Alice Springs Desert Park

A must see for every visitor to the Alice. The Alice Springs Desert Park, a multi-award winning park, is the first of its kind in the world and showcases the plants, animals and landscapes of Australia's deserts and their traditional use by Aboriginal people.

After experiencing the Desert Park, visitors see and feel the wonders of Central Australia in new ways. Visitors leave the park no longer thinking of the deserts as empty barren wastelands but understanding that they are rich diverse environments, rich with life and full of thousands of stories waiting to be explored.

The stories of the plants and animals of the desert are shared through interpretative displays and daily guide presentations. These displays and presentations also explain the Aboriginal use of plants and animals and the management of the desert by Aboriginal people.

Take an easy walking trail through three desert habitats and discover Desert Rivers, Sand Country and Woodland, witness a free-flying bird presentation, see rare and endangered animals in the spectacular nocturnal house and take a cinematic journey through 4.5 billion years of desert creation.

The Alice Springs Desert Park is a 10-minute drive from the centre of Alice Springs.