Tech Tips & Larapinta FAQ

Each year at Lone Dingo we receive countless enquiries about walking the Larapinta Trail, mostly gear related but also about all other aspects of walking the trail. Below we address some of the [...]

Strapped for time but want to see what all the fuss is about? Choose from these short itineraries to experience the solitude and vastness of the world class Larapinta Trail. There are lots of [...]

A new multi-day walking fee will be introduced to the Larapinta Trail (and all extended trails in the Northern Territory) from 1 March 2022. The fees are applicable to both adults and children.  [...]

A 100g canister will last 2 people about 4.8 days using something like a Jetboil or MSR Windburner, and 2.4 days using an open stove like an Optimus Crux or MSR Pocket Rocket or similar.  You [...]

The Larapinta Trail extends over 223 kilometres west from Alice Springs along the West MacDonnell Ranges finishing on the summit of spectacular Mount Sonder. It lies almost entirely within the [...]

Modern day inflatable and self inflating mattresses are awesome!  Until they go flat.  Then they’re just a groundsheet.  Luckily fixing a puncture in your mattress is no more difficult than [...]

From time to time dysentery exposes itself as common ailment among Larapinta Trail walkers.  A couple of years ago dysentery was particularly rife at the height of the walking season to the point [...]

The Larapinta Trail is a committing hike if you do all of it; around 2 weeks of hiking for most.  That’s a longer time on a trail than most even quite experienced hikers will spend on a single [...]

If you are walking in the central ranges you will quickly become acquainted with spinifex; from afar it can look soft and lush,  when it flowers it can look like a field of wheat.  Up close, it’s [...]

Winter in the central Australian desert is cold, very cold!  Try minus 5 degrees C on occasion, you could be sleeping above the snowline at that temperature.  To stay warm in a compact hiking [...]