Uluru is located in Uluru Kata National Park about 335 km to the south-west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia.

The park is 132 566 hectares in size and is world heritage listed.  Uluru is also known as Ayers Rock.

Uluru is 9.4 km if you walk around it and is about 345 m high if you climb it. It is thought to be the tip of the sandstone mountain which extends kilometres beneath the surface. It’s 3.6 m long, 2.km wide and is roughly an oval in shape.

The plants that grow there are spinifex, low shrubs and  large desert oaks. Mulga and other acacias grow on the sand plains.

Over 150 species of birds live here. Rare mammals are found here, including the hairy footed dunnart, the sandhill dunnart and the mulgara.

Lots of reptiles are found here as well. A number of lizard species are found in the park including the rare giant desert skink and Australia’s largest lizard which may grow to a length of 2.5 metres.

The area contains carvings and paintings by the aboriginal people.