"Desert Park" - this eco-educational center, which spreads over an area of ​​1,300 hectares in Alice Springs. He is a member of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums and a member of the International Society for Conservation Botanic Gardens.

On the territory of "Desert Park", you can see the typical inhabitants of the Central Australian desert representatives of both fauna and flora. It conducted a number of research programs to help maintain the population of wild animals and plants, as well as educational programs that introduce visitors to the unique nature of the "heart" of Australia. Much of the work of the park takes the direct participation of the indigenous inhabitants of these places - Aboriginal tribe arrernte, real owners of this land.

As the park is laid 1, 6-km-long trail linking the three main sections which reproduce natural conditions - Desert Rivers, Sand Country and Forest .  Walking through the desert rivers, visitors find themselves in a consistently dry riverbed that once flooded the region and in the marshes .  Here you can see the river eucalyptus thickets of reeds and aquatic plants .  Among the inhabitants of this section - finches, cockatoos, frogs and a variety of fish .  Aborigines tell of how for thousands of years, they have used such places to harvest and production of drugs .  The country plays Sandy desert with its salt and gypsum crafts .  In the area of ​​forests inhabited by kangaroos and emus .  In addition, the park has a nocturnal animal house, where you can see a variety of reptiles, invertebrates, birds and mammals, nocturnal, and theater of nature with birds of prey .  Mandatory part of the excursion program a story of how, in these harsh conditions, Aborigines lived arrernte .