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About Us

We're not a big tour company. And we like it that way.

We think you'll like it too. Our smallness means you're not a "passenger number" on one of our trips, but rather our honoured guest. We are not a coach tour company - we prefer to spend our time with you outdoors.

From first contact to the follow up email at the end of your trip, we will arrange for the same person to always communicate with you. Our favourite people--like outback pioneer homstead owners Kate and Peter, and Dan, who lets us bike on his private acreage--will know you're coming. And on your trip, our guides will remember if you're an early riser, things in the rainforest that fascinate you, and how you like your steak cooked.

We Know Cairns.

Travel with us, and you've got local friends immediately. How many tour companies can say their office is right around the corner from where you're having your holiday? Our location in Cairns means we personally know hoteliers, shopkeepers and restaurant owners and we can give you the personalised attention you deserve.

If you are our guest, you can expect:

To learn about our responsible tourism practices, please see 10 Reasons Why We’re Eco

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Small World Journeys has the following:

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Small World Journeys' Founder

Laurie Pritchard spent 12 years working for and developing adventure trips for organisations like Outward Bound, The World Outdoors, Adventures Cross-Country and People to People Student Ambassador Programs in the USA, and RnR Adventures in Australia before founding Small World Journeys.

Educated at the Cranbrook-Kingswood school and the University of South Florida in the USA and L’Institut de Touraine in France, Laurie eventually settled in Cairns, Australia with her partner Peter. She has been a volunteer for Global Relationships Centre since 1992, and her articles about travel have appeared in magazines such as Transitions Abroad, Real Travel and on The Travel Channel's World Hum. Laurie is also a featured writer on ruba.com

Through her trip development projects and personal travels in North and Central America, southeast Asia, western Europe, China, Japan, the South Pacific and West Africa, Laurie has seen how travels can be transformational, and how the human connection transcends race and borders.

Indeed, it is a small world.

 

 

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Our Logo

Small World Journeys is grateful for its logo design created by local aboriginal musician and painter Colin Higgins. This is just a sample of his work. Colin can be contacted at: hggns_cln@yahoo.com.au

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