Tour day-by-day
Please note that the numbers for the event are capped to keep the group manageable and the experience intimate for guests. The group is broken down into smaller groups and rotated through a different activity each day. The flow below is an indicative itinerary.
Join the dedicate researchers and natural history experts for a week long immersion with the following activities.
Day 1:
Guest Arrival & Welcome Dinner
Day 2:
Day Tour - Bosuns and Boobies
Evening Talk - The ecology of Christmas Island
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner included
Day 3:
Day Tour - Naturalist Tour
Evening Talk - Threatened species
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner included
Day 4:
Day Tour - Goshawk banding
Evening Talk - Cat control and eradication
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner included
Day 5:
Day Tour - Tracking Abbott's Boobies at sea
Evening Talk - Tracking Boobies and Frigatebands
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner included
Day 6:
Day Tour - Dolly Beach and Hosnie Springs (RAMSAR Wetland) walking tour
Evening Talk - National Park research and conservation
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner included
Day 7:
Free Time: Relax, shop, enjoy the township
Breakfast included
Accommodation: VQ3 Lodge. Other accommodation options available on request.
Fitness Requirements: Good mobility and stability essential as walking is required.
Flights: Virgin Australia operates flights to Christmas Island and the Cocos Keeling Islands twice per week ex Perth. Return flights are included as part of this package.
About Christmas Island's Birdlife
Cocos Island Add-on starts from $1,200 AUD
Why not extend your Bird and Nature Week adventures to include the Cocos (Keeling) Islands! The Cocos (Keeling) Islands play an important role in the routes that shorebirds take during their annual migration, with 39 breeding or resident species of birds on the atolls.
The Cocos Islands have one endemic sub-species, the Cocos Buff-banded Rail, and due to a successful translocation program, is now able to be seen foraging on the edge of the vegetation around the picnic area on Direction Island.
North Keeling National Park supports many of the vagrant species as it is remote to the other 26 islands. Cocos (Keeling) has boasted several new sightings for Australia in the last few years, including Mugimaki Flycatcher and Common Teal.
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