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Visit this page often to hear yarns about life at Pyndan Camel Tracks, about the beauty of Central Australia, camel stories, local art and culture.
Weaving the pages of history for Central Australia
The last camel trainIn the Year 2002 to mark the Year of the Outback, a train of camels and their cameleers re-enacted the last camel train delivery of mail from Oodnadatta to Alice Springs. As a teenager Chansey Paech alongside his grandfather, Peter Ross, journeyed...
You are visiting Arrernte country
Aboriginal people have lived in Australia forever. The movement of human population into what is now the Australian continent has been dated to over 50,000 years ago, which is at the dawn of human history given that modern human populations only moved out of Africa...
Did you know this about camel lips?
Have you looked into a camel's mouth? Camels have really thick big lips. Their top lip is split in two so that they can graze and eat their food more effectively. They can eat the thorniest plants without injuring their tough lips. The camel has a large mouth and 34...
We’ve got the globally-recognised Safe Travels Stamp
We're travel safety! We've been recognised with a G L O B A L 'safe travels stamp'. Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) has aligned with the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) to become a lead agency with authority to issue Australian tourism businesses...
COVID Ready business recognition
We have been recognised for being COVID Ready by the National COVID-19 Commission. The COVID Ready Badge identifies our business as a COVID Ready business and represents that we are currently operating inline with the National COVID-19 Commission (NCC) COVIDsafe...
Tourism Trade Checklist Badge
We're shouting to the world! We have been recognised as trade compliant within the tourism industry! The Tourism Trade Checklist Badge identifies our business as part of Australia's trusted Tourism Trade Checklist and represents business trade compliance within the...
2020 has been like an outback camel race
Pyndan Camel Tracks follows all government guidelines and recommended procedures for the safety of our guests and everyone in our outback town in the heart of Australia. As 2020 has been like an outback camel race with changing rules and an ignored finish line, we...
We’re up-to-date with our COVID-19 Checklists
The NT Government is staging a lifting of restrictions. As of 15 May 2020 (Stage 2) we are running our one hour sunset camel tour for Alice Springs residents. We have implemented measures to ensure your safety and security. Although we could run public tours, we’re...
Wake Up Pixie
A big shout out today to our ?Pixie. Wake up, Pixie! Your fans are back tomorrow to join you on tour. Pixie has been so funny during...
Did you know this about a camel toe?
How many toes? Camels have two toes on each foot. A hoof that looks like a toenail grows at the front of each toe. Cows, horses, and many other animals walk on their hoofs. But a camel walks on a broad pad that connects its two long toes. This cushion like pad spreads...
Thank you ….
Thank you for your support for our charismatic camels and small business during COVID-19. We thank you from the beating red heart of Central Australia.
Our Pyndan cameleers
Our cameleers are working with good humour and being flexible to learn new skills; they will continue to be employed through these difficult economic times. Their experience and knowledge our camel family will be there to continue when we recommence trading in our...