Uluru/Ayers Rock Day 2 (Road Trip Day 4)

We were up before the sun again and on our way to Kata Tjuta, or The Olgas. We parked up at the sand dunes that look into both Kata Tjuta and Uluru in the distance. More people were looking towards Uluru and the sun rising right next to it rather than Kata Tjuta right in front of us. As the sun began to rise, we were treated to some lovely colors with the clouds and the silhouette of Uluru. Kata Tjuta has some color change as the sun came up, but like I said, not many paid any attention to it.
.after sunrise we drove a further 15 minutes or so to the parking lot for the trails. We decided to do the longest trail, the base circuit. The trail led into the rock structure and then made a small loop while in and amongst the rocks.

The walk was shorter than the base walk we did the day before, but it wasn't a flat path. There were some small hills and chunky rocks to navigate at times. It was still a fairly easy walk and a nice one with more rolling valleys and different rocks to see instead of just walking around one, like at Uluru. We enjoyed the walk, but I think Uluru I enjoyed more because the rock face changed as you walked around, whereas Kata Tjuta you just walked in between smaller (I say smaller...they were still big) and similar rocks.

Once our walk was finished we drove to the Kata Tjuta sunset area, but after a walk around, we decided that Uluru sunset area was better so we headed back that way. We stopped at the bus parking lot opposed to the car parking lot because there were bathrooms and some small trees we tried to seek shelter under. We made some lunch and then had sweaty naps because it was pretty warm. Allan definitely slept better than I did.

At 4pm we had to leave that parking lot as it was buses only so we drove across the street and parked at the far end of the parking lot for the viewing area we were at yesterday. We stayed and enjoyed sunset while having some dinner. It was cloudier today which changed the way the sun hit Uluru, but we still had some brief moments of very red rock.

Once sunset was over, we drove back to the campground and had quick showers before getting on the road to head to a rest stop near Curtin Springs. Because it was dark, we were on a wildlife watch and had to stop a couple of times for cows on the road. Other than that, it was uneventful and we got to our rest stop with nobody else around! We got ready for bed and couldn't do much else because we had no service!Read more