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Discover routes, attractions, and guides in Alice Springs.
8 routes
West MacDonnell Ranges Gorge Walk
Drive west from Alice Springs through the West MacDonnell Ranges National Park — a series of spectacular red gorges, permanent waterholes, and ancient Aboriginal sites in a mountain range older than the Himalayas.
Kings Canyon Rim Walk
Drive 300 km from Alice Springs to Kings Canyon in Watarrka National Park for the rim walk — a 6-km circuit around the top of 270-metre sandstone walls above the Garden of Eden, one of Australia's finest day walks.
Finke Gorge & Palm Valley Walk
Drive 4WD through the ancient Finke Gorge to Palm Valley — an oasis of Livistona palms that have survived in this sheltered gorge since the last ice age, a relic population found nowhere else on Earth.
Alice Springs Town Heritage Walk
Walk the heritage sites of Alice Springs — the original telegraph station, the Ghan railway, and the frontier history of the town that grew as the crossroads of Australia at the geographic centre of the continent.
East MacDonnell Ranges & Trephina Walk
Drive east from Alice Springs through the East MacDonnell Ranges to Trephina Gorge — a broader, more ancient landscape than the western ranges, with ghost gum forests and swimming holes in a deeply remote setting.
Alice Springs Aboriginal Art & Culture Walk
Explore Alice Springs' Aboriginal art scene — the commercial and artistic centre for Western Desert, Aranda, and Central Australian Aboriginal art that has transformed Australian fine arts since the Papunya movement began in 1971.
Uluru Sunrise & Cultural Walk
Drive 450 km from Alice Springs to Uluru (Ayers Rock) — the sacred sandstone monolith of the Anangu people — for the sunrise colour change and a walk around the base of Australia's most iconic landmark.
Larapinta Trail Section Walk
Walk a section of the Larapinta Trail — one of Australia's great long-distance walks, 223 km through the West MacDonnell Ranges — for a day hike on one of the most beautiful desert mountain tracks in the world.