Wilpena Pound

If you drive in to the Wilpena Pound lodge/caravan park they run a shuttle bus service into the pound.

Hi Gronk, There is a shuttle bus that takes passengers to the entrance (although we chose to walk from the camp ground), then an easy walk trail into the pound which goes to the old station homestead, however for views into the pound there is an climb to a couple of look-out platforms, but it is not long or difficult. The other walks are far more challenging. Best advice is to start out early so as not to be walking in the heat of the day.

Check out Hills Homestead Walk:

http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/pdfs/FLRA_PDFS_PARK_GUIDE.PDF

Motherhen

As long as the walks are no longer than 1K then it will be OK..

Heat during the day shouldn't be a problem in early September ( will it ?? )

I notice most camp grounds are pay jobs....are they self register or a ranger comes around ?? Are there any free ones in the Flinders ??

The climb up to the 1st lookout near the homestead is up a decent track and some steps, after that (to the 2nd lookout... where you actually get some feeling of the pound) it's somewhat more difficult in that it's got some rock areas where footing is not great where the path is on a fair bit of a sideways slope. Not for someone who's a bit 'tottery'.

Gronk, there is no way you will get a view looking down into the Pound with only 1 Km walk.
I think you can drive to within about 1 Km of the Pound from near the Chalet, and there is a shuttle bus that goes from the Chalet and follows the Wilpena Creek for about 1 Km then you have about a 1Km walk into the pound from there.
But, at that stage you will be on the floor of the Pound, and would have quite a walk up the side of the ramparts to get a view of inside the pound.
It is an easy enough walk if you are capable of walking on rough surfaces for a while, but it is going to be a lot further than 1 Km from the time you get out of your car or off the shuttle bus.
As others say, the flight is terrific and you can get a 20 minute flight that circles the pound. Offhand I think it's about $60 PP.
There is no vehicular access into the Pound.
Dave

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Hi Gronk,
I know it is not into the Pound, but there is a terrific lookout at Stotts hill lookout, North of Wilpena just before the Skytrek turnoff. There is a bronze diarama/map of the Pound up there with interpretive signs. It is well worth the visit. Fairly steep driving grade up a good dirt road but flat and easy access once up there.
The shuttle bus into through Wilpena Creek was $2 each way a couple of years ago. The walk from the bus park to the homestead is relatively easy going on a well defined path, sorry I can't remember just how far in it is but it isn't km+++'s but you are basically into a wooded valley once you get in there. You don't get an actual view of a broad expanse of what the Pound looks like from there as there are trees and hills. Still beautiful though. The tourist centre at Wilpena have walking track pamphlets that have all the walks marked with grades and distances. Hope this helps a bit.
Sally

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Thanks for the replies....looks like a walk will have to happen to see it ..