AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE JOURNEYS

Australian Wildlife Journeys was created in 2016 by a group of independently-owned, conservation-focused tour operators working as destination specialists across regional Australia.

After many years offering immersive wild encounters on Kangaroo Island, we were keen to link up with other operators offering sustainable wildlife encounters in the wild. We seek to provide you with easy access to the ‘must-do’ wildlife experiences across Australia – and do so in a co-operative manner.

The old-school business approach sees other tour operators as competition, whereas we see strength in friendship and collaboration. Our research found there was a gap in information available to travellers, where the presentation of Australia is impossibly broad, and very little of the destination and regional information has any integration.

Australia presents big challenges in deciding where, when and how to experience our extraordinary wildlife. The vast distance, climatic diversity and migration patterns all pose problems for those wanting to create a logical travel plan. Given so much of our wildlife is endemic – found in Australia and nowhere else – it holds great attraction, but how can you settle on a plan? We have a solution for you.

Australian Wildlife Journeys is a collaboration of like-minded, independently owned and operated small businesses with a shared set of values. We are all passionate about raising the profile of immersive, sustainable encounters with wildlife in their natural habitat, combined with world-class hospitality.

Collectively we focus on connecting guests to the Australian environment through a series of marine and land-based experiences derived from the antiquity of our land, the diversity of the natural history which surrounds us, and the passion of the people and the communities in which we live.

Our website is rich in information about different wildlife classes (birds, mammals, reptiles, invertebrates, fishes) and seasonal events such as breeding cycles and migratory patterns. We tell stories about the interactions between our people and the animals who live around us. Consistently we provide you with experiences which offer ‘shared space’ – leaving room for nature and behaving so that you can observe the natural behaviour of animals in the wild.

Australia is one of many global destinations threatened by climate change impacts, extreme weather, water scarcity, and unprecedented species loss, and we must provide leadership in addressing these threats. Sustainable tourism can meet these challenges head-on by protecting our fantastic destination at the same time as giving you the chance to actively contribute to local ecosystem regeneration on our tours.