Day One
Uluru
Experience: Dot Painting Experience
The fun and organic dot painting workshop in the township of Yulara, Uluru will bring out your inner artist. You will be taught by a local Anangu artist, you’ll learn about traditional art, symbols, tools, our language and more. Be inspired by the ancient ways of the desert and create your very own work of art to treasure. Through the workshops our artists will share a part of their culture with you, so you can learn and create something to take away with you. The workshop does not enable you to do dot painting on a professional level, but will leave you with a greater understand of Aboriginal culture and art.
Stay: Overnight in Uluru
Day Two
Uluru
Experience: SEIT Patji Tour
No trip to Central Australia is complete without a visit to iconic Uluru and Kata Tjuta National Park. Equally no trip to Uluru is complete without an immersive tour with the Uluru family who call this Country home. You will see some visually spectacular Country, you will hear about the Country in a way you have never before and through the generosity of the Uluru family you will learn about the people and their culture. Join the Uluru family as they take you on a 7 hour 4WD journey through their desert homelands.
Stay: Overnight in Uluru
Day Three
Uluru to Alice Springs
Leg One: Alice Springs to Rainbow Valley
Drive: 502 kms approx. 5.5 hours
Experience: Rainbow Valley Walking Tour
Join Ricky Orr, a Traditional Custodian of Wurre (Rainbow Valley), and explore this ancient and spectacular sandstone Country. Take a sunset walk through the vividly coloured cliffs and bluffs of this living cultural landscape. Be introduced to Country and local Aboriginal culture, explore rock art and engraving sites, hear Dreamtime Stories, learn about bush foods and medicines and make a true connection with Arrernte culture.
Leg Two: Rainbow Valley to Alice Springs
Drive: 105km approx. 1. 5 hours
Stay: Overnight in Alice Springs
Day Four
Alice Springs to Hermannsberg
Drive: 126 kms approx. 1.5 hours
Experience: Hermannsberg Historic Precinct
Hermannsberg Historic Precinct is rich in art history and the home to two iconic art movements. Albert Namatjira was the pioneer of the Hermannsburg school of watercolourists at Ntaria (Hermannsburg). Many artists from the Hermannsburg community and region continue to practise using the watercolour and landscape style developed and popularised by Namatjira. The precinct is also the home of The Hermannsburg Potters. The Potters are a group of Western Arrarnta artists working in the hand-coil and pinch technique. The artists build small and large terracotta pots which often feature an iconic sculptural lid referencing elements or characters in the painted body of their pots.
Return from Hermannsberg to Alice Springs
Drive: 126 kms approx. 1.5 hours
Stay: Overnight in Alice Springs
Day Five
Alice Springs to Standley Chasm
Drive: 50km for approx. 40 minutes
Experience: Angkerle Cultural Experience – Standley Chasm
Explore Angkerle Atwatye (Standley’s Chasm) a significant Women’s Dreaming site on a half day tour. Join your local Aboriginal guide to learn about the deep understanding the Western Arrernte people have of the local plant and animal life, and their spiritual connection to this ancient environment. Following your guided walk, you will participate in a painting workshop, which explains traditional dot painting techniques and symbolism, and gives you the chance to create your own dot painting art work to take home.
Return from Standley Chasm to Alice Springs
Drive: 50kms approx. 40 minutes
Stay: Overnight in Alice Springs
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