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Bird Watchers Tour
offered by supplier M16112 (view this supplier profile)
Key Information:
Tour Duration: 5
day(s)
Group Size: 6
- 9
people
Destination(s):
Australia
Specialty Categories:
Birdwatching
Desert Expeditions
Season: April - September
Airfare Included: No
Tour Customizable: No
Minimum Per Person Price: 1650 Australian Dollar (AUD)
Maximum Per Person Price: 1650 Australian Dollar (AUD)
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Availability 2008: 20th April, 18th May, 17th August, 21st September.
Availability 2009: 19th April, 17th May, 2nd and 16th August, 6th and 20th September.
Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: It’s "up with the birds" as we depart your accommodation and suburbia at 6:00 am in search of everything feathered. This is the beginning of an outback experience of immense variety as we travel north-west along the famous Tanami Track against the northern verge of the West MacDonnell Ranges to Tilmouth Well. A short rest break, coffee, a bite to eat and we travel on towards Newhaven with expected arrival late morning. An early lunch before preparing our camp and getting ourselves organized.
After that we will start our experiences around Newhaven with rock escarpments, red sand-hill Spinifex country and the Lake Bennett Salt Lake system. The variety of vegetation will promote endless stops and leisure time to observe our feathered entertainers. As daylight draws to an end, we’ll find a location to capture the imagination to observe a classic desert sunset. Back to camp for dinner cooked over the campfire as the outback stirs into life. Includes meals: (L), (D).
Day 2: Our morning reveille will be the birds as they break the chill and silence of the outback morning. A hearty breakfast before spending the day traveling this enormous parcel of tranquil land in search of anything rare, unique, varied and beautiful that has wings. This will be a day of group consensus, visiting places and doing things that you want to. The day’s end will be a twilight full of activity with another typical outback sunset before a stunning evening meal and, no doubt, a few stories starting to flow. Includes meals: (B), (L), (D).
Day 3: After another early rise and breakfast we will break camp and, dependent upon weather and track conditions, travel south via permitted Aboriginal Lands including Papunya and Haasts Bluff Communities and then via the Namatjira to Gosse Bluff (Tnorala) before arriving at the oldest Lutheran based Aboriginal Community in Australia – Hermannsburg (Ntaria). An introduction to Hermannsburg’s history, a stop at the local store for refreshments and an early lunch before continuing our journey along the Ellery River system.
This passes through stunning gorge and ravine country towards the location of one of the Territories first remote Police Stations – Boggy Hole. This will be our location for the next two evenings.
After preparing camp you can take a wander and make yourself known to this wonderful location. Should conditions or permission not be available to access the south track, our journey will require a return via our earlier route, traveling the Larapinta Road to Hermannsburg with a late afternoon arrival at Boggy Hole. Includes meals: (B), (L), (D).
Day 4: At your leisure you can stroll your way around this amazing wilderness location. Sit by the water’s edge and be amazed at the resident bird life as the parrots chirp and flit from tree to tree. The Whistling Kites glide the face of the rock escarpment while Red Tailed Cockatoos leave their nightly perch in hunt of seeds in other locations. The clowning antics of the Babblers and the activities of a myriad of species will dominate a day of pure solitude which is truly rare in today’s pace driven lifestyle. Our last night under the stars of the Southern Milky Way, an open fire and discussions dominated by the day’s experiences. Includes meals: (B), (L), (D).
Day 5: We break camp early, meandering our way through the creek bed system towards "Running Waters", a smaller watering system along Ellery Creek. We emerge from the National Park where we join the Ernest Giles track at the junction of the Palmer River. We travel through open mallee and gibber country, home to the raptor and the larger ground birds – Emu and Bustard. Lunch will be at some secluded and remote location for the last time.
We continue to travel east and join the Stuart Highway approx 130km’s south of Alice Springs. Our next stop will be Stuarts Well Roadhouse, a small stopover before our last 90km leg into Alice Springs and return to your Motel. Includes meals: (B), (L), (D). After a return to normality (a shower and modern conveniences) we will meet again for our last meal together at one of Alice’s finest to share in long lasting friendships and no doubt relive and have a laugh over the previous 5 days experiences
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
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Australia and Oceania
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