Indigenous Culture

Tree Planting Hartley's

Cairns

You’re in for an adventure of feel-good fun at Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures where you not only cruise to watch for sleepy and playful crocodiles, but also take part in a Rainforest Restoration project. Today on your travels, you’ll plant native trees to provide a sanctuary for the birds and wildlife that live here in addition to contributing to the natural wonder of the nearby Notophyll Vine Forest, an area older than the Amazon. Your helping-hand planting trees supports the protection of this rare type of dry rainforest from development and restores it to its former glory. On this stop on your Australia tour, you’ll also learn the story of Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures, once a farm that was over three decades cleared and overgrazed, resulting in a massive weed infestation. Now that you’re helping to replace the weeds with the appropriate plants, you're contributing to the restoration of this valuable wildlife corridor.

• Contrasts of Australia 9 Day Guided Holiday | Melbourne to Sydney

Karrke Aboriginal Experience

Central Australia

Karrke Aboriginal Cultural Experience and Tours is an authentic aboriginal cultural experience on areas of importance in their cultural knowledge on bush tucker and bush medicines used for spiritual and healing and a lot more, as used by the Luritja and Pertame (Southern Aranda) people and this helps with knowledge being passed on.

• Outback Contrasts 6 Day Guided Holiday | Alice Springs return

Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens

Hobart

Experience the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens 14 hectares of cool climate gardens including Australia’s only Subantarctic Plant House. The Tasmanian Collection alone is worth a look for its Greater Hobart and East Coast Collections as well as Tasmanian Fernery and display of Huon Pine. Relax in the circa-1939 Conservatory listening to the bubbling sandstone fountain, stand beneath the romantic Anniversary Arch, and enjoy a quiet moment at the Lily Pond admiring the over 20 different cultivars in shades of white, apricot, pink, red, and yellow. Continue on for a serene stroll through the Japanese Garden and, if you’ve lost track of time, pop by the colorful Flower Clock. Your Tasmania tour’s MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience donation to The Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens contributes to their conservation projects, Seed Bank, and care and upkeep of these picturesque gardens.

• Perfect Tasmania 13 Day Guided Holiday | Hobart return
• Tassie's Parks & Nature 7 Day Guided Holiday | Hobart to Launceston
• Tassie Getaway 7 Day Guided Holiday | Launceston to Hobart

Devils @ Cradle

Cradle Mountain

Have an up-close encounter with the Tasmanian Devil and contribute to the protection and support these unique animals on a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience at Devils@Cradle. This conservation sanctuary located at the entrance to Cradle Mountain National Park gives you a rare opportunity on your Tasmania tour to interact with the Tasmanian Devil as well as the threatened Spotted-tail and Eastern quoll. You’ll encounter the animals in action on an incredible After Dark Feeding Tour hearing about the Tasmanian Devil’s biology, behaviour, threats, and the conservation work being done at the sanctuary from your experienced keeper and guide. You’ll watch the Devils in a group feeding situation as you learn how these hunters are the largest carnivorous marsupials with powerful jaws capable of crunching and consuming bones. Watch the Devils chow down as experts serve them their meal and know that your visit is helping to protect this threatened species.

• Perfect Tasmania 13 Day Guided Holiday | Hobart return
• Tassie's Parks & Nature 7 Day Guided Holiday | Hobart to Launceston

Nitmiluk Cruise

Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge

Explore the natural beauty of Nitmiluk National Park on a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience a riverboat cruise along Katherine Gorge. You’ll wind through this gorge carved through ancient sandstone alongside steep cliff walls, watching for lush rainforest gullies in giant cracks, and maybe a freshwater crocodile or two on the banks. To get a closer look at the gorge walls, you’ll dock and get out to walk the trails admiring the indigenous rock art. Uncover the past as you trace your hands along the rock, learning about the local culture through your indigenous guide’s expertise of the traditional Jawoyn landowners, their stories of how the gorge was formed, and about how the Jawoyn people live and work today. Your exploration continues as a second boat arrives to take you to the even bigger cliffs of the deep river gorge—a dramatic finish to an experience of stunning scenery and stories on your Australia tour. 

• Top End Highlights 6 Day Guided Holiday | Darwin return
• Outback Adventure 15 Day Guided Holiday | Adelaide to Darwin
• Kakadu's Ancient Secrets 5 Day Guided Holiday | Darwin return
• Outback Safari 11 Day Guided Holiday | Uluru to Darwin
• Kakadu & Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge - Dry Season 3 Day Short Break | Darwin return
• Tropical Top End (May-Sep) 4 Day Short Break | Darwin return
• Nitmiluk Gorge & Edith Falls Full Day Tour | Darwin return
• Kakadu, Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge & Tiwi Islands Explorer 4 Day Short Break | Darwin return
• Northern Territory Dreaming 11 Day Guided Holiday | Darwin to Alice Springs

Koomal Dreaming Cultural Experience

Cape Naturaliste

Guests will learn about the deep connection the Wadandi people have to the Cape to Cape region that begins with a ‘Welcome to Country’. The local indigenous guide will escort you on a walk around Cape Naturaliste, where guests are surrounded on three sides by oceans with an interpretation of the landscape to guests through the eyes of an indigenous custodian. Next, gather at a hidden private Meeting Place for an interactive experience with an artefact interpretation, bush tucker (food), bush medicines and a didgeridoo experience.

• A Journey to the West 7 Day Guided Holiday | Perth to Fremantle

The National Kiwi Hatchery

Rainbow Springs Nature Park

A feel-good encounter on your New Zealand tour, support the population of New Zealand’s national bird by teaming up with ‘Operation Nest Egg’ on a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience at The National Kiwi Hatchery. Get up close and see kiwi eggs being incubated, the hatching process, and even newly hatched kiwi chicks. Located in Rainbow Springs Nature Park in Rotorua, this national leader in kiwi husbandry is helping to prevent kiwis from becoming extinct and without their crucial ongoing support it’s estimated that the brown kiwi will be extinct in the wild within two generations. You’ll learn how The National Kiwi Hatchery was launched in 2008 to become the most successful kiwi hatching facility in the world and has since hatched over 1850 eggs with a 98% survival rate. As you learn about the work being done to save this rare native bird, know that on your travels you’re contributing to this valuable conservation effort.

• The Long White Cloud 19 Day Guided Holiday | Christchurch to Auckland
• The Endless Shores 8 Day Guided Holiday | Wellington to Auckland
• Contrasts of New Zealand 10 Day Guided Holiday | Auckland to Christchurch
• Australia and New Zealand Panorama 15 Day Guided Holiday | Melbourne to Auckland
• Contrasts of Australia and New Zealand 18 Day Guided Holiday | Melbourne to Christchurch

Pomona Island Charitable Trust

Lake Manapouri

Through your scenic jet boat ride in tranquil Lake Manapouri, you’ll contribute to Pomona Island Charitable Trust’s conservation efforts to restore the largest inland island in New Zealand to its natural state. This MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience on your New Zealand tour introduces you to this unique environment as well as helps to protect the conservation jewels of Lake Manapouri’s Pomona and Rona Islands in Fiordland National Park. Pomona Island Charitable Trust’s vision to restore and conserve Pomona and Rona Islands as plant and animal sanctuaries for many threatened species has enabled them to eradicate possums and deer from Pomona Island, as well as reduce the population of other unwanted species. Feel good knowing that you’re helping native plants and animals thrive on both islands while touring a beautiful part of the Southern Island.

• New Zealand Uncovered 17 Day Guided Holiday | Auckland to Christchurch
• Southern Spectacular 10 Day Guided Holiday | Christchurch return

Pudakul Aboriginal Cultural Tours

Kakadu National Park

100% Aboriginal owned and operated family business, Pudakul offers cultural and nature-based experiences cultural experiences from the Adelaide River Flood Plains on Aboriginal owned Limilngan-Wulna Land. Engage with local Aboriginal people, the environment and wildlife, learn basket weaving, dilly bag making and the techniques used in the process. Learn to throw a spear, play the didgeridoo and clapsticks then learn about local bush food and medicine.

• Northern Territory Explorer 11 Day Guided Holiday | Darwin to Uluru

Understorey Nursery

Hobart

Located in the countryside, just 20 minutes from Hobart, not-for-profit Understorey Nursery is a sustainability program that allows you to give back to the local community and preserve Tasmania’s beauty as MAKE TRAVEL MATTER Experience on your Tasmania tour. Lend a hand by helping volunteers pot native plants and count seeds knowing that you’re helping this nursery’s mission to encourage locals to plant natives in their gardens to support the local habitat as well as supply plants for regrowth areas in the Coal River Valley. With help from your visit, Understorey produces thousands of native plants each year to help locals who want to plant native species in their own backyards as well as wider revegetation projects. This lush and vibrant space is not only a community hub, but a fun place to get your hands dirty  

• Perfect Tasmania 13 Day Guided Holiday | Hobart return

Tiwi Islands Aboriginal Cultural Experience

Tiwi Islands

Board the Tiwi Mantawi in Darwin and arrive at the idyllic Tiwi Islands, a modern-day Aboriginal community. Discover the traditional art of the Tiwi Museum, spend time learning to weave and paint with the Tiwi Ladies, and witness a traditional smoking ceremony. 

• Tiwi Islands Aboriginal Cultural Tour Full Day Tour | Darwin return
• Kakadu & Tiwi Islands Explorer 3 Day Short Break | Darwin return

Koomal Dreaming Cultural Experience

Cape Naturaliste

Guests will learn about the deep connection the Wadandi people have to the Cape to Cape region that begins with a ‘Welcome to Country’. The local indigenous guide will escort you on a walk around Cape Naturaliste, where guests are surrounded on three sides by oceans with an interpretation of the landscape to guests through the eyes of an indigenous custodian. Next, gather at a hidden private Meeting Place for an interactive experience with an artefact interpretation, bush tucker (food), bush medicines and a didgeridoo experience.

• A Journey to the West 7 Day Guided Holiday | Perth to Fremantle

Te Pā Tū

Rotorua

Gain insights into the lives of the Māori community and their special bond with the land when you visit a Living Māori Village and interact with members of the community
Be more than a bystander, spending quality time with the members of a real Māori community and hearing stories about the traditions and culture of the indigenous people of New Zealand.

• New Zealand Uncovered 17 Day Guided Holiday | Auckland to Christchurch
• Contrasts of New Zealand 10 Day Guided Holiday | Auckland to Christchurch
• Iconic North 7 Day Guided Holiday | Auckland to Wellington

Waitangi Treaty Grounds

Waitangi

Dive Into Culture on your New Zealand trip at the historic Waitangi Treaty Grounds uncovering the stories and events that shaped the country. Join a Local Specialist to view the world's largest ceremonial war canoe, the ‘whaka,’ the historic Treaty House, and carved Meeting House. At this monumental site, you’ll feel like you stepped in the history book standing where Māori chiefs first signed the Treaty of Waitangi (New Zealand’s founding document) with the British Crown in 1840. Visit the Carving Studio to meet the carvers and learn about the Māori art of whakairo (wood carving). On this MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience, through your visit to the Te Kōngahu Museum of Waitangi, you’ll contribute to the Waitangi National Trust’s mission to preserve, protect, and present taonga (treasures) of New Zealand.

• Kia Ora New Zealand 17 Day Guided Holiday | Auckland to Christchurch
• Northern Spotlight 8 Day Guided Holiday | Auckland to Wellington
• New Zealand Magic 17 Day Guided Holiday | Christchurch to Auckland
• Northern Wonders 8 Day Guided Holiday | Wellington to Auckland
• Spirit of New Zealand 21 Day Guided Holiday | Christchurch to Auckland
• Jewels of the Bay 3 Day Guided Holiday | Auckland return

Nitmiluk Cruise

Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge

Explore the natural beauty of Nitmiluk National Park on a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience a riverboat cruise along Katherine Gorge. You’ll wind through this gorge carved through ancient sandstone alongside steep cliff walls, watching for lush rainforest gullies in giant cracks, and maybe a freshwater crocodile or two on the banks. To get a closer look at the gorge walls, you’ll dock and get out to walk the trails admiring the indigenous rock art. Uncover the past as you trace your hands along the rock, learning about the local culture through your indigenous guide’s expertise of the traditional Jawoyn landowners, their stories of how the gorge was formed, and about how the Jawoyn people live and work today. Your exploration continues as a second boat arrives to take you to the even bigger cliffs of the deep river gorge—a dramatic finish to an experience of stunning scenery and stories on your Australia tour. 

• Top End Highlights 6 Day Guided Holiday | Darwin return
• Outback Adventure 15 Day Guided Holiday | Adelaide to Darwin
• Kakadu's Ancient Secrets 5 Day Guided Holiday | Darwin return
• Outback Safari 11 Day Guided Holiday | Uluru to Darwin
• Kakadu & Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge - Dry Season 3 Day Short Break | Darwin return
• Tropical Top End (May-Sep) 4 Day Short Break | Darwin return
• Nitmiluk Gorge & Edith Falls Full Day Tour | Darwin return
• Kakadu, Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge & Tiwi Islands Explorer 4 Day Short Break | Darwin return
• Northern Territory Dreaming 11 Day Guided Holiday | Darwin to Alice Springs

Karrke Aboriginal Experience

Central Australia

Karrke Aboriginal Cultural Experience and Tours is an authentic aboriginal cultural experience on areas of importance in their cultural knowledge on bush tucker and bush medicines used for spiritual and healing and a lot more, as used by the Luritja and Pertame (Southern Aranda) people and this helps with knowledge being passed on.

• Outback Contrasts 6 Day Guided Holiday | Alice Springs return

Wangi Mia Meeting Place

Yanchep

Yanchep National Park is staggeringly beautiful. It’s also incredibly spiritual, as guests discover on an Aboriginal cultural experience revealing First Nations history through Dreamtime stories and didgeridoo sessions. Discover the culture of the Nyoongar people of Western Australia’s southwest: their seasonal movements, language and how knowledge is passed from generation to generation.

See tools such as spears and boomerangs, be enthralled by a wonderful didgeridoo demonstration and discover how plants and animals in this environment have great significance to Noongar people

• Wonders of the West Coast & Kimberley 21 Day Guided Holiday | Perth to Darwin
• Untamed Kimberley & West Coast 21 Day Guided Holiday | Darwin to Perth
• Wonders of the Pilbara & West Coast 13 Day Guided Holiday | Perth to Broome
• Untamed Pilbara & West Coast 13 Day Guided Holiday | Broome to Perth
• Western Wonderland 15 Day Guided Holiday | Perth return
• East Meets West Wonderland 19 Day Guided Holiday | Sydney to Perth
• Monkey Mia Dolphins & West Coast 5 Day Guided Holiday | Fremantle to Perth

Freycinet Peninsula Cruise

Freycinet Peninsula

Soak in the beauty of the breathtaking Freycinet Peninsula on your Tasmania tour on a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience that contributes to the preservation of its wildlife. On your four-hour cruise you’ll sail past granite coastline, towering pink cliffs of the Hazards range, beaches fringed by dense bush, and the gentle shores of Coles Bay. Watch for a variety of wildlife such as penguins and short tailed shearwaters as you cruise through the inner passage of remote Schouten Island. Heading into the Tasman Sea to Wineglass Bay, peak into hidden sea caves and blowholes to see what else might be on the move. Sea eagles, pods of bow-surfing dolphins, cormorants, seals lazing on granite boulders, and even migrating humpback and Southern Right whales breaching on the turquoise waters of Wineglass Bay are all possibilities. In these pristine waters of the bay, you’ll anchor for a gourmet ploughman's lunch surrounded by sparkling white sand beaches. 

• Perfect Tasmania 13 Day Guided Holiday | Hobart return
• Tassie Getaway 7 Day Guided Holiday | Launceston to Hobart

Nitmiluk Cruise

Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge

Explore the natural beauty of Nitmiluk National Park on a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience a riverboat cruise along Katherine Gorge. You’ll wind through this gorge carved through ancient sandstone alongside steep cliff walls, watching for lush rainforest gullies in giant cracks, and maybe a freshwater crocodile or two on the banks. To get a closer look at the gorge walls, you’ll dock and get out to walk the trails admiring the indigenous rock art. Uncover the past as you trace your hands along the rock, learning about the local culture through your indigenous guide’s expertise of the traditional Jawoyn landowners, their stories of how the gorge was formed, and about how the Jawoyn people live and work today. Your exploration continues as a second boat arrives to take you to the even bigger cliffs of the deep river gorge—a dramatic finish to an experience of stunning scenery and stories on your Australia tour. 

• Top End Highlights 6 Day Guided Holiday | Darwin return
• Outback Adventure 15 Day Guided Holiday | Adelaide to Darwin
• Kakadu's Ancient Secrets 5 Day Guided Holiday | Darwin return
• Outback Safari 11 Day Guided Holiday | Uluru to Darwin
• Kakadu & Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge - Dry Season 3 Day Short Break | Darwin return
• Tropical Top End (May-Sep) 4 Day Short Break | Darwin return
• Nitmiluk Gorge & Edith Falls Full Day Tour | Darwin return
• Kakadu, Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge & Tiwi Islands Explorer 4 Day Short Break | Darwin return
• Northern Territory Dreaming 11 Day Guided Holiday | Darwin to Alice Springs

Koomal Dreaming Cultural Experience

Cape Naturaliste

Guests will learn about the deep connection the Wadandi people have to the Cape to Cape region that begins with a ‘Welcome to Country’. The local indigenous guide will escort you on a walk around Cape Naturaliste, where guests are surrounded on three sides by oceans with an interpretation of the landscape to guests through the eyes of an indigenous custodian. Next, gather at a hidden private Meeting Place for an interactive experience with an artefact interpretation, bush tucker (food), bush medicines and a didgeridoo experience.

• A Journey to the West 7 Day Guided Holiday | Perth to Fremantle

Maruku Arts Dot Art Experience

Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

Dive Into Culture joining a local Anangu Aboriginal artist and interpreter to discover Western Desert Art at Maruku Arts Dot Art Experience. After traveling to and being inspired by the desert beauty, you’ll learn about traditional art, ancient symbols, tools, and Pitjantjatjara (a local language spoken by Anangu) from indigenous artists.  Through this insider introduction to Anangu culture and the meanings of the dot art, you’ll learn more about their traditional and contemporary life in a fun and colorful way. Then it’s time to apply your knowledge and give it a try as you paint your own piece of Australian aboriginal art. Hearing others’ stories and telling your own by creating a personalized memento to take home is a memorable MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience on your Australia tour. Feel good knowing that you’re also contributing to Maruku’s mission to keep culture alive and accessible for future generations of artists as well as support artists living in remote communities of Anangu lands.

• Australian Highlights 13 Day Guided Holiday | Melbourne to Sydney
• Uluru Aboriginal Art & Cultural Experience Half Day Tour | Uluru return
• Highlights of Australia & New Zealand 22 Day Guided Holiday | Melbourne to Christchurch

Nitmiluk Cruise

Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge

Explore the natural beauty of Nitmiluk National Park on a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience a riverboat cruise along Katherine Gorge. You’ll wind through this gorge carved through ancient sandstone alongside steep cliff walls, watching for lush rainforest gullies in giant cracks, and maybe a freshwater crocodile or two on the banks. To get a closer look at the gorge walls, you’ll dock and get out to walk the trails admiring the indigenous rock art. Uncover the past as you trace your hands along the rock, learning about the local culture through your indigenous guide’s expertise of the traditional Jawoyn landowners, their stories of how the gorge was formed, and about how the Jawoyn people live and work today. Your exploration continues as a second boat arrives to take you to the even bigger cliffs of the deep river gorge—a dramatic finish to an experience of stunning scenery and stories on your Australia tour. 

• Top End Highlights 6 Day Guided Holiday | Darwin return
• Outback Adventure 15 Day Guided Holiday | Adelaide to Darwin
• Kakadu's Ancient Secrets 5 Day Guided Holiday | Darwin return
• Outback Safari 11 Day Guided Holiday | Uluru to Darwin
• Kakadu & Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge - Dry Season 3 Day Short Break | Darwin return
• Tropical Top End (May-Sep) 4 Day Short Break | Darwin return
• Nitmiluk Gorge & Edith Falls Full Day Tour | Darwin return
• Kakadu, Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge & Tiwi Islands Explorer 4 Day Short Break | Darwin return
• Northern Territory Dreaming 11 Day Guided Holiday | Darwin to Alice Springs

Top Didj Aboriginal Cultural Experience

Katherine

Guests get to interact with Top End Aboriginal artist Manuel Pamkal at Top Didj. Not only to they get to hear, but they also get to ask questions about aboriginal culture whilst being educated on the significance of his painting style, weapons used and how he lived off the land.

The highlight of the Cultural Experience and what sets it apart from other indigenous cultural experiences, is the painting style which is demonstrated by an aboriginal artist.

What better way to explore a key part of Australia's outback than with one of its custodians who share a special connection with the land? Guests gain an insider's perspective of the area and have an opportunity to get stuck in and practice some of their local traditions, e.g. playing a didjeridoo and throwing a spear.

• Kakadu's Ancient Secrets 5 Day Guided Holiday | Darwin return
• Top End Highlights 6 Day Guided Holiday | Darwin return
• Northern Territory Dreaming 11 Day Guided Holiday | Darwin to Alice Springs

Maruku Arts Dot Art Experience

Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

Dive Into Culture joining a local Anangu Aboriginal artist and interpreter to discover Western Desert Art at Maruku Arts Dot Art Experience. After traveling to and being inspired by the desert beauty, you’ll learn about traditional art, ancient symbols, tools, and Pitjantjatjara (a local language spoken by Anangu) from indigenous artists.  Through this insider introduction to Anangu culture and the meanings of the dot art, you’ll learn more about their traditional and contemporary life in a fun and colorful way. Then it’s time to apply your knowledge and give it a try as you paint your own piece of Australian aboriginal art. Hearing others’ stories and telling your own by creating a personalized memento to take home is a memorable MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience on your Australia tour. Feel good knowing that you’re also contributing to Maruku’s mission to keep culture alive and accessible for future generations of artists as well as support artists living in remote communities of Anangu lands.

• Australian Highlights 13 Day Guided Holiday | Melbourne to Sydney
• Uluru Aboriginal Art & Cultural Experience Half Day Tour | Uluru return
• Highlights of Australia & New Zealand 22 Day Guided Holiday | Melbourne to Christchurch

Top Didj Aboriginal Cultural Experience

Katherine

Guests get to interact with Top End Aboriginal artist Manuel Pamkal at Top Didj. Not only to they get to hear, but they also get to ask questions about aboriginal culture whilst being educated on the significance of his painting style, weapons used and how he lived off the land.

The highlight of the Cultural Experience and what sets it apart from other indigenous cultural experiences, is the painting style which is demonstrated by an aboriginal artist.

What better way to explore a key part of Australia's outback than with one of its custodians who share a special connection with the land? Guests gain an insider's perspective of the area and have an opportunity to get stuck in and practice some of their local traditions, e.g. playing a didjeridoo and throwing a spear.

• Kakadu's Ancient Secrets 5 Day Guided Holiday | Darwin return
• Top End Highlights 6 Day Guided Holiday | Darwin return
• Northern Territory Dreaming 11 Day Guided Holiday | Darwin to Alice Springs

Karrke Aboriginal Experience

Central Australia

Karrke Aboriginal Cultural Experience and Tours is an authentic aboriginal cultural experience on areas of importance in their cultural knowledge on bush tucker and bush medicines used for spiritual and healing and a lot more, as used by the Luritja and Pertame (Southern Aranda) people and this helps with knowledge being passed on.

• Outback Contrasts 6 Day Guided Holiday | Alice Springs return

Uluru National Park

Uluru

Help protect the highlights of Australia's wilderness through your bucket list visit to Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park. On this MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience you’ll encounter the iconic Uluru, or ‘The Rock,’ half a billion years old, standing 348 meters high and taller than the Eiffel Tower. View the impressive site over an intimate, classic Uluru sundowner: nibbles and sparkling wine amidst the red dirt and blowing spinifex grasses. Relax, toes in the sand, watching the Outback sky light up Uluru in shades of red, yellow, and purple as the sun sets. In the vast dessert, you'll experience your own mesmerizing, magical connection to the land that has brought its own meaning and been the home to the Anangu people for generations. 

• Outback Safari 11 Day Guided Holiday | Uluru to Darwin
• Outback Adventure 15 Day Guided Holiday | Adelaide to Darwin
• Outback Contrasts 6 Day Guided Holiday | Alice Springs return
• Northern Territory Dreaming 11 Day Guided Holiday | Darwin to Alice Springs

Nitmiluk Cruise

Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge

Explore the natural beauty of Nitmiluk National Park on a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience a riverboat cruise along Katherine Gorge. You’ll wind through this gorge carved through ancient sandstone alongside steep cliff walls, watching for lush rainforest gullies in giant cracks, and maybe a freshwater crocodile or two on the banks. To get a closer look at the gorge walls, you’ll dock and get out to walk the trails admiring the indigenous rock art. Uncover the past as you trace your hands along the rock, learning about the local culture through your indigenous guide’s expertise of the traditional Jawoyn landowners, their stories of how the gorge was formed, and about how the Jawoyn people live and work today. Your exploration continues as a second boat arrives to take you to the even bigger cliffs of the deep river gorge—a dramatic finish to an experience of stunning scenery and stories on your Australia tour. 

• Top End Highlights 6 Day Guided Holiday | Darwin return
• Outback Adventure 15 Day Guided Holiday | Adelaide to Darwin
• Kakadu's Ancient Secrets 5 Day Guided Holiday | Darwin return
• Outback Safari 11 Day Guided Holiday | Uluru to Darwin
• Kakadu & Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge - Dry Season 3 Day Short Break | Darwin return
• Tropical Top End (May-Sep) 4 Day Short Break | Darwin return
• Nitmiluk Gorge & Edith Falls Full Day Tour | Darwin return
• Kakadu, Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge & Tiwi Islands Explorer 4 Day Short Break | Darwin return
• Northern Territory Dreaming 11 Day Guided Holiday | Darwin to Alice Springs