Uluru Highlights Small Group Morning Tour + Picnic Breakfast

About This Experience

This is a short morning tour that covers the main sights at Uluru in about three hours. Your guide collects you from your Ayers Rock Resort hotel in a small vehicle that seats a maximum of 15 people, and you drive into the park as Uluru starts to show against the dawn sky.

Your guide takes you to a viewing spot to watch the sun rise on the rock, then sets out an outback picnic breakfast with freshly brewed coffee and tea. Guides are trained on Uluru's plants, wildlife, geology, Aboriginal culture and history, and the small group means you can ask questions along the way.

Next you walk the short Kuniya walk to Mutitjulu Waterhole, about 1 km return. Here your guide tells the creation stories of Liru, the venomous snake, and Kuniya, the woma python, which are part of Tjukurpa, the law of the Anangu Traditional Owners.

The tour finishes with a drive around the base of Uluru while your guide tells the story of the Mala people, before returning you to your hotel. Optional audio guides are available in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian and Mandarin.

Highlights

• Sunrise over Uluru from a viewing spot chosen by your guide
• Kuniya walk to Mutitjulu Waterhole, about 1 km return
• Creation stories of Liru and Kuniya told at the waterhole
• Drive around the base of Uluru with the story of the Mala people
• Guide talks on plants, wildlife, geology and Aboriginal culture
• Morning schedule that finishes before the heat of the day

What's Included

• ✓ Outback picnic breakfast with freshly brewed coffee and tea
• ✓ Pickup and drop-off at all Ayers Rock Resort hotels
• ✓ Professional driver guide
• ✓ Small-group air-conditioned vehicle, maximum 15 participants
• ✓ Optional audio guide in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian or Mandarin
• ✓ Car seat for infants (covered by the infant price)

Not Included

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

What to Bring

• A warm jacket for winter mornings
• Water bottle
• Camera
• Your park pass, printed or saved on your phone

Good to Know & Caveats

• Pickup is before dawn and the exact time follows the month's sunrise, from about 5:50 am in November and December to about 7:30 am in June and July.
• SEIT lists this tour as wheelchair accessible and suitable for all fitness levels. Small children can ride in a pram or stroller.
• Tell SEIT about any dietary requirements when you book, so the picnic breakfast can be adjusted.
• Winter mornings can be very cold, with frost on some days from late May to July. Dress in layers.
• Some sacred sites at Uluru are marked with no-photography signs. Follow the signs and ask before photographing people.

Meeting Point

Hotel pickup and drop-off at all Ayers Rock Resort hotels, Yulara