From Yulara: 3-Hour Small Group Kata Tjuta Afternoon Tour

About This Experience

This is a compact afternoon visit to Kata Tjuta (the Olgas). Your guide picks you up from your Ayers Rock Resort accommodation in a vehicle that seats a maximum of 15 passengers and drives you into Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park.

On the approach you see the 36 domes that make up Kata Tjuta, and the shapes change as the road curves around to the four main domes. Your guide explains how the landscape formed over millions of years and what grows and lives in this part of the desert.

You then walk between the domes. In the cooler months the tour goes into Walpa Gorge, a 2.6 km return track of about an hour. SEIT's listing for the same tour says it skips Walpa Gorge from December to March because of the heat.

Your guide also covers the cultural significance of Kata Tjuta to the Anangu, the local Aboriginal people. Optional audio guides are available in six languages. You are back at your hotel in time for dinner, about 30 minutes before any evening experience you have booked.

Highlights

• Drive past the 36 domes of Kata Tjuta and around to the four main domes
• Guided walk between the domes of Kata Tjuta
• Walpa Gorge in the cooler months (skipped December to March because of heat)
• How the landscape formed over millions of years, explained by your guide
• The cultural significance of Kata Tjuta to the Anangu
• Back at the resort about 30 minutes before any dinner experience you have booked

What's Included

• ✓ 3-hour tour with a professional guide
• ✓ Pickup and drop-off at your Ayers Rock Resort hotel
• ✓ Small-group vehicle, maximum 15 passengers
• ✓ Optional audio guide in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian or Mandarin
• ✓ Guided walk at Kata Tjuta

Not Included

• National park pass (adults A$38, under-18s free; buy online before the day)
• Meals and drinks
• Gratuities

What to Bring

• Water bottle
• Closed walking shoes
• Hat and sunscreen
• Your park pass, printed or saved on your phone

Good to Know & Caveats

• Pickup is only from accommodation inside Ayers Rock Resort, not from Alice Springs.
• SEIT asks for at least a moderate level of fitness for the walk.
• From December to March the tour does not go into Walpa Gorge because of the heat, so expect a shorter walk in summer.
• Afternoons from October to March regularly pass 35°C. Carry water even on the short walk.
• Infant seats are available on request; mention your child's age when you book.

Meeting Point

Hotel pickup and drop-off at Ayers Rock Resort, Yulara (no Alice Springs pickups)