Wildlife holidays in Australasia
It is not surprising that tourism to this region is growing at a faster rate than to anywhere else. Australia and New Zealand simply lead the world with their unbeatable cocktail of first class accommodation, fine wines and delicious food, magnificent scenery, uncrowded beaches, slick infrastructure and friendly hospitality. Above all, their isolation and sophistication make them amongst the safest and most peaceful destinations in the modern world.
This isolation has also endowed each with a fascinating natural heritage, for their natural histories have developed high degrees of endemism which make their floras and faunas so unique. Thus, on our visits to Australia, we are able to focus on some outstanding dolphin and whale-watching and the exceptional native flora of south-western Australia (one of the world's botanical hotspots), the unique mammals, birds and marine-life of tropical Queensland, and the rugged wilderness of Tasmania and north-west Australia's Kimberley region. In New Zealand, we devote one tour to the appreciation of a unique flora amongst magnificent scenery, and another to the wealth of spectacular landscapes throughout North, South and Stewart Islands and the rich variety of birds, flowers and cetaceans that they hold. Meanwhile, for a taste of more rugged adventure, we include an exciting tour to Papua New Guinea in search of, particularly, the fabulous birds-of-paradise, plus some of the unique tribal cultures of the region.
In addition, all our Australasia tours may be readily combined with your own private touring either before or afterwards. Can you really resist the attractions of the Great Barrier Reef, the Daintree rainforest, Lamington National Park, the Huli "wigmen" and the magnificence of New Zealand's Fiordland National Park and Milford Sound?... and their parrots and penguins, possums and pademelons, whales and dolphins.
