Uluru is located in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park and about 335km to the south-west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, Australia. The park is 132,566 hectares in size.

Uluru is also known as Ayers Rock and is 9.4km if you walk around it and 345 metres high if you climb it. It is thought to be the tip of a sandstone mountain which extends kilometres below the surface.

Plants that grow at Uluru are spinifex, low shrubs and large desert oaks.

Over 150 species of birds live near Uluru. Rare mammals are found here too, including the hairy-footed dunnart and mulgara. Lots of reptiles are found here as well. A number of lizard species are in the park, including the rare giant desert skink and Australia's largest lizard, the Perentie, which may grow to a length of 2.5 metres.

Uluru was named ‘Ayers rock’ by European explorer William Gosses who sighted it in July 1873. There are also carvings and paintings by Aboriginal people.