Ayers Rock from the Helicopter - August 2015

Our little 4 person helicopter at Uluru airport

With Ron and Di before our helicopter ride

Uluru township from the air

Uluru Township

Uluru township - basically a circle of resorts ranging from 5 star to the local pub and camping ground

Typical country at Ayers Rock

Approaching Ayers Rock in the helicopter

Cattle Station country

Rock formations on Ayers Rock from the helicopter

Local accommodation out of Uluru

Employees accommodation outside of Uluru

Ayers Rock's massive size is evident

We drove around the bottom if the rock in another excursion and saw these rock formations close up

Interesting rock formations on this side of the rock

The lower side of the rock that was popular for climbing

Cattle country around the rock

This seems to be the most upright side of the rock

Good rock formations become evident as we get closer

A good view of the rock standing out from all the flat surrounding land

The popular tourist track around Ayers Rock

Flying towards Ayers Rock

Ayers Rock in it's majesty

A popular view of Ayers Rock that reflects different colours as the sun moves through the day

Flying towards The Olgas from Ayers Rock

Miles and miles of not much

Outback settlement

Outback homestead

The four dark dots on the clay pan are wild camels

Flying back to the Uluru Airport

This excursion was probably the highlight of our tour.  Having seen it all from the ground it is amazing to see it all from a different perspective.

We booked our helicopter ride at the Uluru Town Centre a couple of days before so that we could get the time we wanted. The are various different flights to choose from ranging from 15 minutes to Ayers Rock only to more extended tours.  We chose the $310 pp tour that took us over Uluru Township, a circle around Ayers Rock and then over to Circle The Olgas, a low ride over the country side to look for camels and then back to Uluru Airport.  Well worth the money I thought. 

We chose a 12.30pm flight as we had seen the rock for sunrise and again for sunset so we had the whole day covered.

Overall it was a great experience!