If you haven’t entered any dates, the rate shown is provided directly by the hotel and represents the cheapest double room (including tax) available in the next 60 days.Prices have been converted from the hotel’s local currency (AUD4,800.00), via openexchangerates.org, using today’s exchange rate.Surrounded by the rugged wilderness of the Simpson desert, Red Centre boutique retreat A bottle of chilled Champagne in your tent on arrival Automobiles To make an enquiry or reserve your stay, please contact the Reservations team between 8.30am and 5.30pm (AEST) Monday to Friday.
window.monetateQ.push(["addPollForElement", "#atol-logo"]); We’re excited to announce Longitude 131° will reopen on 21 August 2020 and Jetstar flights are loaded in the system, ready to book. So imagine our surprise when we realised the flight is a mere three hours from Sydney. The elegant Australia’s Red Centre was always on our ‘to do’ list, but the remoteness of the place kept pushing it down in the priority queue. We indulge in a seared tuna salad adorned with edible flowers, followed by a wagyu steak sandwich, washed down with our favourite Petaluma chardonnay. You can park your car at the Ayers Rock Airport or at Sails in the Desert hotel close to the complex. It can get chilly at night and in winter, so pack extra layers and warm headgear. Tents sleep up to three guests, and an extra bed is available on request.Showers are heated by solar power (there are no bath tubs), and reverse heater-air conditioning units reduce energy wastage.Table 131 can be a spectacular experience, but, for an extra charge, you can also arrange to dine privately by the pool or atop a dune.Cool and casual – just don’t wear white on account of the red desert dust.The Dune House is Longitude’s reception, bar, lounge and restaurant. Coach bookings can be made through Bailie Lodges Reservations.Longitude 131º is ideally placed for wilderness treks around the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park and the Red Centre and a schedule of free adventure tours operates daily. Coach transfers are available and operate services between Ayers Rock Resort, which is adjacent to Longitude 131°, and Kings Canyon and Alice Springs. Longitude 131º’s tents are more luxury cabins draped in flowing white fabric than the canvas crash-pads the word suggests. Fly to Ayers Rock Connellan Airport via most major Aussie cities. In rooms: iPad, sound system, luxury swags, climate control, free gourmet minibar with premium Australian wines, safe and free WiFi. Just for now, a new, no-worries bookings policy requires full prepayment one month prior to travel and bookings may be cancelled prior to one month from arrival without forfeiture. Meaning ‘moon’, kinara links the earth to the sky and offers travellers a welcome retreat. The proven destination drawcard has attracted more than 450,000 visitors to date. Every other night, guests are whisked off to a secret location to dine alfresco at ‘Table 131’, with a three-course meal followed by a talk about the vast desert starscape.There’s a self-service bar at one end of the Dune House, where you’ll find a selection of wines, beers and spirits from which to help yourself. We will do our best to tailor menus accordingly whilst providing opportunity to enjoy a diverse range of premium regional produce. You can sink into one of the comfy couches and thumb through the intriguing Australian history books piled high on the upturned chests that serve as coffee tables.Meal times are flexible, depending on the tours scheduled for the day.Not available, although you may be able to dine in your room if you arrange it in advance.Longitude 131° lies in the World Heritage listed outback expanse of Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. Glamp it up with luxury accommodation and private views of the sun rising and setting over the ‘Big Pebble’ aka Ayers Rock.Fly to Ayers Rock Connellan Airport via most major Aussie cities. If you prefer your diversions less physically demanding, try an aboriginal dot-painting workshop (arranged through the lodge), or book a helicopter, Harley Davidson or camel ride around the area (all of which cost a bit extra).Dining alternatives are, unsurprisingly, rare in the desert, and Longitude's all-inclusive dining will keep you happily sated throughout your stay. Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time is a best-selling book by Dava Sobel about John Harrison, an 18th-century clockmaker who created the first clock (chronometer) sufficiently accurate to be used to determine longitude at sea—an important development in navigation.The book was made into a television series entitled Longitude. Road access to Longitude 131° is via Ayers Rock Resort, located a short distance away. window.monetateQ = window.monetateQ || []; Longitude 131°’s distinctive architectural design set it as one of the world’s accommodation icons, and the only lodge to offer views direct to Ulu r u. The airport is a 10 minute drive from Longitude 131 (free return 4WD transfers are included in booking). Rates include all meals, most alcoholic and soft drinks, drinks from the in-suite bar, return transfers to Ayers Rock Airport and area tours.
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