5 Indigenous travel experiences to add to your bucket list
Australia is home to the world’s oldest living culture, and there’s no more inspiring way to discover it than on an Indigenous travel experience that brings the landscape to life in a deeper way.
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Tours that share in Australia’s rich Indigenous history make for life-changing itineraries. Discover the unspoiled wilderness, sacred sites and magnificent rock art of Arnhemland with Davidson’s Arnhemland Safaris, a unique eco-tour and lodge experience accessed by light plane from Darwin.
Small-group tours are also the specialty of Lords Kakadu & Arnhemland Safaris. The Darwin-based group, helmed by guides Sab Lord and Dean Hoath, has the blessing of local Aboriginal people to host private experiences on otherwise restricted cultural lands. Guests venture into Kakadu and Arnhem Land, stay in lodges or on bush glamping sites and visit Aboriginal communities.
Meanwhile, Dreamtime Dive & Snorkel orchestrates eco-certified diving and snorkelling safaris to the Great Barrier Reef, just off the coast of Cairns. Be accompanied by local Aboriginal guides from the region and learn about the ancient relationships between man, marine creatures and the ecosystem that have existed for tens of thousands of years.
Further south, Sand Dune Adventures offers quad biking tours of Stockton Beach in the Port Stephens region outside of Sydney. Participants learn about traditional Aboriginal food and history, as well as the significance of the dunes.
Similarly, what better way to experience Tasmania’s magnificent Bay of Fires than on a three-night, four-day trek hosted by an Aboriginal guide. Wukalina Walk is an inspiring journey that will deepen your understanding of Palawa (Tasmanian Aboriginal) culture and community history, and immerse you in the beauty of this region. Guests spend two nights in domed huts and one night in the restored lighthouse keeper’s cottage. You’ll be walking on air.