Best Of Alice - Full-Day Tour

View spectacular outback scenery and take photos as we travel along through magnificent Outback Country, stopping at the many historic locations. As we depart town we will stop at the historical Flynn’s Grave Memorial.

Enjoy beautiful walks at both Simpsons Gap and Standley Chasm. In the afternoon, tour the sights of 'The Alice' including The School of the Air, the historic Telegraph Station, and the Royal Flying Doctors Service, as well as the Alice Springs Reptile Centre. The tour concludes with a panoramic view of Alice Springs and the MacDonnell Ranges from Anzac Hill.

Depart Alice Springs and stop at Flynn’s Grave Memorial, resting place of Reverend Flynn, founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Travel to Simpsons Gap, featuring towering cliffs and a permanent waterhole. The site is significant to the Arrernte people as the home of giant goanna ancestors. Visit Standley Chasm Angkerle Atwatye, an important site sacred to women's dreaming in Aboriginal culture. Take a 1.2km walk to access the dramatic 80-metre-tall rock-face and on the way, note the unusual features of the natural landscape; the unique microclimate in this valley has created distinctive features, such as ancient Cycads, and a myriad of rock types and pebbles that are thousands of years old, washed down from miles upstream. Afterwards, enjoy morning tea at a local café before returning to Alice Springs for free time for lunch before setting off again to explore the town.

This afternoon, tour the sights of the Alice, including the School of the Air, which provides education to primary school children living on remote properties in the Northern Territory. You may have the opportunity to listen to and observe lessons in progress on air if you are there during the school term. Stop at the historic Telegraph Station, which marks the original site of the first European settlement in Alice Springs. Visit the Royal Flying Doctor Service, where you will learn how medical aid reaches those who live in the remote Outback. You’ll also visit the Alice Springs Reptile Centre, where you can see up close the lizards and snakes of Central Australia's semi-arid desert.

The tour concludes with panoramic views of the township of Alice Springs and the MacDonnell Ranges from the top of Anzac Hill.