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This tour is not suitable for children 0-4 years of age.
Come and join your SEIT guide on a trek around the full base of Uluru and explore the most profound and culturally significant monolith in Australia. Your guide will meet you approximately one hour before sunrise at the entrance to your accommodation at Ayers Rock Resort to begin your journey into Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park.Then after arriving at the base of Uluru, you will begin your sunrise trek around the 12 kilometer base trail and embrace the culture, geology and environment that is the essence of this amazing monolith.
Along the trail you will witness sunrise, visit waterholes and the rock art sites of the ancients and learn of Uluru’s cultural significance to the Anangu (local Aboriginal) people. Take time out to enjoy your picnic outback breakfast as you listen to the variety of desert noises from the surrounding environment.
As you make your way around the base, your guide will tell you a number of stories associated with prominent Tjukurpa (Creation stories). From the Tjukurpa of Liru (venomous snake) and Kuniya (woma python) learnt along the Kuniya Walk to Mutitjulu Waterhole to the story of the Mala people heard along the Mala Walk to Kantju Gorge, this full base walk gives you the opportunity to truly immerse yourself in the beautiful culture and history of this amazing place.
After arriving back at the starting location, your guide will return you to your accommodation at Ayers Rock Resort.
Includes:
- 6 hour fully guided tour
- Sunrise at Uluru along the trail
- Outback picnic breakfast (carried in supplied satchel)
- Pick up and return from Ayers Rock Resort
Excludes:
National Park Entry Tickets are required for entry into Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park at $38 per adult 18 years and over and are valid for three consecutive days. National Park entry is a government charge payable directory to the National park and not included in touring price. Please advise at the time of booking if you wish to add this to the tour.
Language iPods:
Complimentary iPods for audio in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian and Mandarin available for this tour.
Child Seats:
Children aged from 5-7 years are required by NT Government Regulations to travel in a car seat. Car seats are included in the child touring rate.
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Our guide, Celia was informative and entertaining.
Highly recommended. I suggest hand sanitizer if you are using the pit toilets and then eating breakfast.
I made an honest mistake and accidentally booked my Uluru sunrise tour for the 29th of August instead of the 30th. I completely understand that a sunrise tour is strictly time-sensitive and cannot be delayed. However, for a major $132 highlight experience, professional operators should build a minor time buffer into their pickup schedules to accommodate logistics.
Instead of using that brief window to make a simple, 30-second courtesy phone call when I wasn't at the pickup point, they just drove off and pocketed my money. A single call would have allowed me to fix the mistake or reschedule immediately.
To make matters worse, their call center isn't even open during their active tour hours at 6:00 AM. If an operator runs early-morning tours, they need to have staff available to answer the phones so customers can get immediate assistance and make alternative arrangements the moment a mistake is discovered.
When I finally reached the operator later, their attitude was terrible. They blamed me for not confirming 24 hours in advance, talking to me as if they were doing me a favour by taking my money. Missing this experience was heartbreaking, but their complete lack of basic service and hospitality made it so much worse. Avoid this company and book with someone who actually cares about their guests.
A really special time was had by our little group of four. Thank you particularly to Alex and Matteo!
The rising of the full moon over the Rock made for a cover photo shot.
Peter was carrying a plastic spray bottle of water, misting all of us at regular intervals to keep everyone hydrated on the outside, and reminding us to take small sips of water regularly too - sound ideas!
Just a thought - if it has been raining recently and the trail is wet, perhaps consider postponing this little tour to another day if you can possibly manage it. The incline is grade 3, the trail is rock and could be really slippery underfoot.
The walk is anti-clockwise so we walked for about 40 mins from the car park, each armed with a nifty SEIT satchel containing our breakfast, thus walking to meet the rising sun. First stop was to sit and watch the changing colours of the rock, along with Lucia explaining native stories attached to unique features of the rock.
The entire walk is 10.5kms following the path around Uluru (no fear of getting lost but Lucia was excellent about keeping our little group moving, with frequent rest stops and two public bathroom stops).
There aren't many explanations or photos of the SEIT breakfast but the satchel included a small flask of hot water, zip lock bag with disposable spoon, tea bag, instant coffee and sugar sachet, a fruit cup, small container of orange juice, another small container of milk, a pouch of muesli, two small Anzac cookies, a muesli bar and 500ml bottle of water. At our second bathroom stop, we happily ate more of the breakfast supplies (less to carry, really).
One gets hot, dusty, footsore and tired, but Lucia dropped us back at our respective hotels and it was only 11.45am! Just in time to wash up in our hotel room and head to the hotel's bistro for lunch. All in all, an excellent half day tour, a full walk (trek) around Uluru and really seeing all of the rock's geographic features that photos don't do justice.
Well worth the early start! The highlight of our trip.
Highly recommend
Fine but not sure any better than a bigger bus We usually book small group experiences because you tend to get a more specialized and unique perspective on the place. This small group tour was okay and the tour guide was very knowledgeable but we just went to the same spots as all the other tour buses. So we were walking on trails with other groups and waiting for them to finish their stories before moving on. Most of the stories were already covered at the cultural centre, where we stopped for 40 minutes so had plenty of time to read them. I probably should have done more research before booking this. Also, if you are staying in the hotels please bear in mind that the restaurants close at 8.30 or 9 and this tour gets you back around 8.30, so may want to eat a big lunch.
Excellent!
Our kids are twelve and enjoyed the entire trip!
Bad use of time and money Wanted to see Kata Tjuṯa and this was the only tour offered in the middle of the day. Booking at the office on the day must have some sort of surge pricing because they charged me $175! I’m sure because they knew I had no other choice.On the tour, we spend more time in the van driving than at the site. It takes 45 minutes to drive to Kata Tjuṯan and the gorge walk is only and hour and fifteen minutes. Tour makes no sense. The poor guide had to come up with an hour and a half of information.
Watching the sunrise over Ayers Rock during the breakfast stop was absolutely breathtaking. The food itself (coffee, tea, and pastries) was decent enough, but the real star is the spectacular view.
The short walk around part of the rock was both informative and manageable, even in the height of summer. The drive around the base was another highlight, giving a rare opportunity to see the rock from multiple angles—something you don’t fully appreciate from the resorts.
Throughout the tour, we learned a detailed history of Uluru and its deep significance to the local Aboriginal people, adding even more depth to the experience. The sheer awe-inspiring beauty of the rock is something that must be seen in person. Highly recommend this tour!
The breakfast pack was delicious and very filling - I wasn't sure what to expect, however the options provided exceeded my expectations and was very thoughtfully put together.
We would definitely recommend this organisation and tour to visitors to Uluru.



































































