Kata Tjuta National Park is an area which is well known for the native culture. You can have a wonderful experience about the native culture it you visit Kata Tjuta National Park. In native Australian Language Kata Tjuta means "many heads". This place is adorned with bottomless ravines and amazing valleys. The place is enrolled as a World Heritage site because of its natural as well as ancient cultural splendor. The natives are called as Anangus by the local people.

According to the local myth Anangus have direct connection with the ancestors of Australia. The aboriginals have taken all the loads in maintaining the old heritage of the Kata Tjuta National Park. This park acquires almost 132 hectares of land area and packed with number of rare plants and animals.

In Kata Tjuta National Park you can visit two well known sites, one is The Uluru and the other is Kata Tjuta or the Olgas. The Uluru is the biggest stone in the world. This large rock is situated amidst the desert of Kata Tjuta and it is 348 meters high. This huge monolith is in sandstone. This rock has a unique feature it changes color while there is sun set and sun rise in Kata Tjuta National Park. The natives of the Kata Tjuta National Park believe that this is an auspicious stone. Around this stone there is a cultural center where you can find Maruku arts and crafts shop.

The Olgas in Kata Tjuta National Park is a wonderful example of natural phenomena. There are 36 small rocks which are created by erosion. At first it was a rock which was bigger than Uluru. You can be fascinated in walking along the paths of Olgas Valley.

How to get there

By air: Qantas airline arranges several trips to Yulara's Connellan Airport from Sydney, Melbourne, and Cairns.

By bus: there is a bus service called Greyhound Australia which arranges trip to Kata Tjuta National Park from Alice Springs.

By Car: there are number of car services to reach Kata Tjuta.

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