Fuel stops between Port Augusta and Alice Springs
Where to stay on a Port Augusta to Alice Springs road trip?
The easily accessible Lake Hart salt lake comes soon after, on the Pimba to Glendambo drive.
Coober Pedy is easily the best place to spend the night on the Port Augusta to Alice Springs road trip. There’s plenty to do in this weird opal-mining town, including tours of cave houses and trips into the underground mines.
Best Coober Pedy accommodation choices
The most interesting places to stay in Coober Pedy are:
- For gloriously weird underground rooms in a former opal mine: Comfort Inn Coober Pedy Experience.
- For (usually) the cheapest rates: The Underground Motel.
- For pool, playground and apartments: Big4 Stuart Range Outback Resort.
- For above ground rooms made from rammed earth, with merciful air-conditioning: Mud Hut Motel.
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The Erldunda Roadhouse is also significant, as it’s where the Lasseter Highway branches off the Stuart Highway towards Uluru.
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.
Things to do in Alice Springs include the Museum of Central Australia, the Royal Flying Doctor Service Base and the Alice Springs Desert Park.
If you do just one thing in Alice Springs…
Make it a West MacDonnell Ranges day tour. It’ll show off many of the Red Centre’s most dramatic gorges, photogenic swimming holes, rugged landscapes and weird rock formations. (FIND OUT MORE).
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There are several Alice Springs tour options, too. Try a camel tour, a West MacDonnell Ranges day trip and a hot air balloon flight.
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