Alice Springs and surrounds, Northern Territory — travel guide

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Alice Springs and surrounds

Everything on this map is a day trip or a short hop from Alice Springs — the way Tourism Australia itself organises the country, around a gateway city and the destinations it opens up.

Day trips & destinations from here

The iconic destinations Tourism Australia groups under “Alice Springs and surrounds”.

Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa Northern Territory A 348 m monolith on Aṉangu Country, handed back to its Traditional Owners in 1985 — and the spiritual heart of Australia.
Kings Canyon (Watarrka) Northern Territory 300 m sandstone walls and the Rim Walk down into the Garden of Eden.
The Red Centre Northern Territory The West MacDonnell Ranges, the Larapinta Trail and desert nights with no light pollution at all.

Other gateways in Northern Territory

Coming soon Darwin and surrounds Northern Territory The Top End's tropical capital — Mindil Beach sunset markets, and Kakadu and Litchfield within a day.

Before you go

Entry rules, safety and health for Australia: the UK government's FCDO travel advice for Australia (the definitive source), summarised with visas, currency and plugs on our Australia guide.

Full guide for Alice Springs is being written. The map and destination list above are live — see the Northern Territory guide for the wider picture.

Photography

Images on this page are sourced from Wikimedia Commons under free licences (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA) and are photographs of the places named. Author, licence and source for each:

Alice Springs — Bahnfrend / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) · source
Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa — Emily Cox / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) · source
Kings Canyon (Watarrka) — Toby Hudson / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) · source
The Red Centre — Murray Foubister / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) · source
Darwin — Ken Hodge / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) · source