Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park

Stunning landscapes, and points of geological and historical interest. It's quite touristy. Convoys of 4WDs move between points of interest, stop, take photos, move on (and you need 4WD or you'll be moving rather slowly as well as annoying others who will want to pass you). Roads are very dusty. Billions of flies. A few bold or stupid people around on mountain or gravel bikes (it's not very safe due to the dust and visibility problem). SA Parks camp sites are nice with basic drop toilet (must be booked). The resort at Wilpena Pound also has camping plus showers, nice food, firewood, fuel etc. (everything here is expensive). Most of the park has no mobile coverage (at least for Telstra). But worth the down sides.

Definitely worth visiting, we spent there almost s week hiking, cycling, rock climbing, driving, sightseeing and just chilling! Go through the Wilpena campground, stay couple of nights and they also have information centre, fuel and grocery store there open during the day.

We loved this area - the drive out to Razorback Lookout & Bunyeroo Gorge is quite long drive - about 2 hours on dirt road - but we didn't regret it. P.S. Stop off at Stokes Hill Lookout for great 360° views including Wilpena.

Amazing park. So much to see and do. Great for all range of ages. Great short and longer walks within the park. Easy to get around with 4wd and loads of super great camp sights. If you’re a photographer there are so many locations to visit. We host two photography tours a year and visit in June and September. Another beautiful part of Australia.

Absolutely love it up here. Great for camping, 4x4, hiking, exploring. Serene, stunning, peaceful and aesthetically amazing for the novice or professional photographer. Patchy phone coverage which is great if you want to escape the digital life. Make sure you have alternative communications if you intend to explore and need it for emergency purposes.

Mid October visit was amazing. Wildlife, nature, and scenery all amazing. Just so peaceful and grounding. Lots of walking tracks and trails for all abilities and experiences.

Even on an overcast day, the scenery was spectacular. We did almost all of the drives comfortably in one day. The roads were great - a little muddy due to the rain and the tracks thru the creeks posed no problems for 4WD. We were amazed at the landscapes, gorges and vegetation. One road was like being in the snowy mountains, the next was rock formations like Hamersley Gorge, then you had hills like the McDonnell Ranges. The gum trees were huge, majestic and the biggest we've seen in SA. There's some old ruins of past sheep stations. Loads of emus, kangaroos and birdlife.

Wilpena Pound is a great destination in itself, with walks as easy or as hard as you choose; but it is just the start. The national park covers a large area. The public roads are free including the Moralana scenic drive, Brachina Gorge, Parachilna Gorge and Glass Gorge roads, stops and lookouts. Need to book camping sites and a pass is needed for the tracks, driving or walking. The road is tarred from Hawker to Blinman, including the Wilpena Pound approach, also from Hawker to Parachilna and beyond. Dirt roads are reasonable but there are no bridges, all the seasonal creeks are forded. At least the dust is soft, does not chew through the brake pads as on the Eyre peninsula. Last time we visited it was early December and some tracks and walks were already closed for the summer season. Mobile coverage is bad to non-existent so a little bit of preparation and common sense goes a long way. It is a vast and scenic expanse that does not stop to amaze even after the awe of the first have long worn off.

Great facilities for camping, caravaning or glamping in preset up tents or if that all sounds too hard they have an onsite resort. It was camping that I came for & found a great site close to amenities. Of which they offer several basic bbq areas, good toilets & showers, laundry & clothes lines but what sets it apart is the extras, an onsite information & tourist office that can organise tours by foot, 4WD or air plus a service station with fuel, cafe , supermarket, tourist shop & bottlo but to top it off they have a bar & restaurant so you may be in the middle of the bush under canvas but you needn't go without anything. Make sure you do at least the walk to the pound lookout it's well worth it & they have a bus to get you must of the way there. Lots of animals about if you want to check out kangaroos, emus, echidinas etc.

Wilpena Pound Resort is around 170km inland from Port Augusta West, South Australia. We travelled in our Campervan and on arrival booked into the National Park camping area. The resort and park are very popular around this time of the year. We found the facilities in the park clean and tidy, every thing was nice and orderly, with no pets allowed, giving us a restful quiet nights stop over. The main purpose of our visit was to view this amazing geological area, along with the wild flowers that are purported to grow in the area. The options of things to do is fly over the pound, go on a guided tour or walk through a well worn path to the Old "Homestead" then climb up hill to a very well placed lookout over this phenomenal geological area. The native flowers were not prolific this year, but blue flowers were scattered in dells all around the area. We visited the resort, enjoying our morning coffee break. We then set off for around trip walking past the Homestead and on up to the lookout to view the pound.