Uluru Tour: Join your SEIT Outback Australia Guide on a five hour tour of the most profound and culturally significant monolith in Australia.
You’ll travel thorough dramatic desert landscapes to the entrance of the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. From here it’s only a matter of minutes before the spectacle of Uluru rises from the red sands. Your first steps are a photographic opportunity of this amazing icon, but you’ll soon be in the thrall of the monolith as your guide leads you closer, stopping a tranquil spot. Next you’ll drive drive around the base, stopping at Mutitjulu Waterhole, a semi-permanent watercourse nestled in the contours of Uluru, where you learn the Creation stories of Liru (poisonous snake) and Kuniya (python) as well as a number of other stories associated with other prominent Tjukurpa (Dreaming) stories. You’ll see the rock art of the ancients and learn how Uluru was, and still is, a significant location for teaching young Aboriginal people. Then you’ll adjourn to the new Talinguru Nyakunytjaku viewing area where you will observe an uninterrupted view of Uluru with Kata Tjuta in the background. It’s now time to enjoy one of the world’s most famous sunsets…
Kata Tjuta Tour: From the entrance of Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, you embark on a pre-dawn drive through the desert to the astonishing rock formations of Kata Tjuta. On arrival at the viewing area you walk to the best vantage point to see the 36 domes that comprise this spiritual place, while watching the morning light play across the rocks and desert. You’ll then make your way to the western side of Kata Tjuta to enjoy a gourmet picnic breakfast. As you approach the entrance to Walpa Gorge, named for the wind (Walpa) that whistles between the massive domes that shape Kata Tjuta, the result of eons of weathering and continual upheaval, your guide will share the significance of this men’s sacred ceremonial site. Your five hour tour ends with a stroll between these mighty conglomerate rock walls as your guide explains how the environment and the geology has evolved over millions of years.
