Alice Springs Desert Park

Alice Springs Desert Park is a truly unique Australia's desert flora and fauna experience that continues to captivate and educate local, National and International travellers alike.

There’s much more to deserts than meets the eye and our visitors are astonished by the life and beauty they discover on their journey with us.

Opening in 1997, the park covers 1,300 hectares of land seven kilometres west of the Alice Springs town centre. With a core area of 54 hectares the park presents and interprets the Australian desert environment and, its inhabitants while contributing to the conservation of Australia's desert flora and fauna.

Indigenous cultures intrigue and fascinate people, particularly with regard to the way people of these cultures relate to the natural world. There is a need to develop a connection to the environment, to the land, in a spiritual way. In culture all the elements of the land are infused with spirituality and people are connected to all these elements in a spiritual way.

With the loss of habitat, ecosystems, species and the changing of climate, the Alice Springs Desert Park is positioned to empower and connect people with nature, the natural world and the environment.

Through interpretation, immersive experiences and a holistic philosophy of nature, the promotion of Healthy Parks Healthy People can reinvigorate the senses and the soul.

Alice Springs Desert Park is an inspiring portrayal of Australia's central desert environment that seamlessly blends the plants, birds, animals and people of our arid regions within one, tourism and conservation facility.

Our role in desert research and conservation has grown with the park and we partner in many research and breeding programs.

We are owned by the Northern Territory Government and run by the Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory within the Department of Tourism and Hospitality.

The park maintains Advanced Ecotourism Accreditation.

Alice Springs Desert Park is a dynamic and authentic showcase of the natural, cultural and biological features that make Australia’s deserts so special and we are truly one of a kind.