Overview
Uluru stands in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, a World Heritage site jointly managed with its Anangu traditional owners, some 450 kilometres by road from Alice Springs. The rock is about 348 metres high and more than nine kilometres around, and its surface changes colour through the day with the angle of the light. Climbing was permanently closed in 2019 out of respect for its cultural meaning; visitors now walk around its base and keep to the desert’s early and late hours to escape the heat.
Highlights
The base walk circles the rock past waterholes, caves and rock art, with signs explaining the Anangu law and stories held there. Sunrise and sunset viewing areas catch the monolith at its most vivid, and the domes of Kata Tjuta (the Olgas) rise a short drive away with their own walking trails. The cultural centre and, after dark, the Field of Light installation and clear desert skies complete a stay in the Red Centre.