Alice Springs Expert Travel Guides

See what the experts are saying about Alice Springs. Get expert advice on how to get there what to see and more.

Introduction

by Frommers Travel Guides

462km (286 miles) NE of Uluru (Ayers Rock); 1,491km (924 miles) S of Darwin; 1,544km (957 miles) N of Adelaide; 2,954km (1,831 miles) NW of Sydney "The Alice," as Australians fondly dub it, is the unofficial capital of Outback Australia. I... Continue reading »
Planning a trip

by Frommers Travel Guides

Getting There By Plane -- Qantas (tel. 13 13 13 in Australia) flies direct from Sydney, Adelaide, Darwin, Cairns, Broome, and Uluru (Ayers Rock). Flights from most other cities connect via Sydney or Adelaide. Virgin Blue (tel. 13 67 80 in... Continue reading »

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Wow - most gorgeous hike of the trip!

May 10: Uluru to Kings Canyon (Mileage: 8947 km)After our hike around The Olgas, we drove on up to King's Canyon in the evening. Fi... Continue reading »

by Real Traveler ScottA
The Rock

Already missing one flight to Ayres Rock and almost missing a second I wondered whether it was meant to be, whether this was the path I s... Continue reading »

by Real Traveler Soph
The Red Center

So the Ghan was fun. I met a girl on the train I had met in my hostel in Darwin, but really I watched the movie they put on (Finding Ne... Continue reading »

by Real Traveler Eliza
Road Kill-kangaroo, buffalo, crocodile, camel

so...we had to get up at 4:45 a.m. I didn't even know that hour of the day existed. Ugh...especially after the wild night we had last nig... Continue reading »

by Real Traveler Adventure on
Red Center

We just finished a four day driving tour of the area. We drove 4.5 hours to see Ayers Rock which is a big rock in the middle of now... Continue reading »

by Real Traveler Miss JJ