NOTE: YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE FULLY VACCINATED, AND PROVIDE PROOF OF A RECENT NEGATIVE COVID TEST TO ATTEND THIS TOUR.

This tour has been designed for the more independent traveller and has all the makings of a genuine adventure in culture, visiting different remote Yolŋu homelands. Not only will you participate in a variety of cultural programs and activities, but you will cross a diversity of incredible landscapes during the tour.

This tour also  provides an opportunity for Yolŋu on remote homelands to share their culture with visitors and provides an economic base for them to be able to remain on country and maintain their culture. Tourism of this kind, which is developed by Yolŋu for Yolŋu allows for multiple generations of family members to participate

Lirrwi Tourism works in consultation with many homelands to ensure that all have the opportunity to participate, learn and earn from tourism. A detailed itinerary will be provided well before the departure date. Most
importantly, this means that tourism does not dominate the cultural life of homelands because it allows them flexibility for cultural commitments.

Tour Details

This is a remote travel experience with set departure dates. This 5 day - 4 night experience departing Nhulunbuy.

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A lot of the 2021 tours are fully booked, however sometimes we get cancellations. Add your details to our waitlist, and we'll be in touch if places open up for your preferred tour.

Group Size

Minimum group size is 6 and the maximum group size is 18. Smaller or larger groups can be catered for on request however prices may differ.

Should the minimum group size not be reached, we will contact you with an offer of a change of date or tour, or to refund your tour fees.

Accommodation

Three nights will be spent at a Yolŋu Homeland with simple indoor or outdoor accommodation. Mixed bunkhouse or shared large tents.

The fourth night is spent in a motel in Nhulunbuy. Single supplement is only available for the 4th night.

Tour Price

The tour price is $2,399 per person twin share subject to a minimum of 6 participants. Children 4~14 $1,999.

Cost includes:

• all transport in the East Arnhem Region including airport transfers and ground touring
• all meals whilst on tour
• cultural experiences on Yolŋu homelands
• all camping equipment and bedding supplied
• Yolŋu driver and guide

You will be responsible for:

• airfares from your home port to Nhulunbuy

• transit accommodation where necessary in either Darwin or Nhulunbuy depending on which air route taken.

For more information, please contact us at tours@lirrwitourism.com.au for details and availability.

Cancellation:

Cancel any time, for any reason, up to 30 days prior to tour date for a full refund of your deposit.

NOTE: YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE FULLY VACCINATED, AND PROVIDE PROOF OF A RECENT NEGATIVE COVID TEST TO ATTEND THIS TOUR.

2022 tour dates out now!!

The dilly bag is a powerful and important cultural symbol in Arnhem Land, where it was first created thousands of years ago. Woven with dyed pandanus leaves, the dilly bag has both a practical and a spiritual meaning  The practicality of holding  foods and medicines gathered from the bush. The spiritual meaning of the dilly bag has given rise to the name of this tour, as it  is also used to carry knowledge. The women of Arnhem Land wish to open their hearts to visitors and share the knowledge that have acquired over many thousands of years . Knowledge of the bush, the ancestors, the sky and the universe.

This tour is for women and girls only. In the modern western world this could be seen as sexism, but in the Yolŋu world there are clearly defined roles and activities undertaken exclusively by women and men. These roles have mutual respect , and many  activities , such as dancing and eating are undertaken together.

The Yolŋu often say the land is their mother. It nurtures, heals and guides their lives. This is why the female visitor experience and connection to Yolŋu people is often so profound. The Gay’wu women’s tour provide female visitors with the opportunity to come together with their Yolŋu sisterhood and learn about their culture, history and country. Equally it is an opportunity to reconnect with every aspect of their own lives – environment, spirituality, and philosophy.

You will experience many extraordinary  things on this tour, and time spent with the Yolŋu women is often described “life-changing”. You will learn about and experience  Yolŋu philosophy and kinship, weaving, painting, astrology, healing ceremony, crying ceremony  (Nathi), cooking and bush medicine, dancing, gathering oysters or mud crabs and much more. Specific activities will vary according to the season and availability of materials.

During your tour, you will visit the remarkable art centre in Yirrkala - Buku-Larrnggay here you will see beautiful local works of art painted on bark, Larrakitj (ceremonial poles), woven baskets, jewelery and much more. Buku also has am extraordinary collection of historical material and is regarded as one of the best Aboriginal Art centres in Australia.

Tour Details

This is a remote travel experience with set departure dates. This 5 day - 4 night experience departing Nhulunbuy. For a detailed itinerary, please contact tours@lirrwitourism.com.au.

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Group Size

Minimum group size is 6 and a maximum group size of 18. Smaller or larger groups can be catered for on request however prices may differ.

Should the minimum group size not be reached, we will contact you with an offer of a change of date or tour, or to refund your tour fees.

Accommodation

Three nights will be spent at a Yolŋu Homeland with simple indoor or outdoor accommodation. Shared bunkhouse or shared large tent.

The fourth night is spent in a motel in Nhulunbuy. Single supplement is only available for the fourth night.

Tour Price

The tour price is $2,399 per person twin share subject to a minimum of 6 participants. Children 4~14 $1,999.

Cost includes:

• all transport in the East Arnhem Region including airport transfers and ground touring
• all meals whilst on tour
• cultural experiences on Yolŋu homelands
• all camping equipment and bedding supplied
• Yolŋu driver and guide

You will be responsible for:

• airfares from your home port to Nhulunbuy

• transit accommodation where necessary in either Darwin or Nhulunbuy depending on which air route taken.

Cancellation:

Cancel any time, for any reason, up to 30 days prior to tour date, for a full refund of your deposit.

NOTE: YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE PROOF OF A RECENT NEGATIVE COVID TEST TO ATTEND THIS TOUR.

Visit a number of Aboriginal art centres throughout remote Arnhem Land, starting with the renowned Buku-Larrnggay Mulka | Yirrkala Art Centre. The tour will also visit a selection of remote regional centres such as the Elcho Island Arts in Galiwinku, Milingimbi Art Centre, Gapuwiyak Art Centre and Bula'Bula Arts in Ramingining (located on the edge of the Arafura Swamp where the film ‘Ten Canoes’ was shot). Lirrwi Tourism will arrange a private air charter tour for you to visit a number of these art centres. This itinerary also incorporates a visit to a Yolŋu homeland in addition to art centre visits.

Tour Details

Tours itineraries are based on a minimum of 2 people and a maximum of 6. Smaller or larger groups can be catered for on request.

Tour includes:

• airport pick up and drop off on arrival and departure days
  
• local guides
• ground transport
• charter flights to remote Aboriginal Art Centres
• artists weaving workshop (hands on)
  
• cultural visit to a Yolngu homeland
• lunches and some dinners whilst on tour
• 3 nights motel accommodation with breakfast
  

You are responsible for:

• airfares from your home port to Nhulunbuy/Gove

Prices:

$4,500 p/p - min 2 participants. 4 day 3 night tour

$3,750 p/p - min 4 participants. 4 day 3 night tour

Cancellation:

Cancel any time, for any reason, up to 30 days prior to tour date, for a full refund of your deposit.

NOTE: YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE PROOF OF A RECENT NEGATIVE COVID TEST TO ATTEND THIS TOUR.

Visiting different remote Aboriginal Art Centres, you will see genuine Aboriginal art and artefacts and will cross a diversity of incredible landscapes during the tour. This tour will appeal to the explorer, discoverer and art lover, and will bring you into direct contact with the people, culture and environment of East Arnhem Land.

This tour will visit a couple of Aboriginal art centres in Arnhem Land. Locations will vary depending on the opening hours of each of the centres, however we frequently visit Elcho Island Arts in Galiwinku, Milingimbi Art Centre, Gapuwiyak Art Centre and Bula’bula Arts in Ramingining (located on the edge of the Arafura Swamp where the film ‘Ten Canoes’ was shot).

Most day tours have enough time to visit two of the regional art centres. Please let us know if you have a preference and we can tailor make an itinerary to suit.

Tour Details

This is a remote travel experience departing Nhulunbuy in the Northern Territory. Tours are scheduled on demand.

Departure Dates

This is a one-day tour scheduled on demand. Please contact us to discuss your tour.

Group Size

Minimum group size is 2 anda maximum group size of 6 due to charter plane sizes. Smaller or larger groups can be catered for on request however prices may differ.Should the minimum groupsize not be reached, we will contact you with an offer of a change of date ortour, or a refund of your tour fees. 

Tour Price

$1,799 per person - minimum 2 participants.

$  990 per person - minimum 4 participants

Cost includes:

• pick up and drop off at Nhulunbuy or Yirrkala accommodation
• charter flights to two remote East Arnhem Land Art Centres
• local guide
• permits
• access fees
• packed lunch

Optional Extra

Milingimbi Artist Workshop $120p/p (min payment for 4 participants required)

Contact us at tours@lirrwitourism.com.au for details and availability.

NOTE: YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE FULLY VACCINATED, AND PROVIDE PROOF OF A RECENT NEGATIVE COVID TEST TO ATTEND THIS TOUR.

This one day tour of the Gove peninsula, takes participants to a range of secluded and culturally significant coastal and inland locations in the East Arnhem Region. The tour is led by a Yolŋu guide and provides a range of cultural information about the sites and the Yolŋu people's connection to the land and sea.

Pick up from Nhulunbuy, Walkabout Lodge, Gove Airport and Yirrkala.

Tour includes:

• Pick up and drop off at your accommodation
  
• Transport
• Local Yolŋu guide
• Picnic lunch
  
• Aboriginal Land access fees
  
• Cultural information
• Learn about the Yolŋu Languages of East Arnhem Land
• Hear stories of their traditional way of life, passed down from generation to generation.

This tour requires a minimum of 4 guests. Private Day Tours are available on request.

NOTE: You will be required to purchase a Dhimurru Recreation Area Permit to attend this tour.

NOTE: YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE FULLY VACCINATED, AND PROVIDE PROOF OF A RECENT NEGATIVE COVID TEST TO ATTEND THIS TOUR.

This day tour provides an insight into Yolngu history. Spend time with a traditional owner on country where you will observe and participate in food gathering activities and hear stories about culture and their traditional way of life. This intimate and unique experience is available departing from Nhulunbuy or Yirrkala.

Minimum 8 participants, maximum 16 participants. We accept bookings from 1 person, but if we don't have 8 people book, the tour will not go ahead.

Itinerary:

08:00 Pick up from Nhulunbuy or Yirrkala in 4WD vehicle with Yolngu driver-guide and journey to Bawaka, one of the region's many Yolngu homelands.

The road to Bawaka is a 4WD adventure through tall forests, past termite mounds, over sand hills and along the white sandy beaches. 

Upon arrival you will be given a traditional Welcome to Country which is a form of blessing for you to be on country and to keep you safe.

          
A picnic lunch is provided as part of the tour and may be supplemented by seafood gathered on the day.

Your host will share their Yolngu language and culture with you and there will be many photo opportunities.

16:00 Approximate return to Nhulunbuy

Aboriginal Art Centre Tours – Western Deserts Tour – From Alice Springs to Uluru

Arrive in Alice Springs for art galleries, (or rock art - 3pm depart) dinner and overnight in Alice Springs. Morning start for overnight Uluru with sunset or Field of Lights (optional). Early start to Amata, Wingellina and Blackstone overnight. Next day Warburton gallery and overnight. Then next day Warakurna and Giles weather station. Next Tjukurla if time and interest, before Docker River and late arrival
Uluru. Tour completes 10 am day 7

Also return to Alice Springs available approx 12 noon. There is daily coach and flights connecting Uluru to Alice and flights 3 days / week from Uluru to Brisbane. Also Virgin and Qantas fly to Alice Springs

For more details and other Art Centre Tours see - https://www.spiritsafaris.com/aboriginal-art-tours/

Inclusions –

• Small boutique group in modern 4 wheel drive vehicles – Landcruisers or similar
• Professional and experienced driver / guides
• Long established relationships with local Aboriginal people enriches experiences
• Experience the high energy of rock art, sacred sites and songlines
• All meals, including vegetarian options, unless noted in itinerary.
• Accommodation in community or hotels
  
• All World Heritage and National Park & entry permits and accommodation fees
• Aboriginal Art community visits for “direct from artist” purchases
• Contributions of tour price supports Outback Kids and nature care programs.
• A knowing that you are co-creating Australia’s future.
• You – and Your involvement in a creation much bigger than most can imagine

Consider allowing time before or after the the tour to stay in Alice Springs and see more of the rich sights such as Royal Flying Doctor Service, School of the Air, Overland Telegraph Station, Araluen Art & Cultural Centre, Air or Transport Museum, Aboriginal Art galleries, Alice Springs Desert Park.

Tour Includes delicious meals, all fees, professional guides, luxury 4WD transport, comfy camping + 3 night resort accommodation included. includes hotel meals. Also return to Alice Springs available approx 12 noon. Other options available – Please Ask

For more details and other Art Centre Tours see - https://www.spiritsafaris.com/aboriginal-art-tours/

Alice Springs to Darwin Tour via Utopia, Devils Marbles, Daly Waters, Katherine Gorge, 3 Utopia region Aboriginal art centres to Darwin

Reverse Available Please Ask

Day 1 – Depart Alice Springs at 8am and travel via remote Utopia region Aboriginal art centres of Ampilatwatja (pronounced um-blood-a-watch) and Ali Curung. Here you can meet the artists and view them at work, and purchase art directly from the source. Travel on via Wycliffe Wells (UFO centre of Australia), to overnight at Wauchope at the Devils Marbles Hotel.

Day 2 - An early start to arrive at the Devils Marbles for a walk in this mystical boulder formations, and great photo opportunities. Aboriginal legend refers to stones like the Devils Marbles as the “Eggs of the Rainbow Serpent”.  Visit the Aboriginal cultural centre and art centre with more Utopia region artists working here. Later, connect with the history of Tennant Creek, including gold mining. We visit the historic Telegraph Station before overnight in Tennant Creek

Day 3  - Travel via Three Ways where the road from Mt Isa and Townsville join the Stuart Highway. Here we see the John Flynn memorial (father of the Royal Flying Doctor Service). We cross the Ashburton and Whittington Ranges as we travel via the famous outback town of Renner Springs, Lake Woods & Newcastle Waters. Overnight Daly Waters Pub famous outback rest stop.

Day 4 –  Travel via Mataranka hot springs and connect with Elsie of "We of the Never Never". Onward to Katherine, and take a 2 hour boat cruise on Katherine Gorge and view Aboriginal rock art in the gorge cruise. An optional helicopter flight to rock art higher in the gorge is also available. Katherine is the NT's 3rd largest town, and more Aboriginal art galleries are here displaying and selling art from nearby communities.

Day 5 - Heading North, enjoy a swim and break at scenic Edith Falls. Travel via Pine Creek and check out the "Great Northern Railway" & gold mining history, then Alligator River to arrive in Darwin late afternoon for a celebration meal together.

Includes small group modern 4 wheel drive vehicles, FULLY ACCOMMODATED in motels, fees, side trips, Katherine Gorge cruise all meals.

5 Days/4 Nights – From Alice Springs to Darwin via Mataranka hot springs, Devils Marbles  – Tour Code 10AGD5

Cape Leveque Tours from Broome 2 days with Dampier Peninsula Beagle Bay Aboriginal Community, Beagle Bay Pearl Church, One Arm Point, Giant Tides 2 hour tour, Buccaneer Archipelago and more 

Cape Leveque Tours from Broome - Join our special small group 4WD Cape Leveque Tour to this exciting and fascinating part of the Kimberley

Cape Leveque 2 Day Tours includes options for the following

Included

• Dampier Peninsula
• Cygnet Bay Pearl Farm tour included and morning tea - (Australia's oldest operating Pearl Farm)
• Cape Leveque ( known as Kooljaman)  - enjoy lunch then a free afternoon and time to relax on the pristine beaches. Swimming,
  snorkelling, sunbathing, photography, painting, coffee at the cafe or walks along the beach.
• Giant Tides 2 hour tour - Cruise by purpose built boat designed for this type of experience and take in the Giant Tides of the Kimberley in
  style - see the standing waves and feel the force of the whirlpools in comfort and safety
  
• Guided Beach walk
  
• Sunset red cliff watching & photography
• Overnight accommodation at Lombadina or Cygnet Bay resorts 
• Breakfast at your accommodation

Optional - Note with Aboriginal communities closed due to Covid`19, not all options are available -

• Aboriginal guided beach and culture walk
  
• Lombadina Aboriginal Community - Enjoy the gardens and bush timber church
• Beagle Bay Aboriginal Community  Beagle Bay Church - pearl shell altar, for morning tea.
• One Arm Point Community
• Ardyaloon AquacultureHatchery at One Arm point with reef fish and trochus shell.
• Return to Broome approx 500pm

2 day tour includes 2 lunches, 2 morning teas, 1 dinner, accommodation (twin share), fees, luxury small group (2-4 people) 4WD transport, professional driver/guide.

Please ask for details & available dates for Cape Leveque Tours

Add on before or after a Karjini or Kimberley tour

Call 0417244600 for details

.

Please ask for details & available dates for Cape Leveque Tours

Add on before or after a Karjini or Kimberley tour

REVERSE OF BELOW ITINERARY

Mungo National Park Tours from Sydney to Broken Hill & Adelaide

Possible to Meet Lake Eyre to Alice Springs tour from Adelaide or Broken Hill OR Meet Cameron Corner Country tours

Options to depart at Broken Hill on day 4 and or take a day tour Mutawintji National Park for exceptional rock art rich in Aboriginal history.

Mungo National Park Tours Discover Outback NSW and this ancient landscape, travel the Darling River Run and explore Bourke & Wills camp and wetlands at Menindee Lakes on this Mungo National Park Tours from Sydney to Broken

Hill (or reverse option)

Day 1 – Depart from Sydney – travelling via the famous “Dog on the Tucker Box” (Canberra pickup available) over the Great Dividing Range to Wagga Wagga, and on to Narranderra in the Heart of Australia food bowl, the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, then Hay to see the Shearers Hall of Fame at Shear Outback and learn of the rich life in the wool industry in early NSW. Overnight Balranald for a hearty local meal and overnight stop.

Day 2 – Into the desert and Mungo National Park to explore this ancient lake bed environment. Here the stories of the regions from local Aboriginal guide, and learn of the oldest known ritual burial in the world. Discover the Walls of China and megafauna history of the area, explore the ancient Willandra Lakes and the historic sheep station and large and impressive shearing shed that served the area for around 100 years. Overnight Mungo Lodge, Mungo National Park.

Days 3 – Travel the Darling River via Pooncarie, Menindee and Kinchega National Park. Explore the memorial to Burke & Wills camp on the lake shore, and haven for wetland birds.Dinner at famous & delicious Mario’s Palace Hotel (full of murals from Priscilla fame) Overnight Broken Hill.

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5 Day NSW Outback Mungo Silo Art Wentworth Menindee Darling River Run Sydney to Broken Hill

Explore the Far West of NSW with Silo Art, Corner Country,  Mungo National Park, Broken Hill, Darling River Run from Pooncarie to Menindee

Highlights

• Sydney to Broken Hill - return by train, plane or coach (ASK) or extend to Lake Eyre or Corner Country & Dig Tree Innamincka
  
• Canowindra – Age of Fishes Fossil Museum
• Grenfell Silo Art
• Weethalle Silo Art
• Hay – Shear Outback Centre
• Wentworth – Junction of the Darling & Murray Rivers + Megafauna Museum
• Mungo National Park & China Walls sunset tour
• Menindee – Lakes & Burke & Wills Camp
• Broken Hill & Silverton - Pro Hart Gallery, mine tour, history, Mining & railway museums
• Return optional tours or meets rail to Sydney or Adelaide

Our tours are small group adventures for people who love to connect with regional Australia and particularly regional and outback New South Wales. Our small group tours travel in Land Cruiser vehicles with 4 adult seats

The Silo Art Trail is transforming Australian regional towns. Join us on an adventure through rural Australia to witness these great masterpieces and the local hospitality.

Options include a day tour to Mutawintji National Park for exceptional rock art rich in Aboriginal history.

Day 1 – NSW Silo Art Trail tours take us through some lovely country towns and regional areas, and our tour from Sydney to Broken Hill includes Canowindra, ballooning capital of Australia and the Museum of Fishes – viewing ancient fish fossils from this area that was once an inland sea. Then Cowra (and railway roundhouse for the keen). Onwards we travel via Weddin Mountains National Park, visiting the popular Grenfell Wheat silos completed in 2019 and then through West Wyalong to the well-known Weethalle Silos. Driving West via Rankin Springs the country spreads and the sky seems to get bigger we know the perfect place to see our first Big Sky sunset with the full spectrum of colours as the sun sets over the Hay Plains. Overnight Goolgowi LD

Day 2 – SHEAR OUTBACK, OUTBACK VILLAGES, WENTWORTH

Today we travel to Hay, one of Australia’s major wool growing areas, and a visit to the Shear Outback centre takes to you into the rich life in the wool industry in early NSW. We’ll take the backroad through saltbush plains, that are home to over 50 farming families. Tiny villages are the social hub for many of the large outback stations, where life can often be lonely. . Follow the Murray River to Trentham Estate, a family-owned winery on the banks of the Murray River. Enjoy an afternoon wine tasting by the river before we head to Wentworth. In the late 1800’s Wentworth was the largest river port in Australia with over 400 boats plying the Murray and the Darling Rivers, which meet here. Overnight Wentworth Meals: BLD

Day 3 – At Wentworth visit the junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers, Australia’s biggest river system and also visit Wentworth Pioneer Museum with life-size megafauna replicas from the local area including the cuddly 2-metre high Diprotodons. Into the desert and Mungo National Park to explore this ancient lakebed environment. Hear the stories of the regions from a local guide, and learn of the oldest known ritual burial of Mungo Man and Mungo woman.  Discover the Walls of China and megafauna history of the area, explore the ancient Willandra Lakes and the historic sheep station and large and impressive shearing shed that served the area for around 100 years. Overnight Mungo Lodge, Mungo National Park. BLD

Days 4 – Travel the Darling River Run via Pooncarie, Menindee and Kinchega National Park. Explore the memorial to Burke & Wills camp on the lakeshore, and a haven for wetland birds. Into Broken Hill and dinner at the famous & delicious Mario’s Palace Hotel (full of murals from Priscilla Queen of the Desert fame) Overnight Broken Hill.BL dinner own cost

Day 5 – After breakfast, tour completes at 10am with hotel checkout. You can optionally Explore Broken Hill highlights including Pro Hart Gallery, The Line of Lode Lookout and Miners Memorial plus Desert Sculptures or Mutawintji National Park for exceptional rock art rich in Aboriginal history.

Options – LAKE EYRE TOURS AND FLIGHTS  or our Cameron Corner Country to Innamincka and the Bourke and Wills Dig Tree -  Explore Broken Hill for a few days or Corner Country tour and more . Option to travel to Adelaide via Peterborough (railway history) Burra (old Copper mine tour) and tour completion

Inclusions –

• 4 nights Hotel Motel Accommodation - twin share or single supplement available - see booking link
• Genuine small group tour vehicle - usually 4WD GXL Landcruisers
• Professional Driver Guide
• All meals except 1 as noted
  
• Wild wildlife!!
• National Parks entry fees.
  
• Tour price supports Outback Kids & Nature Care projects.

• BOOK HERE Or Call 0417 244 600 or 1300 763 188

Cape Leveque Tours from Broome - 1 day tour

Join our special small group 4WD Cape Leveque Tours on this exciting and fascinating Cape Leveque 1 day tour

Cape Leveque 1 Day Tours includes options for the following

Included

• Dampier Peninsula
• Cygnet Bay Pearl Farm visit included and morning tea
  
• Cape Leveque ( known as Kooljaman)  - enjoy lunch then a free afternoon and time to relax on the pristine beaches. Swimming,
  snorkelling, sunbathing, photography, painting, coffee at the cafe or walks along the beach.
  

Optional - Note with Aboriginal communities closed due to Covid`19, not all options are available -

• Buccaneer Archipelago - Giant Tides tour - huge tidal flows of the Kimberley. - optional Sea Safari boat cruise
• Aboriginal guided beach and culture walk
  
• Lombadina Aboriginal Community - Enjoy the gardens and bush timber church
• Beagle Bay Aboriginal Community  Beagle Bay Church - pearl shell altar, for morning tea.
• One Arm Point Community
• Ardyaloon AquacultureHatchery at One Arm point with reef fish and trochus shell.
• Return to Broome approx 500pm

1 day includes lunch, morning tea, fees, luxury small group (2-4 people) 4WD transport, professional driver/guide.

Please ask for details & available dates for Cape Leveque Tours

Note that Cape Leveque is Aboriginal managed land and access has been limited. If so at the time of your visit alternative destinations will be explored iin more details.

Add on before or after a Karjini or Kimberley tour

Call 0417244600 for details

CURRENT PRICE REFLECTS FULLY ACCOMMODATED TOUR

Kimberley Broome to Broome via Windjana Gorge Mimbi Caves Bungle Bungles 5 Days

Kimberley Broome to Broome via Windjana Gorge Mimbi Caves Bungle Bungles 5 Days or reverse via Windjana Gorge, Tunnel Creek, Bungle Bungles & Savannah Way - Broome to Broome. Includes small group 4WD transport (Toyota Landcruiser GXL), walks at Windjana Gorge, Tunnel Creek, Bungle Bungles, Geike Gorge Fitzroy River cruise, Mimbi Caves experience (optional- see extras when booking) and an optional heli flight over Bungle Bungles.

Arrive a day earlier to enjoy Broome's famous Cable Beach, or a scenic flight to the Horizontal Waterfalls or visit the Willie Creek Pearl Farm. Great shopping in Broome's balmy climate too !

Day 1 - Depart from Broome for Derby and visit the infamous prison Boab tree, and then Derby highlights including the Derby wharf (30 ft tides!) on King Sound, the worlds longest cattle drinking trough, the new Mowanjum Art Centre (meet the artists, learn and buy from source) at Mowanjum Aboriginal Community. Depart from Derby for mystical Windjana Gorge and a gorge walk at this special creation “waterhole”. Meet the local freshwater crocodiles and exotic bird life (maybe even a rare Gouldian Finch) in this eerie, ancient seabed environment. Depart Windjana for Tunnel Creek & walk through this 700m cave river system to a special waterhole. We then travel through sweeping Kimberley grasslands and cattle country to cross the flood plains of the Fitzroy River. Check in at our accommodation at Fitzroy Crossing before a relaxing night and tasty evening meal, with a chance to meet some of the locals. L

Day 2 - This morning enjoy a 1 hour cruise in Geike Gorge on the mighty Fitzroy River.  Includes time to visit Aboriginal Art centres at Fitzroy Crossing & Halls Creek. Optional also available. Travel on to our overnight accommodation or camping spot either Bungles Bungles Safari Park (safari tents & cabins may be available) or Turkey Creek for 2 overnights. BLD

Day 3 - A day tour with heli flight option in the Bungles Bungles in Purnululu National Park - Experience the extraordinary Bungle Bungles by 4WD. Includes Echidna Chasm trail, Picanninny Creek, Cathedral Gorge walk & Beehive Domes.  Helicopter flight options available - see extras when booking. Return to our sleeping place for the night  BLD

Day 4 - Return to Halls Creek and view the China Wall, a stunning geological quartz intrusion in the landscapes that goes for hundreds of kilometres This is what attracted the gold miners in the1800s, and made Halls Creek one of the first major towns in the region. Visit Marys Pool, by the riverside and a major attraction for native birds including brolga, corellas, jabiru, and crocodiles. Travel on to scenic views from Ngumban Cliffs, then Mimbi Caves, in the Devonian Reef. Here our local Bunuba Aboriginal guides offer a 2 hours experience through this fascinating labyrinth of caves which includes rock art and stunning underground pools. Overnight Fitzroy Crossing. BL

Day 5 - After breakfast enjoy a relaxing Geike Gorge river cruise on the vast Fitzroy River, and marvel at the high cliffs, annual flood records, stunning wildlife and river tales from our knowledgeable local guide. Learn of the local flora, Birdlife and wildlife,including crocodiles, Fairy Martins, kites, maybe some brolgas and the pretty Agile Wallabies.
A short bushwalk through the fascinating ancient Devonian limestone reef is also recommended. Returning to Broome via the Savannah Way, we stop for a break at one of the largest Boab Trees in the Kimberley, said to be over 1000 years old. Arrive at Broome in the afternoon in time for Cable Beach sunset. BL

Inclusions

• Bungle Bungles ground tour to Echidna Chasm, Cathedral Gorge & Picanniny Creek
• Optional Bungle Bungles helicopter flights
• Geike Gorge Cruise
• Mimbi Caves optional experience (extra cost - see extras)
  
• Professional and experienced driver / guides
• Long established relationships with local Aboriginal people enriches experiences
• Access to remote areas and rock art sites unreachable by most tour vehicles
• Delicious meals as shown, including vegetarian optional. Celebration dinner at journey end.
• Accommodated sleeping upgrade to cabins or hotels if available (book early) - see extras
  
• CURRENT PRICE REFLECTS FULLY ACCOMMODATED TOUR
• All World Heritage and National Park entry and accommodation fees
• Aboriginal Art community visits for "direct from artist" purchases
• Contributions of tour price supports Outback Kids and nature care programs.
• You - and Your involvement in a creation much bigger than most can imagine

Exclusions

• 2 dinners in a restaurant, Alcohol
• Flights to and from departure points

NOTE THIS IS MOSTLY REMOTE CAMPING AND TRAVEL

Canning Stock Route from Alice Springs return 19 days includes Billilluna Aboriginal Community Stretch Lagoon - bird watching near Paraku IPA Durba Springs Onegunyah Rockhole Wiluna Mt Beadell Warburton Giles Uluru Gunbarrel Highway

Tour includes travel by Toyota Landcruiser GXL  vehicles (Maximum 3-4 persons per vehicle), 4 nights motel accommodation (Broome, Halls Creek, Wiluna and Kunawaratji), all meals, fees, permits, professional 4WD driver guides, delicious healthy meals, deluxe & modern camping gear supplied including full height tents, stretchers if required, hot showers & real toilet.

Note Alice Springs departures meet Broome departures near Balgo / Lake Gregory after travelling from Alice Springs via Tanami Track, Tillmouth Well and Rabbit Flat.  Both tours overnight at Canning SR end at Wiluna and visit Well 2. Alice Springs tour returns on Gunbarrel Highway (built by Len Beddell) via Carnegie, Everard Junction, Warburton (great Aboriginal art work), Giles Weather Station, Schwerin Mural Crescent, Docker River, Uluru, Alice Springs

Our Canning Stock Route Tours travel the original Canning Stock Route created by Albert Canning in 1908 for Kimberley cattlemen to take their stock to the southern markets. The CSR includes 51 wells and stretches 2,013 kilometres from Halls Creek to Wiluna in Western Australia. The Canning Stock Route now forms one of the most remote and challenging four wheel drive tracks in the world…. Our route takes us via awesome desert landscapes as we travel via the Great Sandy Desert, Tanami and Gibson Deserts through gibbers, sandhills, ancient ranges and salt lakes

Alice Springs or Broome departures are same departure dates, with return options – please ask.

Broome to Wiluna 16 days (to fly to Perth) Our journey includes Fitzroy Crossing, Halls Creek, Billilluna Aboriginal Community, Lake Gregory (bird watchers paradise), Kunawarritji Aboriginal Community, Wardabunni Rockhole, Durba Springs, Diebel Springs, Onegunyah Rockhole, Lake Disappointment, Helen Hill, Slate Range, Ural Native Title Well, Glen Ayle Station, then the rich mineral & Gold rush areas around Wiluna

OR Depart from Alice Springs and return to Alice Springs - 19 days

Canning Stock Route Tour

Canning Stock Route Tours – see note at the end re from Alice Springs
 

Day 1 – Meet fellow travellers in Broome at 6pm for dinner then overnight Broome

Day 2 - Travel via Fitzroy Crossing to Halls Creek.  We arrive Halls Creek Hotel for overnight. B, L, D

Day 3 – Leaving Halls Creek we take the Tanami Track road south toward Alice Springs and Wolf Creek Crater. We travel via Ruby Plains, and vast cattle station still owned and operated by S. Kidman & Co the pioneering pastoralist who ruled the cattle country of the late 18 & 1900s.  We travel by and see Wolfe Creek Crater, the world 2nd largest meteorite crater, before arrival at the Aboriginal community and owned cattle station of Billilluna, the start of the Canning Stock Route. From here we pass by waterholes of Lake Gregory (bird watchers paradise) by the Paraku Indigenous Protected Area and check out the birds and wildlife.
   

Paruku is the Walmajarri name for Lake Gregory. Paruku/Lake Gregory is the only lake in the region with a reliable source of fresh water for large numbers of birds and other animals, supporting over 70 species of waterbirds and 175 aquatic species. Surrounded by hundreds of kilometres of arid desert lands, these wetland oases are fed from a catchment in the south-east Kimberley region. More than 100,000 birds visit the wetlands regularly, with up to 60,000 estimated at Mulan Lake at any one time.

Paruku IPA encompasses a variety of desert and semi-desert landscapes undulating red sand plains, salt pans and occasional dunes with stunted eucalyptus. It is dotted with acacias and spinifex, flood plains with swathes of short grasses and low shrubs, and alluvial plains and sand rises.
We visit Bloodwood Bore and Wells 51 and 50, before stopping for our overnight camp at the restored Well 49, the Crystal Well.

Day 4 – On the track again we explore Breaden Pool and Godfrey's tank – named in 1896 after members of David Carnegie’s expedition. We stop at Wells 48 and 47 then it’s into the sand dunes with their unique vegetation and wildlife to arrive at Well 46 for overnight.

Day 5 - We are now in the Great Sandy Desert and check out Wells 45 & 44, and take a break at Gravity Lakes. From Well 43 we head over the Guli Lake System and past Well 42 to stop for overnight amongst the trees near Helena Springs track.

Day 6  - Enjoy the remote early morning nature of this area before arrival at Well 41, known by the locals as 'Tiru'. This was a popular resting spot for the drovers due to good feed here for their cattle. We head south to cross Lake Tobin then to Well 39, where lots of water here attracts abundant bird life including budgerigars. Wardabunni Rockhole & Well 38 is reached today, where we enjoy another night under the stars.

Day 7 - After another great breakfast we arrive at Well 37, where lay the graves of 3 early drovers who died under mysterious circumstances. We learn more of the mystery and their fate at the site, and numerous other stories of early pioneers before Well 36. Travelling on we visit Well 33 then overnight in comfortable and modern style rooms at the Kunawarritji Aboriginal Community. Here we have abundant water and a chance to catch up on personal laundry.

Day 8 – At Kunawarritji Aboriginal Community and store we can do personal shopping and restock some essential supplies & fuel. These remote communities are always fascinating insights into remote desert life. Onwards we visit Wells 32, 31 and 30 (known as Duna Jinnda). After lunch we travel to Thring Rock, a sandstone outcrop with a lookout we climb for a great view of the landscape, before our overnight camp nearby.

Day 9 - More sand dunes today before Well 27, then the rebuilt Well 26 with good drinking water. We take a break here and stock up with water, then travel to shady Well 25 for lunch under the Desert Oaks before arrival at Well 24 for overnight camp. 

Day 10 – We are now also on part of the Talawana Track, which is a direct route to Newman. We see the Capricorn Roadhouse Fuel dump where many Canning trekkers still arrange fuel drops from Newman. Travel on to Georgia Bore, which was sunk in the 1970’s by CRA survey crews. Lake Disappointment is a large salt lake and our goal today. Named by explorer Frank Hann after he was expecting to find a freshwater lake. Overnight and sunset by the lake shore at Lake Disappointment.

Day 11 – We travel several kilometres by the shores of Lake Disappointment to Savory Creek crossing (or diversion crossing depending on water levels) and Well 19. After lunch we visit Onegunyah Rock Hole before majestic Durba Springs where we spend 2 nights in this restful shaded and well watered area.

Day 12 - Durba Springs is known as 'Jilikuru' by the local Martu people, who made this area their home. Elaborate Aboriginal rock art sites are here, and we walk through the Durba Hills area viewing these rock art galleries. Enjoy lunch back at camp and a relaxing easy afternoon as the drovers and cattle did in the good old days.

Day 13 – We leave this little haven and head for Well 16 with its challenging history then the lookout at Well 15 enables a wider view of this incredible landscape. Wells 14 and 13 are visited, then the restored Well 12 with good drinking water.   Then on to wells 11 & 10 and MacConkey Hill for our camp under a starry sky.

Day 14 – Today takes us to Weld Springs (Well 9) and the edge of Glen-Ayle Station, where WA’s first premier John Forrest built a fort in 1874 to defend against Aborigines. We travel off the CSR here to Glen-Ayle Station and then to Wiluna for refuelling, before overnight at the southern end of Canning Stock Route.

Days - 15-19 - Alice Springs tour returns on Gunbarrel Highway & Great Central Road (surveyed by Len Beddell) via Carnegie Station, Everard Junction, Warburton (great Aboriginal art work), Giles Weather Station, Schwerin Mural Crescent, Docker River, Uluru, Alice Springs overnight) completes 10 am Day 19

Broome to Alice Springs tour returns on Gunbarrel Highway Includes -

•    Genuine small group travel – Maximum 12 in convoy Toyota Landcruiser vehicles
•    All delicious meals on tour, including breakfasts, lunches and dinners
•    Special diets catered
•    5 nights hotel / motel accommodation
•    14 nights camping with comfortable, modern, user friendly equipment including full height Easy Up tents (no centre pole), stretchers if required, self-inflating mattresses, linen and pillow case.
•    Hot showers and real toilet
•    Professional Driver / Guides
•    Satellite phone connection to the world, Emergency services / Flying Doctor if required
•    2 way radio allows communication and sharing between vehicles
•    Personal refrigeration for limited supplies of alcohol and medications
•    Aboriginal Art purchase opportunities direct from source
•    240 Volt and 6 Volt USB charging for cameras and phones

Excludes -

•    Flights to and from departure points
•    Alcohol

Call Now to book or for latest tour dates and availability – Call 1300 763 188

The Canning Stock Route 16 day journey includes Fitzroy Crossing, Halls Creek, Billilluna Aboriginal Community, Lake Gregory (bird watchers paradise), Paraku Indigenous Protected Area, Wardabunni Rockhole, Durba Springs, Onegunyah Rockhole, Lake Disappointment, Glen Ayle Station, then the rich mineral & Gold rush areas around Wiluna and Newman.

Tour includes travel by luxury Toyota Landcruiser GXL  vehicles (4 persons per vehicle), 3 nights motel accommodation (Broome, Halls Creek and Newman), all meals, fees, permits, professional 4WD driver guides, delicious healthy meals, deluxe & modern camping gear supplied including full height tents, stretchers if required, hot showers & real toilet.

Price of 16 day Canning Stock Route tour from Broome to Newman. Marble Bar option – Add return to Broome 2 days including extra 1 night accommodation (optional BHP Whaleback mine tour available) plus sightseeing at Marble Bar & 80 Mile Beach  - Add $ 680. (can be paid after online booking)

Our Canning Stock Route Tours travel the original Canning Stock Route created by Albert Canning in 1908 for Kimberley cattlemen to take their stock to the southern markets. The route includes 51 wells and stretches 2,013 kilometres from Halls Creek to Wiluna in Western Australia. The Canning Stock Route now forms one of the most remote and challenging four wheel drive tracks in the world…. Our route takes us via awesome desert landscapes as we travel via the Great Sandy Desert, Tanami and Gibson Deserts through gibbers, sandhills, ancient ranges and salt lakes
 
Our journey includes Fitzroy Crossing, Halls Creek, Billilluna Aboriginal Community, Lake Gregory region (bird watchers paradise), Paraku Indigenous Protected Area, Wardabunni Rockhole, Durba Springs, Diebel Springs, Onegunyah Rockhole, Lake Disappointment, Helen Hill, Slate Range, Ural Native Title Well, Glen Ayle Station, then the rich mineral & Gold rush areas around Wiluna and Newman.
Tour includes Toyota Landcruiser GXL 100 vehicles (max. 4 persons per vehicle in convoy) , 4 nights motel accommodation (Halls Creek, Kunawarritji Aboriginal Community, Wiluna, and Newman), all meals, fees, permits, professional 4WD driver guides, delicious healthy meals, comfortable most modern camping gear supplied including full height easy up tents, stretchers if required, comfortable mattresses or swags if preferred, linen and pillow cases, showers & real toilet.
Alice Springs or Broome departures are same departure dates, with return options – please ask.

Broome to Newman or Broome. 16 days from Broome to Newman WA (to fly to Perth) or return to Broome via Marble Bar – 17 days. Our journey includes Fitzroy Crossing, Halls Creek, Billilluna Aboriginal Community, Lake Gregory (bird watchers paradise), Paraku Indigenous Protected Area, Kunawarritji Aboriginal Community, Wardabunni Rockhole, Durba Springs, Diebel Springs, Onegunyah Rockhole, Lake Disappointment, Helen Hill, Slate Range, Ural Native Title Well, Glen Ayle Station, then the rich mineral & Gold rush areas around Wiluna and Newman.  SEATS AVAILABLE – ASK FOR DETAILS 

Canning Stock Route Tours

Join us Departing on this 16 day tour from Broome to Newman WA to fly out or return to Broome via Marble Bar - 17 days.
OR – Depart from Alice Springs.

Note Alice Springs departures meet Broome departures near Balgo /  Lake Gregory after travelling from Alice Springs via Tanami Track, Tillmouth Well and Rabbit Flat.  Both tours travel together and overnight at Canning SR end at Wiluna and visit Well 2. Alice Springs tour returns on Gunbarrel Highway (created by Len Beddell) via Carnegie, Everard Junction, Warburton (great Aboriginal art work), Giles Weather Station, Schwerin Mural Crescent, Docker River, Uluru, Alice Springs
 
Canning Stock Route Tours – Itinerary from Broome – see note at end re from Alice Springs
 
Day 1 – Broome - You will be collected from the airport in Broome or meet at our groups pre-arranged accommodation. Enjoy your leisure time in Broome during the day and join us for a debriefing and group dinner that evening and a good nights rest before the big adventure.
Day 2 - After breakfast we depart via the vast savannah grasslands, majestic Boab trees and powerful mountains of the Western Kimberley crossing the Fitzroy River near Willare. Travelling on we stop at a giant boab tree over a thousand years old, and appreciate more of the uniqueness of these trees. We travel via the Erskine Ranges to historic Fitzroy Crossing where we have time to visit the local Aboriginal Art centre and purchase art if desired. We travel adjacent the Napier Range, the ancient Devonian era limestone reef that was formed 350 million years ago by coral like creates, when this area was under seawater. Enjoy a delicious picnic lunch by the Fitzroy River. Travel on viewing ancient mesas and stopping at scenic Ngumban Cliff lookout, and later Marys Pool, popular with many native birds, and crocodiles. We arrive Halls Creek Hotel for overnight.  B, L, D
Day 3 – Leaving Halls Creek we take the Tanami Track road south toward Alice Springs and Wolf Creek Crate. We travel via Ruby Plains, and vast cattle station still owned and operated by S. Kidman & Co the pioneering pastoralist who ruled the cattle country of the late 18 & 1900s.  We travel by and see Wolfe Creek Crater, the world 2nd largest meteorite crater, before arrival at the Aboriginal community and owned cattle station of Billilluna, the start of the Canning Stock route. From here we pass by waterholes of Lake Gregory (bird watchers paradise) by the Paraku Indigenous Protected Area and check out the birds and wildlife.
   
Paruku is the Walmajarri name for Lake Gregory. Paruku/Lake Gregory is the only lake in the region with a reliable source of fresh water for large numbers of birds and other animals, supporting over 70 species of waterbirds and 175 aquatic species. Surrounded by hundreds of kilometres of arid desert lands, these wetland oases are fed from a catchment in the south-east Kimberley region. More than 100,000 birds visit the wetlands regularly, with up to 60,000 estimated at Mulan Lake at any one time.
Paruku IPA encompasses a variety of desert and semi-desert landscapes undulating red sand plains, salt pans and occasional dunes with stunted eucalyptus. It is dotted with acacias and spinifex, flood plains with swathes of short grasses and low shrubs, and alluvial plains and sand rises.
We visit Bloodwood Bore and Wells 51 and 50, before stopping for our overnight camp at the restored Well 49, the Crystal Well.

Day 4 – On the track again we explore Breaden Pool and Godfrey's tank – named in 1896 after members of David Carnegie’s expedition. We stop at Wells 48 and 47 then it’s into the sand dunes with their unique vegetation and wildlife to arrive at Well 46 for overnight.
Day 5 - We are now in the Great Sandy Desert and check out Wells 45 & 44, and take a break at Gravity Lakes. From Well 43 we head over the Guli Lake System and past Well 42 to stop for overnight amongst the trees near Helena Springs track.
Day 6  - Enjoy the remote early morning nature of this area before arrival at Well 41, known by the locals as 'Tiru'. This was a popular resting spot for the drovers due to good feed here for their cattle. We head south to cross Lake Tobin then to Well 39, where lots of water here attracts abundant bird life including budgerigars. Wardabunni Rockhole & Well 38 is reached today, where we enjoy another night under the stars.
Day 7 - After another great breakfast we arrive at Well 37, where lay the graves of 3 early drovers who died under mysterious circumstances. We learn more of the mystery and their fate at the site, and numerous other stories of early pioneers before Well 36. Travelling on we visit Well 33 then overnight in comfortable and modern style rooms at the Kunawarritji Aboriginal Community. Here we have abundant water and a chance to catch up on personal laundry.
Day 8 – At Kunawarritji Aboriginal Community and store we can do personal shopping and restock some essential supplies & fuel. These remote communities are always fascinating insights into remote desert life. Onwards we visit Wells 32, 31 and 30 (known as Duna Jinnda). After lunch we travel to Thring Rock, a sandstone outcrop with a lookout we climb for a great view of the landscape, before our overnight camp nearby.
Day 9 - More sand dunes today before Well 27, then the rebuilt Well 26 with good drinking water. We take a break here and stock up with water, then travel to shady Well 25 for lunch under the Desert Oaks before arrival at Well 24 for overnight camp. 
Day 10 – We are now also on part of the Talawana Track, which is a direct route to Newman. We see the Capricorn Roadhouse Fuel dump where many Canning trekkers still arrange fuel drops from Newman. Travel on to Georgia Bore, which was sunk in the 1970’s by CRA survey crews. Lake Disappointment is a large salt lake and our goal today. Named by explorer Frank Hann after he was expecting to find a freshwater lake. Overnight and sunset by the lake shore at Lake Disappointment.
Day 11 – We travel several kilometres by the shores of Lake Disappointment to Savory Creek crossing (or diversion crossing depending on water levels) and Well 19. After lunch we visit Onegunyah Rock Hole before majestic Durba Springs where we spend 2 nights in this restful shaded and well watered area.
Day 12 - Durba Springs is known as 'Jilikuru' by the local Martu people, who made this area their home. Elaborate Aboriginal rock art sites are here, and we walk through the Durba Hills area viewing these rock art galleries. Enjoy lunch back at camp and a relaxing easy afternoon as the drovers and cattle did in the good old days.
Day 13 – We leave this little haven and head for Well 16 with its challenging history then the lookout at Well 15 enables a wider view of this incredible landscape. Wells 14 and 13 are visited, then the restored Well 12 with good drinking water.   Then on to wells 11 & 10 and MacConkey Hill for our camp under a starry sky.
Day 14 – Today takes us to Weld Springs (Well 9) and the edge of Glen-Ayle Station, where WA’s first premier John Forrest built a fort in 1874 to defend against Aborigines. We travel off the CSR here to Glen-Ayle Station and then to Wiluna for refuelling, before overnight camp at Well 2 on the southern end of Canning Stock Route.
Day 15 - Tour completes after breakfast. Flight options to Perth.

Includes -

•    Genuine small group travel – Maximum 12 in convoy Toyota Landcruiser vehicles
•    All delicious meals on tour, including breakfasts, lunches and dinners
•    Special diets catered
•    4 nights hotel / motel accommodation
•    12 nights Deluxe camping with comfortable, modern, user friendly equipment including full height Easy Up tents (no centre pole), stretchers if required, self-inflating mattresses, linen and pillow case.
•    Hot showers and real toilet
•    Professional Driver / Guides
•    Satellite phone connection to the world, Emergency services / Flying Doctor if required
•    2 way radio allows communication and sharing between vehicles
•    Personal refrigeration for limited supplies of alcohol and medications
•    Aboriginal Art purchase opportunities direct from source
•    240 Volt and 6 Volt USB charging for cameras and phones

Perth option

Excludes -

•    Flights to and from departure points
•    Alcohol

Perth option - tour completes Wiluna in WA, or travel on to Uluru or Alice Springs or fly to Perth (extra costs)

Call Now to book or for latest tour dates and availability – Call 1300 763 188