Ayers Rock

Mystical and spiritual, Ayers Rock, the world’s largest monolith, should be on everyone’s life list of things to see.

Kata Tjuta National Park is 280 miles southwest of Alice Springs. Ayers Rock/Uluru is the world’s largest monolith, and as an Aboriginal sacred site is Australia’s most famous natural landmark. Watch the sunrise or sunset over Uluru with spectacular colors becoming more vibrant with each passing moment. You may wish to take a walking tour around the rock with an aboriginal guide, learning about its fascinating connection with the Uluru people and its importance in dreamtime legend or ride a camel through this desert land.

Also in this enormous park are many Aboriginal sacred sites, spectacular scenery and famous rock formations. Visit the Olgas/Kata Tjuta, a dramatic series of 36 dome-like rock formations which stand up to 1,701 feet high and cover an area of 35km, and, like Uluru, produce an incredible light show at sunset, with crimsons turning to rusts, and pinks to mauves.