Your Custom Trip: Choose From Our Offerings

Student group trips are all we do. Therefore, all of our activities, accommodation, meals and super smart guides are handpicked for the happiness of students and teachers.

Choose from our list of activities based on your student group’s interest and educational goals. Then we will put it all together in a custom excursion, create a risk assessment, and have every detail of your trip planned out.

Our Custom Tours Include:

Expert Guides Matched to Your Educational Goals & Budget.
Our guides aren’t bus drivers with dorky knee socks; they are marine biologists, naturalists and teachers.

Accommodation and Activities.
Lodging that is safe, central and family owned when possible. Activities that you won’t find anywhere else.

Restaurant Meals and Snacks.
Allergic to zebra meat? No problem! We provide EVERYONE with delicious and plentiful meals and snacks, even if you are a vegan, you eat halal, gluten-free or zebra-free. You will love the restaurants!

Airport Transfers and Ground Transport.
We are at the airport, smiling, waiting to greet you (and please tell us if we have some spinach in our teeth.) Our buses are safe and comfortable. And our guides drive you to your activities.

Complete Risk Assessments.
We evaluate hazards so your trip is as safe as it can be while you still have fun.

Goodies! Field guides, BPA-free Water Bottle and Shopping Bag to Keep.
You and your students are awesome. That’s why we give you these gifts.

Unless otherwise stated, all of these activities take place in Far North Queensland

Aboriginal Culture

Discover the Daintree Rainforest with an Aboriginal elder guide
Learn from an Aboriginal artist about traditional painting styles and then paint your own boomerang
Guest speaker: Aboriginal ranger discussing traditional protected area management and TUMRAs
Cook, camp and share stories with the Mandingalbay Yidinji people
Listen to one of the last Indigenous speakers of Jirrbal explain aspects of this language
Sample “bush tucker” (food) on a walk with an Aboriginal elder
Guest speaker: local doctor discusses the disparity between Indigenous and non-Indigenous health and life expectancy
Watch creation stories play out in a 360-degree theatre and then a dance performance
Follow story lines on a river canoeing day trip with a Jirrbal guide
Hear the haunting sounds of the didgeridoo
Perfect your boomerang and/or spear throwing techniques

Trips that already feature these activities: Aboriginal Culture Discovery; Sustainability Warriors; Outback, Reef & Rainforest; Best of Australia; 5-Day Biology Camp; Community Service & Sustainability; Australia Highlights; Australian Tropical Biology; Aussie Adventure; Ecosystems at Risk: Reef & Rainforest; Ecosystems at Risk: Coral Reefs Study

Adventure

Raft the whitewater of the Barron or Tully rivers
Do canyoning: abseil (rappel), jump and slide through a tropical river gorge
Spend two days on a live aboard boat at the reef
Rock climb and abseil under expert instruction
Climb to the top of one of the area’s highest peaks
Test your bravery while navigating a high ropes course
Explore labyrinthine caves with a national park ranger
Plunge down a slippery chute on a mat into a pool below – we call it “landsliding”!
Try cable skiing or wakeboarding at an aqua park
Earn a certification to SCUBA dive – or just try an Intro Dive

Trips that already feature some or all of these activities: Australia & New Zealand; Teambuilding & Adventure Camp; Aussie Adventure; Aboriginal Culture Discovery ;Reef & Marine Studies; Outback, Reef & Rainforest; Best of Australia; Australia Highlights

Agriculture & Farmstay

Make butter on a dairy farm and learn about bio-dynamic growing principles
Visit a coffee plantation to discover the bean growing process and sip some samples
Learn about clonal seed propagation at a native plant nursery
Taste varieties of tropical fruit wine at a rural winery
Learn innovative techniques farmers are using to protect the Great Barrier Reef
Hear from Aussie farmers about a wide variety of crops and growing styles
Stay with a family on an outback farm
Discover a sugar cane and cocoa farm and taste the sweet results
Explore highlands and lowlands rainforest, savannah land, and outback country and learn the challenges of growing in each location

Trips that already feature some or all of these activities: Agriculture & Agronomy; Community Service & Sustainability; Outback, Reef & Rainforest; Australia Highlights; Best of Australia

Biology & Biodiversity

Collect data about coral predators and bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef
Visit James Cook University’s aquarium – venomous creatures, sharks and the cast from Finding Nemo
Find nocturnal wildlife with a spotlighting exercise
Guest speaker: Introduction to The Wet Tropics/Biodiversity
Perform a species transect using quadrats
Fashion insect traps in a “bug workshop” with an entomologist
View the Daintree rainforest from above in one of the world’s only tropical canopy cranes
Identify marine species with waterproof slates at the Great Barrier Reef
Learn about biological control technologies from a farm-based agronomist
Participate in a role-playing debate about a local environmental issue
Stay overnight at a rainforest research station
Talk with researchers at one of Australia’s top mosquito research centres

Trips that already feature some or all of these activities: 7-Day Biology Camp; Ecosystems at Risk: Reef & Rainforest; Australian Tropical Biology; 5-Day Biology Camp; Agriculture & Agronomy; Reef & Marine Studies; Ecosystems at Risk: Coral Reefs Study

Botany

Evaluate ecosystems and sketch vegetation profiles
Tour the Tropical Botanic Gardens with a botanist
Go behind-the-scenes at a tropical herbarium that boasts the world’s best collection of northern Australian plants
Learn how to identify basic leaf types
Meet a massive strangler fig tree that attracts international visitors
Learn how to use permaculture principles and how to create an aquaponics system to grow your own food
Discover traditional uses of plants and their medicinal properties with an Aboriginal elder
Witness how plants evolved as continents pulled apart on a Gondwanan heritage walk
Visit a seed lab and learn about native plant propagation

Trips that already feature some or all of these activities: 5-Day Biology Camp; Aboriginal Culture Discovery ; Australian Tropical Biology; Agriculture & Agronomy; 7-Day Biology Camp

Challenge/Team-Building

Hike up one of Queensland’s highest mountains on a trip challenge
Work as a team to build a raft
Participate in a challenge/obstacle course
Represent “countries” going for the gold with island or beach Olympics
Navigate Grade III rapids as a team on an exhilarating whitewater rafting trip
Traverse a low and high ropes course
Let our guide facilitate fun team-building games and initiatives
Try our Urban Challenge in Cairns or Sydney – winning team gets a prize!

Trips that already feature some or all of these activities: Teambuilding & Adventure Camp; ; Australia & New Zealand ; Sustainability Warriors; Aussie Adventure

Community Service

Learn to sew “Moon Sick Pads” for Aboriginal women in remote communities
Collect data about coral predators and bleaching at the Great Barrier Reef
Make a meal for the homeless and needy
Plant native trees in a riparian zone
Stay overnight at a wildlife park and then help with the park’s operations
Learn about mangroves from a naturalist, pick up rubbish from those heavily impacted, and then tally your “rubbish results”
Do craftwork with elderly Australians in an aged care facility
Stencil messages on neighbourhood drains to raise awareness about water affecting the Great Barrier Reef
Collect data on the success of a rainforest revegetation project
Create hygiene packs for a charity helping needy people

Trips that already feature some or all of these activities: Sustainability Warriors; Community Service & Sustainability ; Ecosystems at Risk: Reef & Rainforest; 5-Day Biology Camp; Ecosystems at Risk: Coral Reefs Study; 7-Day Biology Camp

Geography

Visit and study two ecosystems at risk
Geospacial scientist workshop with microdrones
Guest speaker: Impacts of Tourism – Case Studies
Join in our mapping activity to understand contemporary protected area management
Learn about geomorphology on a Great Barrier Reef island
Guest speaker: Aboriginal ranger discussing traditional protected area management and TUMRAs
Participate in a formal debate about a proposed urban development in Cairns
Ride the Skyrail Rainforest Cableway and use a ranger’s talk as a case study
Guest speaker: representative from The Wet Tropics Management Authority explains the significance of this UNESCO World Heritage area

Trips that already feature some or all of these activities: Ecosystems at Risk: Reef & Rainforest; Ecosystems at Risk: Coral Reefs Study

Marine Science & The Reef

Monitor coral bleaching and coral predators at the Great Barrier Reef
Visit James Cook University’s marine labs and learn about cutting-edge research
Discover mangroves–the “nursery” of the reef–from our guide (and add an optional mangrove cleanup as a service project!)
Earn a SCUBA Diving certification
Measure water quality at the reef & understand what chemical tests say
Learn about friendly and frightening creatures during our marine biologist evening presentation
Encounter sick & injured turtles at an island turtle rehab centre
Camp on an island at the Great Barrier Reef with our marine biologist
Sea kayak to explore different marine habitats
Watch for whales in June, July and August on a reef trip

Trips that already feature some or all of these activities: Reef & Marine Studies ; 5-Day Biology Camp ; Australian Tropical Biology; Service Learning Adventure; Ecosystems at Risk: Reef & Rainforest; Community Service & Sustainability; Outback, Reef & Rainforest; 7-Day Biology Camp

Sustainability

Collect data on the success of a Daintree rainforest revegetation plot
Visit Queensland’s first wind farm
Address issues of global food security by learning to make a mini- aquaponics system (growing your own food!)
Discover a sustainable timber farm & the things they make
Guest Speaker/Case Study: Small World Journeys owner speaks about sustainability practices in a tourist venture
Help with socio-cultural sustainability by helping Cairns’ homeless
Visit a recycling facility

Trips that already feature some or all of these activities: Community Service & Sustainability; 5-Day Biology Camp; Service Learning Adventure; Australian Tropical Biology; Agriculture & Agronomy; Ecosystems at Risk: Reef & Rainforest; Reef & Marine Studies; Australia & New Zealand; Ecosystems at Risk: Coral Reefs Study; 7-Day Biology Camp

Wildlife

Get an introduction to scary creatures during our Dangerous Animals Presentation
Cuddle a koala and get your photo with one
Spot nocturnal wildlife on a night walk with our guide
Watch crocodiles gobble their prey at a crocodile park
Find Nemo and his friends at The Great Barrier Reef
Observe bizarre wildlife that lives in giant outback lava tubes
Spend the night behind-the-scenes at a wildlife park
Discover endemic birds on an early morning walk with our guide
Seek the duck-billed platypus at dusk or dawn – we know where they live!
Look for tree kangaroos on a walk with an Aboriginal guide
Understand how turtles are cared for at a rehabilitation centre
Walk among kangaroos, emus and wallabies at a special park for Aussie wildlife