The ediacaran fauna fossils found here predate almost all complex life from a time when mountains crossed the Australian continents. Today, the remnant Elder Range and Wilpena Pound remain as beautiful remnants of a lost world, eroded over millennia.
Wilpena Pound is a gorge 11 kilometres long and eight kilometres wide, popularly viewed via scenic flights from the resort. The region offers accommodation from luxury to motel-style rooms to glamping as well as a campground and Aboriginal cultural walks and 4WD tours.
There are treks, and incredible drives via towering ancient cliffs and deep craters bordering dusty red roads and everywhere, a sense of the Australian outback and its unique wildlife and culture.