Australia Motorcycle Tour: Top-Down Ride

Your Australia motorcycle tour begins with morning arrival in Darwin and transfer to the hotel. In the evening, a welcome dinner with the group awaits, where you get to know each other and discuss the route for the coming weeks.

After collecting your rental motorcycle, the first stage of your Kakadu motorcycle tour leads into the biodiverse UNESCO World Heritage site. A unique variety of flora and fauna accompanies you on the opening kilometres of this Australia motorcycle tour.

The free day invites you to explore the national park at leisure. A boat trip on Yellow Water offers excellent chances of spotting crocodiles and numerous other wildlife species before the motorcycle tour continues tomorrow.

A visit to the 20-million-year-old Nitmiluk National Park and a boat trip through Katherine Gorge – this Nitmiluk Gorge motorcycle tour is one of the quieter but scenically impressive stages of the tour.

Along the Stuart Highway heading south. This Stuart Highway motorcycle tour stage passes numerous small settlements and the famous windmills at Newcastle Waters, followed by a visit to the Tennant Creek Gallery with Aboriginal artworks.

Today you reach the heart of Australia: Alice Springs in the Outback. The town is also the starting point for the famous Devils Marbles and for Uluru – the next major destination of your Australia motorcycle tour.

Use the free day to explore historic Alice Springs at leisure. Art galleries, small museums and relaxed cafés invite you to linger and absorb the character of this desert town before the Alice Springs motorcycle tour continues toward Kings Canyon.

Kings Canyon in Watarrka National Park is today's highlight. At sunset you can walk through the canyon and let the warm colours of the Outback wash over you after a long day in the saddle.

About half a day's ride to one of the world's most remarkable natural phenomena. This Uluru motorcycle tour stage ends with your first close view of the striking red monolith rising dramatically from the surrounding plains.

The Olgas, a hike through the Valley of the Wind, a helicopter flight or a camel ride are among the choices on the free day. You experience Uluru and its surroundings on this onroad motorcycle tour Australia entirely at your own pace.

Today you cross vast bushland along the Stuart Highway through a remote region defined by salt lakes. This long stage of the Stuart Highway motorcycle tour shows the Outback from its most raw and fascinating side.

The day starts with a visit to an opal mine (Old Timers Mine and Museum). At midday you ride the famous Oodnadatta Track, one of the most renowned Outback tracks, and stop at the legendary Pink Roadhouse.

Continuing along the Oodnadatta Track you soon reach William Creek, Australia's smallest town. A dip in the warm waters of Coward Springs and a ride through the Mutonia Sculpture Park round off this Oodnadatta Track motorcycle tour stage.

Before mounting up, you can book a scenic flight over Lake Eyre. After a few kilometres of tarmac, the typical red sand tracks of the Flinders Ranges motorcycle tour await until Blinman, where you spend the first night in this Outback settlement.

Today belongs entirely to the Flinders Ranges motorcycle tour: distinctive mountain landscapes, the Blinman-Parachilna Track, Wilpena Pound or the Brachina Gorge await exploration from the saddle at your own tempo.

The tour continues south through the tranquil Clare Valley into one of the country's finest wine regions. This Barossa Valley motorcycle tour stage offers a striking contrast to the preceding Outback days.

The Adelaide Hills are another motorcycle highlight. After the mighty Murray River, crystal blue lagoons, sand dunes and lakes greet you in Coorong National Park, before an overnight stop in the coastal town of Robe.

The over 400-million-year-old Grampians National Park impresses with deep fern forests, lakes, rivers and wetlands – and some of the finest winding motorcycle roads of this entire onroad motorcycle tour Australia.

You enjoy the wide views in Grampians National Park then head south toward the Great Ocean Road – one of the most impressive coastal roads in the world. The final stages of this Australia motorcycle tour now lead to the south coast.

The Twelve Apostles, Loch Ard Gorge and the coastal road along the Great Ocean Road form a fitting finale. A visit to Cape Otway follows before you return the motorcycle in Melbourne.

Today it is time to say goodbye to Australia, carrying many memorable experiences from the past three weeks. Those who wish can extend their stay with a few more days on the east coast around Sydney or Byron Bay before heading home.