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Tour Packages

Arnhem Land Eco-cultural Tours want you to gain the most from your tour. Hence we can offer packages tailored to your expectation. Through our tours, you can access rock art sites, learn about the environment with your Aboriginal hosts, gather bush tucker, learn about the art practices and collect raw materials, visit the internationally renowned arts centre Maningrida Arts § Culture and the Djomi Museum . Each journey is unique and yours to treasure.

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However, we have the following activities available:

Bush tucker
Discover the environment of Central Arnhem Land. Learn about the stunning landscape and the wildlife that inhabits the region. Your Aboriginal hosts are eager to share with you the wonder of their pristine country, and to have you join with them as they gather bush tucker from the local area. Your hosts will also explain about the bush medicine that is in season.

Collect raw materials
Collect the raw materials for weaving, painting and carving. Your hosts will explain the native flora whilst providing an introduction to the way artwork is created in the Maningrida region.

Traditional hunting and wildlife
Join your Indigenous hosts as they guide you through a variety of country ranging from woodland savanna, paper bark swamp, floodplains, rocky escarpment or coastal beaches which provide major food sources for the people and wildlife that inhabit this region. Use traditional methods of hunting to catch local fish species including the famous barramundi. You will also have the opportunity to encounter animals such as Agile Wallabies, Dingos, Frilled Necked Lizards, goannas, crocodiles and buffalo.

Bird watching
Encounter over 220 species of native bird life in a variety of landscapes with Traditional Owners. See brolgas, jabirus, parrots, finches, quails, waterfowl, lorikeets, finches, swallows, cuckoo shrikes, waterfowl, kingfishers, egrets, herons, terns, oystercatchers, gulls, sea eagles, osprey, brahminy kites, spoonbills, pelicans, waders, kingfishers and mangrove birds.

Rock art
A full day out with your Aboriginal hosts to a site where you will see rock art accessible to only a few. Your drive will take you through a variety of country ranging from woodlands to floodplains. You may have the opportunity to visit artists at work at their outstation.
*Please note that rock art tours are only available in the dry season (from June to November).

Maningrida Arts & Culture and Djomi Museum
This is a unique opportunity to view and purchase artworks from Maningrida arts & culture, one of Australia’s largest Aboriginal artist co-operatives, servicing over 800 artists. It concentrates on the marketing of traditional and contemporary arts, including bark paintings, wooden sculptures, fibre craft, prints and items of material culture. You will have the privilege to see firsthand artworks at the source of their creation and have a glimpse behind the scene. Visit the Djomi Museum which houses a significant collection of early bark paintings and material culture from the region.
Babbarra Women’s Centre
The Babbarra Women’s Centre is another entity of Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation. Initially designed as a refuge for women, the centre has now expanded into textiles. The ladies invite you to watch them design, and hand make the materials. There is a retail outlet for purchasing their products.

 

 

 

*Prices exclude travel to Maningrida

 

 

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