Savannah Explorer

Today, be met on arrival and transfer to your hotel. Tonight, get to know your fellow guests during a welcome dinner. Stay: Cairns, Shangri-La Hotel, The Marina (D)

Travel from Cairns to Woodleigh Station and enjoy lunch amid the surrounds of the Australian bush.

Later this afternoon, journey to the beautiful tiered waterfall of Millstream Falls, the widest single-drop waterfall in Australia. A unique experience awaits tonight at Undara, where you'll stay in restored turn-of-the-century train carriages. Stay: Discovery Resorts - Undara (B/L/D)

• Embark on the Archway Explorer tour through the mysterious Undara Lava Tubes.

An exploration of Cobbold Gorge awaits today, hidden within a rugged sandstone formation. A jewel in the Gulf Savannah, learn about its ancient geological formations.

This afternoon, join your guide for a boat cruise and tour. As your boat meanders through the narrow waterways of the gorge, be sure to keep an eye out for freshwater crocodiles. (B/L/D)

• Enjoy a relaxing sunset cruise in Karumba and indulge in a selection of local king prawns as you take in the sunset over the Gulf of Carpentaria.

Journey to Normanton, where you'll see the famous Purple Pub and Victorian-era railway station. Enjoy a selfguided heritage walk around the station precinct and museum. Built in 1889, the station is a treasure trove of history and architecture.

Afterwards, visit the Les Wilson Barramundi Discovery Centre to learn all about this iconic fish. The centre is the only hatchery in the world to breed the Southern Gulf strain of barramundi. (B/L/D)

Depart Kurumba and Head to Normanton and then travel onto the TOP Road. Continue on to Camp 119, the monument commemorates Burke and Wills campsite 119 which was their most northerly campsite during their expedition in 1861. Arrive at Leichhardt Falls, a plunge waterfall on the Leichardt River. Take in the natural landscape, and you may even spot a saltwater crocodile in the nearby river.

Afterwards, you will visit Burketown Thermal Springs, hot springs that have been created from a bore drilled into the ground in 1897. Head to Hells gate Roadhouse for tonight's stay. Stay: Hell's Gate Roadhouse (B/L/D)

Fly from Hell's Gate to Borroloola, then continue to Lorella Springs Wilderness Park, a sprawling one-million-acre working cattle station. The landscape here is incredibly diverse, ranging from open savannah and dense forest to coastal floodplains, salt flats and mangroves. Stay Two Nights: Lorella Springs Wilderness Park (B/L/D)

• Take to the skies on a helicopter flight over the Lost City, made up of incredible sandstone formations. Said to be more than 500 million years old, the unique formations of the Lost City resemble the ruins of an ancient city, with a maze of narrow alleys.

Today, learn about the mystery that surrounds the death of explorer Ludwig Leichhardt, who disappeared with his exploration party in 1848. In the remote town of Roper Bar, see the monument commemorating the centenary of Leichhardt's crossing of the Roper River before enjoying a cruise along the water. Continue to the natural Mataranka Thermal Pool, where you might like to take a dip in the warm, crystal-clear waters, said to have healing properties.

Afterwards, head to Mataranka for dinner. Stay: Mataranka, Territory Manor (B/L/D)

After breakfast this morning, visit the poignant war cemetery at Adelaide River, then continue to the falls at Litchfield National Park, set amongst a monsoon forest. Enjoy a swim after lunch before returning to Darwin.

This evening, toast the end of your journey during a farewell dinner at your hotel. Stay: Hilton Darwin (B/L/D)

Your adventure draws to a close after a final breakfast this morning. Be transferred to the airport for your onward flight. (B)