The rainbow flash of opal, underground homes, easy-going lifestyle makes Coober Pedy a unique and special place. An underground town where you could arrive with just the shirt on your back and leave a millionaire. Coober Pedy holds a fascination for visitors from all over the world.
Take a tour.
Choose between the 4 hour Desert Cave Tour that shows you the town and its history, magnificent rock formations of the Breakaways or the Down’n’Dirty tour that allows you experience the thrill of opal mining and noodling.
Take the full day Painted Desert Tour, to experience the mystery of the dusty lunar landscape.
The rainbow flash of opal, underground homes, easy-going lifestyle makes Coober Pedy a unique and special place. An underground town where you could arrive with just the shirt on your back and leave a millionaire. Coober Pedy holds a fascination for visitors from all over the world.
The Desert Cave Hotel enables the visitor to experience all this and more-underground and aboveground rooms, good dining experiences, market leading tours and experiences, ultimate shopping and more!
The Desert Cave Hotel has its own colourful and informative underground display centre; open from 7am to 7pm. There is no cost for seeing this interesting display set in sandstone passages. Learn about Coober Pedy's past and present. Information includes historical Coober Pedy, formation and mining of opal, and visual displays of the unique Outback landscape.
FREE OF CHARGE
Open: 7am - 7pm
