Getting to Adelaide

The Ghan can get you from Darwin or Alice Springs down to Adelaide

Flights to Adelaide:

If you are already in Australia then go to our page Cheap Domestic Flights in Australia for a good choice in cheap airfares to Adelaide.

 

If you are still in your home country then you will need to get an international flight to Adelaide.

Airlines that fly straight in to Adelaide include Singapore Air , you can go to their websites and compare them to find the cheapest flights to Adelaide, or visit our Cheap Flights to Australia page for an overview of what is available in budget airfares.

ZUJI is an online travel agent with offices throughout the Asia Pacific region, offering you a choice of more than 400 airlines and 60,000 hotels, as well as car hire and travel insurance.

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Rental car

There is a wide choice of car rental companies where you can book your car or campervan online to be assured of a car on your arrival in Adelaide, and most offer one way rentals between major cities. Nothing beats the freedom of having your own car to explore and stop when and where you want.

 

 

 

Budget Car Hire needs little introduction, the name says it all: car hire at Budget Prices with a car hire company with an international reputation, and this sites makes it even easier to find yourself a cheap hire car, or anything else with wheels: trucks,buses, campervans, utes, four wheel drives etc.

Eagle Trailers and Campers are an Australian owned and operated company that specialise in the Sales of quality Trailers and Campers.

Sight seeing tour

A very comfortable and easy way to see all the best the city has to offer is to book on a tour, in 2.5 hours you can see;

Victoria Square - heart of the city
Gouger Street - restaurants and cafes
The grand boulevard of King William Street
The Terraces - north, south, east and west that separate the city from the greenbelts
Parks, gardens and greenbelts
River Torrens with its delightful garden banks
Parliament House
The Casino
State Library with the Bradman collection
Trinity Church - Adelaide's oldest church
Trendy Hutt Street
Visit Haigh's Chocolates - Australia's oldest chocolate manufacturer (*)
Enjoy a complimentary tea or coffee accompanied by fine Haigh's chocolates (*)
Beehive C at Rundle Mall
Festival Theatre and Adelaide Convention Centre
Adelaide Oval - one of Australia's most notable cricket grounds
Quaint suburbs of North Adelaide
O'Connell Street - restaurants and trendy shops
St. Peters Cathedral
Colonel Light's lookout on Montefoire Hill affording spectacular views over Adelaide
* On Sunday's Haigh's will not be available
More info on this tour...

Getting to Adelaide by bus;

Adventure Tours is an Australian company that can take you across the country in a fun and adventurous way to show you the real Australia. Of course it is quicker to fly to Adelaide, but crossing Australia by road is the only way to fully appreciate its amazing vastness.

Crossing the Nullarbor is a mind blowing experience. The vast distance of 2800 km between the two cities of Adelaide and Perth makes for one of the world's greatest road journeys. In some places the road runs very close to the edge of the continent and to stand there looking at the Great Australian Bight is an awesome "end of the world" feeling, there are caves to explore, outback pubs and historic ruins and remains of the days when whaling was an industry along here.

9 Day Adelaide to Perth - Crossing the Nullarbor is a mind blowing experience. The vast distance of 2800 km between the two cities of Adelaide and Perth makes for one of the world's greatest road journeys. In some places the road runs very close to the edge of the continent and to stand there looking at the Great Australian Bight is an awesome "end of the world" feeling, there are caves to explore, outback pubs and historic ruins and remains of the days when whaling was an industry along here.
You can drive it yourself and burn a lot of petrol or book on a 9 day camping adventure, more info and reservations...

10 Day Adelaide to Perth - The same tour as above but in the other direction. More info and reservations....

3 Day Tour Melbourne to Adelaide via Great Ocean Road & Grampians - A great way to get from Melbourne to Adelaide and see all the highlghts along the way, such as Great Ocean Road, Otways and the Grampians. More info and reservations....

Getting out of Adelaide

A rare event, rain in the desert and a bogged Groovy Grape bus between William Creek and Coober Pedy.
Groovy Grape does a great seven day run from Adelaide to Darwin.

Train to Adelaide

This train ran from Adelaide, S.A. to Alice Springs, N.T. but since end 2003 has been continued another 1420 km. all the way to the top to Darwin. It now stretches nearly 3000 km. and is named the Ghan after the Afghan camel drivers that first opened up the harsh central desert territory thanks to their camels.
The Ghan is a great way to get to Adelaide and see the outback in comfort, it departs Adelaide on Fridays and Sundays, the return journey starts in Darwin on Wednesdays.
You can book your Ghan adventure online via Great Rail Journeys:

 

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