If you are travelling in Central Australia, then one walk you simply must check out is the Kings Canyon Rim Walk.

Kings Canyon (Watarrka National Park) is about three and a half hours drive from Uluru.

The Rim Walk is a 6km walk that takes you all around the rim of the canyon, with spectacular views.

It is one of four walks that start from the Kings Canyon campsite.  There is the short Kings Creek Walk, that is a simple walk along a made path down towards the creek.  A great short walk for those with young children.

The South Wall Return Walk (there and back along the same path) joins onto the last section of the Rim Walk, for those who want to capture some of the views, but perhaps don't feel up to walking the whole circuit.

The Giles Track walk is a 22km trail that goes between Kings Canyon and Kathleen Springs (I did not get a chance to walk this one, but it can be done as an overnight hike, or if you have somebody else in a car, they could either drop you off at one end of the walk or pick you up at the other, to make it a single-day one-way hike).

But definitely one of the most popular walks is the Rim Walk.

Although the sign says 6km for a 3-4 hour walk, there are a couple of optional places where you can follow tracks to photo points.  The walk for me came in at 7km, but only took 2 hours and 19 minutes (and that included stopping for photos along the way). As I find with most walking signs, they are based on quite a slow pace.

There are two things to note about the walk before you start. The first of these should be a given, making sure you have sunscreen applied and appropriate protection from the Outback sun, as well as ample drinking water.  Especially on days that are forecast to be hotter than normal, you will want to start the walk early.  The second was something for which I had not been prepared… The flies!  I am not sure whether it was just the time of year we were there (August) but I have never seen so many flies in my life as at Kings Canyon.  Thankfully, as you climb higher, the flies thin out a bit.

The walk starts with a climb up steep rock steps, so if you're wondering whether you really want to do the walk, that decision is made quickly.  There is an elevation gain of about 100m in the first kilometre of the walk.  After that there are still some dips and climbs, but much of the walk is simply around the rim.  As most of the trail is on rock, there are markers to show the route at most of the places you might make a wrong turn.

Overall, this is a great walk with spectacular views.