Cheap car hire Ayers Rock Airport Australia (AYQ) from compare car rentals

Ayers Rock Airport is a small airport close to Ayers Rock that is ideal for those who don’t fancy long road trips from the likes of Alice Springs Airport, which is half a day’s drive away in itself. Cheap car hire at Ayers Rock Airport is available.

Ayers Rock Airport is also known as Connellan Airport and receives scheduled jets from Alice Springs, Cairns, Perth, and Sydney. The flight from Alice Springs is just 45 minutes, compared with a drive of around four or five hours. Facilities at the airport are quite limited, yet there are refreshment stands and car rental at Ayers Rock Airport.

The drive to Ayers Rock from the airport, which is located just north of the service town of Yulara where the hotels and campsites are, is only around 20 minutes. There is no public transport within Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (where Ayers Rock is based) so having car hire at Ayers Rock Airport is really a must.

Ayers Rock itself is called Uluru in the Aboriginal tongue and is a huge sandstone monolith jutting out of the otherwise flat desert. After you enter Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park by car rental at Ayers Rock Airport the drive to the rock is just a few minutes. You can then park up and climb Ayers Rock, or walk around it.

Also within the same national park is the Olgas, to the west of Ayers Rock, while to the north (between Ayers Rock and Alice Springs) is Kings Canyon in Watarrka National Park. It is much quieter than Ayres Rock and can be driven to by car hire at Ayers Rock Arport.

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