Coates Wildlife Tours

20/11/2024

Last chance to join our Botswana Wildlife Safari Tour 🦒🐘 10 days, 22 - 31 March 2025, Maun - Kasane.

Spend 10 days exploring the Okavango Delta and Chobe National Park during the green season, when dry salt pans and river ways become shimmering wetlands teeming with water birds and incredible wildlife.

Only limited rooms remain and bookings will close soon, so please contact us asap to book your place!
For more information please visit our website (link in bio).

07/10/2024

🇧🇹 Bhutan - The Last Shangri-La Tour 🐉

Join Coates Wildlife Tours from 27 April to 10 May 2025, for an immersive journey into the Land of the Dragon!

The Tiger’s Nest Monastery, perched 3000 meters high on a cliff, is a truly breathtaking experience, and the country’s pristine forests protect incredible wildlife including tigers, Asian elephants, snow leopards, red pandas and blue sheep. Built in the 17th century, the Tiger’s Nest is named according to legend after the tigress who flew Guru Padmasambhava, the founder of Tibetan Buddhism, to the cliffs, where he meditated in a cave for over three years 🐅

To book this tour, please visit our website today!

27/08/2024

Last chance to join our South West National Parks Tour 🌼 12-24 October 2024, Perth to Perth 🌸

Spend 13 days exploring WA’s southern national parks during wildflower season, and discover the regions incredible diversity of flowering plants! You’ll find over 1/3 of all Australian plant species here and more than 75% of those species cannot be found anywhere else on Earth! 🌱

Limited rooms remaining & we only take 12 passengers - please contact us asap to book your place!

23/07/2024

Join Coates and a local NZ Naturalist on an extraordinary journey through the breathtaking natural landscapes of New Zealand’s South Island 🏔️🌳✨

Travelling from 7th to 21st January 2025, we will discover the beautiful wonders of Fiordland National Park, Stewart and Ulva Island, Milford Sound, the Kaikoura Coast, Ho**er and Mueller glaciers, Aoraki/Mt Cook, alpine lakes Rotoiti and Rotoroa, and much more!

Please visit our website to Make A Booking or for more information on our NZ South Island Wildlife and Wilderness Expedition 🇳🇿💙

Coates returns to Aotearoa (New Zealand), a land with beautiful landscapes, ancient forests and unique wildlife.

02/07/2024

Costa Rica is a small country (7 times smaller than Germany, or 50 times smaller than Western Australia) and yet it makes up about 5% of the Earth’s total biodiversity 🦥🦜🦎🌼🌳

Join us in Costa Rica for beautiful wildlife and nature encounters this October! Please visit our website for more information. See you out there!

20/06/2024

Only one place remaining on our Mid West Wildflower Tour! 🌼🌸

Wildflower season in WA’s Mid West region occurs between July and September, and rains in June set the stage for spectacular Everlasting blooms (thank goodness they finally arrived).

Join our Mid West Wildflower tour today and explore WA’s Wildflower Country from 24 August to 2 September 2024.

06/06/2024

Swainsona maccullochiana, or the Ashburton Pea, with Mount Augustus in the background 📸😍

Native to Western Australia, this lovely bright annual herb is found in the Ashburton, Carnarvon, Upper Gascoyne, Karratha, Meekatharra and East Pilbara regions.

05/06/2024

White-plumed Honeyeater spotted at Goolinee Cattle Pool, Mount Augustus National Park 🐤

This species is one of the first birds to call in the morning, and last to call in the evening, and hangs out around eucalypt-lined rivers and creeks like Goolinee Cattle Pool.

Goolinee is a permanent water source along the usually dry Lyons River in WA, and is lined with beautiful river gums. Mount Augustus in the backdrop makes for a beautiful spot to sit and quietly observe the wildlife going about their daily business 💚

30/05/2024

Our wonderful owners and directors, Tom & Sylvia Grove, about to embark on the Canopy walk in the lush green rainforests of Borneo, on the 2023 Borneo Wildlife Adventure 🌴🌿 Join Tom this October to discover this beautiful island for yourself!

24/05/2024

Set sail on the Kinabatangan River and experience Borneo’s rich wildlife from the water. Spot Pygmy elephants, Proboscis monkeys, and more! 🚤🐘

22/05/2024

Discover the biodiversity of Bako National Park. From rare plants to exotic animals, Borneo is bursting with nature! 🐒🌳🌺

16/05/2024

Join us in Borneo and meet the gentle giants of the jungle at the Sepilok Orangutan Sanctuary, a safe haven dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating, and reintroducing Bornean Orangutans back into the wild. 🦧🌿

22/04/2024

Keep River National Park, Northern Territory 🌴

Located just 3 km east of the NT/WA border, Keep River is one of the Northern Territory’s best kept secrets. The striped sandstone structures, similar to the Bungle Bungle domes in WA, are geological wonders and protect many ancient Aboriginal rock art sites. The structures also provide important habitat and refuge for native wildlife.

To discover this uniquely beautiful park for yourself, join our Tanami Desert Expedition travelling from 22 June to 5 July 2024, Alice Springs to Kununurra 🌴
Please visit our website or get in touch for more information!

03/04/2024

Swim with the largest fish in the sea on our upcoming Western Wanderer Expedition 🐋🦈 15-29 May 2024, Perth to Broome, limited to 12 passengers, places still available!
Other highlights include the Abrolhos Islands, Shark Bay, Coral Bay and Karijini National Park.

For more information or to book please visit our website 🤠

15/02/2024

Bungle Bungle Magic ✨📸

These 350-million-year-old sandstone domes form part of the Bungle Bungle Range, in Purnululu National Park, Western Australia. The traditional owners are the Gija, Jaru and Malngin people, and the park is UNESCO World Heritage Listed.

We hope you’ll join us as we discover this beautiful and spiritual work of nature, on our Kimberley Wonders Expedition 2024. Please visit our website in the bio for more information 🧡

25/01/2024

Only 1 place left on our Sri Lankan Wildlife, History & Culture Tour! Please contact us if you are interested.

12 - 26 March 2024, tour begins and ends in Colombo, Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 Maximum 12 passengers, fully accommodated in hotels and lodges. Enquire now!

16/01/2024

Christmas Island creatures 🦀🦜🦇
1. Golden Bosun (white-tailed tropicbird, Christmas Island subspecies)
2. Abbott’s b***y (endangered)
3. Robber/coconut crab
4. Christmas Island red crab
5. Blue crab
6. Red-footed b***y
7. Island thrush & introduced giant centipede (good work thrush 👏)
8. Brown b***y
9. Christmas Island flying fox / fruit bat
10. CI red crabs on the waters edge

All photos taken in December 2023 on our Christmas & Cocos Island Tour.