11 Longreach Tours Worth Booking

1.Drover’s Sunset Cruise includes Smithy’s Outback Dinner and Show

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 665 reviews · from $121Our pick

Sunset cruise on the Thompson River, with wildlife stories and snacks, then Smithy’s two-course dinner and live outback show in Longreach.

“Convenience of the pick up service was great! We sat up top on the boat and had terrific views of both sides. Enjoyed a few drinks and nibbles on board. Watched the sunset , saw loads of birds and turtles in the water. The show was awesoRead more”

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2.Starlights Cruise Experience

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 368 reviews · from $118

Cruise Longreach’s Thomson River at sunset, then enjoy a stockman campfire dinner, Captain Starlight show, and billy tea and damper.

“Beautiful cruise along Thomson river and excellent commentary. Great bush poetry and meals around campfire followed by starlight show and Billy tea and damper. Highly recommend 👍”

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3.Cobb & Co Stagecoach Experience in Longreach

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 226 reviews · from $118

Ride a restored Cobb & Co stagecoach in Longreach, enjoy smoko scones with tea, then watch a classic bush movie and tent show.

“Tour Guide Will was really great ,whole experience was good but the film at the end went a bit too long”

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4.Nogo Station Experience

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 64 reviews · from $118

Open-top outback safari, Merino shearing sheds, and Captain Starlight camp smoko, from Longreach.

“If I could give it 10 stars I would. Really informative, Jeremy has a great sense of humour and really knows his stuff. Don’t miss out on this tour. Duncan the bus driver is the best host too, full of information on Longreach. Saw donkeys, camels and goats from the open top double decker bus.”

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5.Longreach: Drover’s Sunset Cruise & Outback Dinner & Show

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 41 reviews · 4h 30m · from $119

Longreach sunset cruise on the Thomson River with onboard stories, nibbles, then camp-oven dinner and music at Smithy’s.

“Terrific evening - fun and informative. money well spent. Plenty of food - that was hot and delicious”

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6.Longreach: Sunset Paddlewheeler Cruise, Show and Dinner

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 38 reviews · 4 hours · from $118

Experience Longreach sunset aboard the historic Thomson Belle paddlewheeler, then enjoy a campfire stockman dinner, bush poetry, and Starlight show.

“couldn't pick, the whole experience was outstanding. PS.. Duncan needs a new joke book..lol”

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7.Longreach: Smithy’s Outback Dinner and Show

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 29 reviews · 3 hours · from $70

Longreach Smithy's Outback Dinner and Show: 2-course camp oven dinner over Gidyea coals, damper and billy tea, live river stage.

“The show was not what I expected at a outback show a woman singing songs to electronic music songs that were not relevant to OUTBACK I felt I was in a pub not an outback show where I would have thought there would be stories told about the outback and live music not pressing a computer to make music I was very disappointed”

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8.Longreach History and Town Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 23 reviews · 1 hour · from $17Best value

A 1-hour, air-conditioned Longreach town tour with a local guide. Learn history and outback life, with humor, comfort, and great value.

“A very interesting tour by an experienced and enthusiastic guide. It gave a good insight into the history and present-day aspects of Longreach. Very good value for money - probably too cheap if anything - worth a lot more than it cost.”

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9.Longreach: Qantas Founders Museum First Class Experience

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 18 reviews · 1 day · from $119

A small-group day at Longreach’s Qantas Founders Museum, with guided aircraft tours, a 747 flight deck, and a wing walk.

“We enjoyed the museum and the guided tour. The guide was super knowledgeable about Qantas and the aircraft. The wing walk was interesting to get a view of the 747 We ate breakfast in the cafe and it was really good. If you are in Longreach, you should go there”

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10.Longreach: Great Darr River Rail Run Outback Rail Adventure

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 11 reviews · 3 hours · from $98

Great Darr River Rail Run from Longreach: outback views, billy tea smoko, First Nations bush food stories, and a Mulga Walk.

“It was everything we hoped it would be! The information on history, First Nations Bush Foods and flora and fauna was presented so well. The guides on our tour went beyond our expectations. I will certainly recommend this to all my friends and family travelling to Longreach. Thank you for a memorable experience!”

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11.Ilfracombe Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 10 reviews · 3 hours · from $53

A 3-hour Ilfracombe Outback tour through the Lynn Cameron Machinery Mile, Wellshot Centre, and Wellshot Hotel, led by a local guide.

“Brett was so informative and loves his job and proud of his outback heritage. We absolutely thoroughly enjoyed Brett s tour. His layback easy going nature was a pleasure. Thanks heaps Brett Graziella and Maurice (Grace and Maurie)”

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