The Australian outback is home to three underground motels where you can sleep under the earth but the largest, with 48 subterranean rooms, is the White Cliffs Underground Motel in outback NSW.
And until November, 2025, you can descend below the desert sands to you room and save with a special, two-night package available.
Offering one of the quirkiest hotel stays in Australia, the ‘dugout’ motel is in fact the largest underground hotel on the planet, with the property offering a comfortable, year-round temperature of 22 degrees underground as well as a licensed restaurant, café and bar.
Drawing guests from around the world, the famous hotel rests amongst the far horizons, rolling sand dunes, rugged spaces and big skies of outback NSW in the tiny opal mining hamlet of White Cliffs. The tiny, character-filled township is 1025km from Sydney and 781km north-east of Adelaide – far enough away to offer the raw allure of an outback road trip but close enough for easy access, with a sealed road all the way!
With a population of just 150, the desert hamlet flaunts its raw, raffish charm and colourful characters in abundance, with the lunar-like landscape dotted with thousands of opal diggings made by treasure hunters seeking their fortune ever since opals were discovered here in 1884.
The White Cliffs Underground Motel is owned by outback NSW accommodation group, Out of the Ordinary Outback, which is offering a two-night ‘Experience White Cliffs’ package that includes two nights’ underground accommodation, a bar drink on arrival, continental breakfast each day, an underground opal mine tour with a local opal hunter and a tour of White Cliffs with a local expert.
The two-night package is available for A$545 per couple – a saving of A$160 on full pricing. The price for solo travellers is A$455 – a saving of A$90. And for a family of four, the package is priced at $725 – a saving of $300
* The package is available until November 30, 2025, and there is no booking deadline. The offer is subject to availability and conditions apply.
Book through Out of the Ordinary Outback on 1300 679 688 or visit www.undergroundmotel.com.au .
Direct link to package – www.undergroundmotel.com.au/
Out of the Ordinary Outback owns six properties in far west NSW – Broken Hill Outback Resort as well as The Argent Motel and The Tourist Lodge – also in Broken Hill, and the Copper City Motel/Hotel in Cobar, the Ivanhoe Hotel Motel and the White Cliffs Underground Motel.
www.outoftheordinaryoutback.
