Especially in Western Australia, home to some of the world’s best beaches, breathtaking landscapes and so much more.
Fortunately for you, this lot come recommended by fellow backpackers.
Meet the finalists for ‘Western Australia: Best Tour/Activity’ at this year’s Golden Backpack Awards…
Adventure Tours
Adventure Tours Australia is an award-winning travel company specialising in small group tours. Adventure travel is a mind set and these guys have been bringing together like-minded people for more than 20 years. They know how to get to the heart of a destination and say their guides are the best in the business. From the outback to the coast, Adventure Tours Australia offers three unique tour styles designed to deliver an unforgettable, authentic taste of Australia and New Zealand no matter what your budget is.
Aussie Wanderer
Aussie Wanderer is run by a group of locals dedicated to providing a real Western Australian adventure tour experience. It operates tours along the entire West Coast and has recently expanded to cover the Top End too, specialising in all-inclusive, action-packed tours for young travellers with a focus on nature-based and cultural activities. The guides are young, energetic, passionate locals from all over Australia who make the tours fun and energetic, even getting you singing and playing games on the bus.
Integrity Coach Lines
Integrity Coach Lines is Western Australia’s premier provider for coach travel from Perth to Broome and everywhere in between. WA is the largest state in Australia and Integrity can take you to the best destinations on offer. Whether you want to snorkel along the Ningaloo Reef, take a sunset camel ride on the beach or cool off in a gorge carved from rocks more than 2,500 years old in Karijini, Integrity will get you there with its reliable and affordable service.
Nullarbor traveller
Nullarbor Traveller started in September 1997 as a way to showcase one of the last great undiscovered journeys in Australia – the coastal route from Adelaide to Perth. Offering outback adventures to wild places, swim and snorkel with sea lions and dolphins, go remote bush camping in swags under the stars, try sand boarding on massive dunes, take in undiscovered spectacular coastline on footprint-free beaches and go for treetop walks in ancient forests. It also offers a ‘learn to surf’ programme, cage diving, swimming with giant tuna and a cultural Aboriginal experience in Western Australia.
Red Earth Safaris
Red Earth Safaris’ team of fun-loving guides pride themselves on their local knowledge of the 2.5 million sq km that is Western Australia. All with local roots, the team offer personalised adventure tours from Perth to Exmouth and back. Taking the time to show customers all the points of interest, they ensure the tours aren’t rushed so you have plenty of time to soak it all up. Plus, Red Earth times its tours to ensure you are seeing the area when Mother Nature is working her hardest to make it look most beautiful.
Three Island Tours
Located at Exmouth on Western Australia’s Coral Coast, Three Islands Whale Shark Dive is a marine eco-adventure tour company that specialises in whale shark snorkel adventure tours on Ningaloo Reef between mid-March and end of July. With the aim to educate and share its knowledge and understanding of the whale sharks and marine life of Ningaloo Reef, the friendly and experienced staff ensure each tour is fun, safe and informative. Your tour price includes everything, from food to snorkel gear to a DVD of your day.
