Kimberley Expedition Cruise, Australia

Kimberley Expedition Cruise, Australia The ragged Kimberley coast, a place you can only comprehend from the sea, lies north of Broome and is one of the world’s great wilderness areas. Rugged gorges, inlets, waterfalls plunging 100 metres all combine for an awe-inspiring experience you simply can’t have by travelling overland. Orion offers stylish expeditions and the best opportunities to see this awesome landscape. 2012 Validity: Various... Read More

Solar Eclipse Tour in Cairns, November 2012

Solar Eclipse Tour in Cairns, November 2012 Witness the solar eclipse, beginning at 6:37am 14 November 2024 in Darwin. The solar eclipse shadow will sweep across the Gulf of Carpenteria and Cape York, before the central line crosses directly over Port Douglas’s Oak Beach and the Coral Sea at 6:39am. The only way to witness the full effect of this amazing act of nature is to be in the shadow’s path, particularly in it’s central line, at the exact... Read More

Never-Never Country: Cairns to Darwin, Australia

Never-Never Country: Cairns to Darwin, Australia The Never Never - The name was first recorded, in the late 19th century, describing the uninhabited regions of Australia - then called just ‘The Never-Never’. The more remote outback regions of the Northern Territory and Queensland are still known by that name. This is as much a state of mind and a folk-memory that recalls the pre-settlement outback life with fondness as it is a precise... Read More

Crossing The Kimberley, Australia

Crossing The Kimberley, Australia The Kimberley is one of the world’s great wilderness areas. Covering an expanse of nearly 423,000 square kilometres and with an estimated population of just 30,000 it has fewer people per square kilometre than almost any other place on Earth. People come here to immerse themselves in the awesome landscape and, for a restorative while, to get away from Australia’s more densely populated cities and cityscapes. Validity: ... Read More

Cruising the Kimberley in Style, Western Australia

Cruising the Kimberley in Style, Western Australia The King George River falls are the highest single-drop falls in the whole of the Kimberley, gushing from 100 metres above your head. But during dry season, the raging waterfall is reduced to a trickle so slight that you can glide right underneath it after an optional hike, and sip a cool glass of champagne in its shadow. Such is the kind of indulgence you’ll experience on the five star luxury liner,... Read More

The Ghan train journey – Adelaide to Alice Springs

The Ghan train journey – Adelaide to Alice Springs In the daylight hours after departure, the desert quickly looms. Surprisingly, South Australia is nothing like the images we all nurture and you wake to a scene of scrubby saltbushes in the Northern Territory. The allure of this journey is being able to travel through large distances of arid central Australia with creature comforts and have the opportunity to visit the iconic red centre of the... Read More