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Where do you sleep on an Uluru tour — a swag or a tent?

A swag on most trips, a furnished safari tent on the Safari range, and a choice of either on a few. A swag is a canvas bedroll with a mattress inside that you sleep in under the stars — not a tent, and not the ground.

Checked on 5 October 2026.

This is the question we get asked most often before someone books, and usually with a bit of nerves attached. The honest answer is that sleeping in a swag at Uluru is the part most people come back raving about — but you should know which one you are buying, so here is every trip.

Where you sleep, trip by trip

TripWhere you sleepNightsFrom
2 Day Uluru SafariFurnished Safari Tents2 days, 1 night$679
3 Day Uluru BudgetSwags3 days, 2 nights$729
2 Day Uluru TourSwags or Safari tents2 days, 1 night$749
3 Day Uluru AdventureSwags3 days, 2 nights$759
4 Day Uluru AdventureSwags4 days, 3 nights$819
4 Day Uluru TourSwags4 days, 3 nights$839
3 Day Uluru Safari Furnished Safari Tents3 days, 2 nights$979
3 Day Uluru SafariSwags or Safari Tents3 days, 2 nights$995
4 Day Uluru SafariFurnished Safari Tents4 days, 3 nights$1149
4 Day Uluru & West MacDonnell RangesSafari Tents or Swags4 days, 3 nights$1389
5 Day Uluru SafariSwags & Safari Tents5 days, 4 nights$1499
7 Day Uluru to Adelaide TourReal bush camping7 days, 6 nights$1305
7 Day Adelaide to Uluru TourReal bush camping7 days, 6 nights$1505

Trips that run to or from Adelaide add hostel and overnight-coach nights on top — the detail is on each trip's own page.

What a swag actually is

The swag, in plain terms

  • A heavy canvas bedroll with a mattress already inside it. You roll it out, get in, and zip it up if you want to.
  • You sleep outside, under the stars, usually around a campfire. That is the point of it.
  • Linen is provided on most trips. You may want to hire or bring a sleeping bag — nights in the desert get cold even when the days are hot.
  • If you would rather not, several trips let you choose a safari tent with a real bed instead — the table above says which.

Showers and toilets

Almost every camp we use has hot showers and flushing toilets, including the exclusive camps near Kings Canyon and Yulara. Two trips have a night without:

The two exceptions, so you are not surprised

  • 4 Day Uluru Tour — hot showers on night 1 only. Nights 2 and 3 are at Kings Creek Station and a private bush camp at Curtin Springs.
  • 7 Day Adelaide to Uluru Tour — Warren Gorge has toilets but no showers. Every other night on that trip does.

The trips people pick most

3 Day Uluru Budget Permanent tent or bush swag · 3 days, 2 nights$7293 Day Uluru Adventure Swag camping · 3 days, 2 nights$7594 Day Uluru Adventure Swag camping · 4 days, 3 nights$8194 Day Uluru Safari Safari tents with twin beds · 4 days, 3 nights$1149

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Where this comes from. Each operator's own accommodation sheet, as held on that trip's page here. Prices are the current from price and update on their own. If a camp changes, this page changes with it — the date at the top is the last time we checked.