Nature and Indigenous Culture and the Red Centre Highlights from Uluru (single accommodation)
Additional Information
Other accommodation options at Ayers Rock Resort are available on request with surcharge. Families with children below 12 years of age charter rates apply. Request a quote. Contact Insight Tours Australia for charter tours and special requirements outside the regular tours offered here.
- Included in price:
- • Tour in comfortable, air-conditioned 4x4 vehicle with 1-6 passengers • English speaking driver/guide as well as natural and historical interpretation • Entry fees to National Parks, visits and excursions according to tour description, •One night accommodation in cabin (twin or double room) at Uluru (or in hotel for a surcharge), and one night at Watarrka National Park in swag with mattress, pillows and sheets, blankets and doona. 5 meals, snacks and drinks • Transport of 1 suitcase and 1 travelling bag per passenger
- What to bring:
- Luggage: As your Safari tour goes one-way between Alice Springs and Ayers Rock or vice versa, you cannot store any luggage and all your bags need to be carried in the trailer of our 4WD vehicle. Please limit your luggage to 1 suitcase (or backpack) and 1 travelling bag per person. All you need during the day should be carried in a day pack (small backpack) which should be packed in the morning along with your other luggage before leaving the hotel. Daypack: A comfortable small backpack should contain a jacket (in the cooler months of May to September) or rain-jacket (rain is more likely from November to April), your camera, field glasses, swimming costume and towel (sometimes it is possible to swim during walks) articles for your hygiene and your travel documents. Hygiene: Besides your usual articles and possible medication you will need sun screen, towel and swimming costume (for showers and swimming pool at our bush camp), insect repellent (which we recommend to buy in Australia) and band-aid if you easily get blisters on your feet. Shoes: Jogging shoes with good soles are quite suitable for many people but light trekking shoes give you better protection in rain. High trekking shoes offer a better hold and support of your ankles. Sandals can be worn during the evening but are not suitable for walking. Shirt/T-shirt: A shirt with a collar and long sleeves offers better protection against the sun. Warm clothing: Such as trousers, sweater, fleece jacket, cap, gloves, warm underwear will be needed during the cool or cold nights of the winter months (May to September), - see also “climate”! Hat/Cap: These are essential against the sun. A wide brimmed hat which you can fold away is excellent. A warm cap for the winter months (May to September) that you might also wear in the swag (see below) is certainly useful. Do not forget to bring your sunglasses.
- Fitness level required:
- Not specified
- Child policies:
- from 12 years and older
- Departure points:
- Ayers Rock (Uluru), Northern Territory
- Departure time:
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2:00 PM Fri
- Pickup/departure instructions:
- Ayers Rock Airport or Ayers Rock Resort. Please advise arrival details at Uluru at time of booking, so we can advise exact time and location of pick up.
- Duration:
- 3 days / 2 nights
- Approximate Return Time:
- approximately 5.30pm in Alice Springs at day 3. Drop off at your accommodation in Alice Springs.
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Tour Details
- Operator
- Insight Tours Australia
- Destinations
- Ayers Rock (Uluru), Alice Springs, Kata Tjuta (The Olgas) and Watarrka National Park
- Departs From
- Ayers Rock (Uluru)
Tour Description
Our tours are ideal for...
- guests with an interest in nature and history who wish to enjoy an active holiday in a small group with an expert guide
- visitors who wish to feel the pulse of the outback and seek a close encounter with nature away from our consumer world
- visitors who prefer listening to the mystical sounds of the descending night to spending the evening at dinner in a resort hotel
- visitors who wish to spend a night in a “swag” in natural surroundings, marvelling at the stars of the bright Australian night sky. This “swag” can be closed on all sides. A mosquito screen provides ventilation and allows star gazing from the comfort and safety of your enclosed bed.
Character
This three-day journey is built around a one-day retreat to the land of our Aboriginal friends near Watarrka National Park. We are invited to see their country through different eyes. Far from any other tourists, we are welcomed to their community . The elders of the village have chosen a beautiful spot nearby for our exclusive camp, our home for a night and a day. Experience what the outback is really like: Undisturbed silence, a feeling of remoteness, and only the sounds of nature. We walk through a spectacular canyon, an oasis in the desert where plants have survived from a much wetter climate millions of years ago. Be enchanted by waterholes inviting for a swim through most of the year, and streams and waterfalls after rain. Spend the night under the brilliant stars of the southern sky in a swag, the legendary sleeping bag of the white pioneers. Drift into sleep on the Australian red soil, immersed in the ancient outback.
Our Aboriginal hosts take us for a walk to nearby caves and rock shelters where their people have lived for thousands of years. Learn about their ways of living and their culture as rock engravings are explained. Listen to ancient stories of the Dreaming, teaching about the creation of the landscape and all living things by Ancestral Beings. Taste some bush foods and hear about traditional medicine. We end our visit at a magic waterhole in the shade of the canyon, inviting us to reflect on the unique experience of the last day.
Even at the much-visited icons of the Red Centre, Uluru and Kata Tjuta, we go to great lengths to avoid the crowds: Careful timing of our walks and selection of sunrise viewing locations allow an experience worthy of these magic places.
It’s all in the detail, as our guests compliment us regularly! The privilege of an exclusive stay on Aboriginal land is complemented by the expertise of our guide, our small groups, delicious food, distinguishing our tour from others and leaving you with long-lasting memories to take home.
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