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Wilpena Pound Resort, Flinders Ranges
The Wilpena Pound Resort, on the banks of Wilpena Creek in Hawker, is a pleasant 260-mile drive from Adelaide on paved road. The resort offers guests warm outback hospitality and a wide range of services and facilities catering to all tastes and budgets. The evening conversations in Poddy Dodger’s Bar are lively, as guests from all over the world relive the adventures of the day the animals and birds spotted, the views from the climbing trails, the history discovered and the adventures enjoyed.
from $176 per room
Bonus Offer: Free upgrade from an Aroona unit to a Heysen unitDesert Cave Hotel, Coober Pedy
The Desert Cave Hotel allows you to experience underground living, shops, bar and opal display areas all within sandstone surrounds in the heart of Coober Pedy. Guests can stay underground, or above ground rooms are also available. Quiet, cool, dark and airy the rooms are spacious with high ceilings. Most visitors say that sleeping underground gives them the best night’s sleep they have ever had. The hotel offers visitors the best opportunity to experience Coober Pedy “dugout” living.
from $208 per room