Arid Recovery sunset tours operate on request any night between April and October. Contact us for availability outside of these times.

• Tours depart one hour before sunset. The time will be confirmed when you book your ticket.
• Tours take up to three hours.
• Once at the Reserve, you will take a guided tour through some of the unique habitats of Australia’s arid zone before stopping at the viewing platform to watch the spectacular desert sunset.
• At dusk, we will travel through the dunes to get up close and personal with some of the Reserve’s amazing animals, including burrowing bettongs and spinifex hopping mice.
• What you need: your own vehicle, drinking water, sturdy enclosed footwear, long pants, a warm jacket, torch and camera.
• Being a natural environment, we cannot guarantee what you will see, but we can guarantee a unique and moving experience.

*Please note due to COVID-19 Roxby Downs Discovery Tours are currently not operating at this point in time* 

The Roxby Discovery Tour operates each Tuesday evening, commencing ~1.5 hours before sunset, between April and October.

Your tour includes:

• Introduction to Roxby Downs, meet your tour guide and watch the Olympic Dam Story Presentation, including virtual underground mine tour.
• Commentated bus tour to Olympic Dam Mine Site for a look behind the fence.
• Visit the Arid Recovery Reserve where you will learn about their conservation program, watch the sunset while enjoying some light refreshments as the reserve wildlife comes to life.

Tour information

• Tours start and finish at the Visitor Information Centre located on Richardson Place, Roxby Downs.
• All payments to be made at the Visitor Information Centre prior to or on the morning of the tour.
• Please arrive 15 minutes prior to scheduled start time and check in at Visitor Information Centre desk.
• Children must be over 4 years to attend.
• Each person is to be seated in their own seat with a seatbelt, no children are permitted to sit on laps.
• No photos are permitted at the mine site but can be taken at the Arid Recovery Reserve.
• At no stage are participants permitted to get off the bus while on the mine lease.
• Tours require minimum of 10 passengers to run.
• To book, you are required to provide each participants first and last name, a contact mobile number for the group, an in case of emergency name and contact number of a friend or family member not on the tour with you, as well as any dietary requirements.
• Long pants and enclosed shoes must be worn.
• While all care is taken, tours are subject to change without notice.

Handy Info

• You are welcome to bring along your own drink bottle or snack.
• Toilets are available at the Visitor Information Centre after the first half hour of the tour and then again when you reach the Arid Recovery Reserve.
• The nights can be chilly at Arid Recovery, so bring along a jacket.

Wine and dine as you watch the sunset over the Arid Recovery dunes and see the Reserve come to life as the stars come out.