Best 4x4 tracks near Adelaide

Adelaide may be known as the City of Churches, but you don’t have to venture too far from the city lights to find pockets of touring gold.

Within a few hundred clicks you can be in the outback proper, with Ngarkat Conservation Park about a 300km drive to the east and Alpana Station about 500km to the north. If you have a spare few days and you need a break from civilisation, here are a few 4WD tracks ‘close’ to Adelaide. Have we missed any? Let us know in the comments section below.

Five of the best 4x4 tracks within 500km of Adelaide