Travel to Baby Dreaming with the Aboriginal People Who Live There

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Host Denise Goodfellow along with her adoptive Aboriginal family members Miriam and Esther, introduce visitors to Aboriginal life in the Aboriginal homeland known as Baby Dreaming. This is a camping experience with major focuses on Aboriginal culture, birding, plants and animals, and geology. You will meet Aboriginal artists and see ancient rock art, and learn about Aboriginal dancing. A five day itinerary is proposed.

Aboriginal Life in Northwest Arnhemland

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Noted naturalist and bird-book author Denise Goodfellow invites visitors on a unique visit into Australia's Aboriginal culture. The uniqe aspect of this trip is that instead of it being the standard package with the predictable highlights, in this case Denise, who is part Aboriginal herself, sensitively and compassionately introduces you to her friends and family, members of the Kunwinjku people. Highlights of the experience include learning the uses of medicinal plants and how to gather bush foods. Denise, like her relatives, is a master naturalist so this experience is an intense mixture of nature and cultures. | Visitor feedback

A 7-Day "Urban Recovery Tour" in the Outback

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Host Mike Keighley has himself an 8-seat 4x4 equipped with satellite phone, global positioning system, first aid kit, air conditioning, CD player, an onboard refrigerator, and on extended trips the van pulls a trailer kitchen. Mike proposes to use this gear to introduce you to the vast Australian Outback in fair comfort and at a laid-back pace. There are short hikes, some canoeing, meeting Aboriginal folk, swimming, and an occasional "gourmet picnic lunch washed down with a cheeky chardonnay." The idea here is for burnt-out urbanites to recover.

Hiking the Larapinta Trail

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The Larapinta Trail is an extended walking track running approximately 220 kilometres along the backbone of the West MacDonnell Ranges - from Alice Springs west to Mount Sonder. At present the Trail offers over 150 kilometres of track through this ancient and fascinating arid landscape. Your host, Charlie Carter, has 30 years of experience in Central Australia, a doctorate in biology, and a first hand knowledge of Aboriginal culture..

Five Days of Walking & Driving in the Macdonnell Ranges

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This tour in Australia's arid central zone focuses on flora and fauna, ancient traditions, geology, and local history. You are carried in a vehicle between stops, then you hike and explore on foot. Tour is conducted by Uwe Plahl.

Birding & Natural History in the Far North, around Darwin

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Discover Australia's natural history in the hot, humid north, where plant and animal diversity are greatest, in the company of a host who knows nature not only from a technical, biological perspective, but from that of a gifted Aborigine, whose native culture has enabled her to understands and love nature in the most intense and personal way.  EarthFoot host Denise Goodfellow, whose Aboriginal name is Lawungkurr Maralngurra, will provide an unforgetable experience. | Visitor feedback