Written in the Rocks Seven Hour Tour

Take a trip back in time with the Written in the Rocks guided tour, driving and walking the Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary.

Visit the Ochre Wall, Lively’s Gold Find, the Welcome Mine and the Jasper Twins and explore the complex geology of Arkaroola, wandering over ancient glacial rocks from past ice ages at Stubbs Waterhole to the ancient fossil sea-beds now forming near-vertical cliffs in Bararranna Gorge. You may even be rewarded with sightings of the shy Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby, wedge-tailed eagles and brown falcons (among others).

This tour is tailored to suit each group, and it includes numerous walks of which the difficulty and length will be at the discretion of the tour participants. And don’t worry, it does include a morning/afternoon tea stop with light refreshments, including the famous Arkaroola Lamingtons, and lunch. These stops also give you an opportunity wander quietly, taking in the atmosphere and grandeur of this amazing wilderness.

Continue along Mt Jacob Backtrack to Tillite Gorge, with its Sturtian Ice Age glacial tillites. Walk up Kingsmill Creek to see the more than 600 million year old Arkaroola Reef and onto Station Backtrack and Lake Frome Lookout.