Visit the Tiwi Islands, off the coast of Darwin, for an Aboriginal experience with AAT Kings. Meet the community and learn about their culture and heritage

Tour code DB01
1 days
Priced from A$185
Sightseeing Tours
Departs from & returns to Darwin

Highlights - Bathurst Island - Tiwi and Aboriginal Culture

Make your own way to Darwin General Aviation Airport to check in by 7.30am. After a 20 minute scenic flight (additional cost) you arrive at the Aboriginal community of Nguiu on Bathurst Island . With your local guide visit the museum with its interesting displays of traditional art and depictions of the Tiwi 'dreamtime' stories and Early Mission Precinct with its unique Tiwi style Catholic Church.
Be taken through the successful arts and crafts centres and see where the artists work. At morning tea we spend time with some Tiwi ladies enjoying billy tea and damper while they work on their weaving and painting.
Your guides and the ladies also demonstrate their totem dances and perform a smoking ceremony to bless the visitors. Set out for a scenic drive through the wilderness of Bathurst Island . Enjoy lunch and time at a waterhole for a swim. Visit a 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 and medicine, and natural fibres and dyes on your return to Nguiu for your return flight to Darwin (additional cost). (L)

Departs: 8.00am Daily except Sat & Sun & public holidays (Mar - Nov) from Darwin General Aviation Airport

Returns: 5.15pm approximately to Darwin General Aviation Airport

SPECTACULAR SIGHTSEEING EXPERIENCES

*  Discover Bathurst Island
*  Explore the Bathurst Island Museum
*  View the Tiwi style Catholic Church
*  See artists working at the Arts and
    Crafts Centres
*  Enjoy morning tea with some Tiwi ladies
*  See demonstration of totem dances
*  A smoking ceremony welcome
*  Take a scenic drive through the
    island wilderness
*  Enjoy an included lunch
*  Swim in a local waterhole
*  Gain an insight into some 'burial ceremony' rituals
*  Learn about bush tucker & bush medicine

Aboriginal Cultural Experiences
Symbol denotes INCLUDED

Departs: Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri (Mar,Nov) except Pub. Holidays

Validity 01 April 2006 - 31 March 2007

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