Prices of tours from Brisbane with Araucaria Ecotours
Ecotours


Rates for tours with Araucaria Ecotours



Prices are per person, in Australian dollars and include GST

Children's prices are to age 16 if accompanied by an adult
31 March 2010
to 30 June 2011
Adult
Child

Day tours (all include lunch and refreshments)



Birdwatching (see note on children on birdwatching tours)
$154.00
$99.00
Bushwalking in Brisbane
$99.00 $66.00
Coochiemudlo Island
$132.00 $88.00
WIldlife in Greater Brisbane (additional cost if visiting wildlife park)
$99.00 $66.00
Glow Worms, rainforest and wine (expanded in 2010 to include Skywalk)
$165.00
$110.00
Custom tours
POA POA



Longer tours



Australian WIldlife Overview (3 days, 2 nights, Wed-Friday, all-inclusive):


camping (tents, seeping bags etc. provided by Araucaria)
$462.00 $308.00
family room (sharing with others)
$594.00 $396.00
family room (for sole use of one or two persons)
$739.00 $660.00
          private double room (can be converted to twin), 2 sharing
$682.00 $440.00
private double room, solo occupancy, 
$704.00 n/a
Outback tour (6 days 5 nights, autumn & sprig, all-inclusive)
$1221.00 $814.00
Bunya Mountains tour (2 days 1 night, all-inclusive)
TBA
TBA
Wildlife weekend camping tour (self-cater; transport & camping gear provided)
$220.00 $143.00
Nature study weekend (self-drive, self-cater)

Custom tours (including a variation on the above or something completely different)
POA
POA




Border Ranges Nationasl Park

A note on prices

Darren with guestsFingalWe specialize in small-group tours with high-quality guiding in natural areas.  Companies that take large groups can spread the travel cost  over more  passengers  and so charge less, but the experience  is not the same.  Guests who have come with us after having been on an outing with a large group say how much they appreciate being able to spend extra time in the forest, see a lot more, ask more questions, let us know their spceial needs and interests  and generally talk with us than is possible with the mass-tourism outings.

Those of you who have seen old copies of Lonely Planet and other guidebooks may see that our prices have considerably risen over the years. This is largely because of rising costs of fuel, accommodation and food, plus other expenses such as insurance, and we also travel further than we once did on our 3-day wildlife tour to include a coastal component and the wildlife park, and for accommodation we use a somewhat more upmarket accommodation than we once did, one which is very beautiful and much-appreciated by all our guests, and also far more convenient to the route we now travel. For folk on strict backpacker budgets, we introduced the camping option for the 3-day wildlife  tour and the wildlife weekend self-cater camping tour.  Although these options are cheaper for you they involve us in a little more work, which is fine, but we do really appreciate it if you can help us to assemble and dismantle the tents etc.


Dates of travel

The 3-day wildlife overview tour runs Wednesdays to Fridays throughout the year except for the Christmas - New Year week (no tours) and the week befiore Easter (Tuesday to Thursday).  We can sometimes also slip in an extra Sunday to Tuesday tour with ample notice.

The outn]back tour runs only four times a year - twice in autumn and twice in spring (summer is very hot, and reptiles are not active in winter).

Day-tours and weekend tours run throughout the year except Christmas - New Year and the Easter break, when venues tend to be very crowded.  Day-tours mostly run on weekends, Mondays or Tuesdays.

Custon tours can be run at almost any time with ample notice.


Booking a tour

A deposit of 10% of the tour price or $50.00 Australian (whichever is highest) is required at time of booking
Cancellation: the deposit is refundable if cancelled more than 14 days prior to the departue date of the tour.
To book please see our 'contact' page

Coochie