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Tailor-made travel

Trips we build
around you

Five signature journeys below — but nothing here is fixed. Every route gets re-drawn around your dates, your pace and your appetite for discomfort.

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Signature journeys

Pick a starting point — your travel designer will bend it into shape. Pricing is per person, twin share, fully guided.

Private yacht anchored over coral shelfMarine
QLD8 days2–8

Outer Reef Private Charter

A 62ft expedition yacht, a marine biologist and moorings the day-boats can't reach. Diving, snorkelling or just watching the water change colour.

$12,900 pp
Uluru glowing at sunriseIconic
NT7 days2–8

Red Centre Crossing

Alice to Uluru the slow way — West MacDonnells, Kings Canyon rim, Field of Light dinner and Anangu-led cultural walks.

$8,700 pp
Tasmanian alpine walking trailWalking
TAS8 days2–6

Tasmanian Traverse

Cradle Mountain to the coast on foot — huts and lodges, chef-packed hampers, hot showers waiting at every finish line.

$7,600 pp
Kimberley gorge from helicopterRemote
WA10 days2–6

Kimberley by Air

Heli-hopping between gorges and waterfalls, nights at a working cattle station, one river cruise nobody else is on.

$16,800 pp
Great Ocean Road coastlineSlow drive
VIC6 days2–4

Great Ocean Road, Slowly

The famous drive without the bus crowds — private driver, dawn at the Apostles, farmhouse lunches and lighthouse stays.

$5,900 pp

Somewhere else entirely?

If it involves Australia and isn't on this page, we've probably done it — or will figure out how.

The process

From first call
to first light

STEP 01

The 20-minute call

We ask about how you actually travel — early riser or slow mornings, hiking boots or resort shoes, must-sees and hard-nos.

STEP 02

Route draft in 72h

A named designer sends a real route — beds, drives, backup plans — not a brochure. You tear it apart, we redraw.

STEP 03

We ride shotgun

While you travel, the desk tracks weather, road closures and your mood. Rain forecast? The itinerary changes before you notice.

20% deposit holds your dates
Fully refundable for 30 days while we finalise logistics.
Transparent pricing

Where the money
actually goes

No mysterious margins. Every quote we send breaks down like this — and we adjust the ratios to match what you care about.

Lodges & camps38%
Guides & crew26%
Transport & transfers22%
Permits, parks & access14%

Always included

  • Private guide & vehicle
  • All park fees & permits
  • 24/7 satellite support
  • Travel designer on call

Add if you like

  • Helicopter transfers
  • Private chef nights
  • Photography guide
  • Sommelier pairings
Prefer one fixed number? Ask for our all-inclusive rate — one figure, zero surprises.
Issued free on expeditions
Field kit

The gear closet
comes with you

Every expedition booking includes our issued kit — fitted at our Deakin studio before you fly, or couriered to your hotel.

Thermal layer

Down to −10°C rated bags & jackets.

Comms

Satellite messenger on every remote leg.

Optics

8×42 binoculars per guest, scopes at camps.

Camp comforts

Proper pillows, real coffee, camp chairs with backs.

Access, handled

Permits are our problem,
not yours

Restricted Aboriginal lands, marine park moorings, private stations — access in Australia is a paperwork sport. We play it so you don't have to.

  • Indigenous land permits arranged 90+ days out
  • Private moorings & marine park licences
  • Station stays & pastoral leases negotiated directly
  • Backup permits for weather reroutes
Access desk status UPDATED WEEKLY
  • Arnhem LandOpen · 8wk lead
  • Cape York stationsOpen
  • Private reef mooringsLimited
  • Kimberley coastWaitlist
Guest reports

Trips, in their words

5.0 AVG · 184 VERIFIED
OUTER REEF · MAY 2025

"Eight days and we never saw another boat at the moorings. Skipper found us a manta ray cleaning station on day three like he'd booked it."

L. Nguyen
RED CENTRE · JUL 2025

"Booked 'moderate' fitness and meant it. Our guide re-paced day two without a fuss and the canyon rim still happened. Class act."

P. & R. Silveira
KIMBERLEY · AUG 2025

"Worth every dollar. The station family's roast dinner under the boabs beat any restaurant I've eaten in — and I've eaten in a few."

M. Castellanos

Not sure which fits?
That's literally our job.

Twenty minutes on the phone and we'll tell you which route suits — or sketch one that doesn't exist yet.

MON–FRI 9:00–18:00 AEST