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Uluru<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is up there with the Sydney Opera House and the Great Barrier Reef as one of the most iconic of Australia\u2019s landmarks. The gargantuan rock formation explodes out of a stark desert landscape, sticking out like a sore, red thumb. Although a spell-binding sight, the sandstone monolith we see is actually just the very tip of the iceberg and most of Uluru exists underground, stretching another 2.5 km below the earth’s surface!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Located at the heart of Australia, Uluru demands that visitors stray far from the palm fringed beaches and curling waves of the tourist trail to venture into the most isolated and distant reaches of the great outback. So remote is Uluru that even the drive from gateway town, Alice Springs, is greater than the distance from London to Paris. Seems like an awful long way to come for a selfie with a stone\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Not so! Here\u2019s what makes the sacred site worthy of such a journey:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Watch the sun rise on Uluru <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Ever hauled yourself out of bed in the pitch black, stumbled into the cold and stood with your back to a sunrise? Anywhere else on the planet this behaviour could be considered both bizarre and downright deranged. But not here\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here, watching the first rays of sunlight slowly illuminate Uluru is a captivating performance that has all eyes glued front-and-centre as the sun rises unobserved. Witness the sandstone career across the colour spectrum, dancing from a nocturnal purple, to a flaming red before settling into its signature shade of rusty orange. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Walk around the base <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Not many people realise that, although Uluru takes centre stage as the most famous landmark in Australia, it\u2019s not actually even the biggest rock in the country: Mt Augustus in WA takes that prize. That said, at 348 metres high, 3.6 km long and 1.9 km wide it\u2019s no pebble either. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The monolith is sacred to its aboriginal owners and so it is forbidden to climb Uluru (at long last woo!) but you can still get a sense of its scale by looping the base. The circuit is a 9.4 km slog through the dry, desert heat and so we recommend comfortable walking shoes and plenty of water.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Learn about Aboriginal culture and life<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

For many, Uluru isn\u2019t just a rock: it\u2019s a living, breathing, cultural landscape. The aboriginal people believe that every part of Uluru, down to each cave and fissure has profound spiritual significance and sacred ceremonies continue to be held around Uluru to this day.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hear the creation stories that explain how Uluru was formed in Dreaming and admire the indigenous art that paints their history. The best way to do this is through engaging the services of an indigenous guide for your walk or by visiting the\u00a0Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park’s Cultural Centre<\/a>\u00a0at the base of Uluru.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sounds of Silence Experience <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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It\u2019s not often that \u2018the bush\u2019 and \u2018elegant dining\u2019 come hand-in-hand, but Sound of Silence manages to marry the two perfectly in this once-in-a-lifetime experience. Over the course of this 4-hour feast you\u2019ll have the opportunity to sip bubbles as the sun dips below\u00a0Kata Tjuta, dine on exquisitely prepared Australian specialities and settle back for some stargazing. Deep in the Australian outback, Uluru\u2019s nightscape is free from any artificial light pollution and which gives you an unrivalled view of the milky way. Both literally and figuratively, the Sound of Silence Experience is truly out-of-this-world!\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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