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1. Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Center

   by – Tash, Tour Manager, Australia and Europe When you are in a different country, it is important to learn about the indigenous culture of the country you are in. This is why Contiki includes a visit to the Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Center (official site) in Cairns. This is where you will get to talk to, interact with and learn from the lo... more »

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2. Alice and Kakadu (Tour)

   Please Note: This tour also operates in reverse and often operates as a Modulated Tour Featuring Northern Territory Staying in Darwin, Kakadu National Park, Katherine, Tennant Creek, Alice Springs Starting in Darwin Finishing in Alice Springs Trip Forum Meeting Place Meet others who are going at the Alice and Kakadu Meeting Place More informatio... more »

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3. How to pay for optional excursions - Australia

   Optional excursions are booked and paid for through your Tour Manager once you are on tour. Every Tour Manager in Australia has their own style when it comes to collecting payment for optional excursions and your Tour Manager will explain how they would like this done once you are on tour. Payments can only be made to your Tour Manager in local currency cash or by credit card payment.

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4. Kakadu National Park

   Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory is one of the most scenic National Parks in Australia, and certainly one of the most famous. The park contains two very distinct types of wilderness. The first is the Alligator River system with it’s black soil flood plains and paperback lagoons, the second; the rugged walls of the Arnhem Land escarpment with its spectacular gorge... more »

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5. Kings Canyon

   One of the outback’s hidden treasures, the spectacular Kings Canyon is 100 kilometers south west of Alice Springs and is arguably Australia’s most beautiful, naturally occurring oasis. You can climb to the rim of the Canyon to see ‘the lost city’ or weathered rock that resembles the ruins of an ancient city as well as the perennial water holes surrounded by the palm-filled ‘Gardens of Eden’.

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6. Learn to Surf, Surfers Paradise

   by – Tash, Tour Manager, Australia and Europe There are plenty of great spots along the East Coast of Australia to surf, but we think (as the name suggests) that Surfers Paradise is just the place for our passengers to learn the art of this Australian pastime. At Surfers Paradise, there is a stretch of amazing beaches that runs for a good 40 km and you... more »

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7. Litchfield National Park

   South of Darwin in Australia’s Northern Territory, Litchfield National Park is a huge sandstone plateau clocked with dry woodlands and forests. Close to the edge of the escarpment, springs bubble into creeks and waterfalls that flow into the lush rainforest in the valley below. The park is remote and only accessible by 4 wheel drive most of the year and is also home to some fantastic sandstone formations.

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