Find out details and information about Indigenous tourism operators in your local area or anywhere in Australia.

Looking at what other operators are doing to become successful can help you to build up your own tourism business. It can also be useful to check how many other similar tourism businesses are operating in your area, to ensure you will be able to compete successfully in a market before starting up a new business.

Name	Type	Location	State/Territory
Euraba Paper Aboriginal Corporation	100% handmade paper / artworks	Boggabilla	NSW
The Euraba Artists & Papermakers are Australia's premier Indigenous paper mill. An initiative of Goomeroi women from Toomelah and Boggabilla in North-West NSW, Euraba's enterprise involves handmade, locally and traditionally sourced fibres made into sheets of paper and paper products. Visitors who are interested in seeing how this very unique artists paper is made, can do so by making a booking in advance. Sometimes one can see some of the local artists at work, either painting or creating the beautiful stationery products which can be purchased in the nearby shop. The Euraba Paper Shop is attached to the paper mill. Euraba Paper makes 100% cotton pulp paintings that are unique in Australia. Other products include stationery sets, water marked papers for special occasions and original art works. Visitors welcome.
Tel: +61 7 4676 2972 Website: www.eurabapaper.com.au
Uptuyu Aboriginal Adventures	100% Indigenous tours	Broome	WA
Uptuyu is an Australian Indigenous designer tour, offering you the opportunity to have a true outback Kimberley experience with an authentic Aboriginal flavour. To ensure you experience an adventure of a lifetime, Uptuyu can tailor a personalised luxury experience especially for you. Whatever the experience, we can assist you to design your own personalised adventure. Whether you're after an extreme outback adventure, a relaxing luxurious indulgence or a fascinating insight into a remarkable frontier, Uptuyu can meet your needs, utilising other Indigenous tourism operators services throughout region.
Tel: +61 8 9193 7030 Website: www.uptuyu.com.au
Brookes Australia Tours	4WD Touring	Casuarina	NT
Based in Darwin Northern Territory and operating since 1989, we are a small independently owned and operated luxury 4WD touring company. Catering exclusively to the high end market we tailor make itineraries including all ‘Top End’, Northern Territory destinations. We also offer a range of small group deluxe style scheduled 4WD tours departing Darwin on various days. Places visited include Litchfield and Kakadu National Parks, Bamurru Plains on the Mary River wetlands and various Arnhem Land destinations including Davidsons Safari Camp, Seven Spirit Bay Wilderness Lodge and an Aboriginal community. Our tours focus on Aboriginal rock art & culture, flora, fauna and spectacular landscapes well away from the crowds. Our guides are professional, first aid certified and locals with an intimate knowledge of the region.
Tel: 61 8 8948 1306 Website: www.brookesaustralia.com.au
Alice Springs Helicopters	Aboriginal Art Tour / Arrernte Discovery	Alice Springs	NT
Alice Springs Helicopters are working with a number of locally based operators to provide unique experiences for visitors to the region. In conjunction with Discovery EcoTours guests now have the opportunity to visit Black Tank Community for a unique full day experience with a private guide. Santa Teresa Art Centre can also be visited for those wishing to view and purchase art at a community owned art centre. All tours are conducted as private charters with maximum passenger numbers of four per helicopter. Heli-Touring is without a doubt the most incredible way to travel the vast expanse of the central desert in comfort, luxury and style.
Tel: 61 8 8952 9800 Website: www.alicespringshelicopters.com.au
Black Olive Productions	Aboriginal catering & events company Appearances by celebrity chef Mark Olive, including chef’s tables Retail product including cookbooks	Fitzroy	Vic
Mark “The Black” Olive is Australia’s most highly acclaimed Aboriginal chef and television presenter. It is Mark’s passion to bring back the vibrant colours and earthy tastes of ancient Indigenous foods to dining tables across Australia, and around the world. Mark fuses contemporary cooking with native herbs, spices, plants and traditional meats to create innovative, mouth-watering Indigenous cuisine. Mark’s unique, entertaining style makes him in high demand for appearances in the domestic and international market. His television show “The Outback Cafe” can be seen on cable television in Australia and in a number of overseas countries. Mark has just started his own company with Aboriginal business partner Mikael Smith called Black Olive Productions. Mark will be starting his own restaurant and gourmet food tours shortly.
Tel: 61 3 9416 1630 Website: www.blackoliveproductions.com
Oak Valley Aboriginal Community offered by Wayoutback Desert Safaris	Aboriginal Community	Alice Springs	NT
Oak Valley Aboriginal Community, situated on the Hugh River stock route 110km south of Alice Springs is a locally owned and operated Aboriginal tour business and community. Boasting an olive and grape plantation, Aboriginal rock carvings and paintings and an ancient fossil field the community is set in remote pristine desert country. Experience locally made artifacts and paintings, get a demonstration into the art of boomerang and spear throwing or learn about local bush tucker and ancient mythological stories of their land. Wayoutback Desert Safaris operate exclusively into Oak Valley. The community is incorporated into two and five Day FIT Red Centre safaris where an overnight stay is included in itineraries. Private charters and groups to Oak Valley are also facilitated by Wayoutback Desert Safaris offering flexible touring options.
Tel: 61 8 8952 4324 Website: www.wayoutback.com
Tour of Djeebahn	Aboriginal Cultural Cruise	Royal National Park	NSW
Just 40 minutes by coach from the CBD, the Tour of Djeebahn takes visitors into the waters of the Rainbow Serpent, belonging to the Dharawal people. This is a 2.5 hour cruise along the Port Hacking River including bush foods and morning tea. Visitors will receive a ‘Welcome To Country’ with a traditional smoking ceremony from a traditional elder of the local community, hear stories about the first European settlers to the area, view Aboriginal shell middens that were formed over thousands of years and learn how the rock art in the area was created with stories that date back more than 4,500 years.
Tel: +61 2 9544 1400 Website: www.cronullacruises.com.au
Alice Wanderer and Rainbow Valley Cultural Tours	Aboriginal Cultural Tour	Alice Springs	NT
Travel 90km south from Alice Springs to Rainbow Valley to meet your host, a Traditional custodian. Relax over a mug of billy tea and be introduced to an amazing Culture and Country. After lunch your host will share the spectacular Art Site of Rainbow Valley where you will experience, rock art, engravings and occupations sites never before open to the public. In the afternoon your Aboriginal guide will share the ancient landscape of Rainbow Valley and explain some of its Cultural significance. In the late afternoon admire the changing colours of a spectacular sunset with a glass of champagne and light dinner before we say farewell and return to Alice Springs. This unique NEW tour blends Culture and Country with the bold beauty of Central Australia. It will leave you with Lasting memories and a greater understanding of Aboriginal Culture.
Tel: 61 8 8952 2111 Website: www.alicewanderer.com.au
Bungoolee Tours	Aboriginal Cultural Tour	Fitzroy Crossing	WA
A unique insight to the land, the history, the lifestyle and the spiritual beliefs of the Bunuba people of Western Australia’s Kimberley region. Visit rock art sites and other special places, share the stories and the dreams, and walk in the footsteps of Jandamarra, the 1890s Bunuba freedom fighter who led one of Australia’s most sustained resistances to European settlement of tribal lands. In partnership with Broome tour operators Kimberley Wild and Aussie Off Road Tours, Bungoolee Tours welcomes visitors to Bunuba country. Most tour options include a one-day cultural experience with an overnight stay at a remote base camp. Share campfire stories and didgeridoo under the stars. Two and three day exclusive cultural excursions are offered through Diverse Travel Australia.
Tel: +61 8 9193 7778 Website: www.kimberleywild.com.au
Purely Unreal - Kimberley Dreamtime Adventure Tours	Aboriginal Cultural Tours	WA	WA
Kimberley Dreamtime Adventure Tours offers the adventurous traveller a camel safari with a difference and a chance to learn and experience traditional Aboriginal survival skills. Learn how to find water and use tracking skills to find food from your local Indigenous guides. This is a unique tour as we are the only operators permitted into this very special part of the Kimberley.
Tel: None Website: www.kimberleydreamtimeadventures.com.au

This is not a definitive list of Indigenous tourism businesses. If you are not listed but would like to be or you would like to correct or update your details shown on the site – please contact your relevant State Tourism Organisation contact who can update your details.

The operator listings have been drawn from the National Indigenous Tourism Product Manual (NITPM) which was developed by Indigenous Tourism Australia with the assistance of the State and Territory Tourism Organisations (STOs) - to give Indigenous tourism operators the opportunity to showcase their products and experiences. The NITPM showcases Australia’s key 'export ready' and ‘market ready’ tourism products which are either majority Indigenous owned and/or operated. For more on the NITPM click here.

Also check out the case studies for more in-depth information on selected Indigenous tourism operators.

Key STO Aboriginal Tourism Contacts