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An Exclusive Private Journey Through the Top End
Experience the very best of Darwin and its spectacular surrounding wilderness on a premium, fully personalised five-hour private tour. Designed exclusively for small groups of one to six guests, this flexible adventure can commence at any time of your choosing between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm. 🐊
Your expert guide, Geoff, will share his deep passion and extensive knowledge of Darwin’s rich history, the breathtaking wetlands, and the magnificent local wildlife. Travel in absolute comfort in a luxury Landcruiser 4WD (for up to three guests) or a premium Mercedes touring vehicle (for four to six guests). To ensure an immersive viewing experience, every guest is guaranteed a window seat and a high-quality set of binoculars. 🦅
Your Tailored Itinerary Highlights
Your private journey begins with a convenient pick-up from your preferred Darwin location. As you leave the city behind, Geoff will share fascinating historical insights on the way to the stunning Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve. This iconic Northern Territory National Park is one of the rare places globally where you can enjoy a leisurely drive directly through abundant, thriving wetlands. 🌿
On the return journey, stop at the world-famous Humpty Doo Hotel. Soak up the authentic ‘Territorian’ pub atmosphere and choose to savour local delicacies like Barramundi, Buffalo, or Crocodile from their tempting menu.
What is Included
- Convenient Transfers: Private Darwin hotel, airport, cruise terminal, or train station pick-ups and drop-offs.
- Luxury Transport: Travel in a premium Landcruiser 4WD or Mercedes touring vehicle.
- Expert Guidance: Personalised commentary from Geoff Barrett, a renowned Top End nature, wildlife, and history specialist.
- Memories Captured: Professional photography of your tour highlights, provided electronically.
- Premium Amenities: Cold bottled drinking water, snack bars, quality binoculars, and all NT National Park permits and entry fees.
Important Tour Details
- Dining: As this tour features flexible start times, any meals or refreshments purchased at the Humpty Doo Hotel are at your own expense. Geoff will perfectly time your visit for a lunch or dinner stop.
- Accessibility: Suitable for ages 8 to 108! Walking is on flat, easy pathways. We recommend cool, comfortable walking shoes.
- Booking & Cancellation: As a private tour booking – a 25% non-refundable deposit is required – with the balance of payment due 21 days prior to your tour. If you would like to book online to secure your date but have a question/s – we will happily offer a full refund of the paid deposit for up to 7 days from date of purchase – providing this tour is booked 28 or more days in advance.
Important Tour Information
What to Wear: Comfortable casual clothing and shoes.
What to Bring: Drinking Water, Hat, Insect Repellent and your Camera!
Please be outside your pick up location 15mins prior to your start time.
Thank you for booking our LookAbout Tour.
Geoff and Jane Barrett
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Online Private Tour bookings – we will happily offer a full refund of the paid deposit for up to 7 days from date of purchase – providing the tour is purchased more than 28 days.
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I highly recommend this tour.
The sunset was very special as was the sleepy croc just by the side of the road.
Dinner at Humpty Doo pub another highlight.
Thank you Geoff so much for your patience, your friendship, your generosity in sharing your knowledge and experience.
An excellent value tour and one we would highly recommend.
Janeece and Phil, Deb and Michael
Tassie travellers
Geoff was a great guide, with an extensive knowledge of the history, geography, and particularly the wildlife of the region, and he was also extremely helpful and friendly with his guests.
The late afternoon/evening timing provided many opportunities to see the local wildlife, particularly birds.
We were a most congenial group of six, and I'm sure every one of us enjoyed the tour, Geoff's commentary and observations along the way, and a fun and satisfying dinner at the Humpty Doo pub on our way back to the city.
If I'm back in Darwin in the future, I'll definitely do the tour again.
Recommended unreservedly.
I received a clear WhatsApp message from Jane of the tour company about the pick up time and location one day prior to the tour. Geoff who was the driver and the tour guide was friendly and professional. I quite liked the idea of this tour having each passenger to sit adjacent to the window to have a better view throughout the tour. Geoff provided useful information and insight throughout the tour and there was no boring time. He talked with everyone to engage us. We sat down to have drinks and lunch together for chit chat. We only had 5 passengers including myself, like a semi-private tour. It was the first time I had received photos taken by the tour guide after the tour. The photos were professional and better than those I took. They leave me a good memory of Darwin surroundings. Overall, I enjoyed the tour very much and appreciated Jane and Geoff for their professional services making my time enjoyable in Darwin.
Pick-up from the Darwin cruise terminal was perfect. Geoff was friendly, engaging, and accommodating to the interests of our group. He shared information about Darwin's history which was fascinating. If you are interested in wildlife/wildlife photography, you will love Geoff and his photography skills. Geoff knew the locations with the best likelihood of seeing particular birds and animals, and assisted us in spotting some of them in their environments. (At Fogg Dam, he spotted a pair of Barking Owls in a tree and helped us locating them and getting photographs). He also took excellent photographs of the sights along each tour, and sent them to the participants. We had an enjoyable time chatting with Geoff over lunch at the Humpty Doo Hotel. His love for the Darwin area and desire to share his extensive knowledge of it made this a a very enjoyable experience. We highly recommend this tour for birders, history buffs, and anyone interested in a beautiful adventure in Darwin.
Good value for money
Thanks Geoff
The dinner and conversation at the pub was a fitting end to the night and our holiday
Geoff is also a great photographer and we appreciated the photos he shared with us the next day. A great tour I would recommend
If your a natur lover and bird watcher
make this a tour not to be missed
Have the option of a small private tour so brilliant value for money
Cheers Sheryl
After the sun had set we went to Humpty Doo pub nearby where we enjoyed good beer, Barramundi and the biggest steak in the NT, There was only four guests with Geoff and we really enjoyed having a chat together after the tour.
The following day, Geoff sent us copies of his photos which was a bonus.
We would definitely recommend this trip as a great way to see Northern Territory nature in a small, friendly group.
Thank you Geoff.
David & Caroline
Perfect tour for animal lovers of any age. We will definitely use Geoff for future tours when we return to Darwin!
I was extremely lucky in having the tour all to myself and Geoff was very generous with taking photos for me.
The landscape, birds and animals was simply wonderful and the sunset over Fogg Dam was sensational.
The meal at the hotel was delicious and a huge serving, make sure you're hungry!
Thanks again Geoff for a great tour and the photos.



























































