Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Nothing quite prepares you for the first sight of Uluru on the horizon - it will astound
even the most jaded traveller. Uluru is 3.6km long and rises a towering 348m from the
surrounding sandy scrubland (867m above sea level). If that's not impressive enough, it's
believed that two-thirds of the rock lies beneath the sand. Closer inspection reveals a
wondrous contoured surface concealing numerous sacred sites of particular significance
to the Anangu. If your first sight of Uluru is during the afternoon, it appears as an ochre-
brown colour, scored and pitted by dark shadows. As the sun sets, it illuminates the rock
in burnished orange, then a series of deeper reds before it fades into charcoal. A perform-
ance in reverse, with marginally fewer spectators, is given at dawn.
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Activities
Walking
