Kings Canyon, Australia Travel Blogs

It's a mighty big rock!
Jul 11, 2007 (13 photos)

... said we could sleep in until 7am as we couldn't climb the canyon until daylight anyway. I have waited 18 years to revisit Kings Canyon. I was so impressed with it the first time - back then there was no resort, no toilets or showers, no established walking ...

Gone Walkabout
Mar 26, 2006 (2 photos)

We took a 4am bus from Ayers Rock to Kings Canyon, a "Geographical Wonder" about 300 miles from the rock. Its a national park containing a massive canyon which you can walk into and around and its full of wierd and wonderful wildlife and shapes. We had ...

Up, around and between
Sep 27, 2004 (5 photos)

... (i know, in Australia!?!) and lizards at the side of the road, it was really hot and full of annoying flies. Our first stop was Kings Canyon where we had to climb up heart attack hill to get to the top, it really lived up to its name as well. Once up the ...

Uluru - Big Red Rock
Sep 28, 2003 (5 photos)

... and we were treated to a running commentary and potted history by our driver. It seems that all bus/coach drivers in Australia have to take a course in stand-up comedy and so the speil was punctuated with one-liners and other more laboured attempts at ...

The Garden of Eden
Oct 6, 2005 (1 photos)

... predicted, the five o'clock wake up, after three days of other early awakenings, leaves me cranky and feeling wrecked. we drive out to Kings Canyon and I charge ahead on pure vim; it's not that I'm energetic, it's that I don't want to hike with anyone else ...

You sure this is an ancient sea bed?
Jul 11, 2005 (11 photos)

Up once again at 5.30, after a great sleep under the stars, in order to catch the sunrise in spectacular Kings Canyon. Not as popular a destination as Uluru, it's still magnificent in its own way and was good to get up there early (before the hordes ...

The Disrespectful Droves
Sep 18, 2005 (3 photos)

Life on Mars - Day 3
Jan 31, 2007 (10 photos)

... hot here and the morning is the only time you can hike!!!! So up at 4.30am and a short drive to the bottom of Kings Canyon. A three hour hike was ahead of us through the Canyon, starting with hike up heart attack hill, nice hey. During the walk ...

Swagman
Nov 30, 2006 (9 photos)

... poured onto the bus for the start of 3 days together around the red centre sights starting with a 4.5 hour drive to Kings Canyon. Having ploughed this route for around 15 months now Glenn emphasized the importance of drinking water above all else here, ...

Three Kings
Jan 4, 2006 (14 photos)

... a cool dip whilst Tilly looked on in awe. Not so easy for a lady, with no towel! Maybe nudism would take off at Kings Canyon? Now comes the tricky bit, Wayne working out how to change back with people around?????? After 5-10 minutes of brain ticking, a ...

Kings Canyon
Jul 25, 2008

Heute geht es zum Kings Canyon. Ich nehme diesmal nicht die Dirt Road, sondern muss einen Umweg von ca. 250 km in Kauf nehmen, um auf asphaltierten Straß ...

Kings canyon
Jun 17, 2008 (29 photos)

From Uluru we want to Kings Canyon to enjoy more of the desert scenery. Indeed some great views, but they made me missing the desert in Israel.

The Trip - Day 5
Jul 5, 2005 (16 photos)

... loads of facts about all different things. we didnt really do much today, we just drove down from alice springs towards our camp near kings canyon as we were getting up tomoz for sunrise over the canyon. one of the men on our bus is called justin and hes ...

The Rock
Jun 27, 2007 (14 photos)

... (a petrol station) and then it was back on the bus where we had our sarnies for lunch.  First stop of the tour was Kings Canyon which we had to access by climbing 'Heart Attack Hill' as it is known - we can see why!!!!!  The view from the ...

Kings Canyon
May 9, 2006 (22 photos)

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The Trip - Day 6
Jul 6, 2005

... had to get up at 5 today but most of us were already awake from the cold. after breakfast we started the short drive towards kings canyon. we started climing the canyon at about 6.30. the first part of the climb was horrible, it was loads of really steep ...

Kings Canyon
Jan 29, 2008 (7 photos)

After climbing the rock we headed on to King's Canyon. At this point I'm finally starting to get used the right hand driving thing, although I still think I would have a hard time in a city setting! This canyon was only a small crack in ...

Canyon Climbing
Jan 10, 2007

... Park was mostly uneventful and we still had not seen any of the elusive Red Kangaroos. We arrived at our accommodation in Kings Canyon resort in the afternoon.  We had passed the Canyon itself on the drive through, a huge rocky range jutting our from the ...

Nobody on Giles Track - Emu, roo and croc for dins
Oct 5, 2009 (18 photos)

... Loop the wrong way. First is a steep climb up past spinifex and past some impressive red rock cliff faces. Leaving the Kings Canyon Loop trail takes you into these rocks that have these fantastic bee hive formations. Dome shaped rocks with ridges all the ...

Walkin' the Watarrka
Aug 15, 2009 (33 photos)

... riding but we decided not to because it wasn’t exactly an exciting trail. Alec says: We walked round the ring of Kings Canyon.  I absolutely loved the walk.  It was my favourite walk I’ve been on [everyone agreed on this].  I ...

The big red rock
Jul 3, 2006 (10 photos)

... the window. You really do get a sense of how absolutely massive this country is. And how there's hardly anything in it! We visited Kings Canyon and walked around the rim. The climb up is called heart attack hill by the guides so as you can imagine, it was ...

Kings Canyon
Jan 24, 2009 (18 photos)

... Steinen dieser Erde machen wir uns am naechsten Tag gleich auf zu unserer letzten Sehenswuerdigkeit des Roadtrips, dem Kings Canyon. Schon gegen Mittag erreichen wir den netten Campingplatz und wollen vor dem ersten grossen Trek durch den Canyon noch ...

Kings Canyon Loop walk and Gosse Bluff (Tnorrella)
Oct 6, 2009 (11 photos)

... we took a one-way trail to Cotterill Lookout. Wow what a view across the canyon. This lookout was named after one of the Kings Canyon Resort founders who built the road to Kings Canyon in 1967 and owned the resort until 1990. From the lookout is was a ...

Uluru, Kata Tjuta and Kings Creek
Jun 19, 2006 (7 photos)

... of the symbols are stylised versions of footprints, quite sensible when much of the landscape is dust! Finally we headed off to Kings Canyon- another couple of hours in the bus! We stopped off along the way to see Lake Amadeaus and look at Mount Connor ...

more adventure at the canyon
Oct 6, 2009

... our guide, Ray, prepared a wonderful chicken stew in large pots on a charcoal pit on the ground.  Today we visited King's Canyon, and again more hiking.  I opted for an easy hike, while Emilie and other brave souls went for a 3 hour strenuous ...

Kings Canyon
Aug 31, 2009 (4 photos)

... drove south to Erldunda, then turned to the west heading past Mount Conner (commonly mistaken for Ayers Rock by tourists rushing by) towards Kings Canyon, our first stop of the trip. Though there were 8 of us on the southbound tour, there were 14 of us for ...

To the Canyon
Nov 2, 2009 (7 photos)

... : "I want go back to Alice Springs". So we left her there to be picked up by a returning trip and pressed on a further 200km to Kings Canyon. Due to the lengthy stopover we arrived in the heat of the day at 2pm, it was 43 degrees and our 6km walk started ...

Kings Canyon
Jun 8, 2009 (10 photos)

We'd picked up a car at Alice Springs to make our way across to Kings Canyon and then onto Uluru (Ayres Rock). They're a fair distance from Alice, over 300km. Given we are on a budget the car may seem a bit extravagant especially as there are bus compaines ...

Kings Canyon
Jun 22, 2007 (16 photos)

... keeps it funny and interesting, being flippant without being disrespectful. It's now only about 10am and a 3hr drive from here to Kings Canyon. With the whole bus finally awake, Scott cranks the music up and has us try to play musical chairs as an ...

Kings Canyon
Dec 15, 2006 (15 photos)

... actually 500km further south, so with visibility reduced by a huge dust cloud we set off from the campsite in the direction of Kings Canyon which forms the edge of the Mcdonnell mountain range. We stayed in the overpriced and shonky "we have you over ...