Ayers Rock
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Here are some tour options to explore in this part of Australia.

• 3 day/2 night Tours $295
  (National park Entry Fee: add $25/pers)

The tour includes 1 night accommodation (camping or permanent camp site), the meals while on tour and the visit of: Kings Canyon, Ayers Rock and the Olgas.

• 4WD 3 days/2 nights $420
  (National park Entry Fee: add $25/pers)

The tour includes 2 nights accommodation (camping or permanent camp site), the meals while on tour and the visit of: Kings Canyon, Ayers Rock, the Olgas, Mereenie Loop, Rainbow valley.

• Longer Trips are available

Such as 5 day Outback Surfaris  which are strongly recommended if you have the time and the budget for it. Contact us for detailed itineraries.

• French & German Tours

Now available: 3 day/2 night tours in French & German.. Contact us for details.
 

Historic
 

The Ayers Rock, Uluru National Park in Central Australia is one of the world's better known landmarks. Stunning in its appearance and size, it is the largest monolith in the world.

Some numbers to figure things out: it rises 348 metres above the desert floor and is nearly 9km around its base - the equivalent of a three to four hour walk. It comprises 0.54 cubic kilometres in volume above the ground and extends 3.1 kilometres from east to west and 1.9 kilometres from north to south. The size of the Rock is even more incredible when you consider that an estimated two thirds of it lies beneath the surface. Scientists studying the Uluru-Kata Tjuta landscape have found evidence of invertebrate life forms aged between 435 and 600 million years old which inhabited the surrounding sea.

You can take guided walks around the base of Ayers Rock/Uluru, or you can climb to the top of the Rock if you are fit and healthy. The distance from the base to the top is 1.6 km and it takes about two hours to complete the return trip.

The zone is a rich reptile habitat and local species such as geckoes, skinks, goannas, dragons, legless lizards and snakes. The park is also home to 24 known native mammals including red kangaroos, rock wallabies, dingoes, the Mulgara (a small marsupial) and the marsupial mole.

Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park is owned by the local Anangu Aboriginal people and is managed by Parks Australia in cooperation with them. Uluru holds a significant place in the Anangu people’s creation stories and laws, which are known as Tjukurpa, and many of these stories relate to how the ancestral beings formed the Rock. Uluru is the Aboriginal name for a rockhole in the vicinity.