Top End Community Service Project

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                      Top End Community Service Project
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                      Top End Community Service Project
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                      Top End Community Service Project

The Concept

This tour is designed for secondary school students to increase their knowledge of Australia’s unique environment and experience amazing geographic wonders. Students will camp and live in remote areas, gain a better understanding of Indigenous life, while improving their team bonding and leadership skills.

Itinerary Day By Day

DAY 1: DARWIN (D)

Arrive in Darwin, board your coach and begin your Top End adventure.

Visit the Royal Flying Doctors Service where you will learn about important aspects of Darwin’s history along with the journey of the RFDS from the beginning to where it is now.

Travel to your campground at Territory Wildlife Park for the evening and dinner.

DAY 2: DARWIN - KAKADU (B, L, D)

After an early breakfast spend the morning getting a closer look at the animals indigenous to the area at the Territory Wildlife Park.

Travel in to Kakadu National Park to your accommodation for the next 3 nights.

DAY 3: KAKADU (B, L, D)

After an early breakfast begin your community involvement in the Kakadu region. Your Community Service Projects will help create sustainable environments for communities in the Kakadu and Western Arnhem Land regions. The building of an orchard and edible gardens can help create a cheaper, healthier way of living which will continue to give season after season.

Head down to the East Alligator River for an Indigenous guided Guluyambi Cultural Cruise, learning aspects of Indigenous lifestyle, history and the art of spear throwing.

Tonight you will explore the famous Ubirr rock art site and head to the top of the escarpment for sunset, before returning to camp to relax around the fire.

DAY 4: KAKADU (B, L, D)

Spend the whole day on your Community Service Project, stopping for lunch. Return to camp for dinner and relaxation.

DAY 5: KAKADU (B, L, D)

Following breakfast we learn through the Gunbim (rock art) at the ancient occupational site of Burrunkuy, learning stories of the Dreamtime Ancestors and how they affect the earth still to this day.

Climb to the lookout at Nawurlandja to get an overall view of the surrounding area - 1.8-billion-year-old rock outliers, billabongs and savanna woodland.

Head to the Warridjan (pig nose turtle) Culture Centre for some more visual learning, then on to Maguk for a walk and swim.

Tonight camping will take place at Kambolgie.

DAY 6: KAKADU - LITCHFIELD NATIONAL PARK (B, L, D)

Following breakfast say goodbye to Kakadu and head south to Edith Falls. Take a short hike to the top pools for a relaxing day in the water.

Stop at the Adelaide River War Cemetery on the way your camp for tonight at Banyan Tree.

DAY 7: LITCHFIELD NATIONAL PARK - DARWIN (B, L, D)

Following breakfast visit the very picturesque Florence Falls, making your way to the bottom for a swim, then its a short walk further on to Buley Rock Hole for a swim in plunge pools.

Stop for lunch at Wangi Falls, before another swim, then travel on to Darwin for your return flight home.

Inclusions
  • Return economy airfares including prepaid taxes, surcharges and levies
  • 8 nights camping, camp fees, 2-person tents and swags
  • 8 breakfasts, 7 lunches, 8 dinners (meals prepared by an experienced cook)
  • Coach with air-conditioning and seatbelts
  • Knowledgeable guide throughout
  • 2 days Community Service in Kakadu
  • Entrance fees where applicable
Conditions
  • All travellers will be required to bring their own towel, tea towel, sleeping bag, lilo, re-usable water bottle, cutlery, crockery and toiletries