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Outback Australia - The Colour of Red Your itinerary Start Location Visited Location Plane End Location Cruise Train Over night Ferry Day 1 healing. The flickering glow of this evening's fire, dancing under the canopy of a Arrive Ayers Rock (2 Nights) starry Southern Hemisphere sky, is the perfect accompaniment to your Regional 'Under a Desert Moon' Meal. This degustation menu with matching wines is the Feel the stirring of something bigger than you as you arrive in Ayers Rock Resort perfect end to the day. Sit back and listen to the sounds of the outback come alive (flights to arrive prior to 2pm), only 20 km from magical, mystical Uluru and the at night in the company of new friends. launchpad to Australia's spiritual heart in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. This afternoon, you'll travel to Uluru as the day fades away, the outback sun bidding a Hotel - Kings Canyon Resort, Deluxe Spa Rooms fiery farewell. Uluru towers over the Northern Territory's remote landscape, the perfect backdrop for this evening's Welcome Reception. Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Regional Dinner Day 4 Hotel - Sails in the Desert, Ayers Rock Resort Kings Canyon - Alice Springs Included Meals - Welcome Reception Gaze across the deep chasm at the edge of Kings Canyon as you embark on the Day 2 spellbinding 6 km sunrise Rim Walk, past the sandstone domes of the 'Lost City' Uluru Sightseeing and down the stairs to the lush 'Garden of Eden'. Or you can opt for a gentler stroll along the canyon creek bed, treading in the footsteps of the Luritja people Wake early, taking time to pause and contemplate the mesmerising sunrise over who once found sanctuary amidst the Itara trees at the base of the canyon. Then the desert terrain of Kata Tjuta and Uluru, observing the shifting lights and play of we head off road along the four-wheel-drive Giles Track to Alice Springs. 'Connect colours of the impressive Field of Light art installation as the desert awakens. 'Dive With Locals' this evening at an open-air 'Be My Guest' experience, enjoying dinner Into Culture' and learn about the spiritual connection local Anangu caretakers with your hosts around a campfire under the Southern Hemisphere's Milky Way. have with the land. Skirt the red cliffs of Uluru, hear ancient tales and see rock art, then visit Mutitjulu Waterhole, one of Uluru's natural wonders, where you'll revel Hotel - Crowne Plaza Alice Springs Lasseters in the stillness of this spiritual place, hoping to spot its resident wallabies, honeyeaters and thorny devils. Later, relax by the resort pool or take to the skies Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Be My Guest on an Optional Experience to see Uluru from above, a real bird's eye view of Day 5 Australia's most impressive landmark. Take an afternoon walk through Walpa Gorge, delighting in the desert plants, animals and seasonal streams protected Depart Alice Springs within the sheer walls of this ancient ravine - a refuge for the region's beloved This epic adventure is almost at its end, but not before you spend some time in wallabies. The evening is at leisure, so why not take the opportunity to enjoy the rugged and remote West MacDonnell Ranges, extraordinary for their dinner at one of the resort's restaurants? immensity and array of sunburnt oranges, maroons and purples. Take a walk through the dramatic Simpsons Gap, walk through the towering cliffs to the Included Meals - Breakfast waterhole, keeping an eye out for black-footed rock wallabies, and visit the Day 3 historic Overland Telegraph Station, connecting Australia's north and south - with Ayers Rock - Kings Canyon a single wire. Delve into this engineering feat of 19th century Australia which linked thousands of miles of undiscovered territory to the rest of the world. and Leaving Uluru behind, we'll wander across desert landscapes arriving at Kings soak up spectacular views across Alice Springs from Anzac Hill. Your journey Creek Station, a vast farming property, just in time for lunch. 'Dive Into Culture' comes to an end later this morning (flights to depart after 12.30pm). visiting the small Aboriginal community of Wanmarra and learn about the Luritja and Pertame people's spiritual connection to the land. Discover bush tucker Included Meals - Breakfast (Aboriginal bush food) and natural bush medicine used for spiritual and physical Outback Australia - The Colour of Red Your itinerary Start Location Visited Location Plane End Location Cruise Train Over night Ferry Day 1 healing. The flickering glow of this evening's fire, dancing under the canopy of a Arrive Ayers Rock (2 Nights) starry Southern Hemisphere sky, is the perfect accompaniment to your Regional 'Under a Desert Moon' Meal. This degustation menu with matching wines is the Feel the stirring of something bigger than you as you arrive in Ayers Rock Resort perfect end to the day. Sit back and listen to the sounds of the outback come alive (flights to arrive prior to 2pm), only 20 km from magical, mystical Uluru and the at night in the company of new friends. launchpad to Australia's spiritual heart in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. This afternoon, you'll travel to Uluru as the day fades away, the outback sun bidding a Hotel - Kings Canyon Resort, Deluxe Spa Rooms fiery farewell. Uluru towers over the Northern Territory's remote landscape, the perfect backdrop for this evening's Welcome Reception. Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Regional Dinner Day 4 Hotel - Sails in the Desert, Ayers Rock Resort Kings Canyon - Alice Springs Included Meals - Welcome Reception Gaze across the deep chasm at the edge of Kings Canyon as you embark on the Day 2 spellbinding 6 km sunrise Rim Walk, past the sandstone domes of the 'Lost City' Uluru Sightseeing and down the stairs to the lush 'Garden of Eden'. Or you can opt for a gentler stroll along the canyon creek bed, treading in the footsteps of the Luritja people Wake early, taking time to pause and contemplate the mesmerising sunrise over who once found sanctuary amidst the Itara trees at the base of the canyon. Then the desert terrain of Kata Tjuta and Uluru, observing the shifting lights and play of we head off road along the four-wheel-drive Giles Track to Alice Springs. 'Connect colours of the impressive Field of Light art installation as the desert awakens. 'Dive With Locals' this evening at an open-air 'Be My Guest' experience, enjoying dinner Into Culture' and learn about the spiritual connection local Anangu caretakers with your hosts around a campfire under the Southern Hemisphere's Milky Way. have with the land. Skirt the red cliffs of Uluru, hear ancient tales and see rock art, then visit Mutitjulu Waterhole, one of Uluru's natural wonders, where you'll revel Hotel - Crowne Plaza Alice Springs Lasseters in the stillness of this spiritual place, hoping to spot its resident wallabies, honeyeaters and thorny devils. Later, relax by the resort pool or take to the skies Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Be My Guest on an Optional Experience to see Uluru from above, a real bird's eye view of Day 5 Australia's most impressive landmark. Take an afternoon walk through Walpa Gorge, delighting in the desert plants, animals and seasonal streams protected Depart Alice Springs within the sheer walls of this ancient ravine - a refuge for the region's beloved This epic adventure is almost at its end, but not before you spend some time in wallabies. The evening is at leisure, so why not take the opportunity to enjoy the rugged and remote West MacDonnell Ranges, extraordinary for their dinner at one of the resort's restaurants? immensity and array of sunburnt oranges, maroons and purples. Take a walk through the dramatic Simpsons Gap, walk through the towering cliffs to the Included Meals - Breakfast waterhole, keeping an eye out for black-footed rock wallabies, and visit the Day 3 historic Overland Telegraph Station, connecting Australia's north and south - with Ayers Rock - Kings Canyon a single wire. Delve into this engineering feat of 19th century Australia which linked thousands of miles of undiscovered territory to the rest of the world. and Leaving Uluru behind, we'll wander across desert landscapes arriving at Kings soak up spectacular views across Alice Springs from Anzac Hill. Your journey Creek Station, a vast farming property, just in time for lunch. 'Dive Into Culture' comes to an end later this morning (flights to depart after 12.30pm). visiting the small Aboriginal community of Wanmarra and learn about the Luritja and Pertame people's spiritual connection to the land. Discover bush tucker Included Meals - Breakfast (Aboriginal bush food) and natural bush medicine used for spiritual and physical.