Palm Valley 4WD Tour from Alice Springs
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Palm Valley 4WD Tour from Alice Springs

By AAT Kings
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Ages 0-99, max of 18 per group
Duration: 10h
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Live guide: English
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  • Hotel pick up and drop off
  • Morning tea with scones, tea and coffee
  • Picnic Lunch
  • Transport in air-conditioned 4WD coach
  • Experienced driver guide
  • Comprehensive commentary
  • Entry/Admission - Hermannsburg Historic Precinct
  • Entry/Admission - Palm Valley
What's not included
  • Entry to Finke Gorge National Park requires a Northern Territory Parks Pass


Start:Multiple pickup locations offered.
    Pickup details
    • Hotel pick-ups commence prior to the tour start time. You will be collected from the hotel you have selected in the drop down list during the booking process. Your hotel pick-up time will be displayed on your voucher. If you wish to change your pick-up location from the one selected, please call AAT Kings at least 24 hrs prior to travel.
    Hotel pickup offered
    During checkout you will be able to select from the list of included hotels.
      End:This activity ends back at the meeting point.

        • Not wheelchair accessible
        • Infants must sit on laps
        If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 2230A5

        • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
        • Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
        • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
        • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
        • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 18 travelers

        • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

        If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 2230A5

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        • AAT Kings
          211
          Australia
          Joined in December 2010
        • jenj2048
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Lovely way to spend a morning
          Great short tour if you want highlights of the stunning West Macs and a general intro to the Alice Springs area. Our guide Ruben was very knowledgeable and generous with his insights into the land, wildlife, culture and life in Alice Springs. The scenery is beautiful and there's enough time to wander around each site (all very easy for any fitness level). Then still enough time left in the day to explore the town - or do the guided town tour if you want.
          Written October 20, 2024
        • Agnews
          0 contributions
          4.0 of 5 bubbles
          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.
          Written October 1, 2024
        • jessica_h_sydney
          0 contributions
          4.0 of 5 bubbles
          A good way to see alice springs in a day
          Friendly knowledgeable driver who shared a lot about his culture which we valued. The two short walks be did were amazing. Beautiful scenery but absolutely freezing. It was a really long day and I think the last three stops could have been done in 30min rather than 40-60min. A lot of history was shared. A good way to see Alice Springs in a day.
          Written June 3, 2024
        • M1976JSjennyd
          0 contributions
          2.0 of 5 bubbles
          Sounds of silence dinner
          Both our expensive hiking shoe soles got ruined while sitting at the sounds of silence dinner -they must have been eaten by bull ants but I haven’t seen anything about this on trip advisor or in any reviews
          Written May 4, 2024
        • debradR918TR
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Great Experience
          The views were phenomenal and definitely worth the walking. A wonderful and unique part of our country. Definitely a great experience.
          Written March 28, 2024
        • 242dawni
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Recommend this tour!!
          This was a fabulous tour!! Our guide was awesome. Informative and the afternoon tea was great! The walking trails were not to long or short.
          Written March 20, 2024
        • SMEJRitchie
          0 contributions
          4.0 of 5 bubbles
          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.
          Written March 13, 2024
        • 730juanitaa
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Stunning views; expert guide!
          David, our guide, knew so much about Alice Springs - amazing! A comfortable, small van ride with tea and scones at the Park.
          Written November 18, 2023
        • Solartations
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Insightful and varied.
          Excellent commentary and agenda. David was a wonderful,engaging and inclusive. guide. His wealth of local knowledge provided insight on all aspects of amazing Alice Springs. Highly recommend.
          Written October 17, 2023
        • David D
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Interesting tour
          My wife and I undertook this fantastic and worthwhile tour to different highlight venues in Alice Springs. We were so fortunate to have Barry, our Coach Driver and very knowledgeable tour guide. The first stop was ANZAC lookout which not only gave a great outlook of Alice Springs but more importantly the prior and current countries in which our brave service personnel served/and are currently serving. We were then taken to the studio of School of the Air. For those who aren’t aware, this educational facility offers distant education to remote communities and properties which is a must for our young upcoming children. The next stop was at the historical Overland Telegraph Line which many years ago joined Australia to the global telegraph network. This is a historical and worthwhile visit. The Royal Flying Doctors Service (RFDS). An amazing medical service for a vast and remote country such as Australia. It goes without saying that for not only emergency situations, this service offers general medical professionals to many remote communities being attended to by air. We next visited the Reptile Park. It was an interesting insight into the reptiles. Our guide was very animated and informative, recommend this also,
          Written August 12, 2023
        • 924caroliner
          0 contributions
          1.0 of 5 bubbles
          Misleading Pick Up Time and Unavailable Customer Service
          On the top of the ticket it say 7:00 in bold for the pick up time, then in the fine print it provides earlier times for pick up by hotel. We were 10 minutes late for the listed hotel pick up time but early for the 7 AM time. The bus had left and made no effort to call or talk to the front desk of our hotel (per the company this is company policy). We tried to call them (again before 7 AM) but the company isn’t actually open until 9 AM. Our hotel was somehow able to get a hold of them and they said they would try and reach the driver and then hung up on us. The have offered a ticket on the bus for the next day, however that wasn’t an option for us due to hotels being booked already. While we may have missed the pick up time by 10 minutes, the situation could have been avoided if we were able to reach someone immediately or if they had attempted to contact us.
          Written March 10, 2023
        • Qisiang R
          0 contributions
          4.0 of 5 bubbles
          Alice Springs, Uluru, Kata Tjuta, King's Canyon and MacDonnell Ranges
          After two and a bit years of Covid enforced “home-stay”😊, we finally started our touring again. As a “test case” as well as revision of touring skills, we’ve chosen to tour within our home country first. As I had never been to the interior of Australia, Alice Spring was going to be our “pseudo overseas“ tour. At the time of travelling, the airlines were not in full capacity and as a result of this limitation, the plane flew to Sydney from Melbourne first before heading back west to Alice Spring. Travelling during the month of June means more “user friendly” weather. The five days we were there, the top temperature never exceeds 23C. Yes, Uluru is very unique and with spectacular colour changes all the time (especially sun rise and sun set, you obviously need to stay at least one night at Uluru). We joined a group tour with sunset BBQ dinner under the stars. We were given an astrology 101 presentation after the dinner and the whole experience was wonderful. The coach driver had informed us that there were tourists who travelled on their own mistook Mt. Conner as Uluru. But from a distance I am not surprised that some people fell for it. Obviously Mt. Conner is inside a private property whereas Uluru has lots of tourists around all the time. We did the King’s Canyon walking trail (again with a tour guide, note this trail has no toilet facility)) and it could be challenging for some of tourists. We were told if we could not complete the first 100 steps, then we could not continue the walk (all up about 3-3.5 hours). The walk was worth the effort as all the beautiful scenery can only be reached by foot. Our tour also included Kata Tjuta, Standley Chasm, Ellery Creek Big Hole and MacDonnell Ranges. Together with the tyranny of distance and limited roads around Alice Springs (quite a few doubling back from one place to another) touring this place requires a good solid research and planning, and it pays to allow more time for the whole trip. Food could be quite expensive as compared to other regional towns. In the end it was a bit of an effort to tour but it is worth the trouble.
          Written March 1, 2023
        • David K
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Fantastic tour!
          We were a small group of six and Barry was our excellent driver who was very informative about the locations we were seeing on the 4 hour tour. This was a very interesting insight into this town, so remote from other civilisation. We visited ANZAC Hill, the School of the Air, the first telegraph station and the Royal Flying Doctors, but the unexpected highlight was the final stop, the reptile centre. We had assumed this was just going to be a look at some interesting Australian critters, but it was actually a talk and tour by Rex- what a character! Extremely informative about how dangerous snakes can be and the consequences of not giving them due respect. A real eye opener. Not to be missed.
          Written February 6, 2023
        • dqueen2013
          0 contributions
          2.0 of 5 bubbles
          Aat kings poor customer service
          Tour cancelled last minute. No reason given. No phone call. No e mail Supposed to get money back but probably have to wait 3 weeks. Notice at pickup point. One tour via aat kings still running but sold out. No apology
          Written October 29, 2022
        • rosemaryj480
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Excellent tour, highly recommend with entertaining presenters and great tour driver Ash.
          Ash was brilliant, very personable and the places seen were great with very good presenters. Gave an excellent insight into how Alice Spring was the heart of the nation and what great pioneers the women of the outback were.
          Written September 20, 2022
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        Ann T
        Pascoe Vale, Australia1,386 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Sep 2022
        Like many of the previous reviewers, I can highly recommend this tour....even though the drive up the Finke River was the bumpiest journey I've made in a 4WD vehicle. Our driver Martin did an excellent job. The combination of the visit to the historic Hermannsberg Mission site and then the chance to explore the landscape of this extraordinary part of the world was a wonderful balance.
        Written November 13, 2022
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        Catherine H
        Sydney, Australia149 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Palm Valley with Sanddrifters day tours.
        Early start with Bill in a comfortable 4WD 14 seat tour bus.
        We drove to Palm Valley and walked the valley and the top of the sandstone range. The palms, ghost gums and cycads make beautiful vertical gardens. The 4WD drive into the valley was quite bumpy and rugged. We were certainly glad Bill was driving and we could relax and checkout the scenery.
        Written July 22, 2022
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        Marg H
        Brisbane, Australia34 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Aug 2022 • Couples
        We undertook this tour with AAT Kings. Brett our driver did an excellent job with his superb driving skills that was so necessary on a rough 4wd track. The area was simply beautiful from the Finke River and Palm Valley to the delicious morning tea at Hermannsburg. This is a must do for anyone visiting Alice Springs. Thanks Brett for a great dat
        Written August 30, 2022
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        Traveller
        Melbourne, Australia27 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        May 2021 • Friends
        The whole day was excellent from start to finish. Our guide/driver Brett was very kind and gave us a lot of interesting information. He helped each member of the group. The 4wd bus was very comfortable and felt safe as Brett drove us through very uneven creek beds. He took us on wonderful walks and pointed out interesting features.He coped calmly and confidently when we were bogged in sand and we were on our way again quickly. I loved the walks to the top of Kalarranga lookout, then along the base of Palm Valley and up the steps to the top with wonderful views. Brett made allowances for those who didn’t wish to make the climbs. The morning tea with Fresh scones jam and cream at Hermansberg was delicious although I would have liked longer to explore the old site. The packed lunch at Palm Valley was delicious and healthy. Altogether a long but very memorable day, highly recommended.
        Written May 25, 2021
        This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
        Dear melbournefoodie2019, Thanks very much for your wonderful review and it sounds like you had an adventurous day. We will be sure to pass your feedback on to Brett and we are delighted to read your comments - we are very proud of our guides and they do love sharing their knowledge with our guests. Thanks very much for your suggestion too, and we will pass your useful feedback along to the relevant team. We hope to see you soon in Central Australia. Thanks, The Team at AAT Kings
        Written May 27, 2021
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        jajavalB
        Lampang, Thailand3,980 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        I did this tour on Sunday october 2023, first stop after long drive(120km) is Hermannsburg historical precinct. unfortunately, this precinct will be closed till April 2024; so we just had morning tea/coffee outside the attraction. There is church service in the nearby lutheran church. Then we headed west to the unsealed road to Palm valley; it’s fun, bumpy jumpy ride along the way to the first stop(picnic area) for toilet, After that we stilopped at cycad gorges where santuary of ancient trees thrives for thousand years. Finally, we arrived Palm valley, nature wonders that palm trees grow in isolated area , thousand miles from their counterparts; I did bush walk along the valley then climbed up to the ridge , walking back to the car park. It concluded my tour with wonderful experience.
        Written October 31, 2023
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        989ChrisG
        Perth, Australia63 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Such a great day. Our very skillful and knowledgeable driver and guide, Peter, made this a day to remember. First stop was Hermannsburg Historical Precinct for a great Devonshire tea and very interesting history and aboriginal art gallery. This was followed by some fun, at times bone rattling, 4 wheel driving down the Finke River into Palm Valley. A couple of great walks, lovely lunch and amazingly stunning scenery. We loved it!

        Written July 17, 2019
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        Hi! Wow, what a fantastic review! Our Palm Valley tour is definitely one to remember so we are pleased to here you enjoyed this tour and especially with Pete! We will be sure to pass along your comments to him. Thank you again for your fantastic review and we look forward to seeing you on AAT Kings tours in the future!
        Written July 17, 2019
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        ActRegular_traveller
        Canberra, Australia2,589 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Jul 2018 • Couples
        I'd been concerned about how to visit Palm Valley & opted for an AAT Kings day trip. They use a high clearance 4WD bus on an Isuzu truck body for this trip.

        It was an early start collected from our hotel, pickup was at 7.05 and they were a couple of minutes early - we were almost the last on the bus. We stopped briefly at Rev. John Flynn's grave just outside Alice Springs the drove to Hermannsburg were we stopped briefly at Albert Namatjira's memorial & then for about an hour at Hermannsburg historic mission precinct (reviewed separately). The road to here was sealed. From there we turned off onto the unsealed road into Palm Valley, which wasn't too bad for about 10 km until after the camping ground. There had been a brief stop for photos at a viewing point and a longer stop for a short walk up to another viewing point on the way in. We had an early pre-packed lunch at a picnic area near the toilets. The last 3 km in to Palm Valley was serious high clearance 4 wheel drive and best left to experienced drivers - I'm glad I didn't have to attempt it. The valley itself is interesting, with palms and cycads along a short length of the river gorge. We walked a few hundred metres along the cycad section and again among the palms. The walk along the gorge rim was good, probably about 2km all up. Only a few small ponds left in the valley floor when we were there.

        We got back into Alice Springs at about 4.45.

        Big thanks to our driver/guide, Terry for a great day out.
        Written August 7, 2018
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        Richard-Canberra
        Canberra, Australia183 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Apr 2018 • Couples
        Full day 4WD bus tour. The driver/ guide was absolutely passionate about the areas we visited and was full of fascinating stories about the relevant aboriginal culture; the plants and rock formations. Without this driver the trip would have been good but he made it outstanding, fun and educational.
        Written July 7, 2018
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        picture_of_innocence
        Sydney, Australia174 contributions
        4.0 of 5 bubbles
        May 2018 • Couples
        Very enjoyable 4WD tour of Palm Valley. Prompt pick-up, friendly and knowledge driver. The track along the Finke River and Palm Valley was very rough, expect to be shaken and stirred!!
        The scenery is amazing, the contract between the red and the sky is almost unreal, add a ghost gym and its almost out of this world.
        Added bonus was hearing the Central Australian Aboriginal Women's Choir doing a rehearsal at the church in the Hermannsburg mission.
        Written May 30, 2018
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        Kate
        Liverpool, UK31 contributions
        4.0 of 5 bubbles
        Sep 2019 • Solo
        AAT Kings always provide a good tour experience but you have to remember that this is a tour. While on the tour you do two walks, a 1 hour walk in Palm Valley and a short walk to a lookout. With mixed abilities, these walks can take a lot longer than required and, when there is an option of a 2 hour walk through Palm Valley and an hour walk via the lookout that you aren't allowed to do, it can be quite frustrating.

        Frustration aside, the tour is well planned. You spend an hour at the historical town of Hermannsburg for morning tea and scones on the way to Palm Valley which breaks the trip is nicely. The lunch is filling with a tub of pasta and a salad, as well as snacks and a juice box. Our tour guide was lovely and let people sit in the front seat while rock hopping.

        Overall it was a pleasant experience. If you are a fairly active person however, this tour may be a bit slow for you.
        Written September 18, 2019
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        Hi there! Thank you for your review. It is always great to hear the experiences our guests are having on tour with us. Feedback is always welcome, as we are continually looking at ways to improve our products. Your comments have been passed on management who will asses. We are pleased to hear you enjoyed your driver/guides as AAT Kings pride ourselves on our friendly & knowledgably staff. Thank you again for leaving us a review, and we look forward to seeing you on AAT Kings tours in the future!
        Written September 22, 2019
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