Finke Gorge National Park is situated 138 km west of Alice Springs. Most of Alice Springs. Most of the road is unsealed and for the last 16 km a four-wheel-drive vehicle is recommended. After rains this section may be temporarily impassable.
Flora
The park was established to protect thecomprehensive collection of living central
Australian plants established there, especially the cycads and cabbage palms growing in thedamp gorges, relics of a much wetter time. Ghost gums, ferns and mossesalso grow along the gorges contrasting with the bare cliffs and
barren ranges beyond.
Fauna
Abundant bird life can be seen including cockatoos, wedge-tailed eagles, the blac-faced cuckoo-shrike and the musical pied butcher bird. Many reptiles and a variety of freshwater fish are to be found while mammals include kangaroos, wallabies, euros and dingoes
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