Erldunda Desert Oaks Resort

We stayed here on the 3rd of December 2025. The staff member we dealt with was very friendly and welcoming. We booked an unpowered site since we brought our own solar panel. There were already quite a lot of guests around, and if you choose an unpowered site you’ll most likely end up setting up in an area that’s a bit uneven, dusty, and has quite a lot of ants — something to keep in mind. On the bright side, the location offers a really beautiful view of both the sunrise and sunset. There’s also a camel on-site, which adds a fun little touch. While walking around, we also found a basketball court and a pool available for guests. The toilet and shower facilities were clean, and the showers have built-in shelves to place your belongings, which is very convenient. The water temperature also works well with both hot and cold options. Overall, a decent stay with great staff and lovely views.

The hotel is very conveniently located for Uluru if the Yulara is fully booked or excessively expensive. It is at the intersection of the road to Uluru and Stuarts Highway—a typical motel with a gas station and convenience store attached. We stayed there 2 nights. The room was of a decent size and very basic. One significant drawback here was that toiletries were missing altogether. Good, we had our own just in case. The convenience store and the petrol station close at 9, so if you are missing smth after that time, tough luck - there is nothing else around for kilometres. As I said, the location is very convenient for the reasons mentioned above, but do come prepared :)

Kids stay for free, which made our stay amazingly affordable for our family of five! We loved the playground with Zipline, swings and slide. And we enjoyed being able to feed the Emus and the Camel. Wifi worked well everywhere. Bring plenty of drinking water, since their tap water is not drinkable, which is understandable as remote as they are. We will come back.

Excellent place for a pit stop whilst traveling. We ended up staying 2 nights and visiting Ayres rock. Friendly,welcoming staff. Decent selection of beers and food. Nice little swimming pool. Emus

It's a tough gig running a facility like the Erldunda Roadhouse in the centre of the centre of Australia. Calling it a resort is pretentious. It does provide a reasonably comfy stay, which we did for one night. We were booked into Room 10, which had a bung aircon. We were then moved to Room 6 which was much better. The floors in each room are noisy - not good if your partner is sleeping. Food in the tavern was reasonable, despite having to have the fish recooked. Otherwise, it was good, and a welcome respite from the heat (37C), and pleased it is there as a good break from the longish distances of the outback.

Good spot to stop on the way to Uluru. Rooms were clean and comfortable. Steaks and dinner were great in the Roadhouse. Picked up some nice Indigenous artwork there. Worth a look if you stop for petrol.

Stayed in our van powered sites January 2nd 2026. Easy drive in sites with shade. Great meal and clean facilities friendly service highly recommend!

Great location. Good aircon. Comfortable beds. Clean linen. |Sparse kitchen inclusions. Could have been cleaner. Couch filthy dirty and badly needs replacing. Not worthy of the adjective,” Executive. “ Locked out at 10 pm after coach trip to Uluṟu. Found gate not locked, but. Was not advised of this situation. More attention to detail required. I would NOT recommend to other travellers.