Road trips | Self-drive touring routes | Northern Territory, Australia

All roads lead to the Northern Territory – a place to reconnect while exploring Australia’s natural wonders.

Journey to a part of the country where blue skies and breathtaking landscapes make driving a dream.

Follow the red desert sands around Uluru, venture to the tropical terrain of Kakadu National Park or sit in front of the sparkling waters surrounding Darwin. Experience ancient culture first-hand, take your pick of adventure activities and watch the days roll from burning sunsets into clear starry nights.

If you’re seeking a different road trip holiday, the NT is the place for you.

Inspiration for your trip

Red Centre Way in 6 days <span>See Uluru, Kata Tjuta & Kings Canyon</span>

Red Centre Way in 6 days See Uluru, Kata Tjuta & Kings Canyon

Take an epic road trip on the Red Centre Way (Alice Springs - Uluru - Kings Canyon) and experience the heart of Australia. Bring your sense of adventure (and your swimsuit!) to Alice Springs, as you explore the Red Centre’s iconic sites.

Nature’s Way in 7 days <span>Kakadu, Nitmiluk & Litchfield national parks</span>

Nature’s Way in 7 days Kakadu, Nitmiluk & Litchfield national parks

Take an epic road trip from Darwin along Nature’s Way. Discover the national park trifecta of Kakadu, Litchfield and Nitmiluk to see the best of nature in the Top End.

The road tripper’s guide to where to stay in the NT

Just like the diversity of its natural icons, activities and characters, there’s plenty of accommodation options across the Northern Territory.

Your guide to the best drive experiences in the NT

Territorians have one of the best backyards in the world. Stretching between Australia’s Red Centre heart to the azure Timor Sea in the Top End, you’ll find world-class wonders, breathtaking natural landscapes and Aboriginal cultural experiences like nowhere else.

Drive the NT: Alice Springs to Darwin

There’s nothing more appealing than an open road trip, especially one that stretches almost 1,500km from Australia’s spiritual and physical heart, Alice Springs and the Red Centre, to tropical Darwin.

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AU$20 – $58

AU$680 – $1,200

AU$105

Redspot Car Rentals - Alice Springs Airport

The Original Adelaide River Queen Jumping Crocodile Cruises

AU$399 – $2,400

Uluru Scenic Helicopter Tours – Professional Helicopter Services

AU$205 – $450

AU$1,495

Kings Canyon Scenic Helicopter Tours – Professional Helicopter Services

AU$130 – $425

AU$99 – $159

AU$40 – $150

AU$500 – $1,500

AU$34 – $220

Yeperenye / Emily and Jessie Gaps Nature Park

AU$209

AU$105 – $129

AU$105 – $129

AU$270 – $320

WWII RAAF Explosive Storage Area, Darwin

WWII Quarantine Anti Aircraft Battery Site

WWII Pell Airstrip Camp A 4RSU Workshop, Adelaide River

WWII Noonamah Railway Siding and Stores Depot

WWII Noonamah Cricket Pitch and Oval, near Strauss Airfield

WWII Navy Oil Storage Tunnels 5 & 6, Darwin

WWII K5 Anti Aircraft Gun Battery Site, Coomalie Creek

Wurrumiyanga Catholic Church Precinct, Bathurst Island

AU$220

World War II Manbulloo Airfield Operations Centre and Abattoir

Women’s Museum of Australia and Old Gaol Alice Springs (National Pioneer Women’s Hall of Fame)

AU$205 – $310

AU$45 – $195

AU$3,695 – $7,495

AU$36

AU$350 – $1,650

AU$60 – $195

AU$400 – $1,000

AU$45 – $210

AU$2,677 – $3,297

AU$85 – $220

AU$25 – $40

Wangi Falls to Walker Creek – Tabletop Track

AU$255

AU$300 – $490

AU$59 – $69

AU$250 – $275

AU$110 – $250

5 Day Kakadu, Arnhem Land and Cobourg Peninsula

AU$4,190

AU$3,690

AU$2,500 – $4,190

AU$195 – $750

AU$1,795 – $1,995

AU$48

Under A Desert Moon – Discovery Resorts – Kings Canyon

AU$250

AU$189 – $259

AU$199

AU$92 – $148

AU$19 – $49

AU$109 – $129

AU$2,995 – $3,995

AU$1,995 – $6,495

AU$1,495 – $6,495

AU$155

AU$30

AU$495 – $2,280

AU$307 – $355

AU$140 – $6,836

AU$100 – $200

Tobermorey Station Roadhouse & Caravan Park

AU$30 – $220

Tnorala (Gosse Bluff) Conservation Reserve

AU$2,400 – $10,000

AU$90 – $180

AU$160 – $240

AU$34

AU$48 – $95

AU$250 – $500

The Ngurrungurrudjba (Yellow Water) Campground & Caravan Park

AU$29 – $129

The Lost City – Litchfield National Park

AU$330 – $360

AU$220 – $350

AU$80 – $300

AU$18 – $46

The Darwin History and Wartime Experience

AU$25 – $125

AU$95 – $320

AU$36

AU$160 – $175

AU$170 – $2,495

Tennant Creek Telegraph Station Historical Reserve

AU$35 – $195

AU$599 – $650

AU$599 – $650

Talinguṟu Nyakunytjaku Sunset Viewing Area

AU$450

AU$48

AU$24

Sunrise Viewing Area Talinguṟu Nyakunytjaku

AU$125

AU$30 – $42

Stockmans Pioneer Memorial Katherine Icon

AU$149 – $300

Standley Chasm – Angkerle Atwayte Camping

AU$25 – $65

AU$450 – $3,000

AU$650 – $7,897

AU$340

AU$50 – $175

AU$290

AU$1,100 – $2,900

AU$149 – $1,960

AU$24

AU$2,235 – $2,825

AU$20 – $25

SEIT Patji - A True Aboriginal Experience

AU$365

AU$169

AU$219

AU$219

AU$219

AU$99 – $404

AU$450 – $500

AU$399 – $479

AU$399 – $479

AU$55 – $369

AU$250 – $270

AU$14 – $28

AU$475 – $1,100

AU$169

AU$195 – $260

AU$185 – $3,900

AU$2,500 – $7,015

AU$149 – $899

AU$99 – $350

Royal Flying Doctor Service Darwin Tourist Facility

Royal Flying Doctor Service Alice Springs Tourist Facility & Museum

AU$22 – $189

AU$140 – $160

AU$35 – $175

AU$475 – $495

AU$155 – $500

AU$945 – $2,500

AU$250 – $495

AU$150 – $195

AU$190

AU$190

AU$160 – $350

AU$140 – $450

AU$180 – $750

AU$185 – $525

AU$30 – $119

AU$255 – $355

AU$95 – $195

Pine Creek Post Office and Repeater Station

AU$24

Park Trek Walking Holidays Northern Territory

AU$4,350 – $6,195

AU$15

AU$13 – $160

AU$225 – $690

AU$68

AU$850 – $10,890

AU$38 – $350

AU$25 – $179

AU$365 – $440

AU$250 – $450

AU$525 – $2,970

AU$320 – $1,250

AU$250 – $2,400

OBJ Adventures: Nhulunbuy Fishing Charters

AU$290 – $460

AU$179 – $490

AU$13

AU$3,000

AU$1,440 – $5,700

AU$280 – $375

NT Driver Guide - Escorted Tours and Transfers

AU$270 – $320

NT Bird Specialists, Birdwatching & Photography Safaris

AU$349 – $8,449

AU$134 – $499

AU$99 – $349

AU$6,295 – $6,995

AU$496

AU$496 – $1,996

AU$175 – $753

AU$210 – $1,500

AU$45 – $240

AU$159 – $1,228

AU$16 – $99

AU$202 – $399

AU$249 – $259

AU$189 – $219

AU$119 – $129

AU$119 – $259

AU$130 – $1,800

AU$415 – $2,465

AU$30

National Road Transport Museum and Wall of Fame

Napwerte / Ewaninga Rock Carvings Conservation Reserve

NABP 13 Passenger Carriage (Pine Creek Railway Precinct)

Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

AU$150 – $2,000

AU$15 – $150

AU$26 – $200

AU$36

AU$185 – $1,030

AU$36

Metro Advance Apartments and Hotel Darwin

AU$99 – $599

AU$185 – $685

AU$119 – $255

AU$159 – $499

Memorial to Railway Workers Adelaide River

AU$100 – $150

AU$80 – $90

AU$7 – $15

AU$149 – $589

AU$159 – $739

AU$36

AU$35 – $250

AU$24

AU$160 – $220

AU$150 – $1,000

Mac Clark (Acacia peuce) Conservation Reserve

AU$125 – $385

AU$4,200 – $8,200

AU$22 – $700

AU$20 – $570

AU$140 – $2,000

Litchfield National Park – Notraces Bushwalking Australia

AU$390 – $1,900

Light-Towers at Discovery Resorts – Kings Canyon

AU$85

AU$3,099 – $5,499

AU$48

AU$2,456 – $2,677

AU$35 – $120

AU$25 – $200

AU$15 – $159

Larapinta Trail by Australian Walking Holidays

AU$36

AU$36

AU$10 – $210

AU$350 – $2,090

AU$65 – $300

AU$250 – $350

AU$26 – $920

Katherine Railway Heritage Station Precinct

Katherine Outback Experience – Outback Show

AU$176 – $295

AU$30 – $40

Karrke Aboriginal Cultural Experience Tour

AU$99 – $246

Karrke Aboriginal Cultural Experience and Tours

AU$99 – $246

AU$280 – $3,499

AU$299

AU$250 – $2,000

Journey Through Time Burrungkuy (Nourlangie) Rock Art Tour

AU$750 – $1,750

AU$750 – $4,200

AU$159 – $999

AU$165 – $250

Jilamara Arts and Crafts Association, Wurrungura archive and Muluwurri Museum

AU$60

AU$30 – $42

AU$9 – $11

AU$1,480 – $6,185

AU$4,699 – $13,970

Inspiration Outdoors Tours – Northern Territory

AU$2,989 – $4,000

AU$129 – $249

AU$140 – $180

AU$850 – $1,200

AU$163 – $620

AU$213 – $535

AU$48

AU$30

AU$48

AU$109 – $679

AU$119 – $499

AU$420 – $490

AU$36

AU$115 – $589

AU$1,090 – $1,630

AU$345 – $465

AU$345 – $1,310

AU$109 – $1,100

AU$110 – $180

AU$54 – $84

AU$84

AU$54 – $180

AU$400 – $7,948

AU$290 – $580

AU$26 – $31

AU$205 – $220

AU$50 – $450

AU$66

AU$160 – $195

AU$600 – $900

Godinymayin Yijard Rivers Arts and Culture Centre

AU$36 – $40

AU$15 – $155

AU$960 – $2,400

AU$25 – $35

AU$38 – $145

AU$30

AU$105 – $320

AU$350 – $2,500

Former Southport Police Station and Telegraph Station site

Former Alice Springs Telegraph Repeater Station and Post Office.

AU$1,450 – $2,900

Finniss River Helicopters / Heli Tours Darwin

AU$200 – $9,810

AU$49 – $355

Fergusson River Railway Bridge and Boiler

AU$400 – $20,000

AU$1,950 – $3,750

AU$285 – $3,750

AU$400 – $435

AU$15 – $269

AU$270 – $370

Enterprise Rent-A-Car – Alice Springs Airport

AU$500 – $750

AU$85 – $5,598

AU$110 – $195

AU$19

AU$18 – $46

AU$290 – $1,200

AU$25 – $110

AU$430 – $605

AU$42 – $800

AU$900 – $5,000

Down Under Discoveries - Northern Territory

AU$75 – $1,195

AU$25 – $220

AU$475 – $5,700

AU$2,380 – $2,920

AU$399

AU$37 – $565

AU$39 – $350

AU$50 – $180

AU$40 – $195

AU$30 – $250

AU$39 – $350

AU$89 – $249

AU$3,500

Diamantina Touring Company Northern Territory Departures

AU$4,800 – $9,800

Dhipirri Barra and Sportfishing Lodge Arnhemland

AU$17 – $190

AU$69 – $999

AU$180 – $320

AU$420 – $600

AU$250

AU$75 – $185

AU$2,000 – $2,100

AU$3,000 – $3,150

AU$3,000 – $3,150

AU$36

AU$95 – $300

AU$250 – $395

Darwin Military Museum & Defence of Darwin Experience

AU$185 – $2,600

AU$130 – $170

AU$249 – $2,629

Darwin Golf Club – The Top End’s Premier Golf Course

AU$39 – $365

AU$140 – $475

AU$150

AU$100 – $450

AU$2

AU$190

AU$10 – $160

AU$30 – $225

AU$5 – $390

AU$54

AU$54

AU$329

AU$159 – $700

Crustaceans Steak and Seafood Restaurant

AU$150 – $450

AU$69 – $295

Croc Spot Tours – Jumping Crocodile Encounters

AU$60 – $138

AU$250 – $350

AU$100 – $409

AU$395 – $740

AU$10,700 – $28,900

AU$129 – $1,699

AU$200 – $300

AU$5,970

AU$2,690 – $7,190

AU$3 – $15

AU$5 – $18

AU$85 – $320

AU$150 – $380

AU$417 – $799

AU$145 – $165

Casey Australia Tours - Northern Territory

AU$3,290 – $3,350

AU$48

AU$499 – $540

AU$93 – $400

AU$99 – $10,000

AU$42

AU$30

AU$38

AU$1,350

AU$24

Budget Car and Truck Rental Alice Springs

AU$1,100 – $11,000

Brocks Creek Township Railway Siding and Military Detention Barracks

AU$27 – $211

Boomerang Art – Aboriginal Fine Art Gallery

AU$385

AU$53 – $200

AU$199 – $400

AU$42 – $320

AU$45 – $416

AU$41 – $345

AU$48

AU$18 – $24

AU$42 – $113

AU$36

AU$60

AU$160 – $250

AU$150 – $350

Battery Hill Gold Mining & Heritage Centre

Batchelor Airfield and Anti-Aircraft Battery

Barrow Creek Telegraph Station Historical Reserve

AU$517 – $3,102

AU$450 – $850

AU$48

AU$18 – $260

AU$18 – $150

AU$15 – $175

AU$30 – $150

AU$129 – $149

AU$880 – $1,080

AU$2,425 – $6,160

AU$100

AU$43 – $185

Ayal Aboriginal Tours Kakadu - rock art, nature, history and culture

AU$140 – $2,795

AU$2,595 – $4,735

AU$360 – $2,699

AU$3,995 – $5,395

AU$90 – $110

AU$3,390 – $4,990

AU$180 – $390

Aurora Kakadu Lodge Camping and Caravan Park

AU$26 – $405

Attack Creek Historical Reserve Memorial

AU$15 – $250

AU$75 – $4,000

AU$302

Arnhemlander Cultural & Heritage 4wd Day Tours

AU$302

Arnhemland Barramundi Nature Lodge Tours

AU$2,480 – $10,050

AU$2,945 – $11,835

AU$20 – $50

AU$80 – $750

AU$150 – $1,800

Aquascene Fish Feeding Sanctuary and Cafe

Apollo Motorhome Holidays – Alice Springs

AU$62 – $310

AU$40 – $200

Alice Springs Telegraph Station Historical Reserve

Alice Springs School of the Air Visitor Centre

AU$285 – $3,950

AU$1,400 – $2,600

Alice Springs Desert Park – Nocturnal Tour

AU$29 – $42

AU$120 – $207

AU$40 – $109

AU$125 – $300

AU$4,500 – $5,500

AU$2,740

AU$175 – $5,740

AU$1,795

AU$995 – $1,495

AU$110 – $600

Adelaide River Railway Siding and Railway Bridge

AU$85 – $140

AU$35 – $199

AU$500 – $2,000

AU$25 – $37

Kakadu & Tiwi Islands Explorer | 3 Day Short Break

AU$1,699

AU$1,129 – $2,179

AU$609 – $1,979

AU$2,010 – $16,895

Tiwi Islands Aboriginal Cultural Tour Full Day Tour

AU$375

AU$85 – $375

AU$85 – $289

AU$60 – $250

AU$250 – $360

AU$1,980

AU$98 – $1,980

AU$150 – $338

Red Centre art trail in 6 days <span>Cultural road trip for art lovers</span>

Red Centre: Aboriginal culture itinerary

Arnhem Land in 7 days <span>Discover remote NT on an epic road trip</span>

From Darwin to Uluru <span>Taking the world’s longest pub crawl</span>

Red Centre Local’s Tips: Food & nightlife in Alice Springs

Red Centre local tips: Aboriginal culture

Red Centre: 10 best Aboriginal experiences

5-star feasts in Darwin <span>that won’t blow the budget</span>

The ultimate Darwin & Surrounds accommodation guide

The ultimate Arnhem Land accommodation guide

The ultimate Katherine & Surrounds accommodation guide

The ultimate Alice Springs & Surrounds accommodation guide

The ultimate Uluru & Surrounds accommodation guide

Arnhem Land: 6 best Aboriginal experiences

Barunga Festival <span>a cultural celebration</span>

6 – 9 June 2025

3 – 20 July 2025

1 – 4 August 2025

Tuesday 5 August 2025

Wednesday 6 August 2025

7 – 10 August 2025

Saturday 9 August 2025

11 September – 26 October 2025

Saturday 13 September 2025

MASIFF Mparntwe Alice Springs International Film Festival

9 – 19 October 2025

25 April – 13 October 2025

Road trip differently in the Northern Territory

Road trip differently in the Northern Territory

Road trip differently in the Northern Territory

Inspiration for your trip

Red Centre Way in 6 days See Uluru, Kata Tjuta & Kings Canyon

Nature’s Way in 7 days Kakadu, Nitmiluk & Litchfield national parks

The road tripper’s guide to where to stay in the NT

Your guide to the best drive experiences in the NT

Drive the NT: Alice Springs to Darwin

Win your dream NT road trip

Choose your NT road trip

More NT road trips

Planning your NT road trip

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