The Ayers rock or other name Uluru is known as the sacred rock of Australia. It is a 348m high sandstone formation, declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is located at right in the center of Uluru National Park, southwestern corner of Australia’s Northern Territory. It is the world biggest sandstone in the world about 3.6Km long by 2.4Km wide with a circumference of 9.4Km. It was formed about 600 million years ago. In addition, it is very famous for appearing to change color at different times of the day and year, most notably when it glows red at dawn and sunset.
You need to pay AUD25 entrance fee for the national park, which lasts for three days. Visitors are then free to park up near Uluru and climb it if they wish and there are more thing to do at Ayers rock as below:-
Take a walk around Uluru
Follow the Aboriginal ancestors’ footsteps on one of six established walks around Uluru and most are wheelchair accessible. You will see all of Uluru’s natural and cultural beauty on the full base walk, around 10.6km loop of the monolith.
Explore the Field of Light art installation
In the pre-dawn light or as darkness blankets Uluru at sunset, witness the spectacle of color lighting up the desert at the Field of Light art installation around 50,000 lights which is look like in the Averta movie.
Walk the domes of Kata Tjuta
Grab your walking boots to experience Kata Tjuta, 36 steep domes 20 minutes drive west of Uluru. Get the full panorama on the 600m walk to the dune viewing area, take the 2.6km return Walpa Gorge Walk past rare plants to a spearwood grove or do the Valley of the Winds walk, the full 7.4km circuit into the heart of Kata Tjuta (which is actually 200m higher than Uluru).
Ride, Fly, Segway or Cycle
Walking is not the only way to explore Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. You can joint a sunrise or sunset camel tour or see the icons from above in a helicopter or for the more adventurous take a tandem skydive jump or on the back of a Harley Davidson motorcycle or a three wheel trike for a quick 30 mn spin or the ultimate sunset tour.
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