The Arkaba Walk by Wild Bush Luxury takes you on a journey of 600-million years of geological history

Departing from Wilpena Pound on day one, you’ll be escorted by Arkaba’s field guides whose passion is in opening up the secrets of the country and reconnecting you with the bush.

This amazing story echoes through the stratified layers of Wilpena Pound and the Elder Range, providing spectacular backdrops throughout the walk. Craggy sandstone bluffs and dry creek beds lined with River Red Gums offer a quintessential outback landscape.

Arkaba’s own conservation management programs offer interested guests the chance to learn about protecting, managing and rewilding Australia’s unique and diverse environment.

Large numbers of Red and Western Grey kangaroos, wallaroos and emus are regular sightings along the walk, and the country is littered with the stories, and often heroic failures, of early pioneers who tried to make a living from the harsh but beautiful country.

Getting To Arkaba – Transfer From Adelaide Or Self-Drive

Transfers from Adelaide are included in the cost of your five day/four night walk, or you can self-drive (same price) for a more relaxed pace, taking in the sights and flavours of Clare Valley before arriving at the homestead.

Exclusive Accommodation That Connects You To The Land

The accommodation for this journey has been designed to connect you to the surrounding country.

A night prior to the walk’s departure at Arkaba Homestead, a member of Luxury Lodges of Australia, is included with your five day/four night walk package. Enjoy a leisurely check in and time to wander around the homestead, before sunset drinks on the ridges of Arkaba and a delicious welcome dinner.

For nights two and three, you’re on the trail and Arkaba’s signature ‘star beds’ offer you the chance to sleep out under millions of stars in your swag (or within sheltered bush huts if preferred). Arkaba’s incredible topography presents spectacular panoramas of Wilpena Pound and the Elder Range, particularly in the evening as the ranges glow with the rich red light of sunset.

While spending your days immersing yourself in the stories, both natural and human, of this region, the ‘Wild Bush Luxury’ touches (hot showers, a cold drink, canapés, comfy swags and hot water bottles) appear on arrival in camp in late afternoon.

Evenings are spent around the campfire, indulging in a three-course camp dinner, with a selection of fine South Australian wines, before retiring to your deluxe swag for a well-earned rest and the sounds of the bush all around you.

The final night of the walk is spent back at Arkaba Homestead once again, where you can unwind from your adventures and enjoy the last night with your fellow walkers over another beautiful dinner.

Committed to the Environment

Arkaba’s vision is to blend tourism and conservation in a virtuous circle where the proceeds of tourism are invested in the protection of Arkaba’s 63,000 km private nature conservancy.  The removal of sheep and four years of feral management have seen successful control of fox, feral cat and goat numbers and the results are to be seen and heard with the return of native bird, mammal and reptile species to the area.  Guests will learn of the various conservation management programs that the Arkaba team are involved in and will see the GPS marking and camera monitoring work that the guides engage in during the walk.

The Arkaba Walk and Wild Bush Luxury have a conservation partnership with the The Long Run and Australian Wildlife Conservancy.