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By Sapphire Nature Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$273 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 7h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup

Overview

    • Explore the hidden side of Canberra with an expert nature guide.
    • Enjoy a walk through some very old forests of the Blakely's gum trees.
    • Spot local wildlife and birds as well as some of the region's unique plant life..
    • Visit the Canberra Deep Space Communication Centre on the way.
    • Included: lunch and a non-alcoholic drink at a local cafe.

Activity location

    • Canberra
    • Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Canberra
    • Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Expert nature guide
  • Inclusions
    Walk through old forests
  • Inclusions
    Wildlife, plants, flowers, fungi and bird sightings
  • Inclusions
    Visit to Canberra Deep Space Communication Centre
  • Inclusions
    Lunch and a non-alcoholic drink at a cafe
  • Inclusions
    Entry fees to all parks and reserves
  • Exclusions
    Not included:

Know before you book

    • Not allowed: Alcohol and drugs, Alcoholic drinks in the vehicle, Prams, Baby buggies, Bachelor & hen party groups, Bare feet, Drones, Electric wheelchairs, Glass objects, High-heeled shoes, Intoxication, Littering, Making fire, Non-folding strollers, Party groups, Sandals or flip flops, Smoking, Touching animals, Unaccompanied minors
    • Not suitable for: Children under 5 years, People with mobility impairments, Wheelchair users

What you can expect

  • Explore the hidden side of Canberra with expert nature guide, Sam Nerrie. Enjoy a walk through very old forests of the Blakely's ghostly gum trees and enjoy vistas of fields of flowers and native grasses. On this special tour you will find some of the fascinating local wildlife, plants and birds that inhabit some of the reserves around Canberra. Canberra is known as the bush capital of Australia as it has left a wide fringe of bushland around the city and suburban regions.

    The tour encompasses visits to the best wild places around Canberra including Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, Red Hill and Mulligan's Flat Woodlands. We also visit the Canberra Deep Space Communication Centre on the way to Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve. Sometimes seen are Eastern Water Dragons, Emus, Swamp Wallabies, Gang Gang Cockatoos, Eastern Rosellas, Superb Parrots, Kookaburras, Echidnas, Potoroo and many other species.

    Join Sam and visit her favourite wild places around Canberra.

    Lunch and a non-alcoholic drink at a cafe is included as are entry fees to all parks and reserves.

    Journey starts in the city at your hotel and it will end back at your hotel or other specified place. Pickup at hotels include hotels within a 8 km radius of the city as well as those within the city.

Location

Activity location

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    • Canberra
    • Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Canberra
    • Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia