Gems of the Red Centre
Discover OTHERWORLDLY LANDSCAPES and cultural riches on the six-day Globus Gems of the Red Centre tour from ALICE SPRINGS, set against the MacDonnell Ranges, to ULURU, the journey’s pinnacle.
KICK OFF your Globus tour with an Indigenous-led tour of the CHASM, STANDLEY located 50 kilometres west of ‘the Alice’ on privately owned Aboriginal land. This geological corridor was carved into the quartzite rock by floods and is best viewed at noon when the midday sun paints brilliant bands of rust, ochre and blood orange on its 80-metre-high walls.
Check out the ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR
and the and have SERVICE SCHOOL OF THE AIR lunch at CO. before ALICE SPRINGS BREWING checking into your first-class room.
The tour includes seamless transport in a first-class motorcoach, that takes you towards
CANYON, where it is impossible to KINGS remain indifferent to the geological forces that formed Australia’s very own ‘grand canyon’.
The stunning sandstone chasm plunges 270 metres into the gorge, which, from above, resembles an emerald green ribbon threaded through the red earth.
This Globus tour is aimed at like-minded Aussies so you can expect a lot of camaraderie along the WALK, and at KINGS CANYON RIM the subsequent sunset drinks and special barbecue dinner.
Scheduled stops along the way also include an afternoon guided walk to
at ULURU, where you MUTITJULU WATERHOLE can wander around caves, see rock wallabies grazing amid rivers of grass and learn about bush foods.
Learn from an Anangu elder about the significance of the Aboriginal rock art in the
CAVE, where multiple generations MUTITJULU of Anangu families have camped.
After visiting the ancient galleries, a visit to Bruce Munro’s offers an FIELD OF LIGHT altogether more contemporary celebration of the landscape, lit up, as it is, like a giant circuit board.
Uluru is akin to a national monument, and one that tour participants will worship together at sunrise when colour starts to seep over the horizon.
See the sunrise over Uluru; walk around
(the Olgas) and enjoy free time KATA TJUTA to make your own discoveries.
The guided holiday in Australia’s Red Centre also includes a SOUNDS OF SILENCE experience with canapes and chilled sparkling wine overlooking Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. By nightfall, you’ll be enjoying an unforgettable dining experience and listening to an astronomer decode the southern night sky.
After wrapping up your six-day GEMS OF
TOUR, which includes five THE RED CENTRE breakfasts, one lunch and two dinners, you may extend your time in Uluru furthering your appreciation of our great land.
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