Ayers Rock Attractions

Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage listed site located in the Northern Territory of Australia. The park covers 2010 square kilometres and encompasses - Uluru / Ayers Rock and, 40 kilometres to its W, Kata Tjuta / Mount Olga and is serviced by flights from most Australian capital cities. Uluru is one of Australia’s most recognisable icons and has become a focal point for Australia and the world's acknowledgement of Australian Indigenous culture. The sandstone monolith stands at 348 metres in height with most of its bulk below the ground. Kata Tjuta, meaning ‘many heads’, is a very sacred place relating to knowledge that is considered to be very powerful and considered dangerous, only suitable for initiated men. It is made up of a group of 36 conglomerate rock domes that dates back 500 million years.

Ayers Rock is one of Australia's most visited sights with more than ½ million people visiting it each year but Apart from sticking out like a sore thumb, Uluru, as it called by its reinstated Aboriginal owners, is most famous for its ever changing colours particularly at sunrise and sunset.