“I TUNED MYSELF TO THE SOUNDS, SMELLS AND SIGHTS OF NATURE”
THERE are benefits to slow travel, of not trying to see and do everything all at once. As a tour guide, I’d visited the Red Centre many times before, escorting groups on a whirlwind tour of Uluru – to watch the sunrise and sunset before flying out. But travel is about connecting with people, nature, culture and place and I was always left with a sense that there was so much more. There is no better way to connect with the outback than to strap on the hiking boots and walk across it. So when I saw Life’s an Adventure offers a five-day tour to the Red Centre, including Kings Canyon, Kata Tjuta and Uluru, I jumped at the chance to go.
Day 1 – Alice Springs
With time to spare before meeting our group that evening,
