Discovery Resorts - Kings Canyon · Luritja Lookout, at the resort
This is an evening at Discovery Resorts - Kings Canyon, the resort near Kings Canyon in Watarrka National Park, Northern Territory, not a walk in the gorge itself. A guide meets you at Luritja Lookout with canapes and drinks as the sun goes down, then you walk among 69 towers of light that change color to music.
Light Towers is an installation by the British artist Bruce Munro at Discovery Resorts - Kings Canyon, on Luritja Road in the Northern Territory. According to the resort's launch release, it has 69 towers, each 2 m tall and built from 216 glass bottles, lit by solar-powered optic fibers. The colors shift in response to a soundscape by the composer Orlando Gough. It opened on 1 April 2023, and the sunset session on this page is one of three: the resort also runs a guided sunrise session and a self-guided one by night.
The sunset ticket is the social one. Your session starts 45 minutes before sunset at Luritja Lookout, where the guide hands out wristbands and the canapes and drinks come round. The listing describes the food and drinks as having a native influence. As the light fades you follow a lit path out into a field of red earth and wander through the towers at your own pace, after an introduction from a local guide. Groups are capped at 30 people, and the whole evening takes about 1.5 hours.
Be clear on where it is. The towers stand at the resort, not in the canyon and not on the Rim Walk, so a sunset session works best if you sleep at Kings Canyon. The day tour from Ayers Rock Resort is a 12-hour return trip and heads back south. If you are staying over, the evening pairs well with an early Rim Walk the next morning and, for travelers without a car, the noon transfer to Alice Springs. It is a new listing with no reviews yet, and free cancellation up to 24 hours before keeps the booking flexible.
Arrive at the lookout at Discovery Resorts - Kings Canyon at least 5 minutes before your ticketed session. The guide gives you a session wristband.
The session starts with canapes and drinks while the sun drops and the towers begin to glow.
A local guide explains the installation before you head out.
A lit path leads into the field of red earth where the towers stand.
Time to walk through the installation at your own pace as the colors change with the music.
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No. The installation is at Discovery Resorts - Kings Canyon on Luritja Road, the resort near Kings Canyon in the Northern Territory. You don't walk into the gorge on this ticket; for that, see our Rim Walk guide.
The experience starts 45 minutes before sunset, so the clock time depends on the date. Meet at Luritja Lookout 5 minutes before the session time on your ticket. It lasts about 1.5 hours.
Not yet, because it is a new listing. The details on this page come from the listing and the resort's own information. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before makes it an easy booking to hold.
Not at sunset. The Kings Canyon day tour is a 12-hour return trip from Ayers Rock Resort, so the sunset session works when you sleep at Kings Canyon. Multi-day trips such as the 3-day camping tour follow their own schedule.
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Canapes and drinks at Luritja Lookout, then a walk among the Light Towers as the sun goes down.
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