Campground · Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park
Sleep beside Aroona Creek beneath the ABC Range.
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The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Ikara-Flinders Ranges Tour Guide
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
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Red Hill and Yuluna Hikes at Aroona“You're approaching the access road to Aroona, which leads to two half-day hikes. Red Hill is a steep nine-kilometre return to a lookout above the valley; from the top, frame Wilpena's peaks over the ridges.”
Plays on the road 0.3 km from Koolamon Campground in the Parkwolf Ikara-Flinders Ranges Tour Guide.
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Koolamon is an unpowered campground on Aroona Creek at the base of the ABC Range. It has separate 2WD and 4WD sections, so check which section your site is in before choosing your route. The draw is a night beside the creek, with views into the country that inspired artist Sir Hans Heysen. This is a simple bush camp rather than a fully serviced base.
The campground has shared firepits and BBQ plates, long-drop toilets and a water tank at the toilet block. The 4WD section sits among river red gums and acacias, while the campground overall has minimal shade. There’s no power, so plan around unpowered camping.
Wildlife
68 sightingsWedge-tailed EagleMost seen around 10 AMSighting map
104 sightingsShort-beaked EchidnaMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
64 sightingsRed KangarooMost seen around 5 PMSighting map
219 sightingsCommon WallarooMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
55 sightingsWestern QuollMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
47 sightingsCommon Brushtail PossumMost seen around 6 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Ikara-Flinders Ranges. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
Keep exploring
ChallengingRed Hill Lookout Hike9 km · 4 hr · 1.7 km awayA steep four-hour climb to Aroona Valley and Wilpena views.
ModerateYuluna Hike8 km · 4 hr · 1.8 km awayCreek geology and old huts on a loop through the ABC Range.
ChallengingAroona to Youngoona Hike15.4 km · 7 hr · 1.8 km awayCreek folds, hut ruins and a long traverse through three ranges.
ModerateHeysen Trail Section 61: Aroona Hut to Parachilna Gorge Trailhead18 km · 6 hr · 1.8 km awayAn 18 km finish past abandoned mines to the Parachilna Gorge trailhead.
ModerateHeysen Trail Section 60: Trezona to Aroona Hut14.5 km · 3.8 hr · 5.9 km awayA 14.45 km Heysen section climbs from Trezona to Aroona Hut.
ModerateTrezona Hike8.2 km · 4 hr · 5.9 km awayStromatolites, a Golden Spike and a wide view across the ranges
Campground · 1.6 km awayAroona CampgroundCamp beside Aroona Creek; loop walks start here.
Sight · 1.9 km awayAroona ValleyA spring, pastoral ruins and the ranges that drew Hans Heysen.
Sight · 3.7 km awayRed Hill LookoutEarn a south-facing sweep from Aroona Valley to Wilpena.
Campground · 4.7 km awayBrachina East CampgroundTwo creek-bank areas, with high-clearance 2WD and rugged 4WD access.
Campground · 5.8 km awayTrezona CampgroundStay close to the Golden Spike and Trezona Circuit.
Campground · 6.1 km awayTeamsters CampgroundA basic clifftop camp above Brachina Creek, near fossils.
Sight · 6.3 km awayEdiacaran Golden SpikeA small plaque marks where the Ediacaran begins in rock.
Sight · 6.6 km awayBrachina GorgeA 20 km drive through ancient rock and the Ediacaran story.Parkwolf’s Ikara-Flinders Ranges ranking
The audio tour guide for the drive, plus offline maps, trails, and wildlife heatmaps for when the signal drops.
