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Over 50's journeys, inspired by the wilderness

Alpine exhibit
Textures of the Snow Gum are showcased along a rarely trodden Cradle Mountain trail
Face of innocence
The face of innocence and a miracle of evolution - something to behold
Delicate remains
Fragments of the Mungo Lunette lay scattered and bathed in delicate colours of the dusk
Giants of the rainforest
When did we last discover some beauty beneath our feet, Giant Moss on the forest floor

World Heritage and National Parks

Iconic Australia National Parks and World Heritage Sites

Discover the many Australia National Parks and world heritage sites featured in our Australia wilderness tours and experience the ancient world of Gondwanaland from which our natural history evolved.

It has been claimed Australia's natural history (featured in these world heritage and National Park tours) is so significant it has become a legacy to the world. 

How significant is this claim and your holiday?Gaze into The Deep at Kanangra Walls

  • Originally part of Gondwanaland, Australia is widely regarded as one of the oldest continents on earth.
  • It has been claimed, by world standards 40% of our continent could still be regarded as largely an intact Australia wilderness
  • While our geology dates back, up to 3000 million years, the Himalayas are just 60 million years old.
  • When Europe was young, Australia was ancient and the Grand Canyon was but a shallow creek.
  • Our country has been drifting separated from Gondwanaland and the rest of the world for more than 100 million years leaving our species to evolve separately from their neighbours.
  • Our First Australians walked the land at least 50,000 years ago.
  • 90% of our plant and animal species are endemic to Australia though more than 100 species have been lost since European arrival and 5000 others are threatened.

Experience it all in these National Park tours and walks.

Visit the "Wilderness" and "Your Hoilday" tabs above for more detail on your wilderness experience.


Browse through the tours listed below, each of which feature one or more world heritage sites and a number of National Parks. Follow the links to full details of your preferred tour.

Discounts apply to all tours for Early Bird, Small Group and Loyalty bookings.


You are welcome to discuss the tours in further detail if you wish by telephoning us on +61 7 3254 1911 or email your questions to tours@natureboundaustralia.com.

Why is wilderness so important?There is nothing like a sunset on the lunette landscape of Mungo National Park

  • The first principle of ecology suggests that everything in life is connected.
  • The human race was born of the natural world in the company of plants and animals, our primal condition.
  • Wilderness is a symbol of human restraint and humility.
  • Mother Theresa once suggested that nature grows in silence and harmony is not found in noise and restlessness.
  • Wilderness is the base asset from which we can compare biophysical change and the progress of our actions.
  • From wilderness we discover that everything in life can change and has done so for millions of years.
  • Wilderness has the grandeur and power to humble us, the vastness of space and sanctuary for clarity of mind, enabling us to explore expansive thoughts.
  • All these senses ring true and often inspire guest discussion during our Nature-Bound journeys.

Should you wish to discuss the wilderness features of our tours in any detail then telephone us on +61 7 3254 1911 or email your questions to tours@natureboundaustralia.com.

Imagine your next holiday in a wilderness environment!

  • Places of such outstanding value, they are conserved for all time.
  • Places declared to be of world significance, naturally and culturally.
  • Lands where species continue to evolve and living fossils from Gondwanaland survive, from times when Australia was connected to India, Antarctica, South America and South Africa.
  • Places where evolution is allowed to progress without impact or intervention.

Your holiday is an investment in the very best.Climb to the dramatic sight of Crater Lake, Cradle Mountain

Outstanding world heritage sites and Australia national parks are our core touring focus.

Our guests are also keen to explore beyond the icons and heavily marketed destinations, to understand the issues relating to the land and the people.

If your specific interest leans toward the world heritage sites of Australia, of which there are currently 17, then join us in one of the following extended tours.

Great Divide Tours

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$441

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Per day / Per person
(Min 8 people)


Duration: 13 days
Departure Date: 02 Mar, 2011
30 Aug, 2010
17 Sep, 2010
Journey: Brisbane to Sydney, Sydney to Brisbane

"You don't have to travel far from a city to discover some of the best scenery and natural habitats in Australia".

  • Consider NSW guided tours and walks in the world heritage National Parks located in the eastern states
  • 13 day  Great Dividing Range guided tours following Australia's most "influential" land form - The Great Divide.
  • offering a complete contrast to the outback perception of Australia
  • lush world heritage Gondwana rainforests shrouding wilderness pockets along the range
  • dramatic cliff faces and canyons providing a wonderful backdrop to Greater Blue Mountains guided walks
  • blended insights into early history, the Hunter Valley wineries and wealthy pastoral dynasties
  • precipitous escarpments, plummeting gorges and waterfalls, an awesome feature of the New England guided walks
  • granite strewn landscapes of giant monoliths, balancing boulders and tors along the high country granite belt
  • a unique journey revealing the very evolution of Australia
  • plus the bonus of a day visit to the iconic world heritage Fraser Island.

Conveniently accessed from Sydney or Brisbane, your tour comes all inclusive of quality accommodation and meals, touring services, side tours, all entries and extras.

Discounts apply to this tour for Early Bird, Small Group and Loyalty bookings

Tasmanian Wilderness Tours

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$441

(All inclusive)
Per day / Per person
(Min 8 people)


Duration: 17 days
Departure Date: 18 Jan, 2011
08 Feb, 2011
01 Dec, 2010
Journey: Launceston (round trip)

Treat yourself to some premium scenic and nature-based experiences with Tasmanian guided tours and walks at:

  • Cradle Mountain
  • Freycinet Peninsula and Wineglass Bay
  • Franklin Gordon Wild Rivers
  • Bay of Fires, and
  • visit fascinating Tasmanian Devils in two sanctuaries

Immerse yourself in the finest world heritage wilderness for a 17 day / 2.5 week  holiday experience  likely to top all others.

Enjoy classic Tasmanian wilderness walks in:

  • remote alpine country
  • along pristine beaches and dramatic seascapes
  • spending extended periods in the Cradle Mountain National Park, Freycinet National Park, Tasman National Park, Mt Field National Park and others.

Here is the Island State:

  • steeped in unique settler history, a proud sense of community and a relaxed lifestyle
  • and scenery which continues to inspire the fine art of wilderness photography, like no other in Australia.
The tour is also available in 8 and 9 day sections as detailed, all inclusive of quality accommodation and meals, touring services, all entries, side tours and extras.

Discounts apply to this tour, for Early Bird, Small Group and Loyalty bookings.

Original Australia Tour

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$439

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(Min 8 people)


Duration: 15 days
Departure Date: 19 April 2010
18 October 2010
Journey: Brisbane (round trip)


Discover Australia's diverse scenic wonders and natural history - all in the one journey.

  • Carnarvon National Park, New England National Park and Girraween National Park.
  • The world heritage Barrier Reef, Lady Musgrave Island and Fraser Island 

Your 15 day Original Australia Tour promises many classic holiday experiences:

  • a Fraser Island 4wd safari along tropical beaches, by towering cliffs of multi-coloured sands and giant forests
  • Lady Musgrave Island, a true coral cay, complete with coral gardens and marine creatures of the Great Barrier Reef
  • a journey into the life and legends of the Queensland Outback
  • towering gorges and canyons of the palm filled oasis, Carnarvon Gorge
  • grand granite monoliths of Girraween National Park
  • the world heritage Gondwana Rainforests of New England National Park, dating back 150 million years
  • wonderful guided walking options separated by relaxed and informative travel days.

Enjoy a comprehensive insight into Australia departing from Brisbane, complete with quality accommodation and meals, touring services, entries and side tours, and an abundance of photographic opportunities


Discounts apply to this tour for Early Bird, Small Group and Loyalty bookings


Flinders Ranges, Lake Eyre and Red Centre Tour

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$427

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(Min 8 people)


Duration: 14 days
Departure Date: 18 June 2010
Journey: Adelaide to Alice Springs

Your Flinders Ranges, Lake Eyre, Red Centre Australia outback tour is arguably one of the great Australian adventure journeys - the ultimate for 4WD enthusiasts drawn to the beauty and senses of isolation. 

Nurture your spirit of adventure and discover such legendary “unreachable” destinations as the Oodnadatta track, Coober Pedy, the painted desert, Lake Eyre and William Creek. 

A leisure journey taking you from Adelaide to Alice Springs via
  • the extraordinary beauty and geological showpiece of the Flinders Ranges and Wilpena Pound
  • you'll trace Aboriginal and Explorer pathways through Central Australia,
  • visit the curious mounded springs of the Great Artesian Basin, releasing water dated more than 2 million years.
  • follow desert tracks across cattle stations, larger than some nations
  • to complete your journey with the iconic Uluru (Ayers Rock), Kata-Tjuta (The Olgas)Kings Canyon and the ancient, contorted West Macdonnell Ranges.
Here is your chance of a lifetime to set foot on the lowest point in Australia, a truly surreal experience on the salt encrusted Lake Eyre, home to the most extraordinary events in Australia's natural history.
Your tour departs Adelaide and comes all inclusive of accommodation and meals, touring services, side tours, entries and extras.

Discounts apply to this tour for Early Bird, Small Group and Loyalty bookings

Big Rivers Tour

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$405

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(Min 8 people)


Duration: 10 days
Departure Date: 5 June 2010
Journey: Adelaide to Brisbane, Brisbane to Adelaide

Outback NSW tours taking you deep into the discovery and settlement of inland Australia

  • enjoy a leisure journey through Outback NSW 
  • along the mighty Darling River, life line to vast inland exploration,
  • to the world heritage archaeological site of Mungo National Park
  • the region of wool empires and courageous early settlement, way out the "Back of Bourke"
Here is your opportunity to:
  • visit historic pastoral stations,
  • meet new age farmers practicing their revolutionary holistic lifestyle,
  • be informed of the contemporary environmental issues of land and water management in the face of climate change
  • reflect on 200 paddle steamers which once traded up the rivers, historic inland ports and communities
  • learn more of the unfortunate displacement of our First Australians.
  • partake in one of the great 4WD back road journeys along the Darling River Run
  • view abundant bird and wildlife along the waterways
  • walk the lunette landscape of Mungo Lake, once home to the Mungo Man and Mungo Woman ancient peoples living 60,000 years ago.
You'll trace the mighty inland waterways from source to sea,   - a 10 day Big Rivers expedition from Brisbane to Adelaide, a comfortable Australian outback travel odyssey, fully inclusive of accommodation, all meals, touring services, entries and extras.

Discounts apply to this tour for Early Bird, Small Group and Loyalty bookings


Red Centre Tours

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$459

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(Min 8 people)


Duration: 11 days
Departure Date: 05 July, 2010
19 July, 2010
Journey: Alice Springs to Uluru, Uluru to Alice Springs


Here is your complete Central Australia holiday.

All the Icons of a leading Central Australia tour await your discovery in the Red Centre:

  • Ayers Rock (Uluru), The Olgas (Kata-Tjuta)
  • Ormiston GorgeRainbow ValleyKings Canyon (Watarrka), Palm Valley, the ancient Macdonnell Ranges, Desert Park and a walk on the Larapinta Trail.

Gain a finer appreciation of the First Australians

  • take a day trip deep into the lands and lives of the indigenous desert people to understand their culture, songlines and rock art,
  • their challenges and survival spanning  2000 unbroken generations

These Red Centre Tours come complete with

  • quality accommodation and meals, touring services, entries and extras,
  • departing from both Alice Springs and Ayers Rock (Uluru).
  • great guided walks and an abundance of photographic opportunities at every turn

    Discounts apply to this tour for Early Bird, Small Group and Loyalty bookings

    Outback to Reef Tour

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    $406

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    (Min 8 people)


    Duration: 13 days
    Departure Date: 12 July, 2010
    Journey: Longreach to Brisbane

    These small group Outback Queensland guided scenic tours depart from Longreach and Winton in the heartland and follow the Tropic of Capricorn to the Queensland coral coast and Lady Musgrave Island, to conclude 13 days later in Brisbane.

    Enjoy the added adventures of a day trip to the Great Barrier Reef and a 4wd beach safari tour to  Fraser Island.

    Designed as active Seniors and Over 50's outback tours and holidays you will enjoy a contrasting variety of unique world and national heritage experiences. 

    • Embrace an ancient world of Dinosaurs, which once roamed a vast inland sea
    • The folklore and bushman's heritage of outback Queensland from the vast open plains to the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame
    • Choose from some delightful walking options in the towering gorges and iconic landscape of Carnarvon National Park.
    • Explore the coral gardens, marine life, pristine lakes and giant forests of tropical islands with their abundant bird and wildlife.

    Your Outback to Reef scenic tour is both a leisure and educational experience and comes all inclusive of quality accommodation, all meals, touring services, special entries, all side tours and extras.

    Discounts apply to this tour for Early Bird, Small Group and Loyalty bookings

    Australia World Heritage and Gondwana Tours

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    $420

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    (Min 8 people)


    Duration: 7 days
    Departure Date: 4 Oct, 2010
    8 Nov, 2010
    or by request
    Journey: Brisbane (round trip)

    Your Australia world heritage tour visits ancient Australian rainforests and the finest Gondwana world heritage sites.

    Find yourself immersed in the iconic landscapes of the New England, the grand monoliths of the Granite Belt and the scenic region of Natural Bridge.

    If your available holiday time is limited and you wish to explore the evolution of Australian world heritage dating back 200 million years, then this is the ideal short journey for you.

    In a scenic 7 days commencing from Brisbane, you'll visit

    • UNESCO, Australian World Heritage Sites
    • Cool temperate and sub-tropical Australian rainforests of  Gondwana times, ranging through to Snow Gum habitats 
    • The last retreat of primitive Antarctic Beech Trees up to 2000 yrs old

    You will stand on the rim of an ancient volcano and lava flows

    • overlooking an untracked wilderness stretching 75 kms from a high point on the Great Divide to the Pacific Ocean
    • listening to the captivating calls and mimicry of the Superb Lyrebirds

    You will also travel through the Big River Country and Rainbow Country of the NSW North Coast to overnight in Byron Bay, Australia's most easterly landmark.

    All in a tour, seasonally suitable all year, complete with quality accommdation and meals, touring services, entries and extras

    Discounts apply to this tour for Early Bird, Small Group and Loyalty bookings.

    Border Ranges 4 or 5 day Short Break

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    $480

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    Duration: 4 days or 5 days
    Departure Date: By arrangement
    Journey: Brisbane (round trip)

    Enjoy short break luxury tours from Brisbane, to experience a different place and space, your genuine retreat style journey deep into the world heritage Border Ranges and Scenic Rim regions along the QLD / NSW border, overlooking Mount Warning.

    In just a couple of hours drive from Brisbane, you will delight in
    • the comfort and serenity of your bed and breakfast  accommodation or wilderness lodge
    • experience a complete change of focus
    • blend healthy activity and culinary delights with some natural wilderness pampering, and
    • replace the TV and mobile phone with moments of quiet reflection
    Your rewards will be pristine environments and distractions that inspire beautiful thought and relaxation.


    All the homely comforts, style and ethos of a Nature-Bound tour are retained as you immerse yourself in 
    • unique landscapes and world heritage wilderness environments 
    • adjusting to the colours, sounds and aromas of the Australian bush
    • refresh in the clear mountain air 1000m above sea level
    • revitalised by space, the mellowed shades of dawn and dusk 
    • the absence of urban urgency and rush.
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