Tiwi Aboriginal Cultural Experience (TIB1)
Additional Information
Transport to Bathurst Island is by air for this tour at $270 per person.
This tour is also offered with transport to Bathurst Island by ferry and operates Thursday and Friday (excluding Public Holidays).
View the Ferry option for this tour.
- What to bring:
- - Comfortable walking shoes - Sunglasses, sunscreen and hat - Water bottle - Camera - Jacket in cooler months - Small soft bag (no suitcases please)
- Fitness level required:
- Low
- Child policies:
- Children 2-15 years of age are entitled to the child price for tour & flight. Infants up to and including 1 year old are free of charge.
- Departure points:
- Darwin, Northern Territory
- Departure time:
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7:30 AM Mon, Tue, Wed
- Pickup/departure instructions:
- Fly Tiwi: 7 Murphy Road, General Aviation Airport to check in by 7.00am
- Duration:
- approximately 10.5 Hours
- Approximate Return Time:
- 5.30pm approximately to Darwin General Aviation Airport
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Tour Details
- Operator
- AAT Kings
- Destination
- Tiwi Islands
- Departs From
- Darwin
Tour Description
Scenic flight to Bathurst Island
Make your own way to Fly Tiwi to check in by 7.00am. After a scenic 20 minute flight, arrive at the Aboriginal community of Nguiu on Bathurst Island where you’ll meet your Local Guide who will take you on a journey through the progressive, modern day Aboriginal community of Nguiu (Wurrumiyanga).
Please note: Return flights to Bathurst Island are an additional cost and must be purchased at the time of booking.
Indigenous Culture
Visit the museum with its interesting displays of traditional art and depictions of the Tiwi ‘Dreamtime’ stories and the Early Mission Precinct with its unique Tiwi style Catholic Church. Hear about the early mission days and learn how the Tiwi people have blended their culture with Christianity. Be taken through the successful arts and crafts centres and see where the artists work. At morning tea, we’ll spend time with some Tiwi ladies enjoying billy tea and damper while they work on their weaving and painting. Your Guide and the ladies will also demonstrate their totem dances and perform a smoking ceremony to bless the visitors.
Bathurst Island
Set out for a scenic drive through the wilderness of Bathurst Island. Enjoy your included lunch and visit a local waterhole. Visit a picturesque lookout, which is also the setting of a Tiwi burial site, and learn some of the complex rituals associated with the Pukamani Poles (burial poles). Learn about traditional bush tucker, bush medicine and natural fibres and dyes on your return to the community for your return flight to Darwin.
Enjoy lunch, pristine beaches and a scenic drive around the island as well as an included morning tea.
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Tiwi Aboriginal Cultural Experience (TIB1)
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