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Later this morning, we visit the School of the As the Outback sun descends on the monolith
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about 140 children living in remote Outback throughout the day) the rock seems to glow
communities. This service provides vital eerily, as if lit from within. It’s almost
interaction and tutoring for the children of impossible not to feel the ancient spirit
.PY_]LW ,`^_]LWTL []TXL]TWd _S]Z`RS NZX[`_P] of Uluru. A mystical life force? Perhaps. But
aTOPZ [SZYP LYO QLc 4Y Z`] ^XLWW R]Z`[ the Anangu also consider the Uluru a literal
we’ll have the opportunity to get an authentic giver of life, attracting animals in abundance
look at the students’ day-to-day routines, to its water hole and providing shelter and
the operations of the school, and we can ʭ]PbZZO _Z aT^T_Z]^ ,WW TY L ]`RRPO [WLNP
L^V _SP ^_`OPY_^ LYO QLN`W_d LYd \`P^_TZY^ one might freely describe as “the middle of
we may have about this distinct educational nowhere.”
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before we discover the Alice Springs Reptile After our time in the Northern Territory, we’ll
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largest display of reptiles. a heritage that runs deep in this land and all
of Australia. Much of the area around Uluru is
The remainder of your afternoon is free for open for public visitation, but parts of this site
dZ` _Z Pc[WZ]P ,WTNP >[]TYR^ are still so powerfully sacred to the Anangu
Breakfast _SL_ _SPd ]PXLTY Zʬ WTXT_^
At sunset, we’ll gather for a traditional
toast as the last daylight paints the massive
Day 9 Alice Springs • Fly to Uluru (Ayers
monolith of Uluru into a kaleidoscope
Rock) • Sunset Viewing
of colors. Dinner will be on your own
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Breakfast, Lunch
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Rock)—a NEW feature for 2019.
Upon arrival, we’ll check in at our hotel before Day 10 Walk Around Ayers Rock
dZ` SLaP ^ZXP _TXP _Z Pc[WZ]P Uluru this If you wish, you can rise early this morning
LQ_P]YZZY 0L]Wd 0`]Z[PLY ^P__WP]^ YLXPO _SP to revisit Uluru in the light of dawn, which
monolith Ayers Rock, but it is called Uluru by is also dramatic at sunset but seen by far
the Anangu Aboriginal people who serve as fewer travelers. As we walk near the base
its spiritual caretakers. In spite of—perhaps of the massive sandstone, we can see the
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of Australian Aboriginal culture and spirit and wind. It is the centerpiece of Uluru-Kata
have strongly endured in art, dance, and Tjuta National Park, which also includes the
music. Uluru T^ _SP XZ^_ ʭ__TYR ^dXMZW ZQ _SL_ spectacular rock formations nearby called the
endurance. Kata Tjuta.
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followed by free time. Perhaps you’ll visit
the Wintjiri Museum during this additional
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