I’m not a fan of guided tours as you know, although if I was forced to do a tour and I was free to select my own guide and devise my own itinerary, then that’s another thing. An engaging expert, some alluring destinations… so here are my top 10 dream tours: 10. A global surfing … Read more about Top 10 dream tours
Some of the best guided walks I’ve ever done have been with Australian guides. The Aussie guides tend to be obsessive when it comes to developing specialist knowledge, which they intersperse with fascinating facts and trivia and sprinkle with humor. They’re often self-effacing and nearly always gregarious and easy-going. And the Australian guides I’ve done walks … Read more about Top 5 indigenous cultural tours in Western Australia
For all my criticism of guides, there have been some who have impressed us, and there has been one who changed our lives. Darren ‘Capes’ Capewell, an indigenous Australian from the Mulgana tribe, runs cultural walks through the bushland and along the shores of Monkey Mia in the Shark Bay World Heritage area on the … Read more about Guides: a model guide from the Mulgana mob at Monkey Mia