Enhancing your understanding of Australian wildlife. Accommodation with ensuite or camping (we provide tents, etc.) All-includsive
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Price
Base Price
AUD
440
B&B Accommodation (double)
AUD
638
B&B single supplement
AUD
44
B&B Accommodation (family)
AUD
550
Camping
AUD
440
* Foreign exchange rates are provided as a convinience only. The actual rate you pay may vary.
Description:
This is our longest-running (since 1997) and still our most popular tour, enhancing your understanding of Australian wildlife generally and those of subtropical ecosystems in particular.
Visitors to Australia and Australian residents alike enjoy learning about our country’s wildlife and ecosystems, while exploring this relatively mountainous, fertile and well-watered part of the continent, with the third highest biodiversity in Australia.
Learn what makes Australia so different, on this zoologist-designed tour (see below for an itinerary). Travel through wonderfully scenic regions to rainforests, typical Australian bushland (eucalypt forest), beaches and other habitats seeking a variety of wildlife, including Australian icons such as kangaroo, koala, platypus, kookaburra and wedgetailed eagle, plus other less well-known species..
This is to the best of our knowledge the most comprehensive wildlife tour in Australia, giving the ‘big picture’ more... of Australia’s wildlife as a whole while seeing a variety of species in the wild, supplemented by close-up views of rare and endangered species and those from more distant regions in a wildlife park run more for conservation and research than tourism purposes.
We see reprersentatives of the world’s three great groups of mammal (Australia and New Guinea are the only remaining countries to have all three) - monotremes, marsupials and placentals, plus many rainforest birds and birds of eucalypt forests, wetlands and coastal habitats. In the warmer months we usually encounter carpet pythons, turtles and various lizards and hear choruses of frogs at night. On warm damp evenings we usually also see plenty of frogs. You can peruse the list of species we see in the wild on tour, but please don;t expect to see all of them on any particular tour.
* You will see plenty of wildlife but there are no guarantees for any particular species on any particular day, although we have never failed to find fruitbats, kangaroos, wallabies and various other species. To find out what you might see, go to the Araucaria Wildlife page.
* Let us know if you have any special dietary needs. We can cater for all, but sometimes need a bit of warning, as some of our meals are 30km or more from the nearest town. Also tell us your special interests, and we’ll make an effort to emphasize these.
* The tour starts on a Wednesday most weeks. Sunday is sometimes possible. In the week before Easter we leave on Tuesday to avoid the Eatser traffic and closure of some venues on Good Friday. We do not un tours during the final week of the year as we do need one week a year just for family, and the traffic and crowds at that time of year at some of our venues detract from the usual enjoyment. We can however by prior arrnagement take you on tour (whether a day or an extended tour) just before Christmas and leave you at a venue of your choice.
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Prices are per person for the full 3-day trip.
Prices include: all meals, morning and afternoon teas, wildlife information pack.
Australia’s most comprehensive wildlife tour packed into three days, and our specialty since 1997. Get the ‘big picture’ of Australia and its wildlife while seeking examples in a variety of habitats, supplemented by a well-run wildlife park specializing in conservation breeding. See most of Australia’s icon species and some you may never have heard of. Learn about their ecology and behaviour and what makes Australia so different from other world regions.
Responsible Action:
We hold advanced ecotourism accreditation for this and other tours, and take it seriously. Please don’t expect us to allow you to disturb birds from their nests just to get an accurate identification, startle animals so you can get good action shots, take flashlight photos directly into the eyes of nocturnal animals or capture anything (the only time we handle animals on tour is to remove them from roads for their own safety, or if you would like a photo of yourself next to a koala at the Wildlife Park).
