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Monday, 11 January 2010 16:57 |
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New ‘Flying Food Safari’ from South Australia-based Outback Encounter
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| South Australia (www.southaustralia.com) is the gastronomic capital of Australia, world renowned for its innovative cuisine, fabulous wines and some of the top restaurants and chefs in the country. Food and wine loving travellers can now experience the best the State has to offer on a new three-centre, seven-day ‘Flying Food Safari’ created by luxury operator Outback Encounter (www.outbackencounter.com). They promise “a feast that matches stunning scenery with superb ingredients and exciting cuisine”. |
 Prices start from AUD$9,995 (approx. £5,600) per person based on eight passengers travelling in a group and includes:
• private air transfers from Adelaide and to all three locations in a Beech King Air B200
• private guide
• six-nights accommodation
• all meals and beverages
• all tours and activities per the itinerary.
• international flights to Australia are NOT included.
• a free bottle of 2004 Penfolds’ Grange per couple, valued at AUD$650 (approx. £370) for bookings made before end January 2010
 Tour highlights include:
• meeting local producers and watching them work
• being cooked for by the region’s top chefs at some of Australia’s best restaurants
• wine tastings with some of the world’s finest winemakers
• visiting unique places such as the 35-acre ‘Food Forest’ dedicated to sustainable living
• being guided by local Mark Gleeson, an authority on South Australia’s gourmet produce
The three featured regions, Kangaroo Island (renowned as Australia’s Galapagos), the Eyre Peninsula and the Barossa Valley, are renowned not only for their fine produce, but also for their scenery, wildlife and hospitality.
 In each location, local producers will tell their stories and offer their finest hospitality, giving a unique insight and perspective into the region’s produce. Highlights include:
• meeting artisan food producers like Justin Harman who tells the fascinating story of abalone, one of the seas’ most valued foods and a delicacy to rival truffles and caviar
• meeting Susan Berlin’s ‘girls’ at the Island Pure Sheep’s Dairy
• going behind the scenes at KI Fresh Seafood
• learning about rare breeds at Australia’s first Rare Breeds Farm
• the opportunity to swim and feed the mighty southern blue fin tuna
• private wine tastings at several Barossa Valley wineries including Penfolds
 Accommodation is some of the best in Australia including:
• two nights at Lifetime Private Retreats on Kangaroo Island where guests can choose from only three secluded and beautiful homes
• waterside living in an apartment overlooking the exciting Port Lincoln Marina on the Eyre Peninsula
• The Louise, in the Barossa Valley, a five-star vineyard retreat
Dining highlights include:
• Del Giorno’s Restaurant in Port Lincoln, South Australia’s finest seafood restaurant 2007
• Appellation at The Louise in the Barossa
• Hutton Vale, a premium quality vineyard and working farm in the Barossa Valley
• ‘Dining with Kangaroos at the Shearing Shed’, a 50-year-old-shearing shed made from iron bark trees and corrugated iron evocatively lit with candles offering views of kangaroos grazing at twilight. |
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