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A
note on prices
Dates of
travel How to book
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Rates for Araucaria Ecotours|
Prices are per person, in Australian dollars and include GST Children's prices are to age 16 if accompanied by an adult |
to 31 March 2012 |
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| Adult |
Child |
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Day tours (all include lunch and
refreshments)
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| Bird watching
(see note on
children on birdwatching tours) |
$154.00 |
$99.00 |
| Bushwalking
in Brisbane |
$99.00 | $66.00 |
| Coochiemudlo
Island |
$132.00 | $88.00 |
| Australian
Wildlife and Forests |
$176.00 | $118.00 |
| Glow Worms,
rainforest and wine |
$165.00 |
$110.00 |
| Half-day Glow
Worms (winter 2013) |
$110.00 |
$66.00 |
| Custom tours
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POA | |
Longer tours |
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| Australian
Wildlife Overview (3 days, 2 nights,
Wed-Friday, all-inclusive): |
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camping
(tents, seeping bags etc. provided by
Araucaria)
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$462.00 | $308.00 |
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family room
(sharing with others)
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$594.00 | $396.00 |
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family room
(for sole use of two persons)
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$704.00 | $660.00 |
| family room (for sole use of one person) | $735.00 | n/a |
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private
double
room
(can
be
converted
to
twin), 2 sharing |
$682.00 | $440.00 |
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private
double room, solo occupancy,
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$735.00 | n/a |
| Outback tour
(6 days 5 nights, autumn & sprig,
all-inclusive) |
$1485.00 | $1067.00 |
| Bunya Mountains
tour (2 days 1 night, all-inclusive, shared
cabin) |
$528.00 | $352.00 |
| Wildlife weekend
camping tour (self-cater; transport
& camping gear provided) |
$220.00 | $143.00 |
| Nature study
weekend (self-drive, self-cater) |
POA |
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| Custom tours
(including
a variation on the above or something
completely different) |
POA |
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A note on prices  We specialise
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
special 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, the accommodation is a bit more upmarket (and far more convenient to the route we now travel). We have also had the GST imposed on our original prices. For folk on strict backpacker budgets, we introduced the camping option for the 3-day wildlife tour and for even tighter budgets the wildlife weekend self-cater camping tour. Although these options are cheaper for you they actually involve us in more work, so we really appreciate it if you can help us to assemble and dismantle the tents etc. Dates of travelThe
3-day wildlife overview tour runs
Wednesdays to Fridays throughout the
year except for the Christmas - New
Year week (no tours) and the week
before Easter (Tuesday to
Thursday). We can sometimes
also slip in an extra Sunday to
Tuesday tour with ample notice.
The outback 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. Custom tours can be run at almost any time with ample notice. Booking a tourA deposit of 10% of the tour price or $50.00 Australian (whichever is highest) is required at time of bookingCancellation: the deposit is refundable if cancelled more than 14 days prior to the departure date of the tour. To book please see our 'contact' page  Children
of all ages are very welcome on most
of our tours. We generally don't
take the very young on birding
tours that include other birding
guests, as some find it very
difficult to be quiet enough.
However, we are very happy to take
families on birding tours if the
children are interested and
our other guests for the day are
okay with this.Some children are very fit and love walking, but some are not accustomed to much exercise and tire very quickly - please let us know before the tour the relative fitness of your children so we can plan accordingly. |
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