It is an easy walk along the creek bed and offers good views of the main concentrations of red cabbage palms combined with spectacular scenery, bird life and, depending on the season, good waterpools with fish and other aquatic life. There is a longer 4.5 km walk which is explained on the Conservation Commission brochure. Many ancestors were burned during this catastrophe. The younger men were carried off in flames by strong winds and dropped in this area where they became palms and cycads. This is 4WD-only country as the last 16 km of the journey is along the rocky bed of the Finke River and its tributary which flows through Palm Valley.
Tour buses do make the bumpy and difficult journey.
The drive is breathtakingly beautiful. The near vertically bedded red rock cliffs rise on either side of the gorge in strange and fantastical shapes and are set in sharp relief by the impossibly blue desert skies. The road winding along a valley which is thick with ghost gums. Palm Valley does have a camping site and spending a night and exploring the area thoroughly is the most satisfactory way of seeing the Park. The only food available is at the Hermannsburg Tea Rooms which provide light meals and drinks in a pleasant, old style tea room atmosphere.