Wilpena Pound
Wilpena Pound & Ikara Flinders Ranges
Wilpena Pound Resort is the only accommodation located within the Ikara Flinders Ranges National Park, 430km north of Adelaide. This extraordinary landscape is 800 million years old and has been home to Adnyamathanha people for tens of thousands of years.
The Ikara-Flinders Ranges is South Australia’s largest mountain range. Its iconic natural amphitheatre, Wilpena Pound (Ikara), stands out in the vast landscape as the centre piece to the National Park.
The Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park encompasses some of the most spectacular scenery in South Australia, and our ‘scenic flights over the Pound and the Ikara-Flinders Ranges are the best way to appreciate this magnificent landscape.
FAST FACTS
The Pound is not a volcano
Ikara means 'meeting place'
800 million years old
National Park
Discover Wilpena Pound and Ikara-Flinders Ranges
Wilpena Pound Scenic Flights
See Wilpena Pound from the air with the Resort nestled in among the River Red Gums just near the Pound Gap.
Ikara-Flinders Ranges Flights
See the backbone shaped Flinders Ranges and the varying colours and textures of this ancient landscape, as you fly over Wilpena Pound and surrounds.
Lake Eyre from Wilpena Pound Resort
See the beauty of Lake Eyre, Wilpena Pound and the spectacular Ikara-Flinders Ranges.