23.03.2016 :- AUSTRALIA >>Yulara Kings Canyon Trekking

AUSTRALIA :-  Ayers Rock –Yulara (Kings Canyon trekking)

18th Day: 23.03.2016 

Today I have a scheduled tour: the AAT Kings bus will be going to take us at 04:05 in the morning. Therefore I woke up at 03:50 and quickly put on my clothes. Very punctually the bus arrived at the Outback Uluru Hotel. Today‘s program is to make trekking at the Kings Canyon which is approx. 300 km on the northeast of Yulara. This is the tour I had booked on internet one month ago.

The bus took us first to a road side camel farm where there is also a restaurant and a accommodation facility. The name of this small location is Kings Creek Station. We stopped there for breakfast. 2 pcs of eggs and 2 pcs of toasted bread, lamb sausage, a few dried beans (like we have in Turkey but smaller and little bit spicy) were good in the morning.

Breakfast stop at Kings Creek Station

The funny bird at Kings Creek Station

Our bus and fellows at the Kings Creek Station

At 07:45 we departed from King Creek Station and we arrived at 08:15 to the car parking of the Kings Canyon. All this area is within the Watarrka National Park. We prepared our backpacks as per the recommendations (maybe more than recommendation) of the bus driver as well of our guide Christina we took 3 liters of water with us.

Our smart and joyful guide Christina

After we signed some documents for taking our own responsibility, Christina gave us a short briefing. We started to climb. The first part is mainly with the stairs. There are 500 steps. As they mean it, this part is hardest part. The trekking is called “Kings canyon rim walk”.

The picturesque view on the canyon was wonderful. It was around 30 deg C and the weather was clear. It got 2-3 degrees more when the sun came up fully at the noon time.

During the trekking we saw a lot of natural wonders, like trapped water puddles, trees and local plantation, flowers, etc.

Various type of vegetation at the Kings Canyon

At the top of the Kings Canyon.

Short break and juicy apple at the Kings Canyon

One of few water puddles in the Canyon.

One of the largest water puddles trapped in canyon

My fellows walking in the canyon.

We finished our walk around 11:45 at the side of our bus. I had finished only 1 ½ liter of water. The trekking is easy and we did not need any special gear.

The bus took us back in the direction of Yulara. In half hours we stopped at a restaurant called Curtin Springs. I ordered a camel burger and a cold beer. Camel is edible but in my opinion is not tasty as beef or lamb. 

At the Curtin Springs for lunch break

Water is life in Red Centre 

After the lunch break we continued to drive. At a junction we have stopped in order to change some passengers from the other bus to ours. 

One of the busses will be driving to Alice Springs and our bus continues to Yulara. Around at 16:30 we reached to our Hotel. It was totally 600 km for us to return. 

I napped until 19:00 and then went out to the open air restaurant in the middle of our resort Outback Pioneer Uluru. There is an open banquet BBQ kitchen and someone is choosing the meat, sausages, fish, crocodile whatever and grilles it by its own on the BBQ plate. 

After the dinner I sat there in the open bar and then came back to my room around 22:00.

Next day, in the morning I need to wake up at 04:30 in order to take part at the Uluru Highlights tour between 05:00 and 09:00.