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Today, more than ever, you can enter into the world of an ancient
culture accompanied by its modern day custodians, descendants of one
of the most fascinating and unique cultures on earth.
- Australian Indigenous people have the world’s oldest living civilisation
- There are more than 200 different dialects of Aboriginal languages
across Australia... with Aboriginals making up just two per cent of the Australian population
Increasingly people are seeking greater contact and understanding of what Australian Aboriginal culture is truly about. Those looking to experience Aboriginal culture and meet the people often find this a difficult and frustrating task. Aboriginal involvement in tourism is in its infancy and there are only a small number of Aboriginal travel operations scattered throughout Australia.
More and more operations are starting up, providing employment to
local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. As well as
helping to keep alive cultures and traditions, these initiatives create
jobs for young people, so they can stay in their local area, living within
their culture, but still have incomes.
By supporting these indigenous entrepreneurs you’ll be supporting
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people directly as well as the
communities within which they live.
Aboriginal tour leaders are ready and willing to lead you into the
Dreamtime land of their ancestors. Whether it’s on a guided bushwalk
of traditional lands with an Aboriginal elder, staying in an Aboriginal
camp, learning how to find bush foods and medicines to survive in the
bush or hearing about the Dreamtime from an Aboriginal perspective.
The diversity of Aboriginal culture comes from the 40,000 - 60,000 years
it took to develop - whether it is distinctive Aboriginal art or the music
and dance
these cultural tours bring to you some of the Aboriginal culture and living
experience of Australia's Indigenous people. Whether you choose to cruise
the East Alligator
River or seek a "hands on" outback cultural tour in Arnhem Land,
or walk in the shadow of Uluru (Ayers Rock). Your aboriginal guide will introduce
you to the area's history and culture... These types of Aboriginal tours in
Australia
give you the opportunity to meet, talk to and learn from the traditional Aboriginal
inhabitants of Australia.
See: Aboriginal & cultural tours
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