Cradle Mountain
 ©  Lance Neville

Montague Island lighthouse
©   Inger Vandyke

Boroka Lookout Grampians
© Parks Victoria

Grampians Mammal
Monitoring © Parks Victoria

Wombat Lake
Cradle Mountain

Seal Colony Montague Island

Researcher with
Penguin Chick

Encounter Cape York

 

 

 

 

         

 

Be part of a life changing experience in Australia’s last Frontier

 

Encounter Cape York is a combination of some of the most experiential tourism products on the Western Cape. Combining the Cape York Turtle Rescue, Aurukun Wetland Charters and the Western Cape Cultural Centre, this 7 day / 6 night package will offer you an unsurpassed experience into one of the last frontiers of Australia. By supporting this product, not only will you be experiencing a magnificent part of Australia, but also supporting some of the most culturally strong Aboriginal communities in Australia. Itinerary details........

 

Cape York Turtle Rescue  

Join a group of volunteers, local residents and researchers tagging nesting Flat Back and Olive Ridley turtles at Mapoon on the western coast of Cape York. The Mapoon Community has extended an invitation for visitors to participate in scheduled camps during the winter nesting season, and to help the Indigenous Rangers in their research work into protecting the turtles and other marine life.

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Aurukun  wetland Charters

The intimate relationship that the Traditional Owners of the Aurukun area have with the land and the water will make this truly a one of a kind experience.The Aurukun  wetlands area is an untouched environment that features a wide range of birdlife, flora and fauna and offers a unique way to explore an untouched natural world, with interpretation and insight from the Wik and Wik Way people of Cape York.

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Rates and Departures

The Encounter Cape York 7 day package is $4499 per person twin share for CVA members and $4999 for non-members . This price is ex-Weipa and includes accommodation, meals, all activities and transfers. Scheduled departures between June and November 2008 with a maximum of 8 guests per departure.

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Getting To Weipa

QantasLink www.qantas.com.au or 13 13 13 operates daily flights from Cairns to Weipa. Qantas www.qantas.com.au  Virgin blue www.virginblue.com.au Jetstar www.jetstar.com.au offer regular daily flights to Cairns.