Our Top Five Northern Territory Favourites
From red cliffs to waterfall gullies, the NT tends to slow you down, whether you mean to or not.
We’ve driven plenty of kilometres through its heat and silence, and still, a few spots keep circling back in our memories. These are the ones that made us pull up early, stay an extra night, or manage to stop Neil talking for five minutes.
Here are our top five Northern Territory favourites: a mix of big names and quiet corners, each worth the drive.
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Our Faves!
Kings Canyon
We’d heard the walk was good. “Good” doesn’t really cover it. The Rim Walk feels enormous! We started early and stopped too often, but it was 100% worth the early rise!
Uluru & Kata Tjuta
It’s impossible not to feel something here. We thought we knew what to expect, but standing at the base of Uluru, everything is still. The light changes minute to minute, and the rock seems to breathe with it. Over at Kata Tjuta, the domes rise out of the desert like a mirage. We walked through the Valley of the Winds and completely lost track of time.
Robin Falls
A short walk through tropical green after days of red dust feels almost unreal. The falls tumble down through a narrow gorge, and the water’s cold enough to make you gasp, with plenty of shade, water, and room to explore. We stayed longer than we planned, as usual.
Snake Creek
Part bush camp, part history lesson. Old bridge remnants, ghost trains in the distance, and the quiet hum of a place long forgotten. It’s a reminder that even the smallest dots on the map have stories buried under the dust.
Daly Waters
A pub, a plane, and a thousand stories stapled to the walls. It’s half outback history, half good-natured chaos. We parked up and met a few new friends we’ll probably never see again. Sometimes that’s all a place needs to make the list.
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