The Top End & Red Centre travel

Journey to the Red Centre. Located in the heart of Aboriginal land in the centre of the country, Uluru is a true cathedral of the desert, standing 348 metres (1,141 feet) high with a circumference of 9 km (5.6 miles). This giant, 600 million years old, which seems to reign supreme over the vast flatness of the bush, is the largest monolith in the world. The show is magnificent and the place is magical, especially at sunset. Seen from above, it’s even better! At sunrise or sunset, this impressive rock offers an extraordinary spectacle, just like the Olgas with their rounded domes, not to mention Kings Canyon, a 200 m (656 ft) high plateau with its towering cliffs. In Alice Springs, an early morning hot air balloon flight over the desert reveals the full splendour of the outback in near-total silence.