West MacDonnell National Park
Address | Alice Springs NT, Australia |
Phone | +61 8 8956 7799 |
Website | nt.gov.au/parks/find-a-park/tjoritja-west-macdonnell-national-park |
Categories | National Park |
Rating | 4.8 38 reviews |
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West MacDonnell National Park reviews
38This year is awesome because of all the rain they've had, full rivers and gorges to swim in lots of greenery, so beautiful compared with 3 years ago when it was in drought
Amazing views and great hikes along the Larapinta trail. Be sure to plan your trip and carry enough water on hikes as very limited shade available and depending on time of year weather is extremely hot and dry.
Amazing views along the way and some great watering holes for a swim.
Didn't really know what to expect at this national park but was really pleased with what we saw. The gorges were amazing. The walk to the lookout over Ormiston Gorge was a highlight, as was Simpson's Gap. Lots of walkers about doing the Larapinta trail, which was good to see - would be a great walk to do. We spent 5 days in the National Park and enjoyed every minute.
Just as an aside, I thought the camping was pricey for National Parks, they seem to have increased it but for no good reason - the facilities are the same as elsewhere for less money. We ended up staying at the free bush camps, which were better as they were less busy.
Loved the Larapinta Track. Highly recommended, we had people who were 77 years old on our trip. So if u r healthy and love walking.you can do it.
Much better than the famous touristical spots. Very surprising!
Great camp sites, walks and amazing landscape. And yes: not a holy water.you can swim!
Certainly worth to include a day in the park from Alice Springs. Beautiful stops and beautiful landscape when travelling through.
What a beautiful nature spot! I say that it is a "must visit" place in Australia. There is camping facility available and the beauty is that you can do night walks to cover the entire place. Please wear fly nets, otherwise it would be difficult to walk all the kilo meters. The drive from Alice Springs to MacDonnell takes 90 minutes, the entire drive is very scenic, beautiful and you get to see the serpentine mountains on the way, which are so unusual and a delight to witness. Don't miss this place!
Red bank needs a 20 minutes walk on the rocky and sandy riverbank to the gorge. View is stunning and take your floaty!
This place is another wonder world, beautiful in every way, we were in awe of the many different shapes and sizes of this unique range.
Amazing landscape and scenery. Park facilities are adequate given the remoteness of the locations
Simpson's gap was well worth the trip back out as I ran out of time yesterday. Short easy walk, happened to see rock wallabies and a ton of finches. The gap is stunning! There is bike trail nearby that is 17km which would be cool to do also. There are other trail walks to do also.
Great place to visit if staying in Alice Springs. There are a number of short walks that vary in difficult. Doesn't compare to Kings Canyon, but still well worth the visit.
Some Fantastic sights to see. We enjoyed the West Mac's more than Uluru. Next time we will spend more time here. Plenty of camping available. The Mereenie loop road is badly corrugated towards king's canyon. The actual loop is all bitumen now, which is great. We will definitely be back to visit again, skipping Uluru next time for this place.
One of my favourite places in Australia. Take a tour or rent a car to visit all of the amazing gorges and waterholes.
One of the best spot in Alice! Take a full day and drive around the park: water holes, hiking, desert and fun!
Amazing National Park. Full of great adventures. The Larapinta Trail is a must. Try one section or all 12.each unique in it’s own way. Very special.
Just extraordinary! It takes at least two days, regardless of how much you rush through. So, be prepared to spend the time. Have the supplies to support your time. Walk to Redbank Gorge was the hardest but well worth the efforts. They should have classified this walk as Hard instead of moderate. So watch out if you have knee problems. Rest of them are easy.
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The short 1.2 km walk is so worth it. Cafe n souvenir shop to revive yourself.
Note: Charge for walking gorge.
Beautiful national park. Variety ohh different environments. Beautiful swimming holes and Bush walks