# Australian Geographic Travel

> Expert-led Australian journeys designed to help travellers discover wildlife, landscapes, culture and natural history with credible guidance and strong destination knowledge.

Australian Geographic Travel is the travel arm of Australian Geographic. The site combines bookable tours, destination explainers, expert profiles, and editorial content that helps travellers choose, understand and book Australian experiences.

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## Tours

- [Tours](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours): Browse current journeys by destination, trip type and departure availability.
- [Ultimate Wildlife Safari North Queensland: Tablelands to Daintree](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/ultimate-wildlife-safari-north-queensland-reverse): About This Tour Five days from Cairns (Gimuy) into the Atherton Tablelands and the Daintree Rainforest (Kaba Kada); Daintree River cruise, private property access for southern cassowary, Lumholtz tree-kangaroos (Mapee) at Malanda Conservation Park, platypus at Yungaburra and nocturnal spotlighting…
- [Cape York Birdwatching Safari: Iron Range to Cairns](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/cape-york-birdwatching-safari-reverse): About This Tour Fly straight into the largest lowland rainforest in Australia and spend your first days among palm cockatoos, eclectus parrots and birds-of-paradise, then drive home down Cape York over the Great Dividing Range to the savannah, where the endangered golden-shouldered parrot nests in…
- [Cooktown to the Daintree: On Country with Traditional Owners](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/cooktown-to-the-daintree): Five days from Cooktown to Cairns on Kuku Nyungkul and Kuku Yalanji Country, guided by Mooks; rock art, rainforest, the Bloomfield Track, and four days in the company of the man whose Country it is. The tour begins with an afternoon flight north from Cairns to Cooktown and a drive south into the ra…
- [Birds of the Borders: Boigu Island Expedition](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/boigu-island-birdwatching): Five days on Boigu Island, the closest point in Australia to Papua New Guinea, chasing red-capped flowerpecker, orange-fronted fruit-dove, Papuan (Blyth’s) hornbill and other New Guinea species you won’t find anywhere else in the country, across tidal creeks and freshwater wetlands just 6km from th…
- [Gulf Country & Tropical Savannah Birding](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/gulf-country-tropical-savannah-birding): Join our 11-day birding and wildlife journey through the tropical savannah, Gulf country and arid outback of inland and western Queensland. The route runs between Mt Isa and Cairns/Gimuy, taking in Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) National Park in Waanyi country, Burketown and the Albert River, Karumba and…
- [Tasmanian Highlights: Devils, Wombats and World Heritage](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/tasmanian-highlights): About Five days from Hobart (Nipaluna) to Launceston, taking in the Port Arthur convict settlement, Tasmanian devils and quolls at Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary, Russell Falls in Mount Field National Park, a working sheep station in the Derwent Valley and the Dove Lake Circuit at Cradle Mountain (Wul…
- [Ultimate Wildlife Safari North Queensland: Daintree to Tablelands](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/ultimate-wildlife-safari-north-queensland): About This Tour Five days from Cairns (Gimuy) into the Daintree Rainforest (Kaba Kada) and the Atherton Tablelands; Daintree River cruise, private property access for southern cassowary, Lumholtz tree-kangaroos (Mapee) at Malanda Conservation Park, platypus at Yungaburra and nocturnal spotlighting…
- [Endemic Birds of Southwest Western Australia](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/endemic-birds-of-southwest-western-australia): About This Tour An eight-day birding and wildlife journey through southwest Western Australia, an internationally recognised Biodiversity Hotspot. Starting and ending in Perth (Boorloo), the tour follows a loop south to Cape Leeuwin, east through the karri forests of Greater Beedelup and Walpole-No…
- [Turtle Conservation of the Southern Great Barrier Reef](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/turtle-conservation-of-the-southern-great-barrier-reef): About This Tour Six days across Heron and Wilson Islands in the southern Great Barrier Reef, with three nights at Heron Island for CoralWatch reef monitoring, a private University of Queensland Research Station tour, and guided turtle nesting or hatching walks (depending on season), then two nights…
- [Flinders Island Photography Workshop](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/flinders-island-tasmania-exclusive-photography-workshop-adventure): About This Tour Immerse yourself in the extraordinary natural beauty of Flinders Island on this exclusive five-day photography workshop with acclaimed Tasmanian photographer Cameron Blake. Located just off the northeast coast of Tasmania in the Furneaux Island Group, Flinders Island is a largely un…
- [South Island Birding: Toroa to Kea](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/birding-new-zealand-south-island): About This Tour Ten days from Cook Strait to Stewart Island, from a Kaikōura pelagic and the world’s only wild population of New Zealand king shag to alpine kea, the Mackenzie Basin’s kakī, and kiwi walks on Rakiura. South Island Birding: Toroa to Kea is a ten-day guided birdwatching tour across Ne…
- [North Island Birding: Kiwi to Kōkako](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/birding-new-zealand-north-island): About This Tour Ten days across New Zealand’s North Island, seeing the country’s rarest birds, including kiwi-nui and takahē near Auckland, kōkako on Tiritiri Matangi, and whio on the Tongariro River. This tour runs from Auckland south to Wellington over ten days, exploring the Hauraki Gulf coastli…
- [Dark Sky Astrophotography](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/dark-sky-astrophotography): About This Tour Register your interest for 2027 departures by joining our waitlist here Journey to one of Australia’s most remote outback locations for a four-day astrophotography experience under some of the darkest skies on the continent. Led by award-winning astrophotographer and Sony Advocate W…
- [East Arnhem Land Cultural Immersion (Women Only)](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/east-arnhem-land-cultural-immersion): About This Tour Register your interest for 2027 departures by joining our waitlist here Travel to Bawaka in East Arnhem Land for an intimate cultural experience guided entirely by Yolŋu custodians. Over several days, you will live alongside the Burarrwanga family on their ancestral saltwater Countr…
- [Torres Strait Islands Cultural Immersion](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/torres-strait-islands-cultural-immersion): About This Tour Venture to the far north of Australia and experience the vibrant culture, ancient wisdom, and breathtaking beauty of the Torres Strait Islands. Walk alongside local guides and artists as you uncover stories of sea, stars, and spirit. Discover WWII history, join traditional dance and…
- [Discover Norfolk Island](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/norfolk-island-expedition): About This Tour Journey to one of Australia’s most historically and ecologically remarkable island destinations for a six-day expedition that interweaves dramatic heritage with rare wildlife encounters. Led by professional local wildlife and history guides, this small-group experience takes you to…
- [Rewilding Scotia with the Australian Wildlife Conservancy](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/awc-scotia-rewilding-australia-s-endangered-species): About this tour A five-day rewilding journey to Scotia Sanctuary, a 65,000-hectare reserve in far western New South Wales managed by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy. Within the sanctuary, an 8,000-hectare fenced, feral-predator-free area (one of the largest such areas on mainland Australia) pro…
- [Outback Legends: Stories from Queensland's Past](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/outback-legends-stories-from-queensland-s-past): About This Tour Nine days from St George to Longreach along the back roads of western Queensland — the Balonne River, a Guwamu/Kooma guided tour at Bollon, Toogunna Plains Farmstay, the Eromanga Natural History Museum, the Blackall Wool Scour, the Tree of Knowledge at Barcaldine and the Qantas Foun…
- [Flinders Ranges Photography Safari](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/flinders-ranges-photography-safari-with-cameron-blake): About This Tour Prepare yourself for an unforgettable adventure in one of Australia’s most stunning landscapes. Join us for an exclusive and very personal 5-day photography workshop in the wild and rugged beauty of the Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park, located in the heart of South Australia, wi…
- [Gluepot Reserve & Bowra Sanctuary Birding Safari](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/gluepot-reserve-and-bowra-sanctuary-birding-safari): About This Tour This unique opportunity takes you deep into Australia’s most remarkable private conservation reserves, offering unforgettable birding experiences. Explore Gluepot Reserve, a pristine birding hotspot owned by BirdLife Australia, where encounters with striated grasswren, black-eared m…
- [Lord Howe Island Exploration](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/lord-howe-island-expedition): About This Tour Discover one of the world's most extraordinary island ecosystems on this immersive six-day conservation expedition to Lord Howe Island, a UNESCO World Heritage-listed gem in the Tasman Sea just 600km off the Australian coast. With visitor numbers strictly limited to 400 at any one t…
- [Endemic Birds of Tasmania](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/endemic-birds-of-tasmania): Seven days birding in Tasmania for all twelve endemic bird species, including a scenic flight into Melaleuca, the only place on earth where the orange-bellied parrot breeds.
- [Wildflowers & Natural Wonders of Western Australia’s Mid West](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/wildflowers-and-natural-wonders-of-the-mid-west): About This Tour Register your interest for 2027 departures by joining our waitlist here. Five days in Western Australia’s Mid West at the height of wildflower season, from the Kalbarri gorges to the wreath flowers inland. This five-day tour runs between Geraldton (Jambinu) and Kalbarri, north along…
- [Wildlife Photography Safari in Far North Queensland](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/wildlife-photography-safari-far-north-queensland): About This Tour Join Cairns local wildlife photographer James Boettcher on a 5-day wildlife photography safari in Far North Queensland. James has been guiding wildlife tours for over 18 years, his knowledge of the region will guarantee you the best opportunities to observe and photograph North Quee…
- [Birds of Channel Country Outback Safari](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/birds-of-channel-country-outback-safari): About This Tour Journey deep into one of Australia's most remote and rewarding birding destinations on this immersive ten-day small group safari through the Channel Country of outback Queensland. Stretching from the rocky hillsides of Mount Isa south through the vast grassy plains of Winton and Lon…
- [Christmas & Cocos Islands - Nature & Wildlife Journey](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/christmas-and-cocos-islands-nature-and-wildlife-journey): About This Tour Join this 12-day guided journey through the ecology, wildlife and cultural heritage of Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Seven nights on Christmas Island are spent working closely with the island’s conservation programs – Parks Australia’s endemic bird rehabilitation…
- [Takayna/Tarkine Tasmania Photography Workshop](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/tarkine-tasmania-exclusive-photography-workshop-with-cameron-blake): About This Tour Immerse yourself in one of Australia's most extraordinary and least visited wilderness regions on this exclusive five-day photography workshop with acclaimed photographer Cameron Blake. The Takayna/Tarkine in northwest Lutruwita/Tasmania is a landscape of remarkable diversity and ra…
- [Private Tour: Australian Nature & Wildlife Safari](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/australian-nature-and-wildlife-safari): About This Tour Experience the very best of Australian nature and wildlife on this private safari. Immerse yourself in breathtaking natural landscapes, encounter diverse native wildlife, and participate in vital conservation efforts. On this 14-day tour, you will explore pristine rainforests, and s…
- [Birdwatching Safari of Kakadu & Litchfield National Parks](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/australian-geographic-birdwatching-safari-of-kakadu-and-litchfield-national-parks): About This Tour Explore one of the world’s great wildlife destinations on this immersive six-day small group birding tour through Australia’s Wild Top End. From the vast tropical wetlands of Kakadu and the ancient sandstone escarpments of Arnhem Land to the monsoon forests of Litchfield and the wor…
- [Cape York Birdwatching Safari: Cairns to Iron Range](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/cape-york-birdwatching-safari): About This Tour Seven days by road from Cairns to the largest lowland rainforest in Australia, meeting the endangered golden-shouldered parrot on the way north and finishing among palm cockatoos that drum on hollow trees with sticks they shape themselves, eclectus parrots and birds-of-paradise, wit…
- [Private Tour: Daintree Nature & Wildlife Safari](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/daintree-nature-and-wildlife-safari): About This Tour Two of the world’s most significant natural heritage areas meet in Far North Queensland. The Daintree Rainforest — ancient, continuous, and extraordinarily biodiverse — runs to the edge of the Great Barrier Reef, and the wildlife found here exists nowhere else on earth. This three-d…
- [Manta Rays of Lady Elliot Island](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/manta-rays-on-lady-elliot-island-an-australian-geographic-citizen-science-expedition): About Five days on Lady Elliot Island (the southernmost coral cay of the Great Barrier Reef), working alongside Project Manta researchers on private boat charters to collect reef manta ray data, participating in the Tag-free Turtle Project and the Leaf to Reef study and taking the Night Explorer To…
- [Eromanga Megafauna Dig](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/australian-geographic-eromanga-megafauna-dig-expedition): About This Tour Nine days with the Eromanga Natural History Museum in south-west Queensland – two nights at the museum including a full day in the preparation lab alongside fossil technicians, then six nights on an active Pleistocene megafauna dig near Eulo, working alongside ENHM field palaeontolo…
- [Christmas Island Crab Spawning & Cocos Island Experience](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/christmas-island-crab-spawning-and-cocos-island-experience): About This Tour Embark on a 12-day journey to Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia’s two Indian Ocean territories. The first week is spent on Christmas Island with a professional local guide and a full daily program timed to the annual red crab spawning – the migration of ten…
- [Private Tour: Cultural experience of Sunday Island (Women Only)](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/women-only-exclusive-bardi-and-jawi-cultural-experience-of-oolin-sunday-island): About This Tour From Day 2, this tour is led by the Australian Tour Guide of the Year 2023. This Cultural Tour is an exclusive, women-only experience in Broome & Cygnet Bay, Western Australia, offering a deep dive into Djugun, Bardi and Jawi culture. "Injubs" in the Bardi language signifies the spe…
- [Private Tour: Alice Springs to Uluṟu Camping](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/alice-springs-to-uluru-luxury-4-wd-camping-safari): About This Tour Join us for an exclusive 5-day luxury Outback camping adventure in the Red Centre. Guided by experienced local experts, you’ll learn about indigenous culture, geology, history, and wildlife. Travel in small groups to stunning, exclusive locations. Sleep in luxury ARB Dome swags and…
- [Private Tour: Western Desert Art](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/western-desert-art-4-wd-explorer): About This Tour The tour starts and ends in Alice Springs (Mparntwe), travelling west by 4WD through Tjoritja / West MacDonnell National Park and into the western desert of the Northern Territory. Two nights at a hotel in Alice Springs bookend three nights of camping (two at Woodland Campground at…
- [Private Tour: Sydney to Melbourne Nature & Wildlife Adventure](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/private-sydney-to-melbourne-nature-and-wildlife-adventure): About This Tour Embark on an extraordinary private 5-day tour from Sydney to Melbourne and experience wildlife, conservation, culture, coast & nature all in one spectacular overland touring adventure led by your professional driver/guide. This tour has been designed to capture the very essence of o…
- [Private tour: Kakadu and Litchfield Hiking Adventure](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/kakadu-and-litchfield-active-hiking-and-cultural-adventure): About This Tour Four days on foot through Litchfield’s waterfall country and Kakadu’s rock art galleries, run as a private departure on dates you choose. The tour starts and finishes in Darwin and covers two national parks. Litchfield lies about 120 km south-west on sealed roads, where creeks drain…
- [Christmas Island – Bird & Nature Week](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/christmas-island-bird-and-nature-week): About This Tour Register your interest for 2027 departures by joining our waitlist here Explore the unique birdlife on Christmas Island! The annual Christmas Island Bird & Nature Week offers bird lovers the opportunity to get up close and personal with nature and all Christmas Island has to offer.…
- [Kangaroo Island Wildlife & Conservation Journey](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/kangaroo-island-wildlife-and-conservation-south-australia): About this tour Five days on Kangaroo Island with the ecologists rebuilding it, based in one lodge at American River. Five days on Kangaroo Island, based for four nights at the Mercure Kangaroo Island Lodge in American River, a fishing town of about 280 people on Pelican Lagoon. You unpack once and…
- [Whale Sharks & Ningaloo Coast Wildlife](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/island-birds-and-whale-sharks-and-ningaloo-reef-wa-wildlife-and-conservation-tour): About This Tour Seven days on the Ningaloo Coast, swimming with whale sharks and counting endangered rock-wallabies in the gorges of Cape Range. This seven-day tour is based in Exmouth, on the tip of North West Cape in Western Australia’s north west. All six nights are in the one hotel, so there is…
- [Tropical Birding in North Queensland](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/north-queensland-tropical-birding-tour): About Five days through the Wet Tropics of Far North Queensland after all 13 of the region's endemic birds, from great-billed heron on the Daintree River to golden bowerbird at Mount Hypipamee. This five-day birding tour runs from Cairns (Gimuy) north to the Daintree River and Cape Tribulation (Kul…
- [East Gippsland Wildlife & Conservation Journey](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/birding-and-wildlife-conservation-journey-east-gippsland-victoria): Tour Overview This four-day tour runs from Melbourne east through the Gippsland Lakes to Raymond Island, then on to Orbost, where you spend three nights at a homestead above the town. From there, the days work outward into lowland rainforest, coastal heath and the mountain forests around the Snowy…
- [Mallee and Outback Birds of Victoria and Mungo](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/mallee-and-outback-birds-of-victoria-and-mungo): About This Tour Eight days of arid-zone birding from the granite hills north of Melbourne to the dry lakebeds of Mungo, looking for malleefowl, emu-wrens and desert parrots. This eight-day tour runs north from Melbourne over the tail of the Great Dividing Range to Bendigo, west across the Riverina…
- [Private Tour: Southern Eyre Peninsula Bird Watching](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/southern-eyre-peninsula-bird-watching-tour-south-australia): About This Tour Three days birding the southern Eyre Peninsula from Port Lincoln. The tour is based in Port Lincoln, at the southern tip of the Eyre Peninsula, and works outward in three directions. South into Lincoln National Park, where granite headlands, coastal heath and the Sleaford–Wanna dune…
- [Murray River Wilderness Cruise](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/murray-river-luxury-houseboat-safari-a-wildlife-adventure-on-water-south-australia-2): About this tour Four days on the Murray River by luxury houseboat, following 80 km of Ramsar-listed floodplain from Renmark up to the Chowilla anabranch and the outback lakes beyond it. The Murray River Wilderness Cruise is a four-day, three-night guided wildlife cruise on the Murray River in South…
- [Mungo Outback Conservation Journey](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tours/mungo-outback-and-conservation-journey-victoria-and-new-south-wales): About This Tour Six days from Mildura to Lake Mungo, walking a lunette that holds 50,000 years of Aboriginal history and looking for mallee birds, raptors and kangaroos across two national parks and a World Heritage Area. The Mungo Outback Conservation Journey is a six-day guided wildlife and cultu…

## Destinations

- [Destinations](https://australiangeographictravel.com/destinations): Region and place pages that help travellers understand where tours operate and what each area offers.
- [Australian External Territories](https://australiangeographictravel.com/destinations/aet): Remote Indian Ocean territories, including Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, are home to wildlife and natural phenomena found nowhere else in Australian territory.
- [New South Wales](https://australiangeographictravel.com/destinations/new-south-wales): From Sydney’s harbour to the arid outback interior, New South Wales holds an enormous geographic range – coastline, high country, and some of the continent’s oldest human history, dating back tens of thousands of years.
- [New Zealand](https://australiangeographictravel.com/destinations/new-zealand): Across the Tasman, a landscape and wildlife entirely distinct from mainland Australia – dramatic coastlines, alpine country, and native species unique to the islands.
- [Northern Territory](https://australiangeographictravel.com/destinations/northern-territory): Tropical wetlands, ancient rock art and vast outback interior define the Northern Territory – one of Australia’s most biodiverse regions and home to some of the world’s oldest continuous living cultures.
- [Australian Capital Territory](https://australiangeographictravel.com/destinations/act): Australia’s purpose-built capital, home to the national institutions that tell the country’s story, is surrounded by bushland and nature reserves reaching to the city’s edge.
- [Queensland](https://australiangeographictravel.com/destinations/queensland): Queensland’s size brings genuine variety – tropical savannah, outback interior, and the Great Barrier Reef along its coast – making it one of the most ecologically diverse states in the country.
- [Tasmania](https://australiangeographictravel.com/destinations/tasmania): An island state of temperate rainforest, alpine wilderness and rugged coastline, with some of the most intact wild places left in Australia and a deep, often under-told Aboriginal history.
- [South Australia](https://australiangeographictravel.com/destinations/south-australia): Ancient, arid and geologically distinctive, South Australia is defined by its outback ranges, unique landscapes shaped over hundreds of millions of years and wildlife found in few other places.
- [Victoria](https://australiangeographictravel.com/destinations/victoria): Australia's smallest mainland state packs in temperate rainforest, alpine high country and coastal wilderness, with some of the densest wildlife populations found anywhere in the country.
- [Western Australia](https://australiangeographictravel.com/destinations/western-australia): Australia's largest state, spanning the tropical Kimberley coastline in the north to the Mediterranean-style wine country in the south. Remote, sparsely populated, and home to some of the country’s most significant First Nations cultural heritage and least-disturbed wilderness.

## Tour Experts

- [Tour Experts](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tour-experts): Guides, hosts and specialists associated with AGT journeys.
- [AGT Expert Guide](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tour-experts/travel-expert-guide): Australian Geographic Travel guides are experts in their fields, combining deep local knowledge with a genuine passion for our unique landscapes, wildlife, and cultures. Their professionalism, warmth, and storytelling s…
- [Oscar Thomas](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tour-experts/oscar-thomas): Oscar Thomas is a birder, photographer, writer and tour guide based in Dunedin. Currently completing his Masters in Ecology, he also published the widely acclaimed ‘A Naturalist’s Guide to the Birds of New Zealand’ in 2…
- [Will Godward](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tour-experts/will-godward): Will is a South Australian nightscape astrophotographer whose award-winning work has been featured by major news outlets, Australian Geographic, and NASA. He travels across Australia capturing high-definition, multi-lay…
- [Rita Wopurruwuy Gondarra](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tour-experts/rita): Rita is a weaver who loves to share her knowledge and traditions with guests. She is the wife of Timmy, who is the founder of Bawaka Aboriginal Corporation and Lirriwi Tourism and a traditional owner of the Bawaka homel…
- [Mooks](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tour-experts/mooks): Harold “Mooks” Tayley is a Kuku Nyungkul traditional owner of Rossville Retreat and a world-renowned bush medicine expert and healer. Guided by his ancestors and the rainbow serpent, he shares the wisdom passed down fro…
- [Echidna Walkabout](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tour-experts/tour-expert-1): This tour is guided by Echidna Walkabout Nature Tours (EWNT), the in-house guiding team of Australian Geographic Travel who lead many of our journeys across Australia. With decades of experience, they are regarded as so…
- [Joey Laifoo](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tour-experts/tour-expert): Joey Laifoo is a proud Kala Lagaw Ya man from the Torres Strait Islands of Badu, Moa (Kubin), Mabuiag, and Saibai. A professional artist and co-founder of Island Stars Academy and Island Stars Cultural Experience, he is…
- [AGT Project Manta Expert Guide](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tour-experts/agt-project-manta-expert-guide): Your expert guide on Lady Elliot Island brings the reef to life, sharing insights from Project Manta. Passionate and knowledgeable, they help guests understand manta ray behaviour, contribute to citizen science, and con…
- [AWC Ecologists and Field Staff](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tour-experts/awc-ecologists-and-field-staff): This immersive wildlife and conservation experience is hosted and run by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy. AWC Ecologists and Field staff will provide a rare glimpse of Australia as it once was.
- [Mark Watson](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tour-experts/mark-watson): Growing up on the far south coast of NSW, Mark has always had an affinity with all forms of wildlife and the natural world. Mark decided to turn his love of the wild into a career, as a wildlife guide developing his ski…
- [Martin Allen](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tour-experts/martin-allen): Martin came to Australia from the UK in 2008 and currently lives in Sydney. Martin has enjoyed all wildlife since a young lad but a trip to Costa Rica in 2002 ignited his passion for birds. He particularly enjoys bird p…
- [Jamie & Alex Creer](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tour-experts/jamie-and-alex-creer): Jamie is an seasoned expert in curating immersive Lord Howe Island experiences, blending deep heritage with adventurous spirit. Jamie’s four-generation connection and longstanding community ties provide unparalleled ins…
- [Elyce Tunbridge](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tour-experts/elyce-tunbridge): Elyce will be your Nature and Wildflower expert on this tour. Growing up in Western Australia’s Mid West, Elyce has developed a deep appreciation for the region’s unique landscapes, flora and fauna. As a wildflower enth…
- [James Boettcher Photography](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tour-experts/james-boettcher-photography): With 18 years of photography & field experience leading safaris in Australia, James provides every tour with his exceptional knowledge of the region’s ecology which in turn, provides an outstanding customer experience.…
- [Michael Greenshields](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tour-experts/michael-greenshields): Michael enjoys showing off the wonderful country and wildlife that Australia has to offer. He loves nothing more than the excitement of spending the day in the Australian Outback looking for those rare and elusive speci…
- [Cameron Blake](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tour-experts/cameron-blake): Cam Blake is an accredited and commercially licensed wilderness photographer based in Tasmania, Australia. He spends much of his time in the Australian wilderness, capturing its rugged beauty and uncharted regions. He l…
- [John Schramm](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tour-experts/john-schramm): John had a lifelong passion & interest in birdlife on the Eyre Peninsula. Since he was a little boy he loved observing how birds adapt and thrive in unique landscapes, bushland, and terrain. By listening, he gains insig…
- [Martin Maderthaner](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tour-experts/martin-maderthaner): Martin has unparalleled experience as a wildlife guide. He’s guided wildlife tours for 3 decades in Australia and on safaris in Africa. His love is birds but he has a profound knowledge of all forms of fauna, flora and…
- [Scott Roberts](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tour-experts/scott-roberts): After 15 years teaching across Australia, the UK, South Korea and Taiwan, Scott embraced guiding in 2010. His adventurous spirit and extensive world travels - which included seeking out unique wildlife, climbing rugged…
- [Tim Dolby](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tour-experts/tim-dolby): Tim Dolby is one of Australia’s best known bird guides and has guided birding trips through most of Australia’s top birding locations. He is a former Convener of BirdLife Australia in Victoria and the author of several…
- [Dr. Asia Haines](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tour-experts/dr-asia-haines): Dr Asia Haines is an Australian marine scientist with a particular passion for the conservation of threatened species, especially sharks and rays. Asia has been with Project Manta for over a decade, and looks after the…
- [Rosanna Angus](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tour-experts/rosanna-angus): Rosanna Angus is a Jawi woman whose family lived on Sunday Island, during the early mission days. She is an expert tour guide in the Kimberley region and received the award "Australian tour guide of the year" in 2023.
- [Tony Sharley](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tour-experts/tony-sharley): Tony is a proud Riverlander with a passion for a healthy Murray River. Growing up on the Murray River created a lifelong passion for rivers and wetlands. His career spanned working in the tropical wetlands of Kakadu, mo…
- [Corey Richards](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tour-experts/corey-richards): Corey is is a seasoned enthusiast, who has passionately delved into the world of paleontology at the Eromanga Natural History Museum for seven enriching years. With extensive hands-on digging experience, Corey has honed…
- [Susy James](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tour-experts/susy-james): An enthusiastic conservationist and often found volunteering for various marine organizations in the Byron Shire where she resides when not traveling and working on the Great Barrier Reef. Susy is proudly a CoralWatch A…
- [Matt Cornish](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tour-experts/matt-cornish): Focusing on Reptiles, Matt’s passion for Crocodiles and venomous snakes’ sky rocketed as he learned firsthand the complexities of such misunderstood creatures. Matt has since shifted his career to Tour Guiding, an oppor…
- [James Boettcher](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tour-experts/james-boettcher): With 18 years of field experience leading safaris in Australia, James provides every tour with his exceptional knowledge of the region’s ecology which in turn, provides an outstanding customer experience. James has an e…
- [Roger Smith](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tour-experts/roger-smith): With his partner, Janine Duffy, Roger founded Echidna Walkabout Nature Tours in 1993. He's been guiding wildlife tours across Australia for 35 years. Before that he worked as a conservation activist and journalist and i…
- [John Stafford](https://australiangeographictravel.com/tour-experts/john-stafford): Growing up in rural NSW, surrounded by cattle and sheep stations, I have a passion for this land, its people and stories, its rich culture, and how this culture is strongly intertwined in the landscape. My aim is to tak…

## Articles

- [Articles](https://australiangeographictravel.com/articles): Editorial content supporting trip planning, inspiration and destination context.
- [10 Reasons to Visit Norfolk Island with Australian Geographic Travel](https://australiangeographictravel.com/articles/10-reasons-to-visit-norfolk-island-with-australian-geographic-travel): Norfolk Island sits 1,400km off Australia’s east coast. Most Australians have never been there, which is surprising given what the island offers: World Heritage sites, some of Australia’s rarest wildlife, and an active conservation community. If you’re considering one of the 2026 expeditions (May 1…
- [10 new tours to book for 2026](https://australiangeographictravel.com/articles/new-tours-2026): Looking to book your holidays for this year? Take a look at our brand new tours departing for the first time in 2026.
- [iNaturalist for Beginners](https://australiangeographictravel.com/articles/inaturalist-guide): Using this powerful, free app, you can turn the wildlife photos you capture on our tours into valuable scientific data.
- [Why protect Ningaloo?](https://australiangeographictravel.com/articles/protect-ningaloo): Famed for whale sharks, Ningaloo is also a safe nursery for lactating humpback whales and their newborn calves.
- [For the love of Mallee](https://australiangeographictravel.com/articles/for-the-love-of-mallee): How a childhood experience with a malleefowl changed Roger Smith's life.
- [What Makes an Exceptional Wildlife Guide?](https://australiangeographictravel.com/articles/what-makes-an-exceptional-wildlife-guide): Our wildlife guide training focusses on knowledge, citizen science and more but the most important ingredients are courage, compassion and camaraderie
- [Why Our Citizen Science Tours Are Getting Rave Reviews](https://australiangeographictravel.com/articles/why-our-citizen-science-tours-are-getting-rave-reviews): We investigated why our citizen science tours are getting 5 star reviews: it's all down to our guest's desire to give back to nature (and to meticulous pre tour planning)
- [6 Ways Avitourism Can Help Conserve Australian Birds](https://australiangeographictravel.com/articles/6-ways-avitourism-can-help-conserve-australian-birds): Interest in Avitourism is exploding all over the world but what is it and how can it help conserve Australian birds?
- [Women's Aboriginal Cultural Tours: Exploring the Dampier Peninsula with Rosanna Angus](https://australiangeographictravel.com/articles/women-s-aboriginal-cultural-tours-exploring-the-dampier-peninsula-with-rosanna-angus): From crocodile tracks to a secret Makassan Tamarind tree, discover Bardi/Jawi lore on a unique women-only journey
- [The Day the Nullarbor Awoke: A Surreal Train Journey](https://australiangeographictravel.com/articles/the-day-the-nullarbor-awoke-a-surreal-train-journey): As the Indian Pacific train rumbled across Australia's vast, seemingly lifeless Nullarbor Plain, a massive kaleidoscope of green feathers erupted from the desert waking the passengers from their Nullarbor Trance
- [South West Wildlife Adventure Western Australia](https://australiangeographictravel.com/articles/south-west-wildlife-adventure-western-australia): Featured photo: Orca with calf, over Bremer underwater canyon Discover the pristine landscapes and diverse wildlife of WA’s South West on our new and exclusive eco-adventure. Witness majestic Orcas and marine life in Bremer Canyon, explore Walpole-Nornalup's tranquil inlets, enjoy birdwatching amid…
- [Must-See Western Australia Wildlife: Link Your Adventure](https://australiangeographictravel.com/articles/must-see-western-australia-wildlife-link-your-adventure): Iconic is the only way to describe Western Australia’s coastal wildlife. Where can you see Numbats, Orcas, Whale sharks and Rock-wallabies?
- [Can a tour help conservation? Travel company leads the way](https://australiangeographictravel.com/articles/can-a-tour-help-conservation-travel-company-leads-the-way): Tourism is often seen as an industry with a minimal interest in the environment. An Australian travel company is challenging that norm by switching the focus of its tours to conservation travel.
- [Birds of East Gippsland: Australian bird watching hotspot](https://australiangeographictravel.com/articles/birds-of-east-gippsland-australian-bird-watching-hotspot): Over the past 10 years East Gippsland has become known as one of Australia's best bird-watching locations. Located in Australia's south-eastern corner its prolific birdlife is supported by huge conflict between two mighty oceans.
- [Saving the world’s endangered insects: pt II (EDITED)](https://australiangeographictravel.com/articles/saving-the-worlds-endangered-insects-pt-ii): excerpt
- [Saving the world’s endangered insects](https://australiangeographictravel.com/articles/saving-the-worlds-endangered-insects): excerpt
- [Still life](https://australiangeographictravel.com/articles/still-life): excerpt

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