= Journeys Featuring AKP Projects
NT | Australia's Red Heart
 Australia's incredible red centre |
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7 days / 6 nights
| Location | Nights |
| Alice Springs | 2 |
| Kings Canyon | 2 |
| Ayers Rock | 2 |
DAY 1 Alice Springs
On arrival meet your local guide and take a journey of discovery around the Outback’s most famous town. Visit the Royal Flying Doctor Service base, the Alice Springs School of the Air and the Alice Springs Telegraph Station (circa 1872). This evening enjoy a genuine ‘Outback Aussie BBQ’, see native plants and wildlife and hear about Aboriginal culture. Learn to throw a boomerang, watch damper being cooked in the coals of the fire, enjoy billy tea and marvel at the expanse of the country while dining under the stars (D).
Chifley Alice Springs Resort, Deluxe Rivergum Room
DAY 2 Alice Springs
This morning you will be transferred to Alice Springs Desert Park, which naturalist Sir David Attenborough considers to be the best wildlife park in the world. Experience the flora, fauna, history and people of Australia's desert culture. Later this afternoon embark on an exhilarating two-hour Quad Bike adventure at the oldest working cattle station in NT, Undoolya Station. Experience the vastness of the property aboard your fully-automatic and extremely safe quad bike, frequently encountering kangaroos, goannas, emus and station cattle. Your evening is at leisure: you might choose to dine at the resort or in town (B).
Chifley Alice Springs Resort, Deluxe Rivergum Room
DAY 3 Alice Springs - Kings Canyon
After breakfast at Alice Springs Resort, you’ll collect your 4WD Land-cruiser and embark on a self-driving adventure to the spectacular and rugged Western MacDonnell Ranges via Larapinta Drive and the former mission station of Hermannsburg, then on the Mereenie Loop Road through to Kings Canyon (B).
Kings Canyon Resort, Deluxe Room
DAY 4 Kings Canyon
Today visit stunning Kings Canyon with its towering vertical walls and pockets of lush vegetation. The famous Rim Walk takes around 3 hours and is best experienced early in the morning or in the later afternoon. The view to the valley floor is breathtaking, and a shorter walk traces the bottom of the gorge to a lookout which offers a view of the spectacular cliff face at the end of the canyon (B).
Kings Canyon Resort, Deluxe Room
DAY 5 Kings Canyon - Uluru
Driving to Ayers Rock today you pass the spectacular Mt Connor Lookout and then make a stop at the legendary outback cattle station of Curtin Springs before driving into Yulara. The World Heritage protected areas of Uluru (Ayers Rock) and Kata Tjuta (The Olgas) are often considered the most fascinating natural wonders of the world. This afternoon meet your driver/guide for a private tour of the massive rock domes of the Olgas. As you walk through the Gorge, learn how the Aboriginal people used the plants of the area in their daily life. This evening enjoy the 'Sounds of Silence' Dinner in the desert, a gourmet Barbeque dinner lit by lanterns and candlelight. After dinner an astronomer takes you on a tour of the glittering southern night skies (B,D)
Sails in the Desert, Standard Room
DAY 6 Uluru
This morning witness the magic of sunrise at Ayers Rock, now known as Uluru, then perhaps take the opportunity to climb (weather permitting), or walk around the sandstone Rock, the world’s largest monolith. During this morning’s comprehensive tour you will also visit the Cultural Centre. This afternoon, return to the Cultural Centre and join Aboriginal artists for a Dot Painting Workshop, and learn how Aboriginal culture is expressed in artwork. Then board your ‘ship of the desert’, riding high atop a camel through the dunes as the colours of the late afternoon settle onto the surrounding scenery (B).
Sails in the Desert, Standard Room
DAY 7 Uluru
Today is at leisure to relax by the pool before returning your vehicle to the Ayers Rock Airport and departing for home (B).
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Kings Canyon
Spectacular Kings Canyon is an enormous natural amphitheatre formed around 40 million years ago. During the 2-night stay at Kings Canyon we recommend allowing a whole day to walk both the ‘Rim’ and ‘River’. The walk around the rim of Kings Canyon takes about 3 hours and is a ‘must’ with its breathtaking views to the valley floor. The scenery is stunning, with an eerie collection of weathered rock formations known as the Lost City, and the Garden of Eden - an oasis with a permanent waterhole veiled by palms, ferns and desert oak woodlands - combining to make Kings Canyon an unexpected delight.If travelling in summer it is a good idea to rise very early and start the walk just before sunrise, so that you are walking in the cooler part of the day. Always carry plenty of drinking water when walking in the outback.In the evening the setting sun will give the appearance of walls of fire on the sheer red cliffs. It is also the time the animals come down to drink - rock wallabies, euros (small kangaroos), lizards and flocks of colourful parrots.
