Day 1: Kata Tjuta (The Olga’s) | Uluru Sunset
Passengers will be picked up from Desert Gardens Hotel at Ayers Rock Resort or Airport. After a short drive, walk off your lunch at Kata Tjuta (The Olga’s). With its 36 various-sized domes, it provides quite a contrast to Uluru. You’ll get to know the landscape pretty well on an afternoon hike between the domes. As the evening unfolds, enjoy a light snack as the sun slowly sets casting a variety of earthy tones across Uluru. The perfect end to a remarkable day is awaiting you back at camp, as you enjoy a delicious spread of food with your group. If the weather permits, sit outside under the stars.
Day 2: Uluru – Kings Canyon
An early start this morning is rewarded with an Uluru sunrise as the sun hits the icon like a beacon, before the light floods the surrounding landscape. Your guide will take you to one of the significant cultural sights of Uluru, outlining Anangu rock art and passing on one of the creation stories of the site. While the morning is fresh, the time is yours to enjoy the self-guided, full base walk of Uluru, taking in all of the textures and valleys up-close, which isn’t evident from afar. Once you’ve had lunch, perhaps purchase some art at the Cultural Centre, hand-crafted by local First Nation Peoples of the Western and Central Deserts. Travel onto our exclusive campsite near the Watarrka National Park (Kings Canyon), where the group will have dinner and enjoy the stars.
Day 3: Kings Canyon – Uluru
The main attraction of Watarrka National Park is undoubtedly Kings Canyon – a huge gorge enclosed by sheer rock walls many meters high. With its porous sandstone, deep gullies and hidden rock pools, it provides shelter to more than 600 species of native plants and animals. Your guide will point these out on a trek that takes in the canyon’s most famous locations such as the Lost City, the Garden of Eden, Amphitheatre, and ofcourse North & South Walls of the canyon. After lunch, we hit the road again for a three-hour drive to Yulara in the late afternoon. This evening, you have choice to enjoy one of the following optional activities; a Sunset Camel Cruise, the Field of Lights, Sounds of Silence, the Wintjiri Wiru Drone display; or if you’d like to experience the Uluru sunset from a different perspective (and free of charge), tonight is the opportunity to do it! After dinner, relax at your camp for a night under the stars.
Day 4: Yulara (Uluru / Ayers Rock Airport)
After a short sleep-in, enjoy a hearty breakfast at our exclusive camp. Depending on your departure time, take our free 10-minute transfer directly to Yulara’s Desert Gardens Hotel, or Uluru Airport (Uluru / Ayers Rock Airport, airport code: AYQ). If you have plenty of spare time before your flight, you can leave your luggage at the Desert Gardens Hotel, and spend some time in Yulara Resort shopping at your leisure. Please note: There are regular free airport shuttles from the Desert Gardens Hotel to the Ayers Rock Airport.
It was awesome to sleep under the stars in the middle of nowhere. We were a group of 16 people and our guide Randy made the trip to an unforgettable adventure.
Well organised trip that was neatly added to by our tour guide Ryan!
August seems a good time to explore Uluru and the surrounding areas. Dry weather and pleasant daytime temperature means you can go anywhere. Our guide Hannah was engaging and a great group organiser, she got us up in time for those sunrise walks and kept us fed and hydrated, always with a smile.
It was perfectly pitched and a real hands on tour. It was varied and culturally fascinating. Alex our guide was focussed and enthusiastic and very knowledgeable and made sure we got most out of our trip. Alex was very helpful.
