Waringarri Aboriginal Art and Culture Tours
Highlights
- Experience a traditional 'mantha' welcome and connect with the rich Miriwoong culture in Kununurra.
- Explore ancient escarpments at Mirima National Park while learning about traditional plant uses and artefacts.
- Savour homemade damper and bush foods during your sunset tour, enhancing your cultural immersion.
- Engage with local artists at one of Australia's oldest Aboriginal art centres and appreciate authentic Indigenous art.
Visit the ancient escarpments of the Kimberley landscape of Kununurra in Australia’s northwest with Waringarri Aboriginal Art and Culture Tours.
With local Miriwoong tour guides, experience a ‘mantha’ (traditional welcome), learn about “ngarrangarni” (Dreamtime) stories and understand contemporary Aboriginal histories. Share a conversation, listen to the haunting sounds of the didgeridoo, and taste homemade damper and bush foods. Learn a word or two in Miriwoong language followed by a good yarn and a laugh!
Waringarri Aboriginal Art and Culture Tours offers authentic Aboriginal cultural experiences that combines spectacular landscape, art appreciation, music and storytelling while enabling visitors an intimate conversational opportunity with local people.
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Tour/s
Mirima National Park Walk
Walk with local Aboriginal tour guides amongst the ancient escarpments of Mirima National Park. Learn about traditional plant uses and artefacts.
Explore rock art sites, learn about Dreamtime stories and understand contemporary Aboriginal histories.
Experience a Mantha (the traditional welcome). Enjoy a taste of delicious homemade damper and bush foods. The tour includes visiting local public art sites, the Waringarri Art Centre, and a 30-minute bushwalk.
All fitness levels and ages are welcome.
Bookings are essential.
Sunset Tour
Learn about Miriwoong culture and art by visiting local public art sites. Experience a Mantha (traditional welcome).
Learn about Dreamtime stories and understand contemporary Aboriginal histories. Enjoy a taste of delicious homemade damper and bush foods.
Take home more than a memory with a visit to the Waringarri Art Gallery. Listen to the sounds of the didgeridoo in Mirima National Park while viewing a spectacular Kimberley sunset panorama.
Bookings are essential.
Art Centre Tour
Tour through one of the oldest Aboriginal art centres in Australia and the first wholly owned art centre established in Western Australia.
Experience a Mantha (traditional welcome). Learn about the history of the centre and Indigenous art. Visit the art studios, gallery and cultural garden. Share conversations with artists while they work and enjoy tasting delicious homemade damper.
Bookings are essential. Large group bookings are available by arrangement.
Accreditations
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Quality Tourism Accreditation
Memberships
- Dealer Membership by Indigenous Art Code
- Regional Tourist/Tourism Association/Organisation
- Visitor Information Centre
- WAITOC Full ATB Members
- WA – Australia's North West Tourism
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