King's Canyon

We got up at 5:30 in the morning to see the sunrise over Uluru. Although it was pretty early, there were already like a 100 persons waiting with us. Maybe these crowds influenced our perception negatively, but we thought the sunrise wasn't as spectacular as we were expecting it will be. We did hear a bunch of dingoes howling in the distance. Our highlight was our English breakfast right below the rock.
There's quite a controversy about climbing Uluru, mainly the local aborígenes are against it because they think you should listen to the surroundings instead of trying to conquer the rock. Also it is sacred according to their beliefs.
We didn't intend to climb up because of several reasons but by the time we arrived at the base we changed our minds. We didn't climbed it all, we just reached the first plateau, although the views were quite nice, we really think Uluru is better appreciated from below so we decided not to continue until the top. The climb is suppose to be closed next year.
Next stop on our itinerary was King's canyon 250km away from our current location. When we arrived there, we decided to do the 6 km Canyon rim walk that led us on top of the Canyon with stunning views over the red rock formations. There were also steep cliffs and the Garden of Eden right on a permanent water hole. We found the rock formations quite impressive as they looked like beehives. We enjoyed it like 90%,the other 10%was ruined by those bloody flies. 🐝Read more