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Alice Springs Highlights: Discover Outback Culture and Ancient Dreamtime Lore
4.6
119 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
(119 Ratings)
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G3554sukerryk
Jul 2, 2025
Alice Highlights - Excellent afternoon, thoroughly enjoyed itAlice High. Martin the driver/guide was highly informative and very entertaining.
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Revuall
Jun 29, 2025
Great Informative Tour Of Alice Springs. - The afternoon tour of Alice Springs was great. Firstly Anzac Hill, then School of The Air, The Old Telegraph Station, Royal Flying Doctor Exhibits, and finally the Reptile Centre.
Certainly a packed and well guided itinerary to spend a long afternoon taking part off.
Many highlights but when only in town for a limited time, a truly worthwhile and informative experience.
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Dawndare
May 10, 2025
I was collected from my... - I was collected from my accommodation, in a clean air conditioned bus, driven by Gary, who was knowledgeable as we listened to his commentary. We visited Anzac Hill, The Telegraph station museum ( Amazing), The Royal Flying Doctors school of the Air( wow), and reptile centre( very educational). It is a must do.
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Martin_r
Oct 19, 2024
Great tour - Best way to see the main attractions. Plenty of time to spend at each with superb guides to give information.
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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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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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