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Alice Springs Highlights: Discover Outback Culture and Ancient Dreamtime Lore
4.6
116 Ratings
Alice Springs
Immerse yourself in the rich outback culture and ancient Dreamtime lore of Alice Springs. Explore the School of the Air, the Royal Flying Doctor Service, and enjoy breathtaking views of the West MacDonnell ranges from Anzac Hill.
Immerse yourself in the rich outback culture and ancient Dreamtime lore of Alice Springs. Explore the School of the Air, the Royal Flying Doctor Service, and enjoy breathtaking views of the West MacDonnell ranges from Anzac Hill.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Alice Springs School of the Air Experience - Hear from your Driver Guide how Alice Springs began as a radio repeater station along the Overland Telegraph Line
• Call into the School of the Air, which provides education to primary school aged children living on remote properties in the Northern Territory - **Alice Springs Telegraph Station…
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Alice Springs School of the Air Experience - Hear from your Driver Guide how Alice Springs began as a radio repeater station along the Overland Telegraph Line
• Call into the School of the Air, which provides education to primary school aged children living on remote properties in the Northern Territory - Alice Springs Telegraph Station Historical Reserve - Explore the Telegraph Station, site of the first European settlement in Alice Springs, and learn how it relayed messages between Darwin and Adelaide for 60 years
- Royal Flying Doctor Service Museum - Visit the headquarters of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, which delivers medical services to those who live and work in remote rural Australia.
- Alice Springs Reptile Centre - At the Alice Springs Reptile Centre, encounter goannas, frill-neck lizards, and meet Terry the saltwater crocodile!
- Anzac Hill - • Top off your afternoon with a panoramic view over Alice and the surrounding West MacDonnell Ranges, from the top of Anzac Hill
What's Included
- Entry at Alice Springs Reptile Centre, home to the largest reptile display in Central Australia
- Experienced Driver Guide
- Hotel pickup and drop off
- Entry to School of the Air, the world’s largest classroom (Mon-Fri only)
- Entry to the Telegraph Station, site of the first European settlement in Alice Springs
- Travel in an air-conditioned coach
- Comprehensive commentary
- Entry at Alice Springs Reptile Centre, home to the largest reptile display in Central Australia
- Experienced Driver Guide
- Hotel pickup and drop off
- Entry to School of the Air, the world’s largest classroom (Mon-Fri only)
- Entry to the Telegraph Station, site of the first European settlement in Alice Springs
- Travel in an air-conditioned coach
- Comprehensive commentary
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Food and drinks
Additional Information
Discover the transformation of Alice Springs into the heart of the Australian outback. Explore historical landmarks and key services provided from Alice to the surrounding region. The Arrernte people, the traditional custodians, call Alice ‘Mpwante’. Don’t miss the Alice Springs Reptile Centre, which boasts the largest reptile exhibit in Central…
Discover the transformation of Alice Springs into the heart of the Australian outback. Explore historical landmarks and key services provided from Alice to the surrounding region. The Arrernte people, the traditional custodians, call Alice ‘Mpwante’. Don’t miss the Alice Springs Reptile Centre, which boasts the largest reptile exhibit in Central Australia and promises plenty of fun, especially during the show.
- Please note: School of the Air is only open Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays)
- What to Bring: Flynet in summer months (optional), warm layers in cooler months, enclosed walking shoes
Location
Alice Springs School of the Air Experience
Alice Springs School of Air 80 Head St
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(116 Ratings)
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Andrew_p
Aug 18, 2024
Interesting & Well organised - but too brief - tour around the places that made & still make Alice Springs special - Spent the morning at Desert Park (option) and then an enjoyable afternoon with guide Martin. So well organised and interesting content at all our stops, but barely enough time to take it all in even with only a small group. Reptile Park talk was a real treat - debunking much of our knowledge about saltwater crocs and venomous snakes.
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Ruth_g
Aug 5, 2024
Informative and wonderful - School of the air tour was fantastic.
Our Tour guide was great and the locations we visited were beautiful.
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Sandra_h
Mar 21, 2024
Excellent insight to Alice Springs - The driver/tour guide Phil, was excellent, lots of interesting information and very considerate. The locations on the tour were varied and fascinating. We particularly enjoyed the AS school of the air and Rex was very amusing and informative at the Reptile Centre.
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Jim_c
Nov 25, 2023
Recommended for anybody visiting Alice Springs. - Every part of the trip was extremely interesting, from the visit to the war memorial to the telegraph station, outback education system, Royal Flying Doctor Service and the very important points from the Reptile Centre on snakes..
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Solartations
Oct 17, 2023
Insightful and varied. - Excellent commentary and agenda. David was a wonderful,engaging and inclusive. guide. His wealth of local knowledge provided insight on all aspects of amazing Alice Springs. Highly recommend.
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Christiane_w
Aug 23, 2023
Day trip to Uluru - A well organized day trip. Excellent and courteous driver, Miguel, got us there and back safely.
Our guide, Yad, was friendly and knowledgeable.
There was plenty of food at the desert dinner and the Prosecco was a nice touch.
To pack so much into a day trip of 18 hours did require sticking to set times, some of which are really too short, so there was always an element of feeling rushed. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed the trip and would recommend it.
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David
Aug 13, 2023
Interesting tour - My wife and I undertook this fantastic and worthwhile tour to different highlight venues in Alice Springs. We were so fortunate to have Barry, our Coach Driver and very knowledgeable tour guide. The first stop was ANZAC lookout which not only gave a great outlook of Alice Springs but more importantly the prior and current countries in which our brave service personnel served/and are currently serving.
We were then taken to the studio of School of the Air. For those who aren’t aware, this educational facility offers distant education to remote communities and properties which is a must for our young upcoming children.
The next stop was at the historical Overland Telegraph Line which many years ago joined Australia to the global telegraph network. This is a historical and worthwhile visit.
The Royal Flying Doctors Service (RFDS). An amazing medical service for a vast and remote country such as Australia. It goes without saying that for not only emergency situations, this service offers general medical professionals to many remote communities being attended to by air.
We next visited the Reptile Park. It was an interesting insight into the reptiles. Our guide was very animated and informative, recommend this also,
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Agnews
Oct 2, 2024
Well planned itinerary - A great 4 1/2 hr tour. Its expensive to get to the locations on the itinerary by taxi. So coupled with excellent commentary and an hour at each venue this tour was good value for money.
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Smejritchie
Mar 13, 2024
Capture the spirit of Alice Springs - A really lovely snapshot of Alice Springs, informative, quirky and diverse. Peter did a great job as tour leader, cheerful, chatty and full of information. It was very hot, the bus was cool and there was plenty of cold filtered water. Lots of flies at the Old Telegraph Station.
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Thaer_n
Feb 14, 2024
Great tour. - Macca was a top tour guide. Looked after us very well. Only dropped one star as the coach air conditioning broke down. Not ideal in 39C heat.
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