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Mallee and Outback Birds of Victoria and Mungo
Highlights
- Explore the ancient landscapes of Lake Mungo, where stunning sunsets illuminate the rich Aboriginal heritage.
- Search for over 150 bird species, from colourful desert parrots to elusive emu-wrens, across diverse habitats.
- Encounter iconic wildlife like kangaroos and lizards while immersing in Victoria's Mallee country.
- Travel with expert guides, ensuring an authentic experience in Australia's least-visited conservation areas.
Journey deep into Australia’s arid heart, where ancient granite outcrops rise from endless plains and the dry lakebeds of the Willandra World Heritage Area hold 50,000 years of human history.
This eight-day birding expedition explores the remarkable biodiversity of Victoria’s Mallee country and the iconic Lake Mungo National Park — a landscape where desert parrots flash brilliant colour against red sand dunes, endangered malleefowl tend their ancient mounds, and the sculptured lunettes of long-dry lakes glow gold at sunset.
Travel with an expert guide as you search for over 150 bird species across dramatically different habitats: grey box woodlands alive with honeyeaters, spinifex-studded mallee sheltering elusive emu-wrens, vast salt lakes edged by fieldwrens and fairy-wrens, and the red dune country of Lake Mungo where pink cockatoos, mulga parrots and babblers thrive in the arid scrublands. Beyond birds, encounter western grey and red kangaroos, shingleback lizards, sand goannas and the rich Aboriginal heritage of one of Earth’s oldest continuously occupied landscapes.
Designed for birding enthusiasts who value authentic natural history experiences, this journey combines expert guidance, small-group exploration, citizen science contributions and immersive time in some of Australia’s most significant and least-visited conservation landscapes.
Tour details
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Single Available from 18 March 2026
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Single Available from 28 October 2026
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Single Available from 17 March 2027
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Single Available from 27 October 2027
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Service facilities
Disabled access available, contact operator for details.
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Australian Geographic Travel
Australian Geographic Travel designs touring itineraries in Victoria that focus on wildlife and active conservation as well as cultural experiences. Victorian experiences are rich in nature and adventure and specialise in hard-to-reach places and small group experiences. You will join similarly inclined souls who share your taste for exploration and a burning desire to learn more about the phenomenal natural world.
Australian Geographic Travel offers professionally guided, small group itineraries varying in length. Each trip is unique and authentic for anyone who is interested in exploring the fauna and flora and the history and culture of Victoria. All trips have been curated with an emphasis on discovering hidden gems off the beaten track, and offering sustainable travel experiences that would be very hard to find anywhere else.
Australian Geographic’ adventurers, scientists, historians and photographers have brought the world to you for more than 36 years. Now they invite you to join them in visiting the country’s most intriguing places and sharing their passion.
Australian Geographic Travel is committed to sustaining the environment, culture and heritage of each place visited. In doing so, striving to protect the precious environment, from addressing climate change and its far-reaching impacts to promoting awareness of the world’s oldest living culture, and revealing to you the countless treasures it cradles.
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