Adelaide to Alice Springs road trip: Distance, hours & best stops
Adelaide to Alice Springs road trip: Stops in the Northern Territory
Once over the Northern Territory border, the Stuart Highway roadhouses throw up a few quirks. Check out the giant map at Kulgera, the emus at the Erldunda Roadhouse and Australian camel rides at Stuarts Well.
Once at Alice Springs, the next leg of the journey is likely to be the detour to Uluru or continuing north to Katherine.
Of course, you could just take an Adelaide to Alice Springs flight instead, landing happily at Alice Springs Airport. But that would be boring, wouldn’t it?
Best Alice Springs accommodation choices
These are the best Alice Springs accommodation picks:
- For a solid, relatively affordable motel: Elkira Court Motel.
- For villas, gardens and a lagoon-style pool: Desert Palms.
- For backpackers: Alice’s Secret Travellers Inn.
- For a kid-friendly holiday park: Discovery Parks Alice Springs.
- For business-friendly serviced apartments: Quest Alice Springs.
Pick your perfect Adelaide day trips
- Barossa Valley tours: 1. Wine-tasting with lunch 🍷. 2. Food and wine tour. 3. Small group wine tour with exclusive VIP tastings.
- Kangaroo Island in a day – including sea lions 🦭, koalas 🐨and national parks.
- Adelaide Hills tours: 1. Sights plus Murray River lunch cruise combo. 2. Small group cheese, chocolate & wine tour with Hahndorf German village.
- McLaren Vale tours: 1. Small group wine tour with lunch. 2. Hop-on hop-off wineries tour 🍷. 3. Food and wine indulgence tour, including the gloriously weird d’Arenberg Cube.
- Victor Harbor and southern highlights tour – including the Granite Island horse-drawn tram.