Longitude 131

Excellent trip to Longitude. We would highly recommend staying here for 2 nights. We have stayed at 3 boutique hotels during our 4 week Australia trip and Longitude was the second in the rating. The tents are beautifully decorated, dinner under the stars was the highlight for me and of course seeing Uluru was a highlight. It is very well organised but as mentioned in previous reviews it is a place where your trips are with fellow travellers. It’s very “scripted” but we still enjoyed it. The staff are friendly and full of enthusiasm for what they do. We were very unlucky with the weather and had rain so on our “activity free”afternoon we found we were bored. Had it been sunny the pool would have been great but we were just unlucky. The Cultural Centre was the only extremely disappointing part as it’s not finished and it is so expensive. Be prepared to pay £1000’s for a small aboriginal canvas. We would have missed this if we had known as it was a tourist trap.

When somebody mentions glamping , this does not begin to describe it. The "tents" are constructed about 10 feet above ground and although they look like tents they are really pernmanent structures. The rooms are spacious and very comfortable with a deck that in most cases looks towards Uluru. the food was excellent and the staff tremendous both for their friendliness and efficiency. In the middle of January the A/C struggled a bit during the day but it was very comfortable at night. Dining under the stars was a highlight of our last evening.

Met at airport by personable representative of Longitude 131 who helped with luggage and drove us to the hotel. Check In process was very casual and my wife mentioned just in passing that we didn’t get to eat lunch and shortly a fantastic charcuterie tray and drinks appeared while we were still “checking in”. After we ate and enjoyed our drinks, we were taken to our room/cabin/tent. Our room was awesome! Stylish, comfortable and had panoramic view of Uluru. There was a large lounge bed on the balcony where you could sleep outside. The “rooms” are spread out enough that you forget there are other rooms/cabins. Bathroom was perfectly sized; water pressure, temp was great. All meals , service , cocktails were excellent. Because it rained heavily all day and night the entire time were there, we didn’t get to really take advantage of any of the experiences and amenities which was disappointing. But the hotel team took us to the Rock to see the hundreds of waterfalls flowing off because of the heavy rain. The entire place is absolutely outstanding and the staff/team were stellar, food was excellent. Finally, I was surprised they knew it was my birthday but during my breakfast they brought a Happy Birthday plate. A great way to start the day! We highly recommend Longitude 131