Finke Gorge National Park: A Photo Journal

Finke Gorge National Park is a stunning part of the country, and one I hadn’t really heard much about prior to our road trip. The national park is in Western Arrarnta country, and the park itself is managed jointly by the Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife Service and the traditional owners.

Our spacious campsite - me sketching in the distance. There was also more space right next to where our car was parked. One of my favourite campgrounds so far.

We were there in early October 2021, and I was impressed. It is a lovely spot, not too difficult to get to and the campground was really fantastic with lovely hot showers and beautiful large sites.

I’ve written another blog post about the park, impression it left, and the many sketches and paintings I’ve done of the park and the creatures we saw there.

Here I’m sharing some of our photos from the park - from the Mpulungkinya walk within Palm Valley itself, and from Mpaara and Kalaranga walks accessible from the campground.

For more official information on the park and a downloadable map of the walks, see the National Park website.

If you’d like to see some photos of the park and wildlife, here they are!

Within Palm Valley

The routes available to walk in Palm Valley. We did the Mpulungkinya track and it was worth it just for the views down the valley from the ridge. That said, the shorter Arankaia track is the main section, and contains the highlights of the valley. Most of the following are from this section.

Outside Palm Valley

The walks outside the Palm Valley. These were my personal highlights. The fact that Palm Valley exists is of course really crazy, but for the views, the following took my breath away.

The sunsets views in this park were spectacular!

Some of the Flora and Fauna we saw

The following photos are all @ScottGlobeTrots’ photos, whose patience allows him to take some great photos of the wildlife we see.

The cute little frogs were so much fun to watch!

My first time seeing a glossy ibis! A really beautiful bird.

Gorgeous Long nosed dragon.

There was a lot more wildlife, including cockatiels, a dingo, crows of course and just tons of birds. Not as much as in some other places, but sitting in the campground, it was still very hard to be bored.

I hope you’ve enjoyed these photos - these are a combination of photos taken by me and by Scott Sheridan.