The day often starts pre-dawn at Longitude 131°, with tours of Uluru and Kata Tjuta departing as the sun lights the horizon. Best to be prepared for the adventures ahead, premium espresso and fine leaf tea awaits. A grazing table of fresh-cooked pastries, fruits and cold meats tempts, while an a la carte menu features hot breakfast items from eggs cooked as preferred, smoked salmon served with crispy potato rosti and fluffy blueberry pancakes.
After a morning exploring the Red Centre, lunch is served in the cool of the Dune House or outdoors on the terrace overlooking Uluru. Guests can enjoy a starter and main meal, with fresh seafood, meats and salads a highlight. Enjoy a paired wine or and finish with dessert and coffee. Lunch is the perfect precursor to a relaxed afternoon by the pool, on the Dune Top or in the comfort of a luxury tent.
Longitude 131° celebrates the sunburnt country in all its glory and offers a dining experience to match, bringing the best of the nation’s produce to the centre. Artfully mixed with the flavours and stories of the land’s ancient culture, guests are treated to a unique taste of Australia. Dinner is enjoyed at the Dune House and under the stars at Table 131° on alternating days. For a special occasion, advance bookings can be made for private dining on the Dune Top, where intimate pods offer a window to the outback after dark.
The southern skies over Uluru-Kata Tjuta are a glittering kaleidoscope of stars, with cool, clear nights and an absence of manufactured lights from cities or nearby dwellings creating a stargazer’s paradise. Table 131° is renowned around the world as an iconic outdoor dining experience, with a menu prepared on a remote dune top and served under a blanket of stars. The feeling of being in a natural theatre is heightened by the chefs who work by torchlight to present four sumptuous courses.
The dry and mostly warm Red Centre climate inspires the need for an icy cold beverage. Happily Longitude 131° has a number of ‘watering holes’ both indoors and out where guests can help themselves to a drink, or – better still – ask a friendly staff member to fix a refreshing cocktail.
Lined with nearly 500 unique spinifex tiles each hand designed by the ladies at Ernabella Arts Community, the Dune House bar is a cool retreat. The well-stocked bar features a range of premium spirits – including baillies 9 gin distilled exclusively for the lodges to a secret Kangaroo Island recipe – as well as an excellent selection of wines and local craft beers. Snacks are available and depending on the mood guests sit up at the bar to watch the action or settle into luxurious club-style armchairs.
Set high on a platform above the red sands of the desert, the Dune Top bar offers the chance to relax in the quiet of the vast outback landscape. The outdoor lounge offers panoramic views that sweep from Uluru to Kata Tjuta, while an outdoor bar features a help-yourself fridge stocked with cool Australian white and rose wines and a swag of craft beers. Outdoor loungers and a plunge spa are the perfect spot to enjoy a refreshing beverage while drinking in the views.
A stay at Longitude 131° is generously all-inclusive, even down to the in-tent bar. Guests discover a mini bar filled with treats, making a mid-afternoon snack an easy accompaniment to reading a book on the verandah daybed or simply relaxing with the view. A selection of leaf teas and pod coffee pairs with traditional Anzac biscuits, while individual servings of cheese, crackers, nougat and chocolate partner with beers, wine, juice and kombucha, depending on the mood.
Nazmul Hossain heads up the culinary team at Longitude 131°, bringing a wealth of experience and creativity to the kitchen. Naz was already an integral part of shaping the high-end food and wine experience for our guests in the outback prior to taking the reigns as Executive Chef in 2024, having risen through the stations from Chef de Partie to Senior Chef de Partie and Sous Chef at Longitude 131°. Naz considers his time at Baillie Lodges’ desert camp to be the highlight of his career to date.
With a background working at Sydney restaurants and bustling beach-side eateries including French-inspired bistro Gavroche, Naz swapped the city lights for the desert in 2021. He’s since made the vast Red Centre his home, embracing native ingredients, bush flavours and First Nations cooking techniques that complement the lodge’s contemporary Australian menu. With a wide-ranging palate, Chef Naz favours Italian cuisine but says there’s nothing quite like his mum’s recipe for fish curry. Sounds delicious!
Dinner, with the excellent dishes infused with Indigenous bush ingredients, can be taken at either the Dune House, the resort's central building, or outdoors at Table 131°, the latter being an unforgettable experience during any stay at the camp.Anthony Dennis Traveller
As I eat outback-inspired dishes while regaled with stories of the canopy of stars glowing so brightly above, I’m overjoyed by the immersive experience.Samantha Jones Delicious
Dining experience aligns itself with the local Anangu seasons which identify with three of the region's strongest climate characteristics - the Kuli or 'hot time', the Wari or 'cold time' and the Piriakutu when the winds blow from the north-west and the food plants begin to flower.Longitude 131° Dining Philosophy
The semi-arid desert of Uluru-Kata Tjuta makes for warm travelling conditions. Sunny days and cooler nights may be expected for much of the year, while the hot summer often sees dramatic storms rendering the Red Centre a relatively lush green.
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The Red Centre’s vast outback landscape offers a swag of adventures. A personalised itinerary of guided experiences at Longitude 131° offers guests an introduction to the region’s fascinating geographical heritage and Indigenous culture.
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A stay with Baillie Lodges is about the connection with the landscape, its culture and wildlife, a celebration of superb regional cuisine and luxurious lodgings to sink into at the end of the day.
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