Want to see the best of the red centre?

Did you know that some of Central Australia's most spectacular sights are just a short flight away from Ayers Rock?

Rock Air Charter offers a range of private charter tours in both fixed and rotary wing options, that explore the most breathtaking locations central Australia has to offer.

Kings Canyon - Kings Creek Station, Petermann Pound, Ferrar Springs, Dry Valley, Carmichael Crag, Kings Canyon, Garden of Eden

Approximately 320km South-West of Alice Springs lies the magical George Gill range. Contained within the Watarrka National park, is the iconic 300m high walls of Kings Canyon, Kings Cree and the Garden of Eden, located at the Western end of the range. The George Gill range boasts some spectacular sights, including Ferrar Springs, the Petermann Pound, Kathleen Springs, and all with a backdrop of the middle and MacDonnell Ranges. 36km East of Kings Canyon, right on the door step of this magnificent range lies the famous Kings Creek Station, a true 'ridgy-didge' 110 square kilometre working Australian cattle and camel station. Founded in 1981 by Ian and Lyn Conway primarily for Camel production, the station has since become a tourist hotspot for travellers on route to Kings Canyon.

Tour details: Departing Ayers Rock airport on a scenic flight of Uluru and Kata Tjuta, before heading north to the majestic Lake Amadeus, the largest salt lake in the Northern Territory. The dry lake is home to an abundance of wild camels that your pilot will obtain the perfect vantage point for you to observe their natural behaviour, whilst on a direct route to the famous Kings Creek Station. After landing at the station, relax with a coffee or a hearty meal, before boarding a helicopter to take in the sights of the George Gill Range on a 65-min helicopter flight along the entire George Gill Range viewing Ferrar Springs, the Petermann Pound, Carmichael Crag, Kings Canyon, the Garden of Eden, the Lost City, Kathleen Springs and the aboriginal communities of Wanmara and Lilla.

Additional tour options:

• Enjoy a professionally catered lunch at an ancient cave site located on Kings Creek property, rich in aboriginal history. *Additional cost
• Take a private quad bike tour of Kings Creek station. *Additional cost
• Extend your helicopter flight to include the Northern Ranges. *Additional cost

Tour duration: 5 hours

Flight time: 3 hours

Aircraft: Fixed and Rotary wing

Petermann Ranges - Uluru (Ayers Rock), Kata Tjuta (Ayers Rock), Katamala Cone, Butler Dome, Stevensons Peak, Mt Currie

Over 550 million years ago, the impact of a land mass with the continent of Australia hit with such force, that it thrust the Petermann Mountains up thousands of meters along a weak point of thinner crust beneath an old inland sea, somewhere near the border of South Australia and the Northern Territory. This event became known as the 'Petermann Event' or the Petermann Ranges Orogeny. After the event, the Petermann Mountains where a chain of snow-capped peaks extending for over 2000km. The rapid uplift of vast amounts of rock formed a range, similar in dimension to the Himalaya's, and resulted in large amounts of eroded material being deposited in vast alluvial fans, and on the northern flank, these sediments were eventually buried and consolidated. The later erosion of softer material above and around the consolidated rock, left what is now Uluru (Ayers Rock) and Kata Tjuta (The Olgas) exposed.

Tour details: Take off from Ayers Rock Airport and visiting Uluru and Kata Tjuta on route to explore the spectacular and mysterious remains of the ancient Petermann Ranges. Fly amongst these formations including the Katamala Cone, Butler Dome and Stevenson’s Peak, with an unobstructed breathtaking view millions of years into the past. On your return journey, your flight path will take you past Mt Currie, another sedimentary rock formation North-West of Kata Tjuta (The Olgas).

Tour duration: 4 hours

Flight Time: 105mins (approx.)

Aircraft: Fixed or Rotary wing

Cave Hill

Approximately 100km from Uluru and straddling the South Australian/Northern Territory border is Cave Hill, a highly spiritual aboriginal site of the Seven Sisters and the Tjukurpa creation story. Cave Hill is considered one of the most significant aboriginal artwork sites in Central Australia, dating over 20,000 years old.

Tour details: Track direct from Ayers Rock airport passed Uluru for Cave Hill. This direct journey will take you directly over the open desert south of Uluru into the Musgrave Ranges. Land at Cave Hill and walk the surrounding area, before boarding the return leg of the journey to Ayers Rock airport.

Tour duration: 4 hours

Flight Time: 105mins (approx.)

Aircraft: Fixed or Rotary wing