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Can you imagine for a moment to spend your trip to Oceania for several weeks walking and camping in the desert of Australia? An unparalleled adventure, a trip only suitable for the most intrepid and adventurous, you can enjoy the true and authentic Australia.
Australia in its most practical, all desert. Those who do not appreciate the beauty of the lonely, rocky than the vastness of a landscape that gives you the feeling of being “alone in the world” may not appreciate the magic of the desert of Australia.
Miles and miles of sand and rock to enjoy such amazing places as Ayers Rock, or Uluru as the Aborigines say, a large rock, the world’s largest monolith, about arid lands in the desert Simpson.
How to travel to the desert of Australia?
The most common is to do it by plane to Sydney. Then we can request a guided tour and combined into the wilderness, or if we are more adventurous, hang the backpack and rent a jeep to cross the Simpson Desert.
It would not walk across the Simpson Desert of Australia in one trip, since they are more than 176 thousand square meters of earth and sand, but you can enjoy the vast expanse of greenery, full of kangaroos and snakes, from Brisbane, the third largest city in Australia, to cross the Great Divide that separates the mountainous coast of the Outback.
After our departure from Brisbane long road ahead only frequented by small cars or vans and some caminiones that supply the different populations of the desert towns that are separated by miles and miles of road.
Uluru is the second largest monolith in the world. The highest is Mount Augustus in Western Australia, twice as big, but half the magic. In the center of Australia is this lonely giant red 3 km long, 350 meters high and with another 3 km below the surface. Uluru and land in the area are owned by the Anangu Aboriginal and manage all in conjunction with the National Park Service Australia.
If you decide to climb this giant of nature go quite ready because there have been several deaths related to heart attacks because of effort. Before you go get in good shape to have no fear. Over a mile ascent will have the that will take about an hour. Take good shoes and plenty of water. Climbing is prohibited in the heat of the day.
An excellent alternative to climbing is walking. You can take a tour of 10 km around. This road is flat and has a well defined path. Depending on your fitness and your speed can make the trip in about 3-4 hours.
The National Park Blue Mountains is located about 80 kilometers west of Sydney, just in the state of New South Wales. Is a spectacular natural park Bontier very well kept and preserved and which occupies about 2,500 square kilometers.
It gets its name from a blue haze produced by the oil given off by the large numbers of eucalyptus trees that are in place. Millions of tourists visit it every year since it has a spectacular beauty and lets you keep in touch with nature to unwind from the hectic stress of the city, especially if you’re on vacation.
Here you can explore forests, meadows, small mountains and hiking or cycling in any of their areas. As if that were not enough, the National Park Blue Mountains you can find many kinds of vegetation, mainly old and strange species, although there are of the best known.