern States: Tours World Heritage Sites and more in South Australia, New South Wales, and Victoria, including Mungo National Park, the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape, and the Naracoorte Caves Park.
Broken Hill and Back: Exploring the junction between New South Wales, Queensland, and South Australia, this tour takes you through some of Australia’s remotest outback territory, including the infamous Birdsville Track, which linked Queensland cattle drivers to Marree and the railway to Adelaide.

Question 2

What is South Australia famous for?What is famous in South Australia?

Accepted Answer

South Australia is famous for a number of things, including:

The food and wine cultures of the Barossa Valley and the McLaren Vale.
Its distinct history as a free – rather than convict – colony, and history of German settlement.
Its natural beauty, from the pristine beaches of Kangaroo Island to the outback vistas of the Flinders Ranges.

Question 3

What is mined in South Australia?

Accepted Answer

South Australia has a long history of mining, from the copper mines of Burra and the Yorke Peninsula, to opal mining at Coober Pedy, to iron ore produced from the Middlebark Ranges and Iron Nob and shipped to Whyalla.

For more on the history of mining in South Australia, click here.

Question 4

What is the best season to visit South Australia?

Accepted Answer

The climate of South Australia varies from region to region. Adelaide and the coasts have a Mediterranean climate, with hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters.

In the outback, summers can get extremely hot. By contrast, winter, particularly winter nights, can be cooler than on the coast.

Reflecting this, our tours of Adelaide and the coast run year-round, while we run outback tours from March to October each year.

Question 5

Do you offer other Australian tours?

Accepted Answer

Odyssey offers a collection of small group Australian outback tours for seniors across the States. These Australian tours are an outback experience, typically tour packages for 12 to 16 days in duration with a tour guide. Australian Tour packages include a Western Australia tour for wildflowers or a Kimberley tour from Broome with the Bungle bungle range. In SA alternative Australia tour packages include, Flinders range and Wilpena pound, Eyre peninsula, also North Queensland and the native wildlife, or Cameron Corner including Birdsville.

Odyssey, seeks on any Australia trip to go off the beaten track, the Australia vacation with a difference. We do not offer Outback tours for seniors that could be considered an iconic Australia trip that might include Ayers rock (Uluru), blue mountains, the east coast to the gold coast and Brisbane and Fraser island or Cairns, Port Douglas and the Great barrier reef and the Daintree rainforest or a great ocean road tour for example.

Tours

Eyre & Yorke Peninsulas, and the Gawler Ranges

Small group tour of Australia's Flinders range

Escorted small group tour of World Heritage sites and more in the Southern States

Small group holidays to Adelaide and surrounds

Small group tour; Broken Hill and back

South Australia