What You Should Visit In The Australian Outback

The easiest way to see the top tourist attractions in the Australian Outback is to drive thorough the Stuart Highway, the 3000 km road that dissects Australia from Adelaide in the south to Darwin in the north. Halfway between Adelaide and Darwin, there is Alice Springs: the Outback capital.

If you have little time but want to see the Australian Outback, then you should start in Alice Springs: there are many famous tourist attractions in the area of this city. Alice Springs Desert Park is a must see, and if you want something more from your Outback trip than an Uluru sunset and a souvenir T-shirt, then you should make time to visit the Desert Park also.

Undoubtedly the greatest tourist attraction on the Australian continent is Uluru (Ayers Rock), and Alice Springs sees so many tourists because Uluru is relatively close to it. However, many tourists fail to make a correct estimate about the distances in the Australian Outback: ‘close’ means Uluru is 450 km away from Alice Springs.

Those who make the trip from Alice Springs to Uluru should visit the Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park. Kata Tjuta is really close to Uluru: one must drive only 50 km. The third important tourist attraction is Wattarka – Kings Canyon. This is a national park little bit further away, at 300 km from Uluru.

There are a lot more to see in the area besides the top three tourist attractions. West MacDonnell Ranges and the East MacDonnell Ranges are also beautiful, and those who decide to explore thoroughly the area should not miss Palm Valley, Hermannsburg and Chambers Pillar.

If you are driving from Alice Springs to Darwin, you must prepare for a really long journey. Some people find the drive itself attractive. The great horizon, open space and ever changing landscape can be interesting. However, a lot of people complain because the drive can be also monotonous, with not much tourist attractions on the way.

One beautiful place on the way to Darwin is Devils Marbles, 393 km north of Alice Springs. 600 km from Devils Marbles there is Mataranka, and from here it is only 105 km to Katherine George, one of the greatest places in Australia. Darwin itself is a tourist attraction, and there are several national parks in the north of Australia: Kakadu National Park and Litchfield National Park are the favorite.

Those who choose to drive south from Alice Springs to Adelaide, will reach an opal mining town called Coober Pedy. This town is very different from other Australian tourist attractions: some people love it, others hate it.

Then there is the Outback of the Australian Outback: the remote north-west territory. The Kimberley region is for those who seek adventure: this is the world of 4×4 wheel drive jeeps, with Broome and Kununura on the Great Northern Highway, the infamous Gibb River Road, waterfalls, rock pools, secret fishing spots, national parks and one of the world’s top 5 beaches.

Isabella Olsen is a travel writer who has toured major destinations worldwide, including many European countries by car. To book a car rental Norway, or learn more about car rental worldwide, visit www.zencarhire.com