Emily Gap , 16km out of Alice, has stylised rock paintings and a fairly deep waterhole in the narrow gorge. The gap is a sacred site with some well-preserved paintings on the eastern wall. Jessie Gap , 8km further on, is equally scenic and usually much quieter.
Both sites have toilets, but camping is not permitted. An 8km unmarked bushwalk leads around the ridge between the two gaps.
Both of these gaps are associated with the Eastern Arrernte Caterpillar dreaming trail. Known to the Arrernte as Anthwerrke, Emily Gap is one of the most important Aboriginal sites in the Alice Springs area; it was from here that the caterpillar ancestral beings of Mparntwe originated before crawling across the landscape to create the topographical features that exist today.
