Afternoon: Once you land at Ayers Rock Airport, feel the noise of city life fade. Your complimentary airport transfer will take you to Ayers Rock Resort, where you can check in at Sails in the Desert, unpack and ease into five days of effortless desert discovery. Enjoy a relaxed lunch at Walpa Lobby Bar, easing into desert time with fresh flavours, cool interiors and nowhere else to be.

Evening: You’ll be picked up from your hotel reception and taken to Wintjiri Wiru for an unforgettable sunset dinner. As the evening unfolds, more than a thousand drones illuminate the night sky, bringing to life a chapter of the ancestral Mala story, sacred to the Anangu, the Traditional Owners of this land. For a shorter experience, choose Wintjiri Wiru Twilight or Wintjiri Wiru After Dark.

Morning: Begin your morning with Desert Awakenings, a premium pre-dawn experience that welcomes the day with views across the desert landscape and breakfast as the sun rises. You’ll learn about Mala Tjukurpa (creation stories) and the cultural significance of this place before continuing to the Cultural Centre, where Anangu culture is living, present and deeply connected to Country.

Afternoon: Enjoy lunch at Ininti Cafe inside the Cultural Centre, then browse Maruku Arts and the gift shop. Spend the afternoon at your own pace by the pool, in your room, or joining one of the resort’s complimentary guest activities.

Evening: Dine under the stars at Tali Wiru, an intimate open-air experience on a private dune overlooking Uluru. Begin the evening with champagne and canapés at sunset, followed by a four-course menu of native ingredients paired with Australian wines. Finish with a talk beneath the Outback stars.

Morning: Rise early to experience a Kata Tjuta sunrise with SEIT. You’ll witness first light shifting across 36 domes from a vantage point, before walking into Walpa Gorge where you guide shares cultural significance of the area. With transfers and an outdoor breakfast picnic included, the experience feels seamless and immersive.

Afternoon: Enjoy lunch at your leisure, followed by Australian Native High Tea, a relaxed afternoon of delicate bites and native teas. Upgrade your experience to include a Bellini.

Evening: Spend the evening at A Night at Field of Light. As darkness falls, Bruce Munro’s 50,000 glass stems illuminate the desert. The evening includes canapés and sparkling wine at sunset, a three-course dinner with bush food flavours, a star talk, and time to walk through the installation. For a shorter premium option, choose Field of Light star pass, arriving with canapes and sparkling as the landscape shifts from sunset to darkness before setting off on an evening walk through the illuminated installation under the night sky. 

Morning: Begin your final morning with your choice of premium sunrise experience. Choose Sunrise Journeys, an Indigenous-led light and sound experience inspired by an artwork by three Anangu women, complete with a native-inspired breakfast and freshly brewed tea, coffee and juice as first light moves across the desert. Alternatively, opt for a sunrise camel journey and take in one last sweeping perspective of the Red Centre landscape from a truly memorable vantage point. 

Late morning: After returning to the resort, enjoy a relaxed check-out and leave your luggage with the front desk while you take a final wander through Town Square for considered keepsakes and locally inspired gifts. Your complimentary airport transfer will then collect you from the resort and take you to Ayers Rock Airport, closing your five-day escape with the same ease and care it began.