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Custom tours - choose your own length, style and activities

family seeing wildlife

Half-day, one-day, overnight to a week or more with fully personalised itineraries See examples
Mostly starting from Brisbane, and usually for four to ten participants. With sufficient advance notice for four or more  (or surcharge) can start from other venues).

(You may like to copy and paste the following into an email, adding your own comments)

What would you like on your holiday or study tour?

    • one of our regular tours but with some additions/modifications? e.g. 3-day wildlife tour plus a day of snorkelling or whale-watching and visiting an Aboriginal museum, an extended outback tour, or a bird-watching day-tour staying at Lamington National Park instead of returning to Brisbane
    • a totally different itinerary? If so, where to? (not everything is possible, but many things are)
    • special interests? birdwatching? other wildlife-viewing? geology? Aboriginal culture? environmental issues?
    • visits to zoos or or wildlife parks as well as seeking animals in the wild? ( although wild is usually most satisfying,  if you are on a tight schedule and very keen to see a platypus, koala, lungfish or other particular species, or interested in  rare, cryptic or threatened wildlife, then viewing them in good captive settings may \be the best way to guarantee certain species in a short time)
    • active hiking? gentle walks? rock-climbing? horse-riding? canoeing? snorkelling? whale-watching? just chilling out ...?
    • luxury accommodation? budget or mid-range accommodation? dormitory? camping? close to forest/beach/walks/shops ...?
    • staying in a secluded area, away from the crowds? or in an area with other couples or families?
    • visiting particular places (Australia Zoo, Lamington National Park,   ...)?
    • farm-stay? wining and dining? art? interesting souvenirs? theme parks?
    • what kind of habitats? forest? beach? outback?
    • natural settings for the whole tour or combine wild experience with city, theme park etc?
    • other...?
Please also let us know if you would like:
  • a totally personalised tour with no other guests joining your tour (this could add to the cost)
  • other adults okay but no children
  • shared facilities (e.g. in a 2-bedroom cabin with shared bath) or private (single or double) - this may also increase costs
  • 'normal' hours (rise well after dawn, breakfast before activities, lengthy night-time meal) or if you prefer to vary mealtimes etc. to maximise searches for animals (early morning  bird searches, brief evening meal allowing time for longer nocturnal searches). We still see animals both ways, but generally see more by adjusting to their schedules
  • starting and/or ending somewhere other than Brisbane (this would also add to the cost)
  • whether you require a larger vehicle for your group (our usual vehicle is a 12-seater, but some groups  like to spread out a bit), or  (if going to remote areas away from sealed roads)  you mind sitting sideways in a 4WD vehicle while getting there (it's really not such a bad ride). We can  hire different vehicles at added cost
abseil
horse-riding at Cedar Glen, Scenic Rim
Customised tours can take a bit of planning, so the earlier you contact us the better.
NOTE: the true outback takes about a day to reach, so a one-day or two-day outback visit is not  possible.

Remember to tell us your special needs and interests





Sample of past customised tours (also see conference tours)


Brisbane to Sydney, with rainforests, canoeing, horse-riding, beaches and wildlife: for a group of scuba divers from Poland
 
customized tour for Polish group
 
customized tour Brisbane to Sydney


Rainforests, coastal heaths and Indigenous museum: group of travellers from USA
 
palmlily in rainforest Woolli Indigenous Museum 


Agriculture and rainforest: for a group of farmers from Kansas USA

 walking in Bunya Muntains  dinner in Toowoomba  kangaroos near Dalby  harvesters

Aboriginal culture and wildlife: for a group of cultural ecology students from San Francisco (the Aboriginal people involved in this are unfortunately no longer there, but the property still belongs to Indigenous people of the same language group, and something may be possible in the future)

Aboriginal camp

Wildlife, Aboriginal culture, horse-riding, 4WD, canoeing and whales: for a family from Taiwan

Mt Barney Aboriginal property boomerang condamine gorge canoeing at Tweed Heads riding in the Tweed Valley whale-watching at the Tweed

Post-conference tour for the Intecol conference (International Ecology)

Intecol group in the rainforest  Intecol group at Fingal Intecol group birdwatching Intecol group at lunch
Pre-conference tour for International Symposium/Workshop on Frugivores and Seed Dispersal: rainforest, glow worms and fruitbats
Cedar Creek theatre flight of the fruitbats Frugivory symposium

Post-conference tour for International Symposium/Workshop on Frugivores and Seed Dispersal:

Border Ranges NP watching dolphins watching wild kangaroos

Ten-day tour with horse-riding, kayaking and variety of habitats



We have also run: activities for children at our wildlife Ecology Centre over Easter weekend, day tours or longer tours which combine elements of several of our standard tours, talks to  various groups, workshops etc.




(also see conference tours)