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With just the right amount of time to see everything you’ll explore the highlights of the area – Uluru, Kata Tjuta and Kings Canyon while sleeping in a permanent eco-tent! Save time and money by starting in Yulara.
With just the right amount of time to see everything you’ll explore the highlights of the area – Uluru, Kata Tjuta and Kings Canyon while sleeping in a permanent eco-tent! Save time and money by starting in Yulara.
Yulara to Alice Springs Eco Tent Tour Highlights:
- Yulara to Uluru (Ayers Rock): This afternoon we set out to boulder-strewn landscape of Kata Tjuta (The Olgas). Wandering through the site’s gullies and crevices, you’ll learn a little about the area’s geological and ecological significance from your guide. The perfect end to a remarkable day is awaiting you back at camp, as you enjoy a delicious spread of food with your group. If the weather permits, sit outside under the stars. Accommodation: Permanent Eco Tent Meals: Dinner Driving Time: Approx. 1 hour Walking Distance: 3 km (approx. 1 hour)
- Uluru to Kings Canyon: Start early with a breathtaking Uluru sunrise. Visit one of Uluru’s culturally significant sites, where your guide will share Anangu rock art and creation stories, before completing the full base walk around Uluru. After lunch, visit the Cultural Centre to learn more about local First Nations culture and art, then continue to your exclusive campsite near Watarrka National Park (Kings Canyon) for dinner. Accommodation: Permanent Eco Tent Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Driving Time: Approx. 4 hours Walking Distance: 10 km (approx. 3 hours)
- Kings Canyon Rim Walk: While Kings Canyon is only one of the many attractions within Watarrka National Park, Kings is so impressive that more people know it than the park. After a quick breakfast, we’ll venture into the canyon and start the Rim Walk. Beginning in the vast natural Amphitheatre (where you’re free to test out the acoustics), we’ll enter upon the Lost City and descend down into the fern-shaded rock pools of the Garden of Eden. A visit to the imposing North and South Walls is another must before lunch. Then we drive on to Alice Springs, a relative metropolis in these surroundings, for goodbyes. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch Driving Time: Approx. 5 hours Walking Distance: 8 km (approx. 3 hours)
Itinerary
Uluru is the heart of Australia and represents so much about this country; its size, its beauty and its culture. Shortly after you arrive, the unmistakable Uluru will emerge from the earth as one giant boulder. Only a short drive away, is Kata Tjuta (The Olga’s), with its 36 various-sized domes. It provides quite a contrast to Uluru, a much larger too with the highest point almost 200 meters higher than Uluru. You’ll get to know the landscape pretty well during an afternoon hike between the massive domes. As the evening unfolds, enjoy a light snack as the sun slowly sets casting a variety of earthy tones across Uluru. The perfect end to a remarkable day is awaiting you back at camp, as you enjoy a delicious spread of food with your group. If the weather permits, sit outside under the stars.
Accommodation Powered camp (with shared facilities) (1 night)
Included Activities Uluru & Kata Tjuta National Park Entrance Fee
Meals Included Dinner
Special Information Total walking time is approximately 2 hours.
An early start this morning is rewarded with an Uluru sunrise as the sun hits the icon like a beacon, before the light floods the surrounding landscape. Your guide will take you to one of the significant cultural sights of Uluru, outlining Anangu rock art and passing on one of the creation stories of the site. While the morning is fresh, the time is yours to enjoy the self-guided, full base walk of Uluru, taking in all of the textures and valleys up-close, which isn’t evident from afar. Once you’ve had lunch, perhaps purchase some art at the Cultural Centre, hand-crafted by local First Nation Peoples of the Western and Central Deserts. Travel onto our exclusive campsite near the Watarrka National Park (Kings Canyon), where the group will have dinner and enjoy the stars.
Accommodation Powered camp (with shared facilities) (1 night)
Included Activities Uluru Cultural Centre Uluru Base Walk
Meals Included Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Special Information Total driving time today is around 3.5 hours. Total walking time is approximately 2.5 hours (or up to 3.5 if you do the full 10km base walk(self-guided)).
The main attraction of Watarrka National Park is undoubtedly Kings Canyon – a huge gorge enclosed by sheer rock walls many meters high. With its porous sandstone, deep gullies and hidden rock pools, it provides shelter to more than 600 species of native plants and animals. Your guide will point these out on a trek that takes in the canyon’s most famous locations such as the Lost City, the Garden of Eden, Amphitheatre, and of course North & South Walls of Kings Canyon. We enjoy lunch before driving back to Alice Springs for our farewells.
Included Activities Kings Canyon Rim Walk
Meals Included Breakfast Lunch
Special Information Total driving time today is around 5 hours. Total walking time is approximately 3 hours. For the Kings Canyon Rim Walk it is a requirement that you have a minimum of three litres of water with you. Please consider bringing your own refillable water bottles.
Included:
- Meals – 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 2 dinners
- Transport – All-terrain vehicle
- Accommodation – Permanent tented camp (with shared facilities) (2 nights)
- Uluru & Kata Tjuta National Park Entrance
- Uluru Cultural Centre
- Kings Canyon Rim Walk
- Multilingual Audio Guide to follow the tour in French, German, Japanese, Korean or Spanish
What to Bring:
- What you need to bring will vary according to the trip style you have chosen, the countries you are visiting and when you are travelling.
- Generally speaking, we recommend you pack as lightly as possible and make sure that you are able to carry and lift your own luggage, and walk with it for short distances.
- Most travellers carry their luggage in a backpack, although an overnight bag with a shoulder strap would suffice if you travel lightly.
- Smaller bags or backpacks with wheels are convenient although we recommend your bag has carry straps.
- You’ll also need a day pack/bag to carry water, camera, and jacket etc. when you’re exploring during the day.
Important Info
Please take the time to read and understand the conditions of booking set out below prior to booking a trip with us. We strongly recommend that you also read the Essential Trip Information relating to your trip prior to booking to ensure that you understand the itinerary, style and physical demands of the trip you are undertaking.
1. Our agreement
These booking terms and conditions apply to bookings you make with Australian Adventure Group Holdings Pty Ltd (ACN 661 075 163) trading as Adventure Tours Australia (whether over the phone, by email or with our call centre) as well as online bookings you make on our website or on our related sites (including travel agents and partners) offering our products. We will rely on the authority of the person making the booking to act on behalf of any other traveller on the booking and that person will bind all such travellers to these terms and conditions.
2. Payment
You are required to pay a non-refundable deposit of $250 per person per trip for your booking to be confirmed ($500 for packages), with the remaining balance of your trip due 30 days prior to your travel departure date. If your booking is made within 30 days of the departure date, then the full amount is payable at the time of booking.
3. Change of itinerary
For operational or other reasons beyond our control, we may need to operate substitute vehicles or change activities in tours. We will give you as much notice as possible of any such changes.
4. Fees and surcharges
Our trip prices are subject to variable and seasonal pricing, both of which are standard practice within the travel industry. This means our trip prices may vary at any time in accordance with demand, market conditions and availability. It is likely that different passengers on the same trip have been charged different prices. Your best option if you like the price you see is to book at that time. Any reduced pricing or discounts that may become available after you have paid your deposit will not apply. If you wish to cancel your booking to take advantage of a cheaper price, full cancellation conditions apply. The most up to date pricing is available on our website.
Public Holiday Surcharge: Tours operating over a public holiday may be subject to an additional surcharge payable at the time of booking.
Credit Card Surcharge: A credit card surcharge of 2.4% plus 30c may be charged if you use a credit card to pay for your booking.
Emergency levies & fuel surcharges: We reserve the right to impose a fuel surcharge, emergency levy or other cost adjustment (“Levy”) in the event of significant increases in operating costs beyond our control. This includes, but is not limited to, increases in fuel prices, government charges, or other essential inputs required to operate the tour.
Where the average fuel cost increases by more than 25% from the date on which the relevant tour pricing was originally published or contracted, we may apply a Levy to affected bookings.
The amount of any Levy will be reasonably determined by us based on the increased cost of fuel (or other relevant input costs) attributable to each specific departure and will be calculated on a per passenger basis.
Any applicable Levy may be payable at the time of booking, prior to departure, at check-in or on departure, as advised.
Where a Levy is applied after confirmation, and the resulting price increase is material, any cancellation fees normally applicable under our standard terms and conditions will not be charged.
5. Cancellation by the traveller
If you cancel some or all portions of your tour/s cancellation fees may apply. A cancellation will only be effective when we receive written confirmation of the cancellation.
If you cancel a tour:
30 days or more prior to departure, we retain the deposit.
Between 8 and 29 days prior to departure, we will retain 50% of the total booking cost.
7 days or less prior to departure, we will retain 100% of the total booking cost.
Note: Note that different cancellation conditions apply to third party-operated tours and additional services. You will be advised of the different cancellation charges at the time of booking. You are strongly advised to take out travel insurance which covers you for cancellation, at the time of booking. If you leave a tour for any reason after it has commenced, we are not obliged to make any refunds for unused services. If you fail to join a tour, join it after departure, or leave it prior to its completion, no refund will be provided. If you have booked through a travel agent, which may also include other travel components, please contact them directly.
6. Cancellation by us
We may cancel a trip at any time prior to departure if, due to terrorism, natural disasters, political instability, relevant government advice, or other external events if it is not viable for us to operate the planned itinerary.
If we cancel your trip due to reasons other than a force majeure event you will receive a full refund.
If we cancel your trip due to a force majeure event you will receive 100% credit to use for a future trip or a refund, less unrecoverable costs.
7. Booking amendments
If you wish to transfer from one tour to another or transfer your booking to a third-party you must notify us at least 28 days prior to the proposed departure date. A fee of $200 per person per change may apply (in addition to any charges levied by providers such as third-party operators). If you notify us less than 30 days prior to the proposed departure date, the cancellation policy will apply. Transfers to a third party are only permitted, where the transferee meets all the requirements in relation to the tour. Transfers to another departure can only be made to a departure within the current validity period i.e. departures operating between April 1 – March 31. No amendments are permitted to your booking within 7 days of departure.
8. Information from you
The terms of our access to National Parks require us to collect certain information in respect of each customer participating on a tour. If you do not provide the required information, we cannot finalise the booking.
Requests to bring luggage in-excess of our luggage policy, or additional items on the tour vehicle, must be raised with the reservations team in advance of the tour. Failure to do so may result in us being unable to accommodate your requirements on the day of the tour.
Personal information is collected and managed in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
9. Inclusions
The price of your tour includes:
• All accommodation as listed in the Essential Trip Information
• All transport listed in the Essential Trip Information
• Sightseeing and meals as listed in the Essential Trip Information
• The services of a tour guide as described in the Essential Trip Information.
10. Exclusions
The price of your tour does not include:
• International or internal flights unless specified
• Airport transfers, taxes and excess baggage charges unless specified
• Meals other than those specified in the Essential Trip Information
• Visa and passport fees
• Travel insurance
• Optional activities and all personal expenses.
11. Age & Health requirements
Minimum Age: For the majority of our tours, the minimum age is 8 years of age at the time of travel. All travellers under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a legal guardian, or in lieu of a legal guardian, by a responsible adult over the age of 18, appointed by their legal guardian. The legal guardian will be responsible for the traveller under the age of 18 for their day-to-day care. Please note we cannot guarantee triple or adjoining rooms/tents for families; accompanying adults may be required to share with others in the group.
Maximum Age: For the majority of our tours we have no upper age limit. Please be aware that our tours can be physically demanding and passengers must ensure that they are suitably fit to allow full participation. Passengers aged 70 years or older at the time of departure are required to review and sign our medical form. Due to the remote locations and challenging nature of our extended camping tours, it is essential that older travellers consider their health and ability to participate for the safety and the benefit of the whole group.
12. Small groups & combination trips
At times we can have groups with small numbers of travellers. Many of our trips are designed to fit with other departures to create a longer “combination” trip; this means that some of your group may have already been travelling together for some weeks when you commence your trip. If you would like to know how many people are booked on your trip or any combination trip it is part of please ask prior to making your booking.
13. Travel insurance
We strongly recommend that all travellers obtain comprehensive travel insurance. Your travel insurance should provide cover for personal accident, death, medical expenses, and emergency repatriation, with a recommended minimum coverage of AUD$300,000 for each category. We also strongly recommend that it covers cancellation, curtailment, personal liability and loss of luggage and personal effects. Travel insurance is not included in your tour and is your responsibility to arrange.
14. Authority on tour
Adventure Tours Australia may refuse to carry a person whose behaviour is detrimental to the enjoyment of the group. By travelling with Adventure Tours Australia, you agree to accept the authority of the guide and accept their decisions. Our staff are entitled to a safe working environment and our passengers to a safe and great holiday. Any threats to safety, being physical, verbal, or inappropriate behaviour may result in removal from the trip. If a guide requires a passenger to leave the trip no refunds will be given and that passenger will be responsible for their own travel costs and arrangements from that point
15. Acceptance of risk
You acknowledge that the nature of the trip is adventurous and participation involves a degree of personal and physical risk. You will be visiting places where the political, cultural and geographical attributes present dangers and physical challenges greater than those present in our daily lives. We use information from government foreign departments and reports from our own contacts in assessing whether the itinerary should operate. However, it is also your own responsibility to acquaint yourself with all relevant travel information and the nature of your itinerary. You acknowledge that your decision to travel is made in light of consideration of this information and you accept that you are aware of the personal and physical risks attendant upon such travel. You acknowledge that the assumption of risk and warning above constitutes a ‘risk warning; in accordance with relevant legislation.
16. Limitation of liability
We contract with a network of companies, government agencies and individuals to assist in the running of our trips as agent for these third parties. We are not responsible for the acts and omissions of these third parties. In consideration of your participation in the trip, to the extent permitted by law, you:
(a) release and will release us from all claims that you may have or may have had but for this release arising from or in connection with participation in the trip; and
(b) release and indemnify us against any claim which may be made by you or on your behalf for or in respect of or arising out of your death whether caused by the negligence or breach of contract by us or in any other manner whatsoever; and
(c) indemnify and will keep indemnified us to the extent permitted by law in respect of any claim by any person:
(i) arising as a result of or in connection with your participation in the trip; and
(ii) against us in respect of any injury, loss or damage arising out of or in connection with your failure to comply with the trip or our rules and/or directions, save that the above releases and indemnities shall not apply to the extent that the loss, damage or injury that is the subject of the claim is caused or contributed to by the grossly negligent act or omission by us.
To the extent an Implied Warranty cannot be excluded, our liability in respect of the Implied Warranty is limited to (in our absolute discretion): (i) the provision of a similar trip to an equivalent value; or (ii) a refund of the total amount received by us from you in connection with your booking. Any claim by you is excluded to the extent that it is for indirect or consequential loss, loss of profits or economic loss, however it arises, or for indirect, special, punitive or exemplary damages.
17. Optional activities
Optional activities not included in the tour price do not form part of the tour or this contract. You accept that any assistance given by your tour guide or local representative in arranging optional activities does not render us liable for them in any way. The contract for the provision of that activity will be between you and the activity provider.
18. Claims & complaints
If you have a complaint about your trip please inform your tour guide or our local representative at the time in order that they can attempt to rectify the matter. If satisfaction is not reached through these means, then any further complaint should be put in writing to us within 30 days of the end of the tour. Complaints made outside this timeframe may not be considered.
19. Severability
In the event that any term or condition contained in these Booking Conditions is unenforceable or void by operation of law or as being against public policy or for any other reason then such term or condition shall be deemed to be severed from this contract or amended accordingly only to such extent necessary to allow all remaining terms and conditions to survive and continue as binding.
20. Photos and marketing
You consent to us using images of you taken during the trip for advertising and promotional purposes in any medium we choose. You grant us a perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide, irrevocable licence to use such images for publicity and promotional purposes,
21. Privacy policy
Any personal information that we collect about you may be used for any purpose associated with the operation of a trip or to send you marketing material in relation to our events and special offers. The information may be disclosed to our agents, service providers or other suppliers to enable us to operate the Trip. We will otherwise treat your details in accordance with our privacy policy (available for viewing on our website).
22. Applicable law
The laws of Victoria, Australia govern these Booking Conditions to the fullest extent allowable. Any disputes in connection with a trip or these Booking Conditions must be initiated in the courts of Victoria, Australia.
23. Feedback
We welcome feedback from all of our customers. Feedback on tour can be given to your tour guide. If wish to provide feedback after your tour please contact us by email on reservations@adventuretours.com.au or by telephone on +61 3 9125 3630.
24. Credit vouchers
Guests who hold a credit voucher must contact our office to secure their preferred date of travel, which is subject to availability. Guests wishing to use their credit voucher for travel on a tour which runs over a public holiday may be subject to a public holiday surcharge.
Credit vouchers are not a ticket to travel until a date of travel has been secured with our office and a confirmation has been issued. Once a date of travel has been secured, the booking will then be subject to our regular terms and conditions. Any credit voucher which is not used before it’s given expiry date will be forfeited without refund. Credit vouchers are valid for 12 months, unless otherwise stated.
