Kings Canyon tours from Ayers Rock
Join at Ayers RockA three or four day trip, with a night near the canyon.
Join a three or four day Red Centre trip at Ayers Rock, and Kings Canyon is part of it. Kings Canyon is about 300km from Yulara, around three and a half hours' drive, so the trips spend a night near the canyon and do the rim walk: about 6km, three to four hours, along the top of 100 metre sandstone walls. The 3 Day Uluru Adventure collects you at Ayers Rock between 1pm and 2pm, from $759, and the 4 day version finishes back at Yulara with a free transfer to the airport, from $819. Trips with Kings Canyon start from $729.
Checked on 28 October 2026.
Kings Canyon sits between Uluru and Alice Springs, and you do not have to start in Alice Springs to see it. Several trips let you join at Ayers Rock in the afternoon, straight off your flight, so you see Uluru and Kata Tjuta first and Kings Canyon after. It is the best way to see all three.
The trips you can join at Ayers Rock
| Trip | Join at Ayers Rock | Finishes | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Day Uluru Adventure | Between 1pm and 2pm | Alice Springs | $759 |
| 4 Day Uluru Adventure | Between 1pm and 2pm | Yulara, free transfer to the Desert Gardens Hotel or Uluru airport | $819 |
| 4 Day Uluru & West MacDonnell Ranges | 1:30pm | Alice Springs, via the West MacDonnell Ranges | $1389 |
| 3 Day Uluru Safari | Join at Yulara | Alice Springs or Yulara | $995 |
Join times are each trip's own transport sheet. Prices update on their own.
Where you sleep near the canyon
| Trip | Length | Where you sleep | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Day Uluru Adventure | 3 days, 2 nights | 2 nights swag camping with shared facilities, including hot showers and flushing toilets. A mattress, linen and power for charging are provided. Night 2 is at an exclusive camp near Kings Canyon. | $759 |
| 4 Day Uluru Adventure | 4 days, 3 nights | 3 nights swag camping with shared facilities, including hot showers and flushing toilets. Nights 2 and 3 are at exclusive camps near Kings Canyon and Yulara. | $819 |
| 3 Day Uluru Safari | 3 days, 2 nights | 2 nights camping — Ayers Rock Coach Campground, then Kings Canyon Campground. Choose a bush swag or a pop-up safari tent with camp beds. Hot showers and flushing toilets. | $995 |
| 4 Day Uluru & West MacDonnell Ranges | 4 days, 3 nights | 3 nights camping — Ayers Rock Coach Campground, Kings Canyon Campground, then a bush camp in the West MacDonnell Ranges. Bush swag or pop-up safari tent with camp beds, communal facilities with hot showers. | $1389 |
| 3 Day Uluru Budget | 3 days, 2 nights | 2 nights at private campsites near Uluru and Kings Canyon, in a permanent tent or a bush swag. Communal bathrooms with hot showers and flushing toilets. | $729 |
All meals are included from day 1 lunch on each of these. Prices update on their own.
Flying out of Ayers Rock again?
- The 4 Day Uluru Adventurefinishes at Yulara, with a free transfer to the Desert Gardens Hotel or Uluru airport on day 4. Nights 2 and 3 are at camps near Kings Canyon and Yulara.
- The 3 Day Uluru Budgetruns a free shuttle from Kings Canyon to Yulara on day 3. The onward airport transfer costs extra and is booked in advance.
- The 3 Day Uluru Safarican finish at Yulara or Alice Springs.
- Everything else finishes in Alice Springs, which suits a flight out from there and saves the drive back.
The rim walk
- About 6km, three to four hours.This is what the trips come for.
- It starts with around 500 stepsand after that it is level along the top of the canyon.
- The Garden of Edenis a permanent waterhole in the middle, surrounded by cycads.
- There is a shorter creek walkof about 2km along the bottom, for anyone giving the climb a miss.
- The trips start it at first lightthe best light of the day and the coolest; the walk closes when the forecast is 36°C or above.
Why not a day trip?
At about 300km each way, a day trip would be seven hours in the car for a three to four hour walk. Every trip we sell to Kings Canyon spends a night near it instead, which is what gets you on the rim at first light. Our Kings Canyon page has more on why it is many people's favourite day in the Red Centre.
3 Day Uluru Adventurefrom $7593 days, 2 nightsSwags3 days. Join at Ayers Rock, 1pm to 2pmView trip
4 Day Uluru Adventurefrom $8194 days, 3 nightsSwags4 days. Finishes back at YularaView trip
3 Day Uluru Budgetfrom $7293 days, 2 nightsSwags3 days. Shuttle from Kings Canyon to YularaView trip
4 Day Uluru & West MacDonnell Rangesfrom $13894 days, 3 nightsSafari Tents or Swags4 days. Adds the West MacDonnell RangesView tripPeople also ask
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Where this comes from. Join times, finishing points, transfers, where you sleep, meals and prices are each trip's own details as held on its page here, and prices update on their own. Walk length, the climb and the heat closure rule are Parks Australia's and the Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife Commission's published notes for Watarrka National Park. Distances are road distances.