Scenic Flights - Flinders Ranges / Rawnsley Park Station
You’ll find Chinta Air at Rawnsley Park Station – located on the South side of Ikara / Wilpena Pound, and 430 kilometres north of Adelaide along sealed roads. The nearest service town is Hawker, approximately 30 kilometres south. A working sheep station, Rawnsley Park Station offers accommodation ranging from basic cabins to award-winning eco villas, all within landscapes that has inspired painters and poets for generations. .
From Rawnsley Park Station, a scenic flight over Ikara / Wilpena Pound, and the Flinders Ranges can be extended to include Kati Thanda / Lake Eyre, or to the Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary.
Available Flights
$220 per adult
Children aged 3 – 13 years travel for half price when flying with two adults.
Highlights:
Ikara / Wilpena Pound: Scenic Flight over and through Ikara / Wilpena Pound only
Flights depart with a minimum of 2 people.
A fuel levy may apply.
All flights are weight limited. As such, we are unable to welcome any individual who weighs 130kgs or more on board.
$250 per adult
Children aged 3 – 13 years fly for half price with two adults.
Highlights:
Ikara / Wilpena Pound
Heysen Range including Bunyeroo and Brachina Gorges
Please note: Flights depart with a minimum of 2 people.
A fuel levy may apply.
All flights are weight limited. As such, we are unable to welcome any individual who weighs 130kgs or more on board.
$350 per adult
Children aged 3 – 13 years fly for half price with two adults.
Highlights:
Ikara / Wilpena Pound
Heysen Range including Bunyeroo, Brachina and Parachilna Gorges
Please note: Flights depart with a minimum of 2 people.
A fuel levy may apply.
All flights are weight limited. As such, we are unable to welcome any individual who weighs 130kgs or more on board.
$460 per adult
Children aged 3 – 13 years fly for half price with two adults.
Highlights:
Ikara / Wilpena Pound
Heysen Range including Bunyeroo, Brachina and Parachilna Gorges
Angorichina Village: Blinman township and former copper mine
Please note: Flights depart with a minimum of 2 people.
A fuel levy may apply.
All flights are weight limited. As such, we are unable to welcome any individual who weighs 130kgs or more on board.
Available Flights
Arkaroola Flyover
$915 per person.
Flights depart with a minimum of two passengers.
Includes:
Flights from Rawnsley Park Station to Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary and the Northern Flinders Ranges.
Please note:
Flights depart with a minimum of 2 people. This flight does not include landing at Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary for the Ridgetop 4WD tour and lunch.
A fuel levy may apply.
Weight limit: 130kgs per person
Arkaroola Adventure (with Ridgetop 4WD Tour)
$1170 per person.
Flights depart with a minimum of two passengers.
Child: $715 per child. Children must be aged 3 – 13 years, and travelling with 2 or more adults.
Family special: 2 adults & 2 children (age 3 years to 13 years): $2560 (includes flights, 4WD tour & lunch)
Includes flights from Rawnsley Park Station to Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary.
Bus transfer from airstrip to Sanctuary.
Seats on the Ridgetop Tour, a shared, 4WD tour of the Arkaroola Wilderness with guide.
4WD tour includes morning tea.
Light lunch at Arkaroola.
Flights depart with a minimum of two passengers.
Weight limit: 130kgs per person.
Ikara / Wilpena Pound and Kata Thanda / Lake Eyre Flightseeing tour
Cost: $1575 per person.
Family special: 2 adults & 2 children (age 3 years to 13 years): $3560.
Private tour: For a private tour, with just the members of your group on board, the cost is $2120 per person.
Highlights:
Wilpena Pound and the Central Flinders Ranges
Leigh Creek township and coalfields
Lake Eyre South, and the bottom third of Lake Eyre North (where most of the water and birdlife is currently seen)
Lunch at the iconic William Creek Hotel.
After lunch, fly over Ngarndamukhana / Lake Torrens, and Wilpena Pound / Flinders Ranges.
Optional extras (must be requested at time of booking):
Before lunch, fly to the Northern tip of the Lake for views of birdlife, and water flowing in from the Warburton. Extra – $170 per person.
After lunch, fly over the Painted Hills on Anna Creek Station (the Hills are not accessible by road). Extra – $230 per person.
Please note:
Flights depart with a minimum of 2 passengers.
Weight limit: 130kgs per person.
Lake Torrens / Ngarndamukanha with lunch at the Prairie Hotel
Available: Wednesday to Sunday
Cost: $1240 per person.
Highlights:
Meet at the Rawnsley Park Station airstrip at 10am for a 10.30am departure.
Depart Rawnsley Park Station, and fly over Wilpena Pound to:
Bunyeroo, Brachina, Parachilna Gorge.
Leigh Creek (township and coalfields)
before tracking over Lake Torrens / Ngarndamukanha – the second largest salt lake in Australia (after Kati Thanda / Lake Eyre) to the opal mining town of Andamooka, then return over Lake Torrens / Ngarndamukanha for lunch at the Prairie Hotel.
Includes: lunch at the Prairie Hotel from menu, with a choice of tea / coffee, water / juice / soft drinks.
After lunch, re-board the aircraft to fly over Wilpena Pound, to return to Rawnsley Park Station at approximately 3pm..
Please note:
This flight does not include any landings or tours at Leigh Creek or Andamooka. Flights depart with a minimum of 2 people.
Weight limit: 130kgs per person.
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