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The best train tours in Australia
70 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 percent of the trip actually on trains, from the itinerary.
- 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.
Sydney dinner cruise, then Indian Pacific train Sydney to Perth
- Rail share
- 60
- Value
- 70
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 63
5 days · from $2,254 ($451/day)
Indian Pacific to Adelaide, then safari resort in the Murraylands.
- Rail share
- 60
- Value
- 66
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 63
5 days · from $2,303 ($461/day)
14-day Australian private journey via Ghan train Darwin to Adelaide, then flights to Melbourne
- Rail share
- 21
- Value
- 80
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
14 days · from $5,553 ($397/day)
The Ghan Expedition from Darwin to Adelaide, then Monarto Safari Resort
- Rail share
- 67
- Value
- 49
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 50
6 days · from $3,359 ($560/day)
The Ghan Expedition train to Adelaide, then safari resort stay
- Rail share
- 65
- Value
- 50
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 50
6 days · from $3,277 ($546/day)
Four-day train journey inland from Cairns through Queensland outback on the Savannahlander.
- Rail share
- 65
- Value
- 100
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
4 days · from $851 ($213/day)
Five-day Great Southern train journey Brisbane to Adelaide with one Adelaide night
- Rail share
- 80
- Value
- 73
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
5 days · from $2,171 ($434/day)
Independent Queensland coastal rail trip from Brisbane to Cairns
- Rail share
- 63
- Value
- 96
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
8 days · from $2,539 ($317/day)
Indian Pacific crosses the Nullarbor to Adelaide with wine touring
- Rail share
- 67
- Value
- 83
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
6 days · from $2,363 ($394/day)
The Ghan Expedition Darwin to Adelaide with Adelaide city overnight
- Rail share
- 80
- Value
- 57
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
5 days · from $2,435 ($487/day)