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Uluru Travel Guide
Nothing prepares you for the first time you see Uluru / Ayers Rock. The overwhelming enormity of the monolith, coupled with the strong sense of spirituality ensures that a visit to Uluru will last with you long after you’ve left it.
Australia's most recognisable natural icon, Uluru, stands 348 metres high and, like an iceberg, has most of its bulk below the surface.
Experience Uluru on an Aboriginal tour and learn about the local flora, fauna, bush-tucker and Dreamtime stories of the area. Or, on a Harley Davidson motorcycle, on the back of a camel, from above in a helicopter or light aircraft, on a walking track around its base or an evening tour.
Other attractions around Uluru include Kata Tjuta (The Olgas). This massive pile of rock domes dates back 500 million years.
300 kilometres north-east of Uluru is Kings Canyon in Watarrka National Park. Its 300-metre-high sandstone walls, walking trails, palm-filled crevices and views across the desert are spectacular.
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Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park
Uluru / Ayers Rock is Australia's most recognisable natural icon. Standing 348 metres high, Uluru has a great cultural significance for the traditional Aboriginal owners, the Anangu people.
Watarrka National Park
Watarrka National Park is best known as the home of Kings Canyon, a mighty chasm cleaving the earth to a depth of 270 metres.
Red Centre Way - Drive
The Red Centre Way drive navigates through Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Kings Canyon, the West MacDonnell Ranges and Alice Springs.
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Uluru walking trails
Both Uluru and Kata Tjuta have great cultural significance for the Anangu traditional landowners, who lead walking tours that inform about the local flora and fauna and the Aboriginal Dreamtime stories of the area.
Aboriginal Artist
Watch and listen as aboriginal artist Tommy Crow talks about his connection to Mother Earth in the striking landscape that surrounds Alice Springs and Uluru.
Pioneering the Outback
Outback character and publican, Jim Cotterill, has been discovering the natural wonders of the Red Centre and The Outback since his childhood in the 1960s.
