Anangu Tours

Ayers Rock Resort

Anangu Tours is an Aboriginal-owned company providing a range of tours for visitors who wish to meet and learn about this sacred place from Aboriginal people. Learn the real meaning and history of Uluru as passed down from ancestors. The ancestors have lived at Uluru since the beginning of time. From them, the Anangu Aboriginal guides have gained an intricate understanding of the environment, flora, fauna and desert survival. Aboriginal guides lead all tours speaking in their own language, with a skilled interpreter translating into English.

Aboriginal Uluru Tour

A popular tour of Uluru! After being picked up at your hotel, you'll view the sunrise and, time permitting, take a short Uluru bus tour. Then you'll enjoy breakfast in the early morning light at the magnificent Cultural Centre, with its panoramic view of Uluru. After this you'll join the local Aboriginal guide on the famous Liru Walk - a walking tour to the base of Uluru. Learn the ancient stories of the region and see the marks in the face of Uluru that relate to these ancient stories. Learn actual bush survival skills from the traditional owners of these lands - starting a fire without matches, carving wooden implements with sharpened stones and making bush glue from native plants.

Departs daily from 6.45am, returns 11.00am. Times change seasonally with the sunrise. Tour duration approximately 4 - 4.5 hours.

Inclusions:

Return transfers from your Ayers Rock Resort accommodation
Breakfast
Visit to the Uluru-Kata Tjuta Cultural Centre
Aboriginal guide and interpreter

Pricing

	1 Apr 09 - 31 Mar 10
Adult	$139 per person
Child	$93 per person

Kuniya Sunset Tour

This tour gives you a very special introduction to the spirit and culture of Uluru and its people. You'll spend time in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta Cultural Centre before joining local Aboriginal guides for the spectacular Kuniya Walk - the walking tour to the Mutitjulu Waterhole at the base of Uluru. This waterhole is of extreme importance to the local people and plays a significant role in their stories of creation as it is one of the few permanent waterholes in the region.

On this tour you'll discover the surprising variety of plants living in this desert and visit the caves where the Aboriginal ancestors once sheltered and left their paintings in time-worn ochre and charcoals on the cave walls. Watching the colours of Uluru changing at sunset is the perfect end to this fascinating experience.

Tours departs at 2:30pm and returning at approximately 7:00pm. Times change seasonally with the sunset. Tour duration approximately 4 - 4.5 hours.

Inclusions:

Return transfers from your Ayers Rock Resort accommodation
Visit to the Uluru-Kata Tjuta Cultural Centre
Aboriginal guide and interpreter

Pricing

	1 Apr 09 - 31 Mar 10
Adult	$116 per person
Child	$75 per person

Mala Walk Tour

Don't want to get up early for sunrise, or want to book a Sunrise Camel Tour and still want to visit the rock? This is the tour for you.

This tour to Uluru includes a vehicle based tour of the rock and then an Aboriginal Guided Mala Walk. Learn the sensitive story of the Mala (Hare Wallaby) people who lived at Uluru, with their friend the Itjaritjari (marsupial mole). Along the Mala Walk visit the many painted caves of the Mala people, and learn how they lived and prepared for ceremonies at the base of Uluru. Visit sacred Kantju Gorge, a quiet water hole at the base of a dramatic rock face.

Tour departs March to Sept 9.00am; Oct to Feb 8.00am.
Tour duration is 3 - 3.5 hours.
Grade: Easy 1.5 kilometre walk.

Pricing

	1 Apr 09 - 31 Mar 10
Adult	$87 per person
Child	$58 per person

Dot Painting Workshop

Join Aboriginal artists at the Uluru Cultural Centre for an introduction to Aboriginal art and the chance to join the artists to try your own hand. Aboriginal Guides provide an introduction to their culture. Join the artists to complete your own painting, which you can take home as a personal memento.

Tour departs approximately at 2.00pm. Tour duration is 3 hours.

Pricing

	1 Apr 09 - 31 Mar 10
Adult	$87 per person
Child	$61 per person

Please Note: Whilst tours do go ahead in wet weather, itineraries may be altered to suit weather conditions. Prices do not include entry fees to Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (payable on the day of your tour). The park use fee is $25 for each person over 16 years of age and valid for 3 consecutive days. Entry is free for children under 16 years of age.

^{All prices are subject to change without notice. All Ayers Rock Resort tour reservations must have a credit card as a guarantee of payment. All other tour reservations must be pre-paid prior to arrival at Ayers Rock Resort and travel vouchers will be provided. Pre-payment can be made by credit card, direct deposit or cheque.}

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