Uluru Sunrise, Uluru-Kata Tjuta Cultural Centre and Lungtaka Walk
Activity Schedule
Key Highlights
- See the Uluru rock changing colors during sunrise
- Have your morning tea or coffee with biscuits as you see the first rays of the sunlight
- Get acquainted with local Aboriginal stories, tools and culture
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off included
- Experience the best of the raw beauty of the outback and Australia’s Red Center
- Experience the stunning scenery and cultural significance of Kata Tjuta
- Embark on a hike through Walpa Gorge
Overview
After sunrise, head to Kata Tjuta, take the 1.3km walking trail through Walpa Gorge and relish a scrumptious breakfast at Ininti Café.
You will also meet a member of the Mutitjulu community who will narrate local legends and stories and teach you traditional bush skills.
What's the plan:
Travel in an air-conditioned coach from your hotel in Ayers Rock Resort to Talinguru Nyakunytjaku, a sunrise viewing area near Uluru.
Enjoy a cup of tea or coffee along with biscuits as you see the sun rising across the desert plains. Talinguru Nyakunytjaku offers magnificent views of Uluru as well as the 36 head-shaped domes of Kata Tjuta, also known as the Olgas.
See the changing colors of Uluru at dawn and enjoy panoramic views of the Red Centre Desert.
After spending some quality time at the viewing spot, you will head to tKata Tjuta. During the drive, the driver-guide will share notes about the geology of Uluru, local flora and fauna.
Explore the region and learn about the significance of Uluru – Kata Tjuta National Park as well as the stories and legends of the resident Anangu people.
Next, you will head for breakfast at Ininti Café with Uluru as your stunning backdrop. After breakfast you will meet a guide from the Mutitjulu community around a campfire, who will narrate folk tales that have been passed down over thousands of years.
Your guide will also tell you about the primitive tools that are used by the aboriginal men to hunt and carry heavy load. Learn to make bush glue to how to balance heavy wooden bowl in your head with a help of a head ring called the manguir. You will also get acquainted about how to throw a spear with a nanamiru, the world’s first missile launcher.
At the end of the tour, you will be dropped back to your hotel in Ayers Rock Resort.
Inclusions
- Hotel transfers
- Uluru sunrise
- Tea, coffee and biscuits at sunrise
- Breakfast
- Indigenous guide and interpreter
- Luxury coach travel
Exclusions
- National Park entry fee (AUD25)
Please note
Please call the activity operator at least 24 hours prior to the start of the tour to confirm all departure details.
The entrance fee (AUD25) to Kata Tjuta National Park is a government charge and is not included in the tour price. It must be paid on the day of the tour.
Voucher information: You must print and surrender a paper version of your booking voucher for this activity (showing your voucher on a smartphone is not accepted). No refund can be given for customers without a printed copy of their voucher.
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