Alice Springs Car Hire

Discover the hidden gems of Alice Springs with your DriveAway car rental. Alice Springs is an interesting place which can be easily explored with your hire car as you drive through the impressive views of surrounding mountains, the remote outback environment, endless desert landscapes with an Aboriginal heritage and history.

Alice Springs is located in the heart of Central Australia and is also known as the Red Centre. Alice Springs has grown into a popular tourist destination but it has been still maintained its genuine spirit.


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Travelling in Alice Springs with a Car Hire

Your Alice Springs car rental is a great way to explore its town as well as surrounding areas. The Stuart Highway is the main road to drive your hire car as it takes you from Adelaide in South Australia all the way up to Darwin. Alice Springs is located approximately 17 hour’s car rental drive to Darwin and 18 hours to Adelaide. You can collect your hire car from Adelaide airport and downtown depots located throughout the town.

No holiday in the Northern Territory will be complete until you see one of Australia’s most famous natural landmarks, Ayers rock also known by its Aboriginal name Uluru. Ayers Rock is a world-famous red sandstone formation which reaches grand heights of about 348 meters. Drive your car rental southwest of Alice Springs to escape in the land of the Aboriginal Dreamtime stories. You can take walking tours around the majestic rock and discover the unique rock formations. Ayers rock is fascinating as it can change colours significantly from blue to purple to a vibrant red.

DriveAway Holidays Car Hire: Alice Springs

Don’t miss out on taking a short car rental drive to the Alice Springs Desert Park located 10 minutes away from the city centre. Here you will see hundreds of native plants and animals from Central Australia. Stroll through the walking trails of the three habitats of the “Desert Rivers”, “Sand Country” and the “Woodland Habitats”. Check out the daily shows and don’t miss out on the Birds of Prey show.

Visit the Alice Springs Telegraph Station Historical Reserve which is a significant site showing the original site of the first European settlement in Alice Springs. Feel like you're in the presence of history as most of the buildings have been restored to the 1800’s periods. This is an important site to the history of Australia and is a wonderful place to discover the truth of Australia’s history. Also check out the Aboriginal Art and Cultural Centre where you can purchase unique and amazing Arrernte and Warlpiri art, or lean how to play the didgeridoo.