Australia's Kimberley
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Overview
Highlights
- Throughout this Western Australia tour, discover the region’s iconic wildlife, including elusive rock wallabies, huge colonies of flying foxes, and massive saltwater crocodiles
- Cruise along Montgomery Reef, which rises from the ocean with the outgoing tide
- Enjoy a highly scenic helicopter ride to Mitchell Falls during the Kimberley expedition, where we swim in crystal-clear freshwater pools
- Birders thrill to flocks of sulphur-crested cockatoos, gregarious zebra finches, white-bellied sea eagles, great-billed herons, and black-necked storks
- View the amazing spectacle of the Horizontal Falls, created by massive tidal currents
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- All gratuities
- Accommodations in our hotel and on board the Ocean Discoverer as outlined in the itinerary
- All onboard meals and group meals ashore, including soft drinks, beer, and wine with lunch and dinner
- Arrival and departure transfers on group dates
- Services of the expedition staff, including lectures, briefings, slide/film shows
- All group activities and excursions
- Landing and port fees
- Medical expense coverage
- Emergency evacuation insurance
- Helicopter tour
Itinerary
Depart on your independent flight to Broome, Australia, losing a day as you cross the International Date Line. Arrive in Broome on April 24 and enjoy an afternoon at leisure. Gather this evening for a welcome dinner and overnight at the Cable Beach Club Resort.
Today explore Broome—a popular holiday destination graced with beautiful beaches and a laid-back atmosphere. Join a city tour that reveals Broome’s pearling history and multicultural past, or join a birding tour. This afternoon board the Oceanic Discoverer and set sail.
The Lacepede Islands are a group of four low, sandy islands lying on a coral reef. The islands are an important nesting site for green sea turtles and several species of seabirds including frigatebirds, brown boobies, crested terns, sandpipers, and ruddy turnstones. J...
The Buccaneer Archipelago consists of more than 800 islands. The shorelines of these rarely visited isles are among the most photogenic in the world, and include mangrove estuaries, secluded bays, untouched beaches, cliffs, headlands, reefs, rugged gorges, and whirlpo...
The Prince Regent Nature Reserve is one of Australia’s most remote areas, and the rugged sandstone and volcanic landscape helps to protect its scenic grandeur. This is pure wilderness, accessible only by air or boat, and you can truly say that you have been to a plac...
From Hunter River, fly via helicopter to the Mitchell Plateau to visit Mitchell Falls, a series of waterfalls and pools culminating in a deep gorge carving its way through the Outback. Explore the surrounding area on foot and enjoy a refreshing swim in the rushing fre...
A unique experience awaits us on Bigge Island, sacred to Aborigines for more than 20,000 years. Well-preserved Aboriginal paintings grace the walls of caves, depicting mythical figures and offering visual evidence of the European entrance into the Aboriginal way of li...
Cruise through a spectacular canyon where vertical cliffs, gorges, and mangroves line the shores of the mighty King George River. The final destination is King George Falls, a supremely photogenic area of 325-foot cliffs of rust-colored sandstone rising from the tidal waters.
Permission pending, go ashore on the Tiwis and join local Aboriginal guides for a tour of the small community of Nguiu, its museum, and the old Mission Precinct. You will also have an opportunity to visit the local arts center to view and purchase high-quality Tiwi crafts, as well as screen-printed fabric.
Disembark in Darwin with time for a bit of sightseeing. Transfer to the airport for your independent flight to Brisbane with dinner and overnight at the Novotel Brisbane Airport Hotel. Board your independent flight to the USA on May 6, arriving home the same day.
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What's excluded
- All air transportation
- Excess baggage charges
- Airport arrival and departure taxes
- Transfers for independent arrivals and departures
- Travel insurance
- Scuba diving fees and equipment where required
- Passport and/or visa fees
- Items of a personal nature such as laundry, bar charges, alcoholic beverages except as listed; e-mail/Internet/fax/telephone charges.
Launched in 2005, the 65-guest Oceanic Discoverer's small size is perfect for regional exploration. She carries Zodiacs, a glass-bottom boat, and a powerful aluminum excursion boat that can carry all guests during excursions. A spacious lounge, equipped with two large plasma TV screens, is a wonderful venue for lectures by onboard naturalist-guides. The dining room features the finest fresh seafood of the region and a comprehensive selection of Australian and New Zealand wines. All staterooms feature ocean views, two twin beds or a double bed, a sitting area, a well-appointed en suite bathroom, large closets, desk, and individually controlled air-conditioning.
All meals included aboard ship and with the group ashore, including house wine, beer or soft drinks with lunch and dinner onboard
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