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.

Walk Transfers – fly or self-drive

Enjoy the simplicity of a charter flight from Adelaide directly into Hawker with a 45 minute connecting road transfer to Wilpena Pound. Enjoy a packed breakfast before starting your walk.

The Arkaba Walk departing from Arkaba Heritage Homestead remains an option on all departures for those who prefer to self-drive. Self-drivers also have the option of a scenic helicopter flight (cost additional) at the end of their walking adventure which is not available on walks departing from Adelaide.

Exclusive Accommodation

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

Spend your night prior to the walk’s official start at Arkaba Homestead, a member of Luxury Lodges of Australia.

Arkaba’s signature ‘star beds’ offer you the chance to sleep out under  millions of stars (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 at Arkaba Homestead once again, where you can unwind from your adventures and treat yourself to an optional creekside massage upon arrival.

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.