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Budj Bim Full Day Tour: Explore World Heritage Sites through Gunditjmara Eyes
4.9
73 Ratings
Heywood
Immerse yourself in the vibrant Indigenous culture and explore the World Heritage listed sites of Budj Bim through the eyes of the Gunditjmara people. Discover the ancient aquaculture networks, stone traps, and natural wonders on this full-day tour.
Immerse yourself in the vibrant Indigenous culture and explore the World Heritage listed sites of Budj Bim through the eyes of the Gunditjmara people. Discover the ancient aquaculture networks, stone traps, and natural wonders on this full-day tour.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Heywood - Meet at the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape Tourism offices in Heywood and board your bus and travel around 20 mins to the next location.
- C176 - Your Gunditjmara cultural guide will show you a historic stone house used by Gunditjmara men, a stone wall art installation, as well as an area of lava flow featuring two weirs and a dam…
- Heywood - Meet at the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape Tourism offices in Heywood and board your bus and travel around 20 mins to the next location.
- C176 - Your Gunditjmara cultural guide will show you a historic stone house used by Gunditjmara men, a stone wall art installation, as well as an area of lava flow featuring two weirs and a dam associated with trapping and holding kooyang. Travel around 20 mins to the next location.
- Lake Gorrie - See the Bessiebelle Sheepwash, the best surviving example of a traditional pastoral sheep wash in Victoria. Gunditjmara workers constructed some of the dry stone walls on the property in years past.
- Budj Bim National Park - See the Budj Bim volcanic crater now Lake Surprise, as you take a guided bush walk and step inside the lava tunnels and a cave. Travel around 20 mins to the Tae Rak Aquaculture Centre for a light lunch.
- Lake Condah - Lunch at the Tae Rak Aquaculture Centre cafe.
- Lake Condah - Take an informative guided walk with your Gunditjmara cultural guide and explore the Tae Rak Aquaculture Centre, Lake Codah and ancient eel traps. This location includes stunning wetland views and extensive wildlife including native birdlife. Travel around 20 mins to the next location.
What's Included
- Snacks provided
- Lunch included
- Air-conditioned transportation
- Snacks provided
- Lunch included
- Air-conditioned transportation
Additional Information
Discover a vibrant Indigenous culture and the region’s heritage, as you are introduced to the World Heritage listed sites through Gunditjmara eyes.See how the Budj Bim lava flows enabled the Gunditjmara to develop one of the largest and oldest aquaculture networks in the world. Composed of channels, dams and weirs, they are used to contain floodwaters…
Discover a vibrant Indigenous culture and the region’s heritage, as you are introduced to the World Heritage listed sites through Gunditjmara eyes.See how the Budj Bim lava flows enabled the Gunditjmara to develop one of the largest and oldest aquaculture networks in the world. Composed of channels, dams and weirs, they are used to contain floodwaters and create basins to trap, store and harvest the kooyang eel. Tours along raised boardwalks designed to preserve the precious natural environment will showcase historical stone kooyang traps and stone channels, stone house sites and eel smoking trees and other natural phenomena.
- There is travel time of around 20 mins between each location visited on this tour. The total time on tour is 8 hours.
Location
4/48 Edgar St
Edgar Street
Please meet at the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape Tourism office 15 mins before the start of your tour. We cannot wait if you are late.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(73 Ratings)
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K135xapaulc
Oct 5, 2024
Don't miss this opportunity - It was a highly informative and wonderful experience. Our guide was very knowledgeable and easy to talk too. The lunch was fantastic and more than we could eat. Highly recommend.
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Karenf333
Oct 5, 2024
Simply The Best - This is an amazing experience. Learning that Australian Indigenous people farmed eel and created stone channels so that they could regulate the waterways to catch eels is mindblowing. Our guides Joey and Reuben were both informative and enthusiastic. Both areas of the park were interesting, one had boardwalks and the other was more natural. Te stone foundations of homes were fascinating. Australia has a rich and diverse history. I think it is crucial to learn our early history as the Aboriginal history is so not only interesting but ensures we know the truth of our country.
The lunch was delicious and plentiful. Tasting platters, soup and a cheese platter, we were spoiled.
By far one of the best tours I have done.
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I5913lnsherylr
Jun 27, 2024
Absolute unexpected highlight of our trip - Wow. Budj Bim National Park and Tae Rak Aquacultural tour. A Mind blowing education of an ancient culture, so brutally lost, but not forgotten.
Now reclaimed and being lovingly restored and shared with those of us who want to know more.
In the words if one most of us remember,
"Do yourself a favour!"
Our tour guide, Luke, was amazing, funny, fun, interesting, engaging and warm.
So full of knowledge and so happily willing to share.
And much to Richards delight a Hawks fan. Go figure.
Go Hawks!
Thankyou Luke for an amazing day.
We appreciated and enjoyed the lunch so much more after learning about the produce. What an epic journey.
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Michelleda926st
May 13, 2024
Excellent cultural tour - Fantastic tour - well organised, highly engaging, educational, great value. Our tour guides provided expert interpretation of the landscape and generously shared so much of their knowledge. Awesome catering too. Highly recommended.
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Greenie978
May 2, 2024
Excellent tour - Excellent tour. I learned a great deal about culture and history of the aboriginal people in the area. The guide, Luke, was very welcoming and knowledgeable. The eel tasting platter was excellent. Definitely recommend doing the full day tour.
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961nolaw
Apr 28, 2024
Totally enjoyable - We both had an amazing day and also the lunchtime tasting plates were really good.
Lots of interesting information ⭐️👍
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518margareta
Apr 24, 2024
Must do tour - Absolutely first rate tour, small friendly group with informative guide. Some hard stories, but lots of positives too, regeneration of the lake particularly.
Welcoming friendly staff, great coffee and delicious share platters for lunch.
Amazing to learn about the life cycle of the eels.
We need to listen and learn.
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Karal675
Apr 16, 2024
First Nations Tour- an experience for the heart and mind - A truly wonderful experience. Listening to the stories of the family and mob of our tour guide - Rueben, was hard and often confronting, but shared with such humility and grace and forward vision it was truly inspiring. To see and feel the remnants of the oldest continuous culture on earth is a truly special experience. Go with an open mind and heart and be prepared to be amazed. The building at the culture centre, winner of architectural awards and all the constructed infrastructure is stunning and the food at the cafe well worth a visit on its own. We has lots of family discussion afterwards with teenagers, about the content and it was awesome to see their engagement and understanding that the new knowledge brought.
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K4527prjocelyng
Apr 10, 2024
It is astonishing that these people witnessed this eruption aeons ago, and have told their creation story ever since. - Thanks to Reuben our guide for such an informative,fact and fun filled commentary.He kept us interested and absorbed all day, and displayed and enthused us with his love for the history of his people. Delicious lunch, too!
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Glenys_h
Apr 18, 2024
Educational and entertaining! - Our guide was so knowledgeable, friendly and engaging, he really brought the past back to life for us. We enjoyed learning about the stone eel traps and the houses, but also enjoyed the information about how the gunditijmara people lived.
Lunch was amazing; a real high light!
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