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The best train tours in Australia
100 hotel-based trips in Australia had enough verified data to score; hostel and self-guided rail-pass trips are not ranked here. The ranking below is fully mechanical; here is exactly how it works:
- Eligibility: only hotel-based tours are ranked. Trips built around hostels or self-arranged accommodation are left out, since these guides recommend hotel-inclusive tours for the general traveller.
- Rail share (35%): the estimated share of itinerary days with a train leg (a share of days, not distance or time); trips not assessed are not ranked.
- Value (20%): price per day against the other hotel-based trips on this page (cheaper per day scores higher).
- Data completeness (25%): full day-by-day itinerary, imagery, inclusions, and verified price.
- Departure breadth (20%): how many months the operator publishes departures for.
Indian Pacific rail from Sydney to Perth plus a Rottnest day trip
- Rail share
- 80
- Value
- 52
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
5 days · from $2,575 ($515/day)
Indian Pacific from Sydney to Perth with 3 nights and Rottnest Island
- Rail share
- 57
- Value
- 82
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
7 days · from $2,708 ($387/day)
Indian Pacific to Perth plus a Ritz-Carlton stay and pearl harvest
- Rail share
- 57
- Value
- 69
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
7 days · from $3,056 ($437/day)
Sydney and Perth city stays bridged by the Indian Pacific train
- Rail share
- 40
- Value
- 92
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
10 days · from $3,353 ($335/day)
The Ghan rail journey from Adelaide to Darwin with a city stay
- Rail share
- 50
- Value
- 85
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 88
6 days · from $2,170 ($362/day)
Indian Pacific from Sydney to Perth plus a Ritz-Carlton and Rottnest stay
- Rail share
- 57
- Value
- 77
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 75
7 days · from $2,815 ($402/day)
2 nights on the Great Southern, plus 1 in Brisbane
- Rail share
- 75
- Value
- 81
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 38
4 days · from $1,571 ($393/day)
Sydney and Perth luxury stays with an Indian Pacific crossing between
- Rail share
- 40
- Value
- 78
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
10 days · from $4,009 ($401/day)
Indian Pacific and The Ghan rail journey from Perth to Darwin
- Rail share
- 86
- Value
- 31
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 63
7 days · from $4,386 ($627/day)
Sydney dinner cruise, then Indian Pacific train Sydney to Perth
- Rail share
- 60
- Value
- 57
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 63
5 days · from $2,449 ($490/day)