Uluru, the sacred mountain of the Aborigines

The highlight of any trip to Australia is of course a visit to the Ayers Rock, or rather of Uluru in the language of the natives.

We flew from Melbourne to Alice Springs from there in order to rent a jeep to explore that Outback. Can already be guessed from the plane as vast and fascinating, the Outback is!

On the first day we placed the nearly 450 kilometers back to the Kata Tjuta National Park. On the way there we realized quickly that life in the outback particularly at the extreme temperatures is not always easy. However, we were surprised by the rather lush vegetation. So it went past the Mt Conner, the many confused with the Uluru!

And then, after about 4.5 hours drive along the only paved road and on our way too large SUV it was finally time! In the evening sun shone the largest monolith in the world!

After a wonderful schöneen sunset, we explored the next day the "shady place", which literally means Uluru, in approximately 10.5 km long Base Walk, which goes around the whole rock.

At various points there are cavities which were used by the Aborigines as shelter, pantry and kitchen for more than 10,000 years ago. At various points, you can also watch rock paintings.

Since it is a holy place, the indigenous people ask tourists not to climb the mountain, which we have also respected. In 1985 the country was officially returned to Aboriginal people, but only about 5 minutes later, a treaty was signed in which the land was leased for 99 years to the National Park Administration ...

Only about 40 km is the Olgas, another sacred place of the Anangu, the resident tribe of Aborigines. In their language, the mountains are called Kata TjutaMany heads. The Olgas are much higher than Uluru, of which we were able to walk at between two heads convince yourself.

The mood at Uluru, especially at sunset is really something very special and is worth all the effort, an absolute Fixpflichtpunkt on each trip around the world!