Northern Territory

Walking in the Northern Territory provides an opportunity for immersion in quintessential rugged, stark and dramatic Australian landscape. Vistas here are ancient and vast. All is saturated with colour and light.

The National Parks in the Northern Territory are home to many short and long walking tracks. They showcase local desert mountain ranges, vast floodplains, dwarfing rock gorges, starry night skies, dry creek beds, river red gum trees, savannah grasslands, red ochres, abundant waterfalls and rockpools plus a wealth of indigenous rock art.

Some of the best walking regions in the Northern Territory are set out below

West MacDonnell Ranges

This region lies west of Alice Springs and encompasses an ancient landscape sculpted by climatic elements. It is home to dramatic rock gorges, picturesque swimming waterholes and significant Aboriginal cultural sites.