Tour Availability and Special Offers

Last updated: 4 February 2012.

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To see our list prices and available discounts, click on "Trips" in the top menu, then click on an area of interest on the map or in the list on the left.

Note. Some of the trip notes have not yet been updated for 2012. Other than the dates, they should still give a good picture of the trip. Please contact us if you have any questions.

Prices. Some of the 2012 prices listed on this website have not been updated. Many of our costs have risen so many of the prices will have to rise. Anyone booking and paying a deposit before a price rise is announced

will lock in the old price on any trip where we use our own transport.
will lock in a price midway between the old and new prices on any trip where we use charter transport.

Credit cards. It's not fair that people who pay by bank transfer or cheque subsidise those who pay by credit card. To cover our cost, we began charging a 2.5% commission on credit card transactions on 1 December 2010.

The biggest update to our website in more than two years. Top End and Kimberley trips from late December through sometime in March or April take place during the wet season. On 8 November 2011, we uploaded a completely rewritten Wet Season page.
It now links to two completely new climate statistics pages and to two completely new wet season information pages.

The Wet Season — What to Expect

The Wet Season — Preparing for Your Trip

January-March

Nothing remains available. Our next available departure is in April.

April: Banggerreng or the 'Knock 'em down storm season'

According to the Met Bureau, April is still the wet season. It's not, but it's certainly not the dry season either. Banggerreng, in April, is the season when the rain clouds have dispersed and clear skies prevail. The vast expanses of floodwater recede and streams start to run clear. Most plants are fruiting and animals are caring for their young. Short, sharp, windy storms early in this season flatten the spear grass; they are called 'knock 'em down' storms. On rare occasions, a late season cyclone will drop masses of rain, prolonging the Wet.

The two trips below are definite departures. No other trips remain available before 29 April.

Kakadu Highlights No. 3: 1-14 April
Two great walks in southern Kakadu. either can be done on its own. The detailed trip notes are essential reading for anyone considering booking this trip.
Bungle Bungles and Osmond Range: 15 April - 5 May
The trip notes which describe this trip should be read by anyone considering a booking.
This trip is now a definite departure.

May: Yegge or the 'Cooler but still humid season'

The beginning of the dry season isn't like the later part. Yegge, from May to mid-June, is relatively cool with low humidity. Early morning mists hang low over the plains and waterholes. The shallow wetlands and billabongs are carpeted with water lilies. Drying winds and flowering Darwin woolly butt tell the local Aboriginal people that it is time to start burning the woodlands in patches to 'clean the country' and encourage new growth for grazing animals. We currently have bookings on two trips.

Carr Boyd Explorer: 13-26 May
The trip notes which describe this trip were completely revised in September.
This is the only trip which takes you across Lake Argyle and into the southern Carr Boyds. Our photos don't do the southern range justice. The gorges are steeper and more spectacular than those in the northern range.
We need only two more bookings to make this a definite departure.
Kimberley Highlights No. 1: 20 May - 16 June
This trip is now a definite departure. The trip notes which describe this trip are essential reading for anyone considering booking this trip.

June onwards

All trips which are still listed are available. The following trips already have bookings.

Drysdale River No. 1: 3-17 June
The notes were updated 6 December. By using float planes to get in and out, we save three or four days of sitting in a vehicle without the excessive cost of a helicopter.
Karijini National Park: 10-23 June
Our only remaining Pilbara trip this year visits some of Australia's most spectacular gorges.
The trip notes which describe this trip were revised and photos added on 1 February.
Kakadu Super Circle No. 2: 10-30 June
The trip notes which describe this trip should be read by anyone considering booking this trip.
In Leichhardt's Footsteps: 10-30 June
This trip retraces paart of Ludwig Leichhardt's epic walk across Australia in the 1840s. It is a definite departure.
West Macdonnells: 17-30 June
The trip notes which describe this tripshould be read by anyone considering booking this trip.
Kakadu Family Walk No. 2: 8-14 July
This is a definite departure.

Overseas

Vanuatu June-July 2012 Updated with photos 1 December. One of our guides, Ed Hill, spent the better part of a year working with the locals in Vanuatu. He's put together a fascinating itinerary for a trip beginning in June. This trip is now fully booked.
We are hoping to run a second trip, same itinerary beginning in late July. Please let us know if you would be interested in this and/or going onto a wait list for the first trip in case there is a cancellation.

Scandinavia: July-August 2012. Completely updated trip notes are now on line. We are now taking deposits. If you are not ready to book, please let us know if you'd like more information as it comes to hand.

We may be able to offer trips to southern Africa and/or Patagonia. Please see our Overseas Trips page for additional information.

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Major update 4 February. Click here to download a pdf copy of our full draft 2012 program.

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Special Charters

If none of the available trips fits your dates or where you wish to go, please ask about our charters. We can go almost anywhere in the NT and Kimberley with almost any size group, provided you give us enough notice.

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