Echidna Walkabout Nature Tours & Wildlife Research

Echidna Walkabout Nature Tours & Wildlife Research

Connect with nature. Walk with wild Australian animals in their natural habitats. Absorb dramatic scenery and enjoy genuine Aussie hospitality. See wildlife IN THE WILD with an experienced Wildlife Guide.

Weâ??ll help you experience nature at its best, where each day is a new mystery and each encounter is unique. Echidna Walkabout has been guiding international travelers on small-group wildlife tours for over 20 years. Absolute excellence in Wildlife Guiding is our hallmark.

Here's an example of a typical day in the wild with us: Walk through natural bushland to meet wild koalas, then learn about each one's history and social life from your Wildlife Guide and Koala Researcher. Help collect important data, remove a weed and make a difference to koala habitat.

Join wild mobs of Kangaroos on the plains and in open forests. Their natural instinct is to flee humans, but with care we often get close enough to take photographs and observe their complex social life. While we walk, help your Guide record sightings of all wildlife.

The natural environments we visit are also home to parrots, fairy-wrens, emus, honeyeaters, possums, wallabies and lizards. Your Wildlife Guide will help you understand them, and teach you to find them wherever you go.

All our tours have a conservation / voluntourism component â?? from pulling out a weed to create koala habitat, to recording wildlife sightings for submission to scientific atlases, to removing ghost nets on pristine beaches â?? you can help us help the wildlife you enjoy.

Most tours depart Melbourne, and travel to carefully chosen wildlife locations in south eastern Australia. We have a suite of scheduled small group and private tours from 1 to 7 days in duration, and offer a range of group tours for groups large and small. Or we can design an itinerary to suit your needs.
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