Backpacker Carolina Wilga has arrived home in Germany following her 12-day ordeal lost in the WA outback. Caught on camera: ...

Rescued backpacker Carolina Wilga has bid farewell to Perth, with German media confirming she arrived back in the country at ...

German backpacker Carolina Wilga - whose disappearance sparked an enormous search-and-rescue operation in Western Australia - has returned home after her outback ordeal.

Carolina Wilga has flown back home to Germany in business class, spotted being pushed in a wheelchair to a hospital.

She spent 12 days drinking from puddles, sleeping in caves, and fending off biting insects and freezing nights.