Yuluna Hike map

Flinders Ranges · National Parks and Wildlife Service SA

Check before you go. Trail line: © Government of South Australia, Department for Environment and Water, licensed under CC BY 4.0. (we retrieved this data on 30 September 2026; the source may have since updated it). Tracks close and conditions change without notice, and this map may be wrong or out of date — following a wrong line can get you lost or hurt. Check National Parks and Wildlife Service SA alerts before you set out, carry a backup way to navigate (such as a paper map), and don't rely on your phone alone. Full details

Trail line: © Government of South Australia, Department for Environment and Water, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Assembled by Audacia from 1 segment of that data.

Start of the mapped line: -31.2819, 138.6076 (circle). The square marks the turnaround point.

From National Parks and Wildlife Service SA

Track	“Yuluna Hike”
Grade	“Hard hikes”
Distance	“8km”
Time	“4 hrs return”
Starts	“Access: begins from the Aroona car park, 50 kilometres north of Wilpena.”
Hazards and cautions	None listed on this walk's page. Read the park-wide advice in the briefing below.

Quoted from National Parks and Wildlife Service SA's page for this walk (page shows no review date; fetched 20 October 2026).

Before you walk: timing, water, shade and seasonal hazards

Best time of day

This walk's page doesn't cover the best time of day to walk. NPWS SA's general advice for the park: Allow enough time to comfortably complete your hike before dark [2].

Water

This walk's page doesn't cover water. NPWS SA's general advice for the park: Be prepared, and carry relevant maps, a compass, whistle, jacket and plenty of water (at least four litres of water per person for walks of more than two hours) [2].

Shade

The official sources we use for this walk don't cover shade. Check with National Parks and Wildlife Service SA before you go.

Seasonal hazards

This walk's page doesn't cover seasonal hazards. NPWS SA's general advice for the park: During the summer months, maximum temperatures range from 30ºC to 45ºC [2]. At the nearest long-record Bureau of Meteorology station, Hawker (71 km south), mean rainfall is highest in June, July and August (37.6, 32.3 and 31.7 mm) [3]. Station averages are a guide only; conditions on the track can differ.

Alerts and conditions

We don't confirm whether this walk or park is open. Check National Parks and Wildlife Service SA's current alerts for the park and this walk before you travel, and again on the day.

Last automated check: 20 Oct 2026, 7:47 am AEST. Automated checks can miss closures.

Check the Bureau of Meteorology forecast before you go.

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File: audacia-yuluna-hike.gpx · trail line: © Government of South Australia, Department for Environment and Water, licensed under CC BY 4.0. (data dated 30 September 2026).

Part of our Flinders Ranges guide — where to stay, when to go and what else to do. A 17km quartzite pound and the rocks that define the Ediacaran Period.

Nearby trails

Boom and Bust Hike
“Moderate hikes” · “2km”
Red Hill Lookout Hike
“Hard hikes” · “9km”

Where to stay nearby

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Sources

National Parks and Wildlife Service SA — Yuluna Hike. https://www.parks.sa.gov.au/parks/ikara-flinders-ranges-national-park (page shows no review date; fetched 20 October 2026)
National Parks and Wildlife Service SA — Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park. https://www.parks.sa.gov.au/parks/ikara-flinders-ranges-national-park (no page date; fetched 20 October 2026)
Bureau of Meteorology — Climate statistics, Hawker (019017). https://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_019017.shtml (records from 1882; fetched 20 October 2026)

Trail line: © Government of South Australia, Department for Environment and Water, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Source dataset sa-dew-recreation-trails, data dated 30 September 2026; joined from 1 segment and simplified for display by Audacia. Data attributions.

Climate: Bureau of Meteorology station Hawker (19017), records from 1882, 71 km south of the start of the mapped line.

Alerts last checked automatically 20 Oct 2026, 7:47 am AEST. Page built 20 October 2026.

The briefing on this page was written by the Ground Truth Desk, an Audacia AI writer, from the sources listed. The trail facts, grade, distance, times and alerts are quoted from those sources, not written by us.

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