8 days
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This small group tour is a rich smorgasbord of art, heritage, fine food, iconic wildlife and the best of the region's reef to rainforest experiences, led by expert guides and narrators all the way. With a maximum of eight couples or 14 guests, this intimate fully-guided adventure will take you to places the ordinary tourist never sees to spend quality time in nature, with people passionate about the region, its conservation and culture.
Your journey starts ascending into the cool climate Atherton Tablelands on one of the world's longest cable-car journeys over majestic mountains and breathtaking scenery. Your guides will take you on a journey to swim in waterfalls, look for elusive Tree Kangaroos, Platypus and maybe even a wild Cassowary. You will dine on local produce and journey to the Port Douglas coastline in the company of internationally-acclaimed conservation-photographers, who will be there to guide and entertain you with stories. Here, your luxurious accommodation (one of the National Geographic Unique Lodges of the World) is nestled among its own nature reserve. Local Aboriginal guides will take you on a journey through their culture, art and music, exploring secret waterholes and learning their unique connection to country. Only you will have exclusive use of the fastest and most environmentally-conscious vessel operations on the whole Great Barrier Reef. Here you'll meet the team who have developed coral growing technology with local Universities, and join marine biologists to participate in the program and see how it's effecting change. You'll learn from experts about how the reef works and explore their favourite spots in outer and inner-reefs with the chance to swim with turtles, see clownfish and maybe even whales and dolphins.
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Our Environmental Impact
In keeping with the core philosophies of Diverse Travel Australia & Wildiaries, this tour is run as environmentally- and culturally-sustainable as possible. There will always be an impact from any trip but we aim to minimise this as much as possible and contribute back to biodiversity.