Tour Essentials
The Rock Tour visits Uluru, The Olgas & Kings Canyon. We are a 3 day/2 night camping tour with fun & experienced guides. This is the trip to do for all International Backpackers.
Travel Details
- Departs from: Please phone us when you arrive in Alice Springs 89 531008 to confirm your tour & pick up details before 6pm on the day prior to departure.
- Departure times: 6:00am
- Duration: 3 Days
- Starts & ends in: Alice Springs
Accommodation provided:
Required for Extras:
What to bring:
- Binoculars
- Camera
- Towel
- Sleeping Bag
- Rucksack
- Insect Repellant
- Hat
- Sunblock
- Swimwear
- Comfortable Footwear
- Change of Clothes
- Warm Clothing
- Waterproof Clothing
- Small bag (leave your large pack at your Hostel), sturdy walking shoes (no thongs or sandals), water bottle, toiletries, and a warm -10 sleeping bag in winter (June-Sept) or you can hire one from us for $15.00 each.
Included in price:
- Breakfast
- Tour Guide
- Meals
- Hotel / Hostel Pickup
- Accommodation
- Vegetarian meals available upon request
- Swags
- Guided walks
- Sleeping bags can be hired for $15.00 each
- Warm winter beanies with Rock Tour logo; buy for only $10!
Tour Itinerary
THE ROCK TOUR
departs daily from Alice Springs at 6.00am. This Tour is the most popular backpacker trip to Uluru and just won the Hostelworld 2011 Hoscar for the Best Tour based on your reviews in the WORLD!
The Tour is 3 Days/2 Nights Camping for $330.00 plus $25.00 Uluru Park Fee. Check out our Photo Gallery on our website www.therocktour.com.au. The pictures of your trip will be downloaded after your tour for all of your friends and family to see back home.
Day 1 KINGS CANYON (L,D inc)
You will be picked up from your Alice Springs accommodation at 6:00am, first destination KINGS CANYON. Enjoy a 3 hour hike through the sandstone domes of the Lost City. Visit the amphitheatre, North & South Walls and have a swim in the Garden of Eden. Next stop, Curtin Springs where we set up our bush camp. Your Guide will prepare a healthy camp-oven dinner. Relax around the fire then curl up in your cozy swag under a million stars.
Day 2 KATA TJUTA & ULURU SUNSET (B,L,D inc)
Feel the spiritual significance of the Valley of the Winds at KATA TJUTA. Try some bush tucker along the hike before heading to the Aboriginal Cultural Centre where you can listen to tales from the DREAMTIME. We spend the evening enjoying dinner at the spectacular SUNSET over ULURU. Witness the sight of Uluru changing colour. We spend this night at the Ayers Rock Campground with showers, toilets and a swimming pool.
Day 3 ULURU SUNRISE (B,L inc)
Take in the memorable ULURU SUNRISE over the World's Largest Rock. You then have time to complete an optional Uluru Climb or Uluru Base Walk. You will see beautiful sites such as the Mala Walk, Mutijulu Waterhole and Aboriginal Cave Paintings.
If you have a Qantas flight from Ayers Rock Airport we can drop you off at the Ayers Rock Airport after 10:30am. Otherwise, you return back to Alice Springs at 5:30pm which is what most customersd do.
We stop on the way home for an optional Camel Ride at the Camel Farm. You will arrive back in Alice Springs at approximately 5.30pm. Back to civilization, get cleaned up and we meet later for dinner and a couple of beers at 7:00pm @ The Rock Bar.
We Supply
All meals as stated, transport, air conditioned comfortable 21 seat bus, fun & experienced tour guide, swags and camping equipment. Sleeping bags can be hired for $15.00 each.
Tour Reviews
Customers who rated this tour left the following reviews.
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We had à great tour guide 'Camel'... Which gave the tours a bit extra.! Loved all the sightseeing and stories we were told during the tours.. I world definately recommand anybody that's planning à tour to the rock to go with 'THE rock tour'... A great value for your money and just a can't miss experience 4 life!
- 26 Nov 2012
- Anonymous Belgium
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Ellie, our bus driver and tour guide was excellent, creative and entertaining. We learnt more about the Indigenous culture in 3 days than in our entire lives and had so much fun. Our only suggestions would be to provide more teatowels and make sure the zips in the sleeping bags work! We will certainly recommend this tour to our friends.
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Tour guide was excellent, also staff in office very friendly and helpful.
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I did 4 other tours since then and nothing beats the rock tour and the fantastic guide I had. I wish all tours could be like the rock tour.
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Great value for money, saw lots and met some great people.
Tour guide didn't have a lot of time for people who were struggling with the way things are done in the outback, eg peeing in the bush. This one thing stopped me from rating the experience as excellent as it kind of put me on edge a bit. That said she knew her stuff and was a great cook!
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The tour was great! We really enjoyed it and our guide told us a lot of interesting stuff.
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Loved the rock tour! Tom, our tour guide was really nice and he was very understandable with our 100,000 toilet stops :)) plus we gather after the tour in the rock bar and that rocks too!!... I would only suggest you do not forget to get your fly net because the flies are seriously annoying!!! (but that's nothing to do with the rock tour!)
- 28 Apr 2010
- Anonymous Mexico
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Heath was really great.
The group and the whole trip was f***ing awesome! ;-)
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Thank you very much again! I think this was one of my best experiences, thank you sarah, you were perfect!
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One of the best tours I have ever been on! Great value.
Thanks little Sam!
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I can't believe this tour was only 3 days, the number of great moments I enjoyed were very hard to count. Apart from the beauty of the scenes which just can't be ignored the tour guide, Joel in our case, made the trip engaging, and brilliantly fun. Any problem that occurred would have been solved quickly and considerately. Fantastic company and experience
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The coach Joel was fantastic and I had some walking problems, everybody was very understanding, I had a great trip and I will recoment to everyone.
Thanks again
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Jess was an excellent guide cook and driver but a few of the walks were too strenuous not because of length but because of the time we did them 11-12 which was asking for heat exhaustion to set in.The Uluru walk timed earlier was much better
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FANTASTIC! The best tour I've done ever. The tour guides were brilliant. The group was fun. The food was excellent. The camping was great especially the first night under the stars with camp fire and then had fun BBQing Kangaroo tails.
- 30 Nov 2008
- Anonymous Greece
Cancellation Policy
- - Customers must make cancellations in writing or by e-mail.
- - Cancellation fees for cancellations made before commencing the tour are as follows:
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- An approximate amount of USD19.75 is required to cover tour extras.
- Cancellations on behalf of the tour operator will result in a full refund.
- Tour may be cancelled due to weather conditions. In this event customers will be instantly informed and the deposit paid will be refunded.
- The balance (total fee - online deposit) must be paid 4 week(s) in advance.
