WEP International Student Trip

Posted April 19, 2020

In Aboriginal Culture, Adventure, Cairns & The Great Barrier Reef, The Best of Australia

WEP International Student Trip

International high school students studying in Australia with the WEP program: here’s your chance to see the best of the Land Down Under! Spend 6 days experiencing the outback, the rainforest and the incomparable Great Barrier Reef. No worries if you are coming alone — this program is designed for international student coming from all over Australia, and we ensure you make new friends!

You travel in the care of professional guides who are also your super fun supervisors. Days are spent discovering the rainforest, snorkelling the Great Barrier Reef, meeting animals and a family on an outback cattle station, visiting an Aboriginal culture park and swimming under tropical waterfalls. Nights are filled with activities like ten-pin bowling, night markets, an outback campfire and stargazing.

This is the absolute highlight for most WEP students’ stay in Australia.

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Length

6 Days/5 Nights

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

When

New Dates To Be Confirmed

Size

Minimum 12 participants

Price

$1936 AUD per student

Details

Make friends with other international students who are studying in Australia!
Stay in a Cairns hotel, and outback farm
Spend a day on a tropical island and meet sea turtles in care
Visit rainforest in a National Park
Sail to the Great Barrier Reef and learn to snorkel
Look for wild kangaroos, milk the cow and pet the animals on an outback cattle station
Learn how to throw a boomerang and a spear from Aboriginal guides
Swim behind a gorgeous waterfall in the tropical rainforest
Hearty meals like a steak “barbie” in the outback and an all-you-can-eat pizza and pasta restaurant
Enjoy night activities like an outback campfire, ten-pin bowling and night markets

All activities and entrance fees as described in the itinerary
Fully supervised trip with Small World Journeys guides
Additional specialty guides and educators
Cairns airport transfers
Transportation to activities
All meals from dinner on Day 1 through breakfast on Day 6 (except one dinner own choice on Day 4)
All hot buffet breakfasts
4 nights at a Cairns 3.5 -star hotel (triple/quad rooms)
1 night at outback cattle station (basic dorm-style cabins)
101 Animals of the Great Barrier Reef field guide for each student
Mask, fins, lycra/wet suit, snorkel hire on the reef trips
Marine park and national park fees
Free Wi-Fi at Cairns hotel
BPA free reusable water bottles and shopping bag for each student

Travel insurance (highly recommended)
Airfare and travel insurance
One free choice dinner
Personal expenses (phone, souvenirs, laundry, etc.)

Itinerary

Flight to Cairns: Welcome to the tropics! You are met at the airport by our staff and transferred to your accommodation in the town’s restaurant and shopping district. (Arrive between 1pm and 4pm)

Accommodation: Your accommodation is at a recently refurbished hotel in a quiet area only a few minutes’ walk to Cairns’ restaurant and shopping district, and only one block from the waterfront. All rooms have ensuite and air-conditioning, hairdryers, TVs with Austar and tea & coffee making facilities while the hotel also offers Wi-Fi access, laundry facilities and a tropical pool and spa.

Orientation and Games: As a group you walk to the Esplanade where you have an orientation and time to swim in the giant lagoon. Afterwards you do some get-to-know-you activities facilitated by your guides.

10-Pin Bowling: This evening you have a group dinner in town and a fun game of 10-pin bowling as an evening activity!

Accommodation: Cairns Hotel
Meals Included: Dinner

(PLEASE NOTE if we get many signups, the large group may be split into smaller groups and this itinerary may be run in reverse order)

Ferry Ride: This morning you are ferried to the pristine Fitzroy Island – a green gem in a turquoise sea. A fringing coral reef surrounds the island, part of the inner Great Barrier Reef, providing a sheltered home for a variety of fish and coral species.

Snorkelling: With full use of snorkel gear for the day, you can walk right into the water to explore the magnificent reef system that surrounds the island. Just offshore a kaleidoscope of marine life beckons to be discovered: colourful corals, parrot and lionfish, turtles, cuttle fish, rays and giant clams.

Paddle Boarding and Giant Trampoline: In the company of your guide, you try out a paddle board or a sea kayak to explore fringing coral reefs and private beaches accessible only by boat.

Turtle Rehabilitation Centre: During your visit you also visit the island’s Turtle Rehabilitation Centre where a collection of volunteers help save sick and injured sea turtles by looking after them until they are ready to be released back into the ocean.

Lighthouse Hike: Later in the afternoon you can choose to walk with your guide on a gorgeous rainforest track that gives way to dry open forest and scenic vistas. At trail’s end stands a historic lighthouse where views of the sparkling Coral Sea stretch to the horizon. For an extra challenge, push on to the summit of the island for 360-degree views. (*time permitting)

Swimming and Marine Trampoline: At the end of the day, you may love to go for a swim, bounce on the giant marine trampoline, or relax on the beach.

Accomodation: Cairns Hotel
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Cairns aboriginal culture park

Aboriginal Culture Park: Today you visit a unique Aboriginal culture park, that showcases aboriginal rituals, dance and traditional arts. You witness the telling of creation stories and Dreamtime legends, learn about medicinal properties of “bush tucker” (food), watch a dance performance, and learn to throw spears and boomerangs and how to play the didgeridoo. For children wanting to personally interact with the aboriginal people, this is an ideal cross-cultural experience for international students.

Outback Cattle Station and Wildlife: As you cross the Great Dividing Range, you enter outback country, where the dirt turns red and gum trees prevail. Here you are welcome guests at a traditional working cattle station and homestead, opened to your group. On arrival, you hop in the hay truck to trace a route through the station — much of which has been set aside as a sanctuary for wildlife — and look for the kangaroos and crocodiles that roam the property.

Aussie BBQ and Stargazing: After a classic Aussie steak “barbie”, you have a fire under starry outback skies. From this remote outback station, views of the southern hemisphere stars are phenomenal. You’ll learn how to find southern constellations — including the Southern Cross — most of which cannot be seen at all from the northern hemisphere. Students sleep in single-gender dorm-style bunk houses, while teachers sleep in single cabins tonight.

Accommodation: Outback Cattle Station
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Cattle Station Life: This morning you get a sample of true outback life on a cattle station. You learn what this robust rural family does to survive flooding, drought and economic hardships.

Cow Milking, Animals, and Whip Cracking: Breaking into small groups, you can visit the goats and chickens, learn how to milk the cows and crack a whip properly in true cowboy style. You also take a walk back through time on the homestead to the age of the early Australian pioneers, and you can touch the old furniture, trinkets and memorabilia all well-preserved by the family.

Boomerang Throwing: Yes, they actually come back to you! Your guide teaches you the significance of the boomerang and how they were cleverly used for
hunting. You learn proper throwing technique and what makes them return.

Millaa Millaa Falls: Millaa Millaa (meaning “plenty of water” in the local Aboriginal language) is the icon of tropical north Queensland and one of the most photographed natural sites in the region. The waterfall flows over thousand-year-old, pure basalt rock in a dramatic burst. There is a fantastic swimming hole at the base of the falls, which is the perfect place for photos.

Babinda Boulders: The clear waters that pour from Mt Bartle Frere spill over massive granite bounders in this luxuriant section of jungle. Here you can learn about the significance of this special place to the local Aboriginal people, and swim in the cool calm waters with the rainforest as your backdrop.

Night Markets: Tonight you have time for shopping at the Cairns Night Markets. You can find opals, pearls, silver, clothing, massage oils, t-shirts, arts, crafts, Australian food products, toys, and plenty of souvenirs and gifts. Dinner tonight is of your choice, there are plentiful options within the night markets food court.

Accommodation: Cairns Hotel
Meals Included: Breakfast and Lunch

Eco-Friendly Catamaran: Today you sail to the Reef aboard an eco-friendly catamaran, recipient of the Advanced Ecotourism Climate Action Innovator Award and the most eco-friendly reef boat in Cairns. No worries if you are new to snorkelling – staff will ensure you are safe and relaxed, and you can join in a guided snorkel tour with one of them.

Snorkelling: Snorkelling can be done right off the back of the boat. For snorkelers, giant clams, angel, butterfly and parrot fish, turtles, sea stars and corals of a thousand hues are all within reach. Among the 1,800 species of fish and 450 species of coral, you can expect to see Wally the giant wrasse, fan corals, sea cucumbers and just about the entire cast of “Finding Nemo”. You also may see beauties such as luminescent parrot fish, the chocolate dipped damsel, the Picasso triggerfish and several species of turtles.

Buffet Lunch: Lunch is a tropical buffet of delicious hot and cold items, including prawns, pasta salads and fresh fruit.

Field Guide & Sightings Ap: 101 Animals of the Great Barrier Reef, written by Dr. Martin Cohen, helps you to better understand the underwater world and is yours to keep. Before the trip, we’ll also give you information about downloading an app with which you can log in sightings of reef fauna and flora and your data is then sent to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA).

You return to Cairns late this afternoon and enjoy a fun closing ceremony and farewell dinner to celebrate the week’s adventure.

Accommodation: Cairns Hotel
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Then eventually all good things must come to an end and you are transferred back to the Cairns International Airport for your flight home. (depart before noon)

Meals Included: Breakfast

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“Beautiful experience! I loved every single activity; I had the opportunity to try something I would never have tried otherwise. I had lots of fun with all from the group and I developed new friendships. Staying in the rainforest and at the outback farm was amazing, I advise this trip to everyone!”

–Katjusia Corneli, student on WEP International Student trip, Italy (April 2018)

How Your Trip Makes The World A Better Place

We’re not talking rainbows and unicorns. We’re talking about how we have put significant thought into how to make our student tours as safe as they possibly can be while still being fun; encouraging students to learn about and contribute to the community they are travelling in; and teaching them what “sustainability” really means.

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Sustainability

Although we wear bras and brush our teeth, you could say we are a team of hippy tree-huggers. This is why we run our office on renewable energy, voluntarily offsetting our carbon emissions, and fulfilling our policy to give at least 5% of our annual net profits to local environmental and community organisations and charities. Here’s what else we are doing:

HELPING THE REEF: In addition to the coral tree we sponsor, we pay to “adopt” coral at Fitzroy Island through our partner. The coral propagation happening there is unprecedented and is being celebrated as a significantproject to help save the reef. Each of our groups that visit the reef receives a certificate on the tour and later receive updates on the coral.

ADOPTING A RAINFOREST PLOT IN YOUR NAME: We pay to have a 5-square metre plot of rainforest is adopted in your group’s name through Rainforest Rescue. On your excursion, your group will be presented with a certificate detailing the significance of this gift to the environment. In 2018-19, we purchased more than 100 square metres of rainforest adopted in our groups’ names.

CREATIVE WASTE REDUCTION: We give you your own water bottle and cloth shopping bag to eliminate the need for disposable bottles and plastic bags (and saves them from going in landfills!) We also recycle BOTH our hard plastics and soft plastics (through RedCycle) and have transitioned into NO WASTE snacks and NO WASTE lunches. Our food scraps get composted and put into our community garden, our bin liners are paper (not plastic) and we even wipe our bums with Who Gives a Crap 100% recycled toilet paper!

Community

SUPPORTING OUR INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY: It is our policy to include a talk or an activity with an Aboriginal person on every trip we offer. By taking this trip, you are supporting grassroots indigenous tourism ventures and encouraging Aboriginal pride in culture. We are proud to say that in the financial year of 2018-19, we gave over $43,000 in business to Aboriginal-owned ventures.

Additionally, our student community service project involves students in making “Moon Sick Care Bags” which supply re-usable sanitary products to Aboriginal women in remote communities — this helps both Indigenous women AND the environment! (Ask us how your group can do this on their tour)

SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES: It is our policy to use locally owned suppliers and businesses unless their standards are not up to par (for example, if they have a bad environmental record). In 2018-19, three quarters of our expenses were paid back into the local economy.

VOLUNTEERING IN OUR COMMUNITY: Small World staff are incentivised to volunteer in the community, and are given time to do so during work hours. As a team, we also clean up our local mangroves once a quarter, recognising their importance at the nursery to the Great Barrier Reef.

Safety

SUPERB SAFETY RECORD: We’ve had thousands of students travel with us, and our safety record is excellent. Ask us for teacher references specifically regarding safety.

RISK ASSESSMENT FOR EVERY TRIP: We do a risk assessment for every student tour we run, and is sent to your organising teacher. We have safety protocols for our activities and a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Manual that documents these protocols. We also have a complete Crisis Management Plan. In addition, students are given a safety briefing during orientation that addresses hazards and risks for this region.

SAFE BUSES: All of our buses are equipped with seatbelts for every seat. While this is not a Queensland law to have them, we feel your safety is a priority. Our guides do safety checks at the start of each day of the trip. In addition, vehicles go through a Department of Transport safety inspection every six months.

SAFE GUIDES: Small World Journeys’ guides hold current Senior First Aid and CPR certificates, along with government-issued Driver’s Authority (if driving) and Working With Children cards (also known as a Blue Card) after passing a thorough background check. For more information on our guides, see About Us.

We do custom trips!

Still haven’t found exactly what you are looking for? All our tours are fully customisable and can be catered to suit your time-frame, student interests and budget. A geography excursion to the Great Barrier Reef? A biology excursion to the Daintree Rainforest? An Aboriginal culture excursion? Our educational trips in Queensland and New South Wales are hand-crafted for those who cannot find exactly what they want from the inflexible set itineraries of large tour operators.

If you are looking for a science trip, ecology trip, Aboriginal culture, or just a sample of the best of Australia – we can help.

We also need a PER PERSON deposit under the following circumstances:

Some hotels require a non-refundable per person deposit, the amount determined by how many nights you are staying.
All YHAs (Youth Hostel Association) require a non refundable 25% deposit of total accommodation booking cost or $250 minimum (whichever is greater). If the booking is cancelled or altered, any charges imposed by the YHA will be incurred by the group.
For the Australia Language and Culture trip, a non-refundable deposit of $125 AUD PER PERSON is required by the Cairns language school.

For student groups, we must then receive the following:

1) BOOKING FORM (accessed on our website) NO LATER THAN 60 DAYS PRIOR TO THE TRIP

2) SIGNED RELEASE, DISCHARGE AND INDEMNITY FORM (also accessed on our website) Parents must read and e-signed before any money is collected from parents. NO LATER THAN 60 DAYS PRIOR TO THE TRIP

We urge you to check the details we send you carefully and to contact us immediately if there is any incorrect information.

Please note that before we can accept your booking it is a mandatory requirement that you accept these terms and conditions.

If you are the parent/guardian of a minor student, you will need to e-sign the Release, Discharge and Indemnity Form BEFORE remitting any payment to Small World Journeys. You are agreeing to the terms and conditions of this agreement and that it is a legally binding agreement between Small World Journeys and you.

If you are an adult participant, you understand that you are entering into this agreement electronically and that by clicking “Submit Form”, you are agreeing to the terms and conditions of this agreement and that it is a legally binding agreement between Small World Journeys and you. You must agree to these terms and conditions BEFORE remitting any payment to Small World Journeys.

PAYMENT

At time of reservation…………………….$200 AUD deposit due + any required accommodation deposit, both non-refundable
60 days prior to departure………………Balance is due

If you sign up for a trip within 60 days of trip departure, full payment is due at the time of booking. If your payment is not received when due, Small World Journeys reserves the right to consider the reservation cancelled and you will be forfeiting your deposit.

We accept direct deposits, Australian bank cheques, and international cheques in Australian dollars or international wire transfers in Australian dollars. Our bank details are listed on your invoice. We also take payments on line with MasterCard and Visa but please note group payments by these credit cards will attract a 1.5% surcharge.

CANCELLATIONS

IF YOU CANCEL

Accidents happen; emergencies occur. For this reason we strongly recommend travel insurance. Travel insurance will protect you should an emergency happen that prevents you from participating on your Small World Journeys trip.

If it is necessary for you to cancel your trip, you must notify us in writing by email or letter immediately. If we are unable to find a suitable alternative trip or trip date, we will refund you the cost of your trip less the following, per person charges:

61 days or more prior to departure………………………….. ……$200 deposit + any required accommodation deposit

60-31 days prior to departure………………………………………….50% of total price

30 days or less prior to departure…………………………………….No Refund

Your refund will be calculated on the day we receive your written cancellation.

TRANSFERS

• If you postpone your trip more than 60 days prior to trip departure date we will be happy to transfer 100% of your monies paid to another Small World Journeys trip or different departure date within 12 months of the original trip start date. If canceling, the administration fee is $200 and the balance of your deposit is refunded.

• From 31 to 60 days prior to departure—50% of the cost of Small World Journeys scheduled trip is non-transferable and non-refundable.

• Less than 30 days prior to departure – all amounts paid to Small World Journeys scheduled trip are non-transferable and non-refundable.

IF YOU ARE AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT TRAVELLING INDIVIDUALLY ON ONE OF OUR HOLIDAY PROGRAMS

Please read all of the terms and conditions on this page to decide if you want to participate. Please note that before we can accept your booking it is a mandatory requirement that you accept these terms and conditions.

Then we will need from you & your HOME COUNTRY PARENTS no later than 35 days before the trip start:

1) BOOKING FORM (accessed on our website)

2) SIGNED RELEASE, DISCHARGE AND INDEMNITY FORMS (also accessed on our website) HOME COUNTRY parents must read and e-sign before any money is paid.

3) PAYMENT OF $200 DEPOSIT. This amount comes off the total balance due. Until this deposit is received, your place on the trip is not confirmed. We advise you not to make any travel plans or book flights until you have received our confirmation.

4) Once the trip is confirmed at 30 days prior to the trip, you then PAY THE BALANCE DUE.

If you are the home country parent/guardian of a minor student, you will need to e-sign the Release, Discharge and Indemnity Form BEFORE remitting any payment to Small World Journeys. You are agreeing to the terms and conditions of this agreement and that it is a legally binding agreement between Small World Journeys and you.

If you are a participant 18 years old or over, you understand that you are entering into this agreement electronically and that by clicking “Submit Form”, you are agreeing to the terms and conditions of this agreement and that it is a legally binding agreement between Small World Journeys and you. You must agree to these terms and conditions BEFORE remitting any payment to Small World Journeys.

PAYMENT

At time of reservation…………………….$200 AUD deposit due (If you cancel before 35 days before the trip, this deposit is refunded. Within 35 days of the trip, the deposit is non-refundable)
30 days prior to departure………………Balance is due

If your balance payment is not received when due, Small World Journeys reserves the right to consider the reservation cancelled and you will be forfeiting your deposit.

For payment, we accept direct deposits, MasterCard and Visa

CANCELLATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

IF YOU CANCEL

35 days or more prior to departure………………………………..full refund of $200 deposit

34-30 days prior to departure…………………………………………$200 deposit retained

30 days or less prior to departure…………………………………..No Refund

Your refund will be calculated on the day we receive your written cancellation.

IF YOU ARE A TEACHER ON A GROUP TRIP OR AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT TRAVELLING INDIVIDUALLY ON ONE OF OUR HOLIDAY PROGRAMS

IF WE CANCEL

Small World Journeys may cancel a trip due to logistical or operational issues, insufficient sign-ups or any other cause that makes the trip unfeasible for us to operate. If we do not find an alternative for you that is acceptable, you are entitled to a full refund and that will constitute full settlement.

We may also cancel departures if forced to do so by circumstances such as war, civil or political unrest or what is commonly referred to as force majeure.

Force Majeure
In the case of Force Majeure (meaning a circumstance beyond Small World Journeys’ reasonable control including, but not limited to, war or threat of war, riot, civil strife, terrorist activity, industrial dispute, disease, industrial or nuclear disaster, adverse weather conditions, fire and strikes), Small World Journeys will not be liable for any delay, change or cancellation of trips.

Small World Journeys normally makes significant payments to its suppliers (hotels, outfitters, etc.) far in advance of the scheduled departure date. If a trip is cancelled due to force majeure, Small World Journeys will promptly refund the portion of the trip cost not already advanced to suppliers. Small World Journeys may, in its discretion, recover from its suppliers a refund of money paid in respect of any trip cancelled due to Force Majeure. Where this occurs, a refund will be given. Otherwise, Small World Journeys will not be liable to refund money paid in respect of a cancelled trip.

Please note Small World Journeys is also not responsible for expenses incurred while preparing for a cancelled trip (e.g., nonrefundable advance purchase air tickets, special equipment, visa fees, loss of enjoyment, etc.) or for any additional arrangements made before or after the cancelled trip.

REFUNDS

Prices are quoted as a package, and in many cases are based on group participation. Therefore, Small World Journeys does not give refunds for unused services, activities or meals. Additionally, no refunds will be given if you voluntarily leave a trip for any reason after the trip has begun. Refunds will be at the discretion of Small World Journeys should you be forced to leave a trip for any reason. No refunds will be given to a participant in a group who cancels less than 30 days prior to the trip (please consider travel insurance for this reason)

CHANGES TO ITINERARY

Once you have accepted our formal itinerary proposal, we will require a $200 AUD deposit to secure your trip booking. If you want to make further changes after the itinerary has been finalised, we will at this point require a non-refundable $50 AUD Change Fee for every itinerary change you ask from us. We reserve the right to refuse repeated itinerary changes once the final itinerary has been agreed upon and the admin fee has been paid.

PRICING

We reserve the right to change our prices without prior notice, due to factors beyond our control. Price increases are not passed on to participants who have already paid a deposit.

ITINERARIES & CHANGES

We will take every measure to ensure the accuracy of the website, promotional literature, itineraries and prices, but conditions can change and errors can occur. Circumstances beyond our control may also necessitate changes to our itineraries. In this case, guests should refer to the tour itinerary included in the Pre-Departure email with the updates. Changing conditions in the field may also necessitate itinerary modifications after the trip has departed.

PRE-TRIP MATERIALS

Once you have signed up for a trip, Small World Journeys will send you a link to a special website with additional information to help you prepare for your trip.

You will have access to a special website with the following information:

General Information document which includes visa, travel agent and travel insurance information, reading list, information on climate, cultural etiquette, and other helpful information
Suggested Packing List
Videos and other educational resources

COMPLAINTS

Small World Journeys takes guest satisfaction and feedback quite seriously. This is why we give every guest who travels with us an Evaluation Form so that he or she may give us honest feedback, and if applicable, lodge a formal complaint with Small World Journeys.

Before you enter the state of Queensland, and as a condition of booking, we ask you to read our Complaints Policy, found in our Terms & Conditions document. We will provide a copy of this Policy in your first language if requested.

Should you have any complaints about any aspect of Small World Journeys’ operations or our suppliers, please inform us in writing. We will address your complaint in a prompt and professional manner within 5 working days of having received the complaint, and if appropriate, take remedial action.

You may contact us by email: info@smallworldjourneys.com.au or by post: PO Box 6267, Cairns, QLD 4870. If you are dissatisfied with the conduct of Small World Journeys, you may contact the Commissioner of the Office of Fair Trading on 131 304 or via email at www.fairtrading.qld.gov.au/complaint-general.htm.

At no point will this dispute resolution process affect you from exercising your rights to other legal remedies.

INSURANCE

We strongly recommend you purchase insurance coverage to protect you in the event of trip cancellation, protection to baggage, possessions and valuables and to cover against personal accident. Travel insurance should cover you if you become sick or injured before your trip, thus preventing you from travel.

For more information on travel insurance, please contact our travel agent Sandy Siriani at MTA Travel or by email: ssirianni@mtatravel.com.au

We will not be responsible for any loss, damage, or theft of your baggage, possessions or valuables under any circumstances.

RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CLIENT

You are responsible for:

Choosing a trip appropriate to your physical abilities and interests. Guests are responsible for being in sufficiently good health to participate on their trip and may be required to obtain a medical practitioner’s clearance. Once a trip has been confirmed medical circumstances will not be considered as exceptions to our cancellation policy. Small World Journeys takes no responsibility regarding medical advice, medications or vaccinations that you or your doctor feel is necessary for your safe participation. All journeys are undertaken at your own risk and we reserve the right to refuse your participation in a particular activity or a complete journey if we believe it is for your own safety and the safety of other passengers.
Having a valid passport for international travel. Your passport should be valid for at least six months beyond the date which you expect to return home. You are responsible for arranging visas or travel permits, if applicable. We regret we cannot accept any liability if you are refused entry to Australia.
Providing Small World Journeys with correct information regarding your personal details. This includes name, address, email, medical conditions and flight details. We will not be responsible for losses incurred due to incorrect, incomplete or inaccurate information.
Providing Small World Journeys with a signed Release, Discharge and Indemnity Waiver prior to trip departure (You will not be permitted to join a trip without this information on file)
Studying the pre-departure information sent to you, and arriving at the trip start with the recommended clothing and gear as specified on the Packing List.
Respecting the laws and customs of Australia.
Following the leader’s directions in accordance with environmental guidelines and regulations. This includes abiding by Leave No Trace Environmental Ethics as instructed by the trip leader.
Appreciating that in Australia, level of service, local customs, etiquette, food, living standards and accommodation may differ from those in the your home country. In Cairns especially, the pace of life and service can differ significantly from other Westernized nations.
Respecting the rights and privacy of other trip members. Any cause of danger, distress or annoyance to the group will be acted upon. You may be asked to leave a trip if the guide feels that your continuing participation may prove detrimental to yourself or to the safety or well-being of other guests. Any expenses incurred from removal from a tour will be your responsibility.

RESPONSIBILITY OF SMALL WORLD JOURNEYS

LIMIT OF LIABILITY

Small World Journeys will take all reasonable steps expected of a tour operator to ensure your safety and well being.

Some days or activities and certain trips listed in this catalog are operated by local tour operators contracted with Small World Journeys. We assume no liability or responsibility in connection with any injury, death, loss, accident, damage, cancellation, delay or inconvenience to person or property which may result through the acts of any company or person engaged in carrying out arrangements of the trip or resulting directly from the following: acts of God, detention, annoyance, terrorism, thefts, pilferage, force majeure, civil disturbances, government restrictions or regulations, strikes, delays and expenses arising from quarantine, failure of any means of conveyance to arrive or depart as scheduled, discrepancies or change in transit or hotel services beyond the control of Small World Journeys.

Extreme care is taken in the contracting of all services, however we cannot be responsible for the errors or omissions of the suppliers or services. In the unlikely event that a supplier fails to honour their contract with us, we reserve the right to alter, change or cancel such services which are outlined in our website and promotional material. If and when such a change occurs, we will attempt to substitute a comparable service. However, we will not be liable for any difference in the quality or enjoyment.

Small World Journeys reserves the right and trip participants agree to allow Small World Journeys to take photographic or film records of any of our trips and trip participants, and may use any such records for promotional and/or commercial purposes.You acknowledge that during the trip which you are choosing to participate in you are subjecting yourself to certain risks including, but not limited to: forces of nature, travel in remote areas and wilderness terrain, and transportation by coach. You recognise that such risks may be present at any time during the trip.

COVID-19 Safety Clause

The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has been declared a worldwide pandemic by the World Health Organization. COVID-19 is extremely contagious and is believed to spread mainly from person-to-person contact. As a result, federal, state, and local governments and federal and state health agencies recommend social distancing.

Small World Journeys has put in place preventative measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19; however, Small World Journeys cannot guarantee that you or your child(ren) will not become infected with COVID-19. Further, participating in a Small World Journeys tour could increase your risk and your families risk of contracting COVID-19.

By agreeing to these terms and conditions, I acknowledge the contagious nature of COVID-19 and voluntarily assume the risk that my child(ren) and I may be exposed to or infected by COVID-19 by participating in a Small World Journeys tour and that such exposure or infection may result in personal injury, illness, permanent disability, and death. I understand that the risk of becoming exposed to or infected by COVID-19 on a Small World Journeys tour may result from the actions, omissions, or negligence of myself and others, including, but not limited to, Small World Journeys’ employees, volunteers, and program participants and their families.

Payment of your deposit represents your acceptance of the above terms and conditions.

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IF YOU ARE AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT TRAVELLING INDIVIDUALLY ON ONE OF OUR HOLIDAY PROGRAMS

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CANCELLATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

IF YOU ARE A TEACHER ON A GROUP TRIP OR AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT TRAVELLING INDIVIDUALLY ON ONE OF OUR HOLIDAY PROGRAMS

REFUNDS

CHANGES TO ITINERARY

PRICING

ITINERARIES & CHANGES

COMPLAINTS

INSURANCE

RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CLIENT

RESPONSIBILITY OF SMALL WORLD JOURNEYS

COVID-19 Safety Clause