my instructor beat into my head ‘time to spare, go by air’
I was in Alice Springs Australia for a weekend and checked out the travel options to go see Ayers Rock. The local travel agency said there were two. A bus which took 5 or more hours and gave you and hour or two at the site after which you returned on another 5 hour plus ride. It cost about $100 Australian dollars. The alternative was flying in a small plane which would take an hour or so each way and you had most of the day to explore the site on top of being able to fly over the site as well. It cost about $400 Australian. I took the plane. I wanted to at least enjoy the experience and the bus didn’t seem too much fun.