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2021 Brochure SINCE 1986 Specialists in Nature Tours Wildlife and Natural History Tours in Western Australia and Beyond www.coateswildlifetours.com.au | +61 8 9330 6066 | [email protected] COATES WILDLIFE TOURSAUSTRALIAN TOURS CoatesPAGE 2 www.coateswildlifetours.com.au Wildlife Tours is a wholly-owned and operated WA family company that delivers life-enhancing experiences to small groups who have a passion for nature. We combine innovative itineraries, personal attention and adventures lead by expert naturalist to wild places of natural beauty away from the conventional tourist spots. We intend to have you come home more inspired, more connected and more rejuvenated from your experience with Coates. Why choose Coates Wildlife Tours? • We have only ever specialised in ecotourism for people wishing to observe wildlife and experience the natural environment without damaging it or disturbing its habitats. • Nature is always best enjoyed in small groups! To maximise wildlife sightings and time spent in the field, we only take a maximum of 12 guests on our tours. • Our relaxed and meticulously planned itineraries not only visit the iconic highlights but will take you off the tourist trails to remote regions rarely visited by other operators. • Our dedicated team of naturalists and guides share their vast knowledge and experience of the natural world. They enjoy spending time with our like-minded guests and helping them pursue their particular wildlife passions. It is their expertise, courtesy and personalities that have our clients returning again and again. • Our guides are also resourceful camp cooks for all camping Choice of tour style tours, providing breakfast, morning tea, lunch and dinner with fresh produce and ingredients wherever available. You Accommodated tours: will be pleasantly surprised by the meals prepared by our • Stay at hotels, motels, lodges, cabins, and station stays. trustworthy guides and their ability to serve delicious dishes in what can often be challenging conditions. Camping Tours: A plentiful supply of fresh fruit is always available • Easy Camping Tours – for those who love the camping onboard throughout the day. We can also cater for most experience but would prefer not to set up a tent. The special dietary requirements. camp support crew travel ahead in a separate vehicle, set • Quality camping equipment is supplied on our camping up the tents and make your stretcher bed with a self- tours, including self-inflating camp mats, camp stretcher inflating camp mat and your sleeping bag. You just have beds and chairs with armrests. Our spacious tents are to pick up your gear and relax, freshen up or enjoy your easy to erect, lightweight and waterproof. All you need is surrounding. your pillow, personal items and sleeping bag (or you can • Remote Camping Tours – camp at “five million” star purchase a new sleeping bag from us for $100.00). You will campsites, chosen for their natural attractions. Often deep love falling asleep to the soothing sounds of the night. in the outback Remote Camping is the only way to visit • We travel in two 4WD vehicles on our more remote the most wild locations. journeys, carrying three passengers in each car, or you can • Tag Along on some of our tours in the comfort of your tag along in your own 4WD. We use our custom-built, air- own 4WD vehicle. You will have all the safety, benefits and conditioned 4WD bus for tours of up to 12 guests with all inclusions of travelling with the group. front-facing, most reclining seats complete with seatbelts. PAGE 2 www.coateswildlifetours.com.au AUSTRALIAN TOURS Savings and discounts Contents Loyalty Program Thank you to all who have travelled with us over the years. You are what AUSTRALIAN TOURS makes Coates Wildlife Tours unique and why we love what we do. In 12 Day Accommodated Wild Coastlines of the South East . 4 appreciation of your continued support, we are pleased to offer you the 10 Day Accommodated Wildlife of the Southern Forests . 5 following savings. • You will save $100.00 per person when you book on your 2nd, 3rd and 14 Day Accommodated South West National Parks Tour . .6 4th tour. 10 Day Accommodated Mid West Wildflower Tour . 7 • Guests booking their 5th and subsequent tour will save $150.00 per 13 Day Accommodated Pilbara Reef & Ranges Expedition . 9 person. 14 Day Easy Camping Pilbara Reef & Ranges Expedition . 9 This saving can be combined with other discounts and offers available at the time of booking 12 Day Easy Camping Western Explorer Expedition . .10 15 Day Camping Karlamilyi (Rudall River) National Park Book Multiple Tours Expedition . 11 When you book 2 or more tours in the same year, you will receive a 5% 16 Day Easy Camping Kimberley Wonders Expedition . 12 discount on the lowest price tour. 15 Day Camping West Australian Outback Expedition . 13 Please note: 9 Day Camping Golden Outback Expedition . 13 These offers are only available on bookings made directly with Coates 15 Day Camping Gibson Desert Expedition . 14 Wildlife Tours. Discounts do not apply to all tours. Please contact us or refer to the individual trip dossiers online for more details. 15 Day Camping Tanami Expedition . 15 12 Day Camping Central Australian Expedition . 16 11 Day Accommodated and Camping South Australia, Tour inclusions and activity guide Flinders Ranges and Lake Eyre Tour . 17 Level of Activity 15 Day Camping South Australian Outback Expedition . 18 EASY: Short easy walks. 11 Day Accommodated Christmas & Cocos Island Tour . 19 EASY TO MODERATE: Mostly easy walks with some walks over more 8 Day Accommodated Lord Howe Island Tour . 20 difficult terrain. INTERNATIONAL TOURS MODERATE TO CHALLENGING: Contains some longer or walks that may be challenging due to rough uneven ground or rock scrambling. 15 Day Accommodated New Zealand South Island Wildlife & Wilderness Expedition . 21 Tour Inclusions 16 Day Accommodated Madagascar Wildlife Expedition . 22 CAMPING BOTANY 10 Day Accommodated Botswana Wildlife Safari . .22 HOTEL/MOTEL/LODGE BIRDS 14 Day Accommodated Borneo Wildlife Adventure . .23 E EASY CAMPING 17 Day Accommodated Sri Lanka Wildlife, FLIGHTS INCLUDED History & Culture Tour . .24 T TAG ALONG TOUR CRUISE INCLUDED 17 Day Accommodated Costa Rica Wildlife Safari . .25 BUSHWALKING 18 Day Accommodated Bhutan – REMOTE/4WD The Last Shangri-La Tour. .26 ABORIGINAL ART & CULTURE PAGE 3 www.coateswildlifetours.com.au AUSTRALIAN TOURS 12 Day Accommodated Wild Coastlines of the South East Ex Perth – Perth. Max 12 Passengers. Day 1 Perth – Wave Rock – Hyden LD Highlights: • Wave Rock – resembles a giant wave of multicoloured granite and an Day 2 Hyden – Norseman BLD WYNDHAM ancient landscape, which is also the subject of fascinating Indigenous Day 3 Norseman – Esperance BLD Dreamtime stories and the site of Indigenous rock art. 1 2 Day 4 and 5 Esperance 2 KUNUNURRABLD • Great Western Woodlands – an internationally significant area of great biological richness. Day 6 Esperance – Recherche Archipelago 1Crusie and BLD DERBY • Peak Charles – an ancient granite peak surrounded by thickets, Pink Lake – Esperance 1 2 woodlands and flowering scrub; more than 40 small bird species occur BROOME START HALLS CREEK 1 Day 7 Esperance – Hopetoun 1 BLD in the surrounding national park. FITZROY CROSSING Day 8 Hopetoun – Fitzgerald River National Park – BLD • Cape Arid National Park – a wildly beautiful and biodiverse area; Bremer Bay coastal sandheaths, mallee and low granite hills. PORT HEDLAND • Cape Le Grand National Park – featuring sweeping heathlands, rugged DayKARRA 9 THA Bremer Bay – Bremer Canyon Whale Tour BLD coastal peaks and white sandy beaches voted the best in Australia. Day 10 FitzgeraldMARBLE River BARNational Park BLD • Cruise the Recherché Archipelago and the waters to Woody Island Nature Reserve – fur seals, sea lions and dolphins, as well as a range of EXMOUTH birds including Cape Barren Geese and White-breasted Sea Eagles. • Pink Lake – an important bird area due to its populations of Hooded CORAL BAY NEWMAN Plovers and Banded Stilts. • Fitzgerald River National Park – spectacular scenery where nearly 20 Our southern coastline is just beautiful – sandy coves, rolling CARNARVON per cent of Western Australia’s flora species occur; many of which can hills leading down to the water’s edge, and offshore islands only be found here. with their abundant sea-life; birds, seals, orcas and dolphins. MEEKATHARRA • Bremer Bay Canyon Whale Cruise – the undersea canyon drop-off We will showcase the natural diversity of the regions between provides the perfect habitat for Orca (Killer Whales). Perth and Esperance, particularly the coastline either side of • Stirling Range National Park – a beautiful mountain landscape with a Esperance. stunning and diverse range of wildflowers. KALBARRI MT MAGNET • Dryandra Woodland – one of the prime places in the South West for MULLEWA GERALDTON viewing native wildlife and home to the endangered numbat. HYDEN PERTH NORSEMAN BUNBURY KATANNING ESPERANCE BREMER BAY ALBANY 0 150 300 KM PAGE 4 www.coateswildlifetours.com.au AUSTRALIAN TOURS 10 Day Accommodated Wildlife of the Southern Forests Ex Perth – Perth. Max 10 Passengers. Day 1 Perth – Dryandra – Narrogin LD Day 2 Narrogin – Dryandra – Narrogin BLD Day 3 Narrogin – Mt Barker – Albany BLD Day 4 Albany – Stirling Ranges – Albany BLD Day 5 Albany – Waychinicup National Park – Albany BLD Day 6 Albany to Walpole BLD Day 7 Walpole BLD Day 8 Walpole to Margaret River BLD Day 9 Margaret River Area BLD WYNDHAM Day 10 Margaret River to Perth BL 1 2 2 KUNUNURRA 1 DERBY 1 2 BROOME START HALLS CREEK 1 1 FITZROY CROSSING The South West of WA is one of the world’s foremost biodiversity hotspots. A large portion of the South West’s beautiful landscapes and natural attractions are protected, PORT HEDLAND which means they’re also the best places to observe native KARRATHA flora and fauna. MARBLE BAR We have chosen a selection of the regions finest natural EXMOUTH destinations on this ten-day tour.
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