Small World Journeys

Small World Journeys offers eco-friendly customised educational tours for high school, middle school and university groups. Their multi-day educational trips in North Queensland celebrate the Aussie icons and the wonders of the natural world, led by expert guides. Naturalist guides open up a world of wildlife. Indigenous elders teach about their traditions and culture or how to find medicinal plants in the Rainforest. Marine biologists teach about the wonders of the sea. Eco-lodge owners open their doors, professors lend their expertise, and educators give special talks to Small World Journeys student groups. Educational groups are particularly well catered for; Small World Journeys offers community service projects, cultural interactions and learning opportunities that students and teachers love. Think marine biology, rainforest ecology, and indigenous culture in fun, affordable packages. How are they eco-friendly? They pay to offset the carbon emissions from all of their trips, use 100 per cent green energy at its office, and support locally-owned businesses to keep income in the community. Small World Journeys also donates to environmental and community groups such as the Cairns Turtle Rehabilitation Centre and Rosie's Friends on the Street and with help of their partner Rainforest Rescue, a five-metre square plot of rainforest is adopted in the names of each group....

Product Types

• Adventure and Outdoors Tours
• Nature and wildlife
• Walking and Biking Tours
• Cultural and Theme Tours
• Extended

Accreditation

• COVID Clean Practicing Business
• Quality Tourism Accreditation
• Sustainable Tourism Accreditation by ATIC

Tourism Organisation

• QLD - Tourism Tropical North Qld

Accessibility Information

• Disabled access available, contact operator for details.

Activities you can engage in

• Camping
• Hiking
• Scuba Diving
• Snorkelling
• Surfing
• Swimming
• Walks

Tours

• Sustainability Warriors

  

  On this student excursion in Queensland’s far north, you discover how “sustainability” takes many forms. Hands-on activities on this trip include native tree planting, assembling hygiene packs for the homeless, monitoring coral bleaching at the Great Barrier Reef and making crafts with the elderly–all projects that help people and the planet. You also have fun discovering the natural beauty of two UNESCO World Heritage areas–The Wet Tropics and The Great Barrier Reef–and why local people are making such an effort to protect them. In the Wet Tropics you encounter edible and medicinal plants with an Aboriginal guide, and learn some traditions of the local Yirrganydji Indigenous people and at the Great Barrier Reef you swim among a rainbow of fish and corals.

  Accessibility Information

  • Disabled access available, contact operator for details.

• Aboriginal Cultural Discovery

  

  Far North Queensland is rich with indigenous traditions, and a confluence of cultures brings together a striking blend of art, language, dance, food and ceremony. On this tour, you discover similarities in Aboriginal culture as well as vast differences among the Tjapukai, Kuku Yalanji, Jirrbal and Yidinji through talks, walks and fun activities. Authentic interactions with Aboriginal people reveal their respect for land and reverence for traditions long forgotten by indigenous people in other parts of the world. Share in the discovery of a 40000 year old culture while enjoying gorgeous natural places of the tropics.

  Accessibility Information

  • Disabled access available, contact operator for details.

• Ecosystems at Risk: Reef and Rainforest

  

  Far North Queensland is blessed with two UNESCO World Heritage areas — The Wet Tropics (of which the Daintree Rainforest is a part) and The Great Barrier Reef–both of which contain some of the planet’s best biodiversity. On this excursion, you learn about traditional land management from Aboriginal guides in the lush Daintree Rainforest, and about contemporary land management from a marine biologist at the Great Barrier Reef. You see first-hand the impacts of both natural and human activity on these two ecosystems, and you meet people who are striving to protect both flora and fauna in these special areas. This is perhaps the best way to get your students involved in hands-on activities with two case studies: two exceptional tropical biomes.

  Accessibility Information

  • Disabled access available, contact operator for details.