Epic multi-day hike to launch inside Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

In 2015, Tasmanian Walking Company co-owner Brett Godfrey walked 150 kilometres from the South Australian border to Uluru in the company of traditional owners.

“It was one of my life’s great experiences, and it made me want to share this cultural phenomenon sensitively with anyone prepared to tackle the desert and immerse themselves in Anangu history,” he says.

Uluru under the night sky.Credit: Tourism NT/Georgios Skoufezis

In 2026, his company will launch the Uluru-Kata Tjuta Signature Walk, a 54-kilometre, multi-day hike inside the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park.

Developed in consultation with Anangu traditional owners, the Uluru-Kata Tjuta Board of Management and Parks Australia, the all-inclusive experience offers an intimate and unrushed experience of two of Australia’s greatest natural wonders, Uluru and Kata Tjuta.

Small groups of up to 14 will spend five days and four nights inside the park on fully guided hikes, learning about ancient Anangu culture and history, connecting with nature and staying in specially built and exclusive environmentally sustainable accommodation.

Working on the trail: Heath Garratt, of Tasmanian Walking Company, and Vincent Nipper Anangu Senior.Credit: Tasmanian Walking Company

“In my view, it will attract an international market and become one of the great walks of the world,” says Godfrey.

The announcement coincides with this year’s 40th anniversary of Ayers Rock Resort located 25 kilometres from Uluru.

An artist’s impression of the private eco lodge for the Uluru-Kata Tjuta Signature Walk.Credit: Tasmanian Walking Company

The walk starts at Kata Tjuta before participants travel east along remote desert trails, across dunes, and through mulga woodland. Over the course of the five days, there are art workshops, lessons in land management practices, and three-course meals.

“Carrying only a day pack, they will stay in spectacular eco-sensitive retreats and be guided by the knowledge of those who have walked the land for tens of thousands of years before them,” says Godfrey.

Anangu steering committee chair Tapaya Edwards says: “My people have lived on this land for more than 30,000 years, and we welcome visitors from all over the world. This walk invites them to slow down, to look beyond the physical beauty of our home and to take time to learn about the customs that are so important to us.”

Ayers Rock Resort was conceived in the 1970s in response to the ad hoc development of tourism at the base of Uluru and was opened n 1984. In 1985, the title deeds for Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park were handed back to the traditional owners. New experiences include sunrise tours and the world’s largest daily drone show.

To register early interest, see taswalkingco.com.au; ayersrockresort.com.au