Visiting Mount Connor - NT
Submitted: Sunday, Jul 18, 2004 at 12:05
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The Banjo
Interested in getting closer to MT Connor on the next trip north - I understand that there are some tours there but can a solo traveller get in there ? Camping overnight maybe or just trek about for a few hours. Any advice welcome this way.
Reply By: DrewT - Tuesday, Jul 20, 2004 at 13:21
Tuesday, Jul 20, 2004 at 13:21
Hi. Just came back from Red centre and in particular spoke with "Uncle" at
Curtin springs re camping out at Mt Connor. Despite what the webpage says, Uncle was happy for us to
camp by ourselves at the designated
campsite, and climb Mt Connor by ourselves. The only reason we didn't do this was:
- You must be escorted to/from to the
campsite. We would have had to follow the next "Uncle" tag-along-tour out to the
campsite .. and pay for the tour just to get to the
campsite. very expensive
- the
camp fee was also pretty expensive from what i recall
- there was also a per head fee to climb Mt connor (self guided)
all up it was going to cost us about $380 for 2 vehicles (2 families) to drive to the
campsite, stay for 1 night, & climb MtConnor. Way too expensive for us
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Follow Up By: The Banjo - Tuesday, Jul 20, 2004 at 13:32
Tuesday, Jul 20, 2004 at 13:32
Indeed Drew.....they own/care/accept resposibility for the lease so they should charge whatever they think fair but I'd be giving camping a miss on those terms. The 5-6 hour tour in their vehicle might be value at $85 PP......depeneds on what they offer but it sounded ok......worthwhile experiences do of course cost. Guess they have public liability issues with the tourism too. Thanks a lot.
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Reply By: kissyeah - Tuesday, Jul 20, 2004 at 20:38
Tuesday, Jul 20, 2004 at 20:38
Go to one of the helicopter comapnies at Ayers
Rock (used to work for one) and they can actually fly you out there on to Mt Connor. It is pretty (read: very) expensive, but
well worth it. You can do a flight that takes you to Ayers
Rock, the Olga's,
Lake Amadeus and then land on Mt Connor and then return. If you can get 4 paying adults it makes it a cheaper (cost divided by 4 and you could probably negotiate a cheaper price)
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