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Budj Bim Full Day Tour: Explore World Heritage Sites through Gunditjmara Eyes
4.9
92 Ratings
Breakaway Creek
Immerse yourself in the vibrant Indigenous culture and explore the World Heritage listed sites of Budj Bim through the eyes of the Gunditjmara people. Discover the ancient aquaculture networks, stone traps, and natural wonders on this full-day tour.
Immerse yourself in the vibrant Indigenous culture and explore the World Heritage listed sites of Budj Bim through the eyes of the Gunditjmara people. Discover the ancient aquaculture networks, stone traps, and natural wonders on this full-day tour.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Tae Rak Aquaculture Centre and Cafe - Gather at the Tae Rak Aquaculture Centre to meet the guide and commence the tour.
- C176 - The Gunditjmara cultural guide will lead visitors to a historic stone house used by Gunditjmara men, a stone wall art installation, and a lava flow area featuring two weirs and a dam for trapping and holding kooyang….
- Tae Rak Aquaculture Centre and Cafe - Gather at the Tae Rak Aquaculture Centre to meet the guide and commence the tour.
- C176 - The Gunditjmara cultural guide will lead visitors to a historic stone house used by Gunditjmara men, a stone wall art installation, and a lava flow area featuring two weirs and a dam for trapping and holding kooyang. Travel approximately 20 minutes to the next destination.
- Budj Bim National Park - Discover the Budj Bim volcanic crater, now known as Lake Surprise, during a guided bush walk. Explore the lava tunnels and a cave. Travel about 20 minutes to the Tae Rak Aquaculture Centre for a light lunch.
- Lake Condah - Enjoy lunch at the Tae Rak Aquaculture Centre cafe.
- Lake Condah - Embark on an enlightening guided walk with the Gunditjmara cultural guide to explore the Tae Rak Aquaculture Centre, Lake Condah, and ancient eel traps. This area offers breathtaking wetland views and abundant wildlife, including native birds. Travel around 20 minutes to the next location.
What's Included
- Snacks provided
- Lunch included
- Air-conditioned transportation
- Snacks provided
- Lunch included
- Air-conditioned transportation
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Discover a vibrant Indigenous culture and the region’s heritage, as you are introduced to the World Heritage listed sites through Gunditjmara eyes.See how the Budj Bim lava flows enabled the Gunditjmara to develop one of the largest and oldest aquaculture networks in the world. Composed of channels, dams and weirs, they are used to contain floodwaters…
Discover a vibrant Indigenous culture and the region’s heritage, as you are introduced to the World Heritage listed sites through Gunditjmara eyes.See how the Budj Bim lava flows enabled the Gunditjmara to develop one of the largest and oldest aquaculture networks in the world. Composed of channels, dams and weirs, they are used to contain floodwaters and create basins to trap, store and harvest the kooyang eel. Tours along raised boardwalks designed to preserve the precious natural environment will showcase historical stone kooyang traps and stone channels, stone house sites and eel smoking trees and other natural phenomena.
- There is travel time of around 20 mins between each location visited on this tour. The total time on tour is 8 hours.
Location
Vaughans Road
Please meet at the Tae Rak Aquaculture Centre 15 mins before the start of your tour. DO NOT BE LATE
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(92 Ratings)
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V5443fhcp
Oct 2, 2025
Brilliant tour in a beautiful setting - The tour exceeded our expectations. Our guide Tyson was incredibly knowledgeable and shared many stories and insights on First Nations practices and history. The cafe served a delicious lunch and the service was very friendly. Would highly recommend a visit to learn about such a special place and its history,
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Anitagc2508kh
Sep 28, 2025
A must see snd do tour - A wonderful experience learning of this landscape and this special place. Really not to be missed in every regard. The country, the information, knowledge and the skilled story telling of our guide, to the amazing food. Thank you to the whole team for a most memorable day. 🙏
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584noelles
Sep 22, 2025
Budj Bim - Iconic Australian Landmark - The tour gives an amazing account of the remarkable Budj Bim cultural landscape, beautifully shared through the knowledge and storytelling of the Gunditjmara people. The lunch offered was outstanding, and viewing the lava flows and eel traps must be experienced to fully understand and respect this extraordinary culture.
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Road569089
Sep 5, 2025
GO GO GO - Wow the entire experience blew us away .We had a wonderful guide-Jaedyn -who was so honest and informative about the history and present day for the local indigenous nation and excellent at describing the aquacultue system-the lifecycle of eels and the joy of watching Tae Rak[Lake Condah] filling up again following years of it being drained.The extraordinary environment-/landscape was so wonderfully described and expained geologically and historically .The lunch was utterly Gourmet -in the wonderful new buildings .We had last visited in 2017 and the changes were so tasteful and well done .Congratulations to everyone who is part of this organistion-from the booking-the tour itself-the lovely bus driver -chef and staff at the cafe ,I cant praise it highly enough .Do yourself a favour and do the day tour --Janey
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612kyliet
Jul 16, 2025
Great guide, fabulous food and excellent experience. Highly recommend. - Our guide was very knowledgeable and passionate about the traditions and customs of his people. The lunch included in our package was a variety of indigenous inspired cuisine. It was very delicious.
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Felicityc540
Jul 4, 2025
Truth Telling at its best- powerful and educative - Provided understanding and insight into how innovative and resilient the Gundjitmara were to engineer the eeltraps long before the pyramids were built. Also great to get a sense of the housing and community of 6600 years ago.
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M921ndanns
Apr 29, 2025
Australia's cultural heart - Why do we go overseas and place such importance on the history of other countries without exploring our own? This site is so rich in history and of significant cultural importance. Our Cultural Officer was a young Gunditjmara man who was very adept at finding a balance in blending of some hard facts along with sharing the richness and beauty of the country. The lunch was superb. The lunchtime discussions amongst our group showed we were all immersed in the experience. The programme of the full day tour was well-paced and allowed time to absorb all the information being shared so generously with us. The history is staggering, hard to get your head around. I am still processing everything. Amazing, thank you for the richness of the experience.
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Grahamm662
Mar 29, 2025
Indigenous Tourism At Its Best - The organisation of the tour from booking and confirmation all the way through to the quality of the tour itself, and through to the food on offer and provided as part of the tour was absolutely first class. The pity was that the lake was at its lowest level for many years and the streams and wetlands were all dried up, which prevented us seeing the eel traps as they would normally be. However, the tours (I did both the Budj Bim morning tour and the Tae Rak afternoon tour, with lunch in between) were very good indeed. Reuben, the morning guide, was remarkably passionate and knowledgable, and his description of the fate of the Gunditjmara people after European incursion from 1842 was a story that non-Indigenous Australians should hear. The whole Budj Bim enterprise is very impressive, and demonstrates the very best of Indigenous tourism.
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C5584ljleighr
Mar 15, 2025
Informative & interesting - We enjoyed the day very much. Our guide for the morning was Jayden & he was very informative. We learnt a lot about the aboriginal culture. When had lunch in the cafe which was delicious (Eel arancini balls with salad) then enjoyed the afternoon with Brayden. We learnt all about the Eels & how they caught them. We then went to see “fish traps” & a smoking tree. Brayden was a great guide with lots of information. Definitely well worth doing the full day. We started with just the half day then upgraded.
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Cans4kd
Jul 23, 2025
Very enjoyable and entertaining. Plan for two days at least - We very much enjoyed our tour and learned many new things.
A few things I’d like to see improved. The bathrooms along the tour were locked, the tour guide really needs to carry the key.
We were also told to leave the precinct as soon as the tour finished which was a shame as we hadn’t even had time to look at the lake. Suggest getting to the tour early to look around.
The food was top class, however we were presented with a platter to share with another guest who we didn’t know, it’s not really a great thing to share food with a stranger.
The photos on web site show many things we did not see so felt somewhat disappointed by this, though as I said we really enjoyed what we did see.
I would suggest other visitors to plan a second day to return to all the sights to have a longer more thorough look around after the tour.
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