Name: Desert Gardens Hotel
Address: Yulara Drive, Yulara, 0872 Ayers Rock, Australia, Yulara Drive, Yulara, Northern Territory, 0872, Australia
Price range: Prices for upcoming dates start at $372 per night (We Price Match)
Rating: 8.1

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Hotel Desert Gardens Hotel

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The accommodations were very comfortable. I liked the breakfast brunch very much.

Patricia, United States of America

Mr. Beau Rigbye, the receptionist. Polite, professional, respectfull and enthusiastic. He should be put as a Head of Training Department in every hotel chain all over the world. I travel alot, and I know what's good service. Thank you.

Phillips, United States of America

Beautiful garden; excellent buffet breakfast and many interesting free activities.

Vera, Australia

We were originally placed in a room with (2) full beds, which was not very ideal seeing as it is our honeymoon. However, the front desk switched us into a different room (with a queen bed) and it had a perfect view of Uluru!!! Thank you all so much!!!

Kenneth, United States of America

Uluru is an expensive area to visit but the deal we got through Qantas was excellent. Activities are amazing. So much to see and do. And we were so impressed by your reception staff, especially Beau, what a great, friendly, SUPER helpful team you have there at Desesrt Gardnes.

Grant, Australia

Clean rooms, nice pools, friendly staff. Accessible to everything in walking distance.

Bethany, Australia

We loved the front office staff, very helpful and friendly. They did upgrade us from Garden view to Uluru view which we loved and took full advantage of on porch. Uluru is amazing so forget room issues and book based on your budget all hotels here have bad reviews its more what you can deal with for a couple days in an amazing location. Alice Springs is far and Longitude too expensive. Bite bullet and visit its worth the trip. Nature at its best in rugged outback Uluru sunset dinner and sun rise hike worth the trip. Amazing and a great lesson on Aborigines history and customs while hiking and experiencing Nature and the true outback.

Stephanie, United States of America

Lovely restaurants, pool, shop. Staff was very helpful and friendly.

Tanya, United States of America

A double bed each and very comfy Very clean Food was very tasty

Stephen, United Kingdom

I would stay again at the hotel mainly because they deliver on what's expected, the staff are friendly, and all in all it wasn't a bad experience, and given the competition it is a great hotel.

Dakrouri, Saudi Arabia

8.9

Great location!

What guests loved the most:
“The accommodations were very comfortable. I liked the breakfast brunch very much.”

Patricia United States of America
“Mr. Beau Rigbye, the receptionist. Polite, professional, respectfull and enthusiastic. He should be put as a Head of Training Department in every hotel chain all over the world. ”

Phillips United States of America
“Beautiful garden; excellent buffet breakfast and many interesting free activities.”

Vera Australia
“We were originally placed in a room with (2) full beds, which was not very ideal seeing as it is our honeymoon. ”

Kenneth United States of America
“Uluru is an expensive area to visit but the deal we got through Qantas was excellent. Activities are amazing. So much to see and do. ”

Grant Australia
“Clean rooms, nice pools, friendly staff. Accessible to everything in walking distance.”

Bethany Australia
“We loved the front office staff, very helpful and friendly. They did upgrade us from Garden view to Uluru view which we loved and took full advantage of on porch. ”

Stephanie United States of America
“Lovely restaurants, pool, shop. Staff was very helpful and friendly.”

Tanya United States of America
“A double bed each and very comfy Very clean Food was very tasty”

Stephen United Kingdom
“I would stay again at the hotel mainly because they deliver on what's expected, the staff are friendly, and all in all it wasn't a bad experience, and given the competition it is a great...”

Dakrouri Saudi Arabia

Desert Gardens Hotel offers air-conditioned rooms, some with a private balcony or views of Ayers Rock (Uluru). Guests can unwind in the outdoor pool, or at the restaurant and bar. Spa facilities, shops, tour information and cafes are conveniently located within a short walking distance from the property or via a free shuttle bus.

Set among native gardens, each room at Desert Gardens Hotel includes a mini-bar and tea and coffee making facilities. There is a TV with movies-on-demand in every room.

The hotel's Mangata Bar serves cocktails that can be enjoyed while relaxing by the hotel pool. Arnguli Grill offers an a la carte menu of traditional Australian cuisine.

The Uluru Lookout is just 0.9 mi from the property while Kata Tjuta (The Olgas) is a 40-minute drive away. All guests staying at Desert Gardens Hotel receive free return transfers from Ayers Rock Airport (Uluru, Connellan Airport). This transfer service is available for this airport only. The hotel is only a 5-minute stroll to the lookout, where guests can view the desert sunset and Uluru.

Couples in particular like the location – they rated it 8.8 for a two-person trip.

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+ Max adults: 3 Max children: 1 (up to years of age)	Standard Double Room 2 full beds	Show prices
Start of dialog content 댴 Private bathroom Free parking Located throughout the gardens of the hotel with either a balcony or courtyard area, this air-conditioned room features TV with free-to-air channels and a mini-bar. Room Facilities: • Tea/Coffee maker • Minibar • Shower • Pay-per-view channels • Telephone • Air conditioning • Hairdryer • Radio • Desk • Free toiletries • Toilet • Private Bathroom • Heating • Flat-screen TV Parking: Free! Free private parking is available on site (reservation is not needed). Select everything you want to know more about (Your response helps provide better info for travelers) Beds Bathroom Kitchen Breakfast Room capacity Room view Room facilities Parking Smoking Other What do you want to know about the options you selected? Enter your feedback Submit Cancel Thanks for your time! Your feedback will help us improve so you can book more easily next time. Close Sorry – there was an error submitting your response. Please try again. Retry Missing some information? Yes / No Great! Thanks for your response. Check-in Date Check-out Date Rooms Adults Children End of dialog content
+ Max adults: 3 Max children: 1 (up to years of age)	Deluxe Double Room 1 full bed	Show prices
Start of dialog content 댴 Private bathroom Free parking This spacious, air-conditioned room looks out on the desert landscape and feature either a balcony or private courtyard. Each has an en suite with a bath and a shower. Room Facilities: • Tea/Coffee maker • Minibar • Shower • Bathtub • Pay-per-view channels • Telephone • Air conditioning • Balcony • Radio • Desk • Free toiletries • Toilet • Private Bathroom • Heating • Flat-screen TV Parking: Free! Free private parking is available on site (reservation is not needed). Select everything you want to know more about (Your response helps provide better info for travelers) Beds Bathroom Kitchen Breakfast Room capacity Room view Room facilities Parking Smoking Other What do you want to know about the options you selected? Enter your feedback Submit Cancel Thanks for your time! Your feedback will help us improve so you can book more easily next time. Close Sorry – there was an error submitting your response. Please try again. Retry Missing some information? Yes / No Great! Thanks for your response. Check-in Date Check-out Date Rooms Adults Children End of dialog content
+ Max adults: 2 Max children: 1 (up to years of age)	Deluxe Double Room with Ayers Rock Views 1 full bed	Show prices
Start of dialog content 댴 Private bathroom Free parking With panoramic views of Uluru (Ayers Rock), these rooms feature a balcony or private courtyard, plus a bathtub and in-room safe. Room Facilities: • Tea/Coffee maker • Minibar • Shower • Bathtub • Pay-per-view channels • Telephone • Air conditioning • Hairdryer • Iron • Bathrobe • Radio • Desk • Ironing facilities • Free toiletries • Toilet • Private Bathroom • Heating • Flat-screen TV • View Parking: Free! Free private parking is available on site (reservation is not needed). Select everything you want to know more about (Your response helps provide better info for travelers) Beds Bathroom Kitchen Breakfast Room capacity Room view Room facilities Parking Smoking Other What do you want to know about the options you selected? Enter your feedback Submit Cancel Thanks for your time! Your feedback will help us improve so you can book more easily next time. Close Sorry – there was an error submitting your response. Please try again. Retry Missing some information? Yes / No Great! Thanks for your response. Check-in Date Check-out Date Rooms Adults Children End of dialog content

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Hotel surroundings – Guests loved walking around the neighborhood!

Closest Landmarks

Uluru/Ayers Rock
4.4 miles

Closest Airports

Ayers Rock Airport
3.3 miles

What Travelers Love About This Location

“Fantastic Location, Clean spacious bedrooms.”

Aniket13

Switzerland

9.1

“Everything was provided. Great service and amenities. Easy walking distance to lookouts, museum and town square. Hotel staff were absolutely AMAZING, they reall...”

Natalie

Australia

“Nice location, lovely room.”

Tomoka

Japan

9.1

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2 Restaurants On Site

Mangata Bistro & Bar

Food: Australian, Local

Menu: Buffet & À La Carte
Arnguli Grill & Restaurant

Food: Australian

Menu: À la carte

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From 3:00 PM

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Until 10:00 AM

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Children & Beds

Children are welcome

0 - 2 years	Can use a crib when requested or an existing bed	FREE
0 - 2 years	Can use an extra bed when requested	AUD 70 per child, per night
3 - 15 years	Can use an existing bed	FREE
3 - 15 years	Can use an extra bed when requested	AUD 70 per child, per night
16+ years	Can use an extra bed when requested	AUD 70 per person, per night

The maximum number of extra beds, cribs, and children allowed in existing beds depends on the room you pick. Double-check your selected room for the maximum capacity.

Pets

Pets are not allowed.

Groups

When booking more than 7 rooms, different policies and additional supplements may apply.

Desert Gardens Hotel accepts these cards and reserves the right to temporarily hold an amount prior to arrival.

“Mr. Beau Rigbye, the receptionist. Polite, professional, respectfull and enthusiastic. He should be put as a Head of Training Department in every hotel chain all over the world. I travel alot, and I know what's good service. Thank you.”

Phillips

United States of America

“We were originally placed in a room with (2) full beds, which was not very ideal seeing as it is our honeymoon. However, the front desk switched us into a different room (with a queen bed) and it had a perfect view of Uluru!!! Thank you all so much!!!”

Kenneth

“Uluru is an expensive area to visit but the deal we got through Qantas was excellent. Activities are amazing. So much to see and do. And we were so impressed by your reception staff, especially Beau, what a great, friendly, SUPER helpful team you have there at Desesrt Gardnes.”

Grant

“We loved the front office staff, very helpful and friendly. They did upgrade us from Garden view to Uluru view which we loved and took full advantage of on porch. Uluru is amazing so forget room issues and book based on your budget all hotels here have bad reviews its more what you can deal with for a couple days in an amazing location. Alice Springs is far and Longitude too expensive. Bite bullet and visit its worth the trip. Nature at its best in rugged outback Uluru sunset dinner and sun rise hike worth the trip. Amazing and a great lesson on Aborigines history and customs while hiking and experiencing Nature and the true outback.”

Stephanie

“I would stay again at the hotel mainly because they deliver on what's expected, the staff are friendly, and all in all it wasn't a bad experience, and given the competition it is a great hotel.”

Dakrouri

Saudi Arabia

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Newest Reviews for Desert Gardens Hotel

Reviewed: April 25, 2019

John
United Kingdom
8.3

“Good location well organised for trips and comfy rooms.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Deluxe Double Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Service slow in hotel buffet
Bed cosy

Stayed in April 2019
Reviewed: April 24, 2019

Robyn
Australia

1 helpful vote
9.2

“A must do experience.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Deluxe Double Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Flies
Hotel restaurant was excellent. Segways were fun albeit expensive. Uluru and Olgas are well worth visiting.

Stayed in April 2019
Reviewed: April 21, 2019

Graham Jolly
Australia
9.2

“Come, stay, learn and explore. Culture and the land amazing.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Deluxe Double Room
- • Stayed 4 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
The location. The very helpful friendly staff including the cleaning staff. The system of obtaining daily room credit by maintaining your room is great. The total complex resort met all our needs. Out door complex free activities were conducted very professionally & informative. Would recommend even though the food & drinks were a little expensive. Nice place & clean.

Stayed in April 2019
Reviewed: April 21, 2019

Kathy
Australia
8.3

“Adequate although the room was a little disappointing. Service by all staff fantastic.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Deluxe Double Room
- • Stayed 3 nights
The courtyard of our room was dirty and needed a complete tidy up. Was not at all pleasant to sit outside. The lights inside the unit had an unusual set out. To have the bathroom light on the hall way light had to be on which then annoyed anyone else who was trying to sleep. I would suggest when the rooms are next refurbished that you add a ceiling fan and a good security door onto the balcony and you would find a majority of customers would not require the air conditioning for a portion of the year. Much nicer to sleep without being dried up and looking like a prune in the morning :) and also cheaper to run. The bathroom was not as advertised on the internet with double basins …… . Plug is also leaking and does not hold water in the sink. Shower in bathroom is old and tired and could be difficult for the elderly. My elderly In-laws would not cope with this at all. (Shower over the bath situation). Overall bathroom needs to be renovated. Maybe one room at a time could be renovated with the above ideas. No drawers for clothes. Bedside tables with large drawers would fix this problem, as I like to unpack my clothes not live out of a suitcase. Existing bedside table drawer was impossible to open without the whole table moving. Very stiff to open.
Didn't have the breakfast package but did have dinner which was fantastic. Location of the premises was great and close to city centre. Car parking good. Pool area was wonderful with a grassed area to use. Room was large and comfortable.

Stayed in April 2019
Reviewed: April 19, 2019

Johan
Australia
8.8

Excellent
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Standard Double Room
- • Stayed 1 night
very long queue to check in.
The garden & pool area were really nice.

Stayed in April 2019
Reviewed: April 15, 2019

Julia
Australia

1 helpful vote
5.8

“Functional oasis”
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Standard Double Room
- • Stayed 5 nights
Given the room price of $500 per night, I would have expected a bit more comfort. The restaurant was limited in choices especially for those with dietary requirements, but overall the food was fine. Our room was near the pool so it was quite noisy if we left the sliding doors open - fine with them closed. No late check out.
The Hotel was located in close proximity to the the town square and the other venues. Our room was walking distance to the pool and the retaurant. It was clean and functional. The room was freshly painted. The staff were pleasant and helpful. The children enjoyed the pool to cool off after the day - there were plenty of pool towels available and sunloungers :) The housekeeping staff did a reasonable job and were happy to work around our schedule.

Stayed in April 2019
Reviewed: April 15, 2019

Patricia
United States of America
8.8

“I think everyone should come to visit the village and take advantage of the many activities that are”
- • Leisure trip
- • Group of friends
- • Standard Double Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
The flies
The accommodations were very comfortable. I liked the breakfast brunch very much.

Stayed in March 2019
Reviewed: April 14, 2019

Nick
Australia
9.6

“Looking forward for more experiences like Saturday”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Standard Double Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
The Friday night experience
A comfortable bed and clean bathroom where everything works We had two nights at the restaurant, on Friday night the service was very poor but the worst part was the scotch fillet steak that my wife and I both ordered medium . It was over cooked, white in colour , no marvelling, flavourless. We decided that we would not return. However we returned on Saturday. The staff were more receptive & attentive. My wife had salmon and I had the pork dish. Both dishes were great and obviously a good chef at work

Stayed in April 2019
Reviewed: April 13, 2019

Anonymous
Australia
7.5

Good
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Standard Double Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
The pool area is nice but needs a upgrading
Location. And staff service was outstanding but accomodation price was very expensive as it did not include breakfast

Stayed in April 2019
Reviewed: April 13, 2019

David
United States of America
6.7

“It was a short stay and I expected a LOT more for that high rate.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Standard Double Room
- • Stayed 1 night
The room rate increased by $200 from what we signed up to pay. The room had NO closet and came with few toiletries. Also check out time was ridiculously early (10 am).
The room was well appointed and attractive with a good view of the desert. The pool and gift shop were exceedingly nice. The staff was friendly and helpful.

Stayed in April 2019
Reviewed: April 12, 2019

Liz
Australia
7.9

“Good experience, mostly good hotel, room size was the main issue.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Standard Double Room
- • Stayed 4 nights
The room was too small. We had a garden room with two double beds which was a little too small for two adults and two children. We stayed for 4 nights and felt like we were tripping over each other.
The staff and the food was awesome. Loved the authenticity of the experience and the location.

Stayed in April 2019
Reviewed: April 8, 2019

Anonymous
Australia
Age group: 45 – 54
9.6

Exceptional
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Standard Double Room
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
No cafe
Cleanliness

Stayed in April 2019
Reviewed: April 8, 2019

Mary-anne
Australia
10

Exceptional
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Standard Double Room
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
The pool was freezing

Stayed in April 2019
Reviewed: April 7, 2019

Jones
Australia
8.3

“Sensational”
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Standard Double Room
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
No toaster
The whole thing

Stayed in April 2019
Reviewed: April 5, 2019

Amanda
Australia
9.2

“great, loved it :)”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Standard Double Room
- • Stayed 3 nights
Location of breakfast was good, we only had it once but didn't go back, thought it was a little overpriced

Stayed in April 2019

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