Tour Highlights
- Pink Cockatoo
- Dusky Grasswren
- Exceptional local specialist bird guide
- Grey Honeyeater
- Mammal and Reptiles
- Fully accommodated, all meals
- Category
Start
Alice Springs
End
Alice Springs
- Birdwatching focus
- high
- Wildlife focus
- moderate
- Photography focus
- moderate
- Culture focus
- low
- Walks rating
- easy | moderate
- Number of boat cruises
- Public0Private0
- Sleeping options
- ensuite
Tour notes & Add-ons
Tour Starts & Ends: Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Extend Your Birding Holidays with Our Connecting Tours & Convenient Packages:
**In 2026, our new Red Centre Alice Springs Birdwatching Tour links to our 8 Day North Australian Finch Frenzy Birding Tour, 11 Day Outback Birding Darwin to Mount Isa Expedition and our 11 Day Ultimate Top End Birding Adventure Tour, giving you the option of an incredible 6 day, 17-night or 18-night, or 1 month extended birding holiday (including pre & post-tour hotels) throughout the Northern Territory’s, Outback Queensland and Western Australia’s best birding and photography sites (Darwin, Kakadu, Katherine, Timber Creek, Lake Argyle, Kununurra, Alice Springs, MacDonnell Ranges, Barkly and Mount Isa regions).
Each tour can also be booked individually.
Add on: 11 Day Outback Birding Darwin to Mount Isa Expedition – 9-19 August (before the Red Centre Alice Springs Birding Tour 22-27 August)
Add on: 8 Day North Australian Finch Frenzy Birding Tour – 12-19 August (before the Red Centre Alice Springs Birding Tour 22-27 August)
Add on: 11 Day Ultimate Top End Birding Tour – 30 Aug-9 Sept 2026 and 8-18 Nov 2026 (after the Red Centre Alice Springs Birding Tour 22-27 Aug and 31 Oct-5 Nov 2026)
Add on: 15 Day Deluxe Borneo Birding & Wildlife EcoTour – 10-24 Oct 2026 (before the Red Centre Alice Springs and Top End Birding Tours 31 Oct-5 Nov 2026 and 8-18 November 2026)
Tour Summary
Red Centre Alice Springs Birdwatching & Wildlife Tour
2026
Alice Springs • Tjoritja/West MacDonnell Ranges • East MacDonnell Ranges • Red Centre regions
Explore the Northern Territory’s best outback birdwatching sites around Alice Springs, the MacDonnell Ranges and the Red Centre with our highly-skilled professional guides.
Seek and photograph Pink Cockatoo, Grey Honeyeater, Dusky Grassrwen, Budgerigar, Thorny Devil, Perentie and more on this perfect tour extension for our Darwin, Kakadu and Top End Birdwatching Tours.
This very comfortable birding tour is fully-accommodated with all meals provided and excellent tour extension opportunities to extend your travels with NT Bird Specialists.
Join us on this extraordinary birdwatching adventure, where every moment reveals the hidden wildlife wonders of the remote Red Centre of Australia.
Regions Visited
- Alice Springs
- East & West MacDonnell Ranges
- Red Centre
Tour Route
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Day by Day Itinerary
Contact Us For Full itineraryTour Inclusions & Exclusions
Experienced and professional bird guide and award-winning tour operator from NT Bird Specialists
Excellence in guiding skill and local natural history knowledge
Small groups (5-8) or private groups tours
5 nights ensuite air-conditioned accommodation
All meals (breakfast, lunch dinner) *please notify us of allergies at time of booking
Cool water, tea and coffee
Hotel pick up and drop off
*Tour extensions commencing in Darwin available
And more…
Food/drinks/alcoholic beverages not stated on the itinerary
Evening meal drinks (incl. Alcoholic beverages)
Excess baggage and activities
Personal shopping
Gratuities
Anything not specified in your itinerary are excluded from the price of the tour
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