Flights to Alice Springs
Unless you are planning on some very long distance
driving you will have to fly to Alice Springs.
If you are already in Australia then go to our page
Cheap
Domestic Flights in Australia for a good choice in
cheap domestic airfares to Alice Springs.
If you are still in your home country then you will
need to get an international flight to Alice Springs, but international
airlines do not fly straight in to Alice Springs and you have
to go via another bigger city in Australia.
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Flying in to Alice Springs? The airport is about
15km. from the Alice Springs town centre but Elkes Backpackers
Resort will pick you up from the airport for free.
Elkes
Backpackers Resort |
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Welcome to Elkes Backpackers Resort, Alice Springs
cleanest and best equipped Backpacker's Hostel,
well located just 10 minutes walk from the town
centre. Made up of just 33 rooms, Elkes is surrounded
by lush green lawns and palm trees, with a large
swimming pool, giving you lots of space to relax
and chill out. Situated close to all facilities
in Alice Springs we offer a FREE shuttle bus service
in and around town. We also do FREE pick ups from
the airport, train and bus stations. Elke's Backpackers
Resort is the only hostel in Alice Springs to offer
air conditioning/heating cooking facilities, fridge,
toilet, bathroom and television in every room. FREE
continental style breakfast is included in all our
room rates. Coffee and Tea are provided FREE all
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Bus transport and sight seeing tours around Alice Springs
Sight
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Alice Springs today
is a lively town full of things to see and places
to go. On your informative town tour, you'll find
the locals to be relaxed and friendly and always
keen for a chat.
Visit the base of the Royal Flying Doctor Service
and the School of the Air, two uniquely Australian
organizations that provide medical care and education
respectively to people in remote areas of central
Australia. Enjoy panoramic views of the town and
the rugged West MacDonnell Ranges from Anzac Hill.
See the old Telegraph Station and visit the fascinating
Aboriginal exhibit at Panorama Guth. On conclusion
of the tour at approximately 5:00pm, you will be
transferred back to your hotel.
More
info....
There is also the Town Explorer, you can hop on
and hop off at all the major attractions around
the town. More
info....
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Taxis in Alice Springs
Desert Private Hire Cars - phone 8953 1600
Alice Springs Taxis - phone 8952 1877
Transport to Alice Springs
Hire cars in and to Alice Springs:
Alice Springs is a long way from anywhere and it
is around 1600 km. from either Darwin or Adelaide.
There is a wide choice of car rental companies where you can book
your car or campervan online to be assured of a car on your arrival,
and most offer one way rentals between major cities. Nothing beats
the freedom of having your own car to explore and stop when and
where you want.
Budget
Car Hire needs little introduction, the name says it
all: car hire at Budget Prices with a car hire company with an international
reputation, and this sites makes it even easier to find yourself
a cheap hire car, or anything else with wheels: trucks,buses, campervans,
utes, four wheel drives etc.
Thrifty
Car Rental is another international car hire business
with a reputation for cheap rental cars.
Bus transport to Alice Springs:
All the major coach lines call in to Alice Springs between Darwin
and Adelaide, and there are buses like the Groovy Grape that do
a great combination of a tour and transport between Adelaide and
Alice.
7
Day Darwin to Alice Springs via Uluru - Departs from
Darwin and travels via Ayers Rock (Uluru), , Kata Tjuta (The Olgas),
Kings Canyon, Kakadu National Park, Katherine Gorge, Litchfield
National Park, Mary River Wetlands, Jim Jim Falls and Tennent
Creek and arrives in Alice Springs. More
info and reservations....
Rent a camper van to get to Alice Springs
One way to get to Alice Springs is to pick up a
campervan in Darwin or Adelaide and explore the centre of Australia
at your leisure. Australia is the perfect country to travel with
a camper van! Wide open roads, countless beautiful spots to pull
over and camp, the freedom to go where and when you want, it is
no wonder so many Aussies on retirement buy themselves a mobile
home and spend years going around the country.
Nothing beats finding your own camping spot in the wild, having
a cold beer admiring a wildly coloured outback sunset and a dinner
cooked on the campfire under the magnificent starry skies.
Exploring Australia is a breeze with Cheapa Campa.
With a full range of rental campers & motorhomes at fantastic
prices Cheapa Campa allows you to travel in comfort on any budget.
Budget Backpacker Campervan & Motorhome Rentals.
Hippie Camper is an Australian family owned and run company specialising
in low cost campervan rentals for the budget conscious traveller.
We started in 2006 and currently have four branches on the east
coast of Australia from Cairns to Melbourne.
See our page Campervan
hire in Australia for more useful info and links
on renting a camper or RV in Australia
Train transport to Alice Springs
SInce 1929 it has been possible to travel from
Adelaide to Alice Springs by train, but it took until 2003 for
the link between Alice Springs and Darwin to be completed.
After more than a hundred years of talking about it the 1420
km. N.T. railway has finally been built and was completed in
October 2003 at a cost of $ 1.3 billion. Workers had to battle
the desert heat and at times worked under big lights in the
night and slept in the day, and had to negotiate with Aborigines
to avoid sacred sites. By November 2003 already five million
dollars in bookings was made for the first passenger service
planned to start around february 2004, the first freight train,
measuring 1200 metres in length and carrying 4000 tonnes, left
Adelaide on 15 january 2004 for the 43 hour and 2979 km. journey.
Mainly a freight line, the railway is also expected to bring
an extra 30,000 tourists to Darwin each year. Darwininans wanting
to celebrate the arrival of the first train were shocked to
hear that alcohol was banned at the arrival party (even for
the 600 VIPs) , this was a major break with tradition for a
city that for many years held the record of having the highest
per capita consumption of beer in the world and has an annual
beercan regatta with boats made of empty beercans. A crowd of
10 000 people welcomed the train on its arrival around lunchtime
on Saturday 17 January. Northern Territory Chief Minister Clare
Martin said the first journey along the 3000km railway was ``a
dream for Australia come true'' , Prime Minister John Howard
said; "this is a great moment is the history of Australia,
this is a reminder of Australia at its best." Chris Corrigan,
a man who has made his fortune in the transport industry said;
they've spent $2 billion building a railway for five trains
a week and a few cartons of beer and I expect the financial
returns on that to be smaller than ticks' testicles. But for
the first year of operations they carried more freight than
had been anticipated. It certainly provides a great way for
travellers to see the Northern Territory outback in comfort.
