Camel TreksAustralia

Karen-Jane and Paul Ellis run Camel Treks Australia from Leigh Creek in South Australia's Flinders Ranges, walking a route from near Copley into the back ranges of Arkaroola on Adnyamathanha Country — land the company says it moves through 'by permission and in friendship,' including tracts 'seldom entered.' Karen-Jane's camel work began more than thirty years ago, at twenty-one, when she bought her first two camels, Aloka and Najara, from cameleer Paddy McHugh; the business traded earlier as Blue Sky Camel Charters before taking its current name. The model reverses the standard camel-riding safari: 'Camels carry the loads. You bushwalk,' with pack camels carrying swags and gear while guests walk beside them over five, seven or nine days in small groups. Camels are trained without nose pegs, chain halters or other control devices, a method the company frames as ethical eco-tourism and states plainly is delivered with 'NO THIRD PARTIES' — an Australian family owned company, not a booking agent for someone else's trek. The business describes itself as Australia's only tourism-awarded camel company, citing Silver and Gold eco-tourism honours and Eco Guide Certification. In 2023 it added the Cameleer Experience, a hands-on program for guests wanting deeper involvement in handling.