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

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.

A guide to eco tours & responsible travel experiences in the NT

Choosing an operator that promotes responsible travel practices and works with local communities sits at the core of sustainable travel.

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.

Off the beaten track in the Red Centre

There’s never been a better time to get off the beaten track and discover the little-known secrets of the Red Centre from Alice Springs to Uluru.

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AU$180 – $750

AU$179 – $490

AU$9,200 – $28,900

AU$1,450 – $2,900

Tobermorey Station Roadhouse and Caravan Park

AU$30 – $220

Tjarnintja Birdwatching and Cultural Tours

AU$50 – $180

AU$40 – $195

AU$30 – $250

AU$39 – $350

AU$189 – $2,629

AU$250 – $360

AU$140 – $450

AU$510 – $1,020

AU$163 – $620

Darwin Military Museum & Defence of Darwin Experience

Katherine Outback Experience – Outback Show

AU$109 – $1,100

AU$100 – $409

AU$160 – $180

AU$148 – $3,996

AU$148 – $2,996

Enterprise Rent-A-Car – Alice Springs Airport

AU$2,450 – $3,210

AU$455 – $2,465

AU$399 – $2,400

AU$40 – $150

AU$22 – $700

AU$7 – $15

AU$329

AU$75 – $4,000

AU$5,970

Barrow Creek Telegraph Station Historical Reserve

Tennant Creek Telegraph Station Historical Reserve

Yeperenye / Emily and Jessie Gaps Nature Park

Heli Tours Darwin - Finniss River Helicopters

AU$200 – $1,880

AU$2,799 – $3,499

Casey Australia Tours - Northern Territory

AU$3,290 – $8,850

AU$600 – $1,500

AU$100 – $450

Kakadu Day Tour Nourlangie Rock Art and Yellow Water Cruise - March and April

AU$355 – $1,390

Kakadu Day Tour Ubirr Rock and Guluyambi Cultural Cruise - May to October

AU$320 – $1,250

AU$95 – $300

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

AU$340

AU$365 – $440

AU$110 – $250

AU$89 – $269

AU$259 – $269

AU$219 – $229

AU$89 – $139

AU$40 – $119

AU$110 – $600

AU$159 – $700

AU$385

AU$180 – $350

AU$105 – $320

Metro Advance Apartments and Hotel Darwin

AU$99 – $599

AU$265 – $375

AU$35 – $250

AU$200 – $300

Frew Ponds Overland Telegraph Line Memorial Reserve

AU$119 – $499

AU$15 – $150

AU$2,690 – $7,190

AU$3 – $15

AU$5 – $18

AU$40 – $150

AU$150

AU$209

AU$105 – $129

AU$105 – $129

AU$299 – $399

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

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$48 – $195

AU$3,895 – $7,495

AU$36

AU$350 – $1,650

AU$60 – $195

AU$400 – $1,000

AU$45 – $210

AU$30

AU$2,677 – $3,297

AU$38

AU$85 – $220

AU$25 – $40

Wangi Falls to Walker Creek – Tabletop Track

AU$255

AU$24

AU$300 – $490

AU$59 – $69

AU$95 – $500

AU$250 – $275

5 Day Kakadu, Arnhem Land and Cobourg Peninsula

AU$4,190

AU$3,690

AU$195 – $750

AU$1,345

AU$55

Under A Desert Moon – Discovery Resorts – Kings Canyon

AU$250

AU$189 – $259

Uluru Scenic Helicopter Tours – Professional Helicopter Services

AU$205 – $450

AU$199

AU$19 – $49

AU$109 – $129

AU$36

AU$30 – $36

Tuxworth Fullwood House - Tennant Creek Former Outpatients Clinic

AU$20 – $58

AU$3,195 – $3,995

AU$1,695 – $5,995

AU$155

AU$495 – $2,280

AU$307 – $355

AU$140 – $6,836

AU$46

AU$100 – $200

Tnorala (Gosse Bluff) Conservation Reserve

AU$2,400 – $10,000

AU$90 – $180

AU$160 – $240

AU$34

AU$48 – $124

AU$250 – $500

The Original Adelaide River Queen Jumping Crocodile Cruises

The Ngurrungurrudjba (Yellow Water) Campground & Caravan Park

AU$29 – $129

The Lost City – Litchfield National Park

AU$330 – $360

AU$100 – $250

AU$105

AU$220 – $350

AU$80 – $300

The Darwin History and Wartime Experience

AU$25 – $125

AU$95 – $320

AU$160 – $175

AU$170 – $2,495

AU$35 – $195

AU$599 – $650

AU$599 – $650

Talinguṟu Nyakunytjaku Sunset Viewing Area

AU$450

AU$54

AU$24

Sunrise Viewing Area Talinguṟu Nyakunytjaku

AU$125

AU$36

AU$680 – $1,200

AU$30 – $60

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$50 – $175

AU$290

AU$199 – $2,690

AU$83

AU$24

AU$2,235 – $2,825

AU$20 – $25

AU$99 – $404

SEIT Patji - A True Aboriginal Experience

AU$365

AU$169

AU$219

AU$219

AU$219

AU$399 – $479

AU$399 – $479

AU$55 – $369

AU$120 – $180

AU$250 – $270

AU$14 – $28

Saltbush Restaurant at DoubleTree by Hilton Alice Springs

AU$475 – $1,100

AU$169

AU$195 – $260

AU$185 – $3,900

AU$2,500 – $7,015

AU$149 – $899

AU$99 – $350

AU$17

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$48

AU$250 – $495

Redspot Car Rentals - Alice Springs Airport

AU$150 – $195

AU$150 – $195

AU$160 – $350

AU$25 – $37

AU$185 – $525

AU$30 – $187

AU$6,985

AU$58

Pine Creek Repeater Museum and Public Library

AU$100 – $200

AU$42

AU$18 – $24

AU$13 – $160

AU$225 – $690

AU$68

AU$38 – $260

AU$350

AU$55 – $210

AU$250 – $450

Old Borroloola Police Station Museum Heritage Precinct

AU$545 – $3,210

OBJ Adventures: Nhulunbuy Fishing Charters

AU$290 – $550

AU$400 – $650

AU$54

AU$134 – $499

AU$99 – $349

AU$496 – $1,996

AU$496

AU$175 – $2,650

AU$45 – $240

AU$189 – $618

AU$20 – $89

AU$229 – $499

AU$130 – $1,800

AU$30

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$26 – $200

AU$36

AU$185 – $1,030

AU$40

AU$185 – $685

AU$129 – $299

Memorial to Railway Workers Adelaide River

AU$100 – $150

AU$80 – $90

AU$149 – $589

AU$159 – $739

AU$13

AU$36

AU$36 – $72

AU$1,495

AU$160 – $220

AU$150 – $1,000

Mac Clark (Acacia peuce) Conservation Reserve

AU$125 – $385

AU$4,200 – $8,200

AU$330

AU$66

AU$42 – $495

AU$140 – $2,000

AU$110 – $215

Litchfield National Park – Notraces Bushwalking Australia

AU$390 – $1,900

AU$840 – $1,500

Light-Towers at Discovery Resorts – Kings Canyon

AU$85

AU$48

AU$2,456 – $2,677

AU$24

AU$35 – $120

AU$24 – $36

AU$25 – $240

AU$48 – $72

AU$35 – $180

AU$18 – $169

Larapinta Trail by Australian Walking Holidays

AU$36

AU$10 – $210

AU$350 – $2,090

AU$65 – $300

AU$26 – $920

Kings Canyon Scenic Helicopter Tours – Professional Helicopter Services

AU$130 – $425

AU$66

AU$24

Katherine Railway Heritage Station Precinct

AU$176 – $295

AU$30 – $40

Karrke Aboriginal Cultural Experience and Tours

AU$99 – $246

Karrke Aboriginal Cultural Experience Tour

AU$99 – $246

AU$299

AU$250 – $2,000

Arnhemlander Cultural & Heritage 4WD Day Tours

AU$302

AU$130 – $230

AU$92

AU$750 – $4,200

Journey Through Time Burrungkuy (Nourlangie) Rock Art Tour

AU$750 – $1,750

AU$165 – $250

AU$30 – $42

AU$9 – $11

AU$30 – $50

AU$129 – $249

AU$140 – $180

AU$850 – $1,200

AU$213 – $535

AU$48

AU$42

AU$60

AU$109 – $679

AU$46

AU$48

AU$115 – $589

AU$1,255 – $1,860

AU$400 – $7,948

AU$290 – $580

AU$18 – $24

AU$205 – $220

AU$50 – $450

AU$160 – $195

Godinymayin Yijard Rivers Arts and Culture Centre

AU$15 – $155

AU$960 – $2,400

AU$25 – $35

AU$38 – $145

AU$30

AU$350 – $2,500

Former Southport Police Station and Telegraph Station site

Former Alice Springs Telegraph Repeater Station and Post Office

AU$49 – $355

Fergusson River Railway Bridge and Boiler

AU$400 – $20,000

AU$1,950 – $3,750

AU$400 – $435

AU$15 – $269

AU$34 – $67

AU$270 – $370

AU$500 – $750

AU$110 – $195

AU$19

AU$290 – $1,200

AU$41 – $141

AU$26 – $46

AU$430 – $605

AU$45 – $900

AU$900 – $5,000

AU$25 – $220

AU$119 – $399

AU$105 – $959

AU$399

AU$37 – $565

AU$39 – $350

AU$89 – $249

AU$3,500

Dhipirri Barra and Sportfishing Lodge Arnhemland

AU$18 – $210

AU$420 – $600

AU$250

AU$72

AU$90 – $275

AU$2,000 – $2,100

AU$3,000 – $3,150

AU$3,000 – $3,150

AU$30 – $43

AU$250 – $395

AU$185 – $2,600

AU$125 – $160

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

AU$39 – $365

AU$150

AU$20 – $145

AU$30 – $225

AU$189 – $1,897

AU$5 – $390

AU$54

AU$54

AU$295 – $395

AU$33

Crustaceans Steak and Seafood Restaurant

AU$150 – $450

AU$22

AU$61 – $295

Croc Spot Tours – Jumping Crocodile Encounters

AU$60 – $138

AU$250 – $350

AU$30 – $48

AU$129 – $1,699

AU$36

AU$129 – $499

AU$99 – $159

AU$150 – $380

AU$499 – $849

AU$79 – $179

AU$48

AU$499 – $540

AU$99 – $10,000

AU$54

AU$42

AU$44 – $66

AU$30

AU$1,350

AU$22

Budget Car and Truck Rental Alice Springs

AU$1,100 – $11,000

AU$27 – $211

AU$18

Boomerang Art – Aboriginal Fine Art Gallery

AU$145

AU$220 – $400

AU$42 – $320

AU$45 – $416

AU$41 – $345

AU$48

AU$18 – $24

AU$42

AU$160 – $250

AU$150 – $350

Battery Hill Gold Mining & Heritage Centre

Batchelor Airfield and Anti-Aircraft Battery

AU$43 – $58

AU$500 – $1,900

AU$517 – $3,102

AU$18 – $260

AU$18 – $150

AU$129 – $149

AU$880 – $1,080

AU$2,425 – $6,160

AU$43

AU$100

AU$43 – $185

AU$360 – $2,699

AU$3,995 – $5,395

AU$90 – $110

AU$180 – $390

Aurora Kakadu Lodge Camping and Caravan Park

AU$26 – $405

Attack Creek Historical Reserve Memorial

AU$25 – $300

AU$2,945 – $11,835

AU$50 – $500

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$40 – $109

AU$125 – $300

AU$4,500 – $5,500

AU$175 – $5,740

AU$2,740

AU$1,795

Adventure 4WD Hire - Darwin/ Northern Territory

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$85 – $375

Tiwi Islands Aboriginal Cultural Tour Full Day Tour

AU$375

AU$60 – $250

AU$150 – $338

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31 July – 3 August 2026

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

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

Your guide to the best drive experiences in the NT

A guide to eco tours & responsible travel experiences in the NT

Drive the NT: Alice Springs to Darwin

Off the beaten track in the Red Centre

Choose your NT road trip

More NT road trips

Planning your NT road trip

Search accommodation, experiences & car hire