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Desert Gardens Hotel

3.0 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
December 2024
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Pool
Garden View Room Request Two Double Beds
Front of property
Garden View Room Request Two Double Beds | View from room

Reviews

8.8 out of 10

Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Parking included
    Parking included
  • 24/7 front desk
    24/7 front desk
  • Air conditioning
    Air conditioning
  • Free WiFi
    Free WiFi

Explore the area

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1 Yulara Drive, Yulara, NT, 0872
  • Mulgara Gallery
    7 min walk
  • Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
    17 min drive
  • Uluru
    21 min drive
  • Ayers Rock, NT (AYQ-Connellan)
    11 min drive

Room options

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Garden View Room Request Two Double Beds

Garden View Room Request Two Double Beds

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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Desert Deluxe Room Request Two Double Beds

Desert Deluxe Room Request Two Double Beds

  • Desert view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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About the area

Yulara

When you stay at Desert Gardens Hotel in Yulara, you'll be 7 minutes by foot from Mulgara Gallery. .This hotel is 13 mi (20.9 km) from Uluru and 4.5 mi (7.3 km) from Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park.

What's nearby

  • Mulgara Gallery - 7 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park - 17 min drive - 7.3 km
  • Uluru - 21 min drive - 21.0 km
  • Mount Olga - 40 min drive - 51.9 km
  • Kata Tjuta - 88 min drive - 27.7 km

Getting around

  • Ayers Rock, NT (AYQ-Connellan) - 11 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Walpa Lobby Bar - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪Outback Pioneer BBQ - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪Kulata Academy Cafe - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Gecko's Cafe - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Mangata Bistro & Bar - ‬1 min walk

About this property

Desert Gardens Hotel

Hotel in Yulara with free parking
Air-conditioned accommodations at Desert Gardens Hotel offer complimentary toiletries. Rooms open to patios. Flat-screen televisions are featured in guestrooms.

Bathrooms include showers with hydromassage showerheads. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Make yourself at home in one of the air-conditioned rooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Rooms have private patios. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms have showers and complimentary toiletries.
Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access and tour/ticket assistance.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, a safe deposit box at the front desk, and ATM/banking services. Free self parking is available onsite.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site

Things to do

  • Playground

Family friendly

  • Playground

Conveniences

  • ATM/banking services
  • Banquet hall
  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • Garden

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Bed sheets

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hydromassage showerhead
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

The property charges 1.4 percent for credit card payments
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 72 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Credit card charges are subject to a surcharge of 1.4 percent

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted
This property reserves the right to pre-authorize the guest's credit card prior to arrival.

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Desert Gardens Hotel Hotel
Desert Gardens Hotel Yulara
Desert Gardens Hotel Hotel Yulara

Desert Gardens Hotel Reviews

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 113 out of 226 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 78 out of 226 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 26 out of 226 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 8 out of 226 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 226 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Shashidhar

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Spacious area and easy to drive in and out
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Pedro

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Expensive but value for money. Staff friendly and attentive. Tours and activities were high quality.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sean

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Cadathur

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent hotel Very good on site restaurants & others within walking distance. Close to a convenient spot for viewing sunrise on Uluru.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michelle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Athena

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Rooms are spacious and clean. Multiple dining options that are within walking distance. Property is quiet, beautifully maintained. Loved the amenities and all the available activities, especially the guest laundry on-site. Would have been helpful to know that the camel rides needed to be booked in advance.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

ROBERT

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great facility with a helpful staff.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Yvonne, State College

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Location is what you are paying for and the location is great. On site grocery store had a good selection and reasonable prices. Tours and transportation were well organized.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Ingo

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
You can see, that the resort has been around for a while…
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Bernadette

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities
We stayed for two nights in July. Hotel room had two beds which was great but barely enough space for our luggage. There are no ramps or lifts to get you to the top floor. With small kids this meant 4 trips with bags up and down. We had the buffet breakfast which was fairly expensive at $45pp. The area is very walkable and they had a lot of free options like garden walks and local tools talks. We also sat in on a didgeridoo lesson. Overall it was good.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

marcia

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
room was clean and comfortable, staff very helpful. Well organized for transportation & tours. Just a lovely location
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Luis

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful place
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

6/10 Okay

Chong Hock

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Happy : Excellent transportation services Unhappy : No hairdryer. Unstable wifi.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Jan Christian

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The property is fine with nice outdoor spaces, but the rooms could use a facelift. It’s the extraordinary location (and lack of competition) that justifies the high price per night.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Well maintained accommodation
Clean and comfort place in the middle of the outback.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Christine

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A lovely comfortable room with patio. Very friendly helpful staff. Beautiful gardens
Stayed 4 nights in May 2024

6/10 Okay

Jean

Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Cleanliness
This was the most expensive hotel ive ever stayed in. I was there in May and the pool was only ornamental, because i think there were actually ice cubes in it. The kuds coukdnt even stay in it for very long. The floor was so dirty i started wearing my shoes because my socks got so dirty from the carpet. And there were sugar ants crawling all over the counter. The bed sheets were clean and the bed was comfortable.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

6/10 Okay

angela

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We traveled from United States to here on our honeymoon. We booked hotel on our own. When we inquired if they had any upgrades/complimentary wine, etc. bc we were celebrating our honeymoon, the front desk lady rudely asked “well did you tell your travel agent?” We did not use a travel agent. By the way, another other property on our visits either comped us wine or other treats to celebrate our honeymoon. I lost a scarf on property in the morning and had to ask if they could locate it. They seemed to be lackluster in wanting to help. We had dinner in main dining area however when I asked for a to go container for my left overs, I was told that was not allowed. However they offer a takeaway service for breakfast. Mind you, there is a supermarket in the area and our room had a mini fridge- what gives?? This is a cluster of properties owned by the same company. We dined at one of the restaurants. We had to seek out our server to order another round of drinks. We couldn’t find them so we asked another attendant who completely waked away from us although she heard us. She genuinely seemed not to care. We visited 3 other cities in Australia but I have to say this leg of our trip was my least favorite. The best thing here was seeing Uluru in person and doing 2 separate excursions: the sunrise excursion at Uluru, and the sunset excursion The Sounds of Silence (which I highly recommend).
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

8/10 Good

Kang Rui

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Room is clean though not the best. There are a few stains here and there but we can make do considering the remoteness of the location. Desert Garden is usually the first stop for any tours or pickup, which helps quite a lot. The flys can be irritating until winter sets in, so pls do bring a fly net for the tours and walks. Staffs are friendly and always ready to help.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

8/10 Good

Tibor

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Good stay.
It was a good stay. Room was far from parking, need porter help. Hotel charges you some $50 per hour if you want to have a late checkout, even one hour, no flexibility.
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Frederick

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Bronwyn

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Uluṟu view
The hotel room was clean and spacious. The staff were all friendly, polite and courteous. When we arrived my Daughter was sick from the flight and the staff were quick to allocate a room even though we weren’t due to check in for a couple of hours.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2024

6/10 Okay

Hollee

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
The Desert Garden Hotel itself was clean and well kept, the staff was great. I was not prepared for the Uluru experience in general. One day in the area is adequate - taking in the two National Parks (we went to Uluru, which was beautiful). In hind sight we would have rented a car early on - there were none available when we were there, this left us with the hop on hop off bus, which was handy, but spendy for what you get. It was that or take tours out to the park which were very expensive. Uluru is the closest park, and is 12 km away, so you need some form of transportation to do what there is to do out there - explore the parks. The flies were abundant and annoying - many tourists wearing the net fly hats. Overall, I’m glad to have seen Uluru and taken some time to learn some of the background - the cultural center is great at the park - but as far as vacationing in the area (1) 1-2 days plenty in my opinion, (2) I felt constrained in regards to method of transportation- all expensive (3) flies are unpleasant
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Natalie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Staff were very helpful and approachable but the facilities were a little tired
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024