Uluru to Alice Springs via MacDonnell Ranges Kings Canyon Tour 4 Days

ACCOMMODATED options or Easy Comfy Camping

Overnights at Kings Canyon 1N, Glen Helen 1N, ie 3 nights

Reverse itinerary also available - please ask

Uluru to Alice Springs via Mereenie Loop Track Tour includes – Simpson’s Gap, MacDonnell Ranges including Ormiston Gorge, Larapinta Trail, Glen Helen, Gosse Bluff, Kings Canyon with walk, Kata Tjuta (Olgas), Uluru (Ayers Rock), Aboriginal rock art, visit Aboriginal art centres.

Relax and Revitalise your creative self in the clear and nurturing energies of the Central Deserts of Australia’s Heartlands … This journey is an opportunity to reflect, honour and develop deeper relationships with the land, each other, and with the traditional Aboriginal caretakers, songmasters, singers and dancers from the land we travel. We experience extraordinary landscapes, and sacred sites, and walk, rest and relax in these special places.

4 day Uluru / Ayers Rock to Alice Springs via MacDonnell Ranges & Mereenie Loop Track –

Day 1 - . We collect you from your hotel or airport. (Most flights arrive Uluru around lunchtime). Experience a "welcome to country" and an introduction to the area at the local Aboriginal Anangu cultural centre. Opportunity for walk and quiet time at sacred waterholes and gorges. After lunch and a relax, enjoy an afternoon at Kata Tjuta (Olga's) walk. Sunset at Uluru. Overnight Uluru / Yulara Resort. Dinner own cost at local restaurant.

Day 2 – An early start for Uluru at sunrise and a nearby breakfast. Optional morning return to Kata Tjuta (The Olgas) or Uluru for extended 3-4 hours Valley of the Winds walk. Picnic lunch in the National Park before departure on our for 4 hours highway cruise through picturesque desert oaks & sand hills to Kings Canyon with scenic stops. Enroute view Curtin Springs and Mt Connor lookout, plus George Gill Ranges. Overnight Kings Canyon resort (with swimming pool)

Day 3 – Our time for morning walks at Kings Canyon allows for the 3-4 hours (6 km) over the top via the "Garden of Eden" and the spectacular north and south walls or a shorter walk option is also available in the valley floor). After a delicious and well earned lunch we head off on the 4WD Mereenie Loop Track, through spectacular Central Deserts landscapes via the Gardiner Range, the Camels Hump and Katapata Pass with sweeping views from Tyler’s Pass of the comet crater known as Gosse Bluff (Tnorala). We enter the crater and spend some quiet time here with a short walk to a lookout where the dimensions of time, space and your place in the universe can be appreciated in a new perspective. After marveling at nature’s power, we travel on in the MacDonnell Ranges National Park and in view of Mt Sonder. We crioss the Finke River to Glen Helen Resort for overnight Dinner own cost at resort.

Day 4 - We depart Glen Helen following the Caterpillar songline of the MacDonnell Ranges and enjoy a relaxing day of short walks and great energy and scenery at various gorges including Ormiston Gorge, Serpentine Gorge, Ellery Big Hole and the Ochre Pits. We l head east on the Larapinta Drive for an easy walk in the peaceful energies of Simpsons Gap – where we may meet the cute but endangered Black Footed Rock Wallabies. Simpsons Gap is also here, and another very pleasant creek bed walk. Now we head for Alice Springs and a short short town tour before overnight. BL Accommodation own arrangements

Inclusions –

Small boutique group in modern 4 wheel drive vehicles – Landcruisers or similar
Professional and experienced driver / guides
Long established relationships with local Aboriginal people enriches experiences
Experience the high energy of rock art, sacred sites and songlines
All delicious meals, including vegetarian options, unless noted in itinerary.
Accommodated sleeping or luxury camping. Camp gear includes stretcher, mattress & linen.
All World Heritage and National Park entry and accommodation fees
Aboriginal Art community visits for “direct from artist” purchases
Contributions of tour price supports Outback Kids and nature care programs.
A knowing that you are co-creating Australia’s future.
You – and Your involvement in a creation much bigger than most can imagine

Learn practical skills –

Bush foods & medicine and survival skills for self and team survival and thrival
Rock art symbols
Understanding songlines & sacred sites

Consider allowing time before or after the the tour to stay in Alice Springs and see more of the rich sights such as Royal Flying Doctor Service, School of the Air, Overland Telegraph Station, Araluen Art & Cultural Centre, Air or Transport Museum, Aboriginal Art galleries, Alice Springs Desert Park.

Tour Includes delicious meals, all fees, professional guides, luxury 4WD transport, comfy camping + ACCOMMODATION UPGRADES - See Extras options when you commence online booking procedure. – or Please Ask