Discovery Resorts - Kings Canyon

Stepping into the deluxe room was like entering a small slice of heaven. If it fits in your budget, it’s a worthwhile luxury. It was beautifully renovated with a lot of thoughtful details. The bed is quite comfy and the bathroom and shower beautifully designed. Stealing the show was the lovely bathtub, which was wonderful and such a treat after a long day of hiking. Bubble bath included. In the restaurant they have a nice selection of beers on tap. Live entertainment and a trivia night were both nice touches. On the downside the food in the restaurant was generally bad, bring your own if you can! Breakfast is generic and unimpressive. Expect to pay extra if you want a flat white or cappuccino. Booking a tour was easy at the front office and the staff are warm and helpful.

Very good place to stay. Had a site right at the back of the park. Great uninterrupted views of the national park sun set and sun rise spectacular from site. Great clean amenities, hot showers and great meal at bar. Close to Kings Canyon walks would highly recommend if visiting Kings Canyon.

Beautiful park and amazing views. The park has a peaceful and relaxing feel about it. Although on the more expensive side, we paid $100 a night for a power site, it is still a lovely place to visit. Sites are big and clean, toilets and showers we felt weren't cleaned often enough. Washing machines were great. Fabulous camp kitchen!!!! Pool looked inviting. Too cold for us though haha. Loved seeing the Light Towers from our site (worth going for a tour). Bar and grill was great for dinner! Nice little general store and fuel on site. Check in was a breeze. Staff are lovely. Just the toilet blocks were the only negatives for us - big and spacious, lovely hot water, just not cleaned often enough we felt.

There are such limited options to stay near Watarrka but depending on your priorities might be worth checking the other option. Staff were friendly at check in/the shop. The camp kitchen was a bit of a joke, but the BBQ area we camped near was well maintained enough and a good facility. We were in the overflow camping area and had sensational views (would add a picture of the view of I could!) and our campsite. Wasn't a great site for tents (which we had one of with our set up - and mentioned this in our booking) but we made it work. Not the fault of the campsite but there was a lot of helicopter noise all day from the scenic flights. The bathrooms in the block near us were very dirty and not maintained - the ladies amenities were disgusting, in particular the feature where parts of the wall were peeling off and pooling old shower water in them - in volumes! Not something that has just happened and would have been known to the staff. Toilets kept not flushing and the sinks didn't drain properly. Not sure if we would stay here again.

Our spot in the caravan park gave us splendid views of the line of hills leading to Kings Canyon. This is one of if not the best locations we have stayed at in the Red Centre. Facilities are in good condition and the opportunity to get fuel, groceries(albeit limited) bar and grill and now legendary towers of lights tick all the right boxes. You’ll want to stay longer as we did.

Beautiful room with a balcony that brings a desert view. The bathroom was so specious and beds were nice. There was no car parking near your room so a bit of a hike to carry your bags over. There was a fridge in the room but no other cooking amenities whatsoever. The resort charges based on how many people in the room rather than paying for the room itself. Also charges more for an adult to stay despite using the exact same sized bed a kid would. Forced included buffet breakfast. The food was nice but still felt high priced. The TV cuts out often and wifi doesn’t work despite full connection. There’s a few little things you can walk to for entertainment such as ‘under the desert moon’ and the light towers.

was passing thru on my own and wanted to rest - cheapest room was like 570/night im not rich and so i opted to sleep in my car but park onsite lol had some good showers and amenities and access to power points and wifi, very clean and everyone seemed pretty nice; felt safe despite seeing a dingo sniffing around some of the caravans all night lol beautiful spot - if i bring my family id def stay in the rooms! had some nice walking areas, events on during the week i noticed. the petrol and food/coffee were expensive but expected!

Spacious and well equipped site. Pricey. |Don’t rely on the shop for too many groceries. |Bar and grill excellent. Lovely food and seemed reasonably priced. Great staff. |Sunset views of the ranges. |Close to both King’s Canyon and Kathleen Springs walks.