Overnight Uluru Adventure: Uluru Sunrise, Sunset and Kata Tjuta Hike

The bus slows to a hush as the western sky ignites—Uluru turning from ochre to molten orange while the desert breathes a cooler breath. You stand on a sandy ridge with a small group, a guide pointing out rock art panels and songlines as the shadowed face of the monolith resolves into ridges and caves. That first evening, Kata Tjuta's domes wait like hulking sentinels across the plain, ready for an afternoon walk that pushes through narrow gullies where wind has carved the sandstone into odd, bulbous forms.