Day 23 – Uluru to Kings Canyon
Travel Location: Kings-Canyon,Australia
We didn’t know that Camel tours can be cancelled due to other bush camels. But let’s start from the beginning. The day started very early for us to see the sunrise at Uluru. From the various tours, we choose the Camel sunrise tour as they played an important role in desert life and in Australia’s history. Our pick was very early, 4.45 am. However the pickup informed us that they cancelled the tour. Not because of the overcast weather (yes, yet again), but because wild camels are in the area.
Camels were introduced to Australia in about 1850 onwards and were used to explore the outback and provide the settlers with food and goods. However, in the later years with the appearance of the car and railway, their use declined and apparently they were set free. Today, about 1 Million wild camels are roaming through the Outback of Australia, although we did not see any until this morning. The Camels they use for the ride are caught from the Outback and trained. However, the appearance of wild camels may call them back and it is possible to get injured on the ride. Hence, no morning ride for us. We still went to the camel farm, got some good information (see this paragraph 
), and had breakfast. We got to see the camels and the feeding before heading back at 6 am to the camp ground.
We decided to sleep again before we had to go to the visitor centre for the refund of the ride. Afterwards we headed the 250 km towards Kings Canyon. We arrived at the camp ground about 2 pm and were keen on doing the 4 hours Kings Canyon rim walk. However, the lady suggested not to do the walk it in the afternoon because of high temperature. So, we had a lazy afternoon, played scrabbles, went for a swim and headed to the pub for a cooling beer. The camping ground had a nice bar/restaurant that allows to seat outside in the shade. At the end of a long day when the bar shut down and we were the last to sit there, we saw a dingo searching for food near the BBQ area. One more Australian animal we saw in the wild on our tour.
