Jacqui Krahnert - Travel Consultant

19/06/2024

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05/06/2024

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03/06/2024

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17/05/2024

Day 3 - Visit to the Lake camp

Today we were off to visit the floating lake camp at Cheow Lan Lake. This is still located in KhaoSok National Park, but keep in mind that being 700 sq kms in size it is still quite a lot of ground to cover from one camp to the next. This lake is freshwater and goes up to 100m deep.

We undertook a journey on a long boat and explored the lake and its beautiful scenery until we arrived at the lake camp. In this region you can still find wild animals such as wild elephants, sun bear
Gibbon monkeys -and various other species of monkeys, Leopard and Tapiers. The great thing about elephant hills is they run conservation projects and constantly monitor the wildlife in the area.

Once we arrived at the lake camp, we undertook some swimming before lunch. We were also able to feed the wild fish at the camp, which was great. After lunch we then had again paddle boards, kayak or swimming options to relax for the afternoon before the journey back to the main camp.

17/05/2024

Day 2

Another day meant another outing. We arose and had breakfast, and the on the bus to head out on our excursions for the day.

On our way to the pier, we stopped at the local markets. Full of fresh produce and local products, was a great opportunity to stretch the legs.

Once at the pier, we were greeted by our speed boat driver who would be taking us of a tour to see the mangroves and fisherman village in TakuaPa province.

After this tour we headed out to the middle of the river where we had lunch prepared for us in a floating restaurant whilst we enjoyed swimming or paddle baording. After lunch our guide Yaya headed off on the kayaks to go through the mangroves.

Due to still being in the wet season, the rain came in whilst on this excursion and once everyone came back to the floating restaurant- we had to wait out the rain until it was safe to make the journey back. All part of the experience and albeit extremely wet, we made it back safely to camp.

Then the usual evening activities of a documentary, a performance from a different school and dinner.

Such a wonderful experience so far.

17/05/2024

Day 1 - Elephant Hills

After a long layover finally arrived into Phuket to be met by my driver who was Friendly and welcoming, and we made our way to the Elephant Hills camp about a 2hour driver from the airport in Khao Sok.

Khao Sok National Park in Southern Thailand. It is covered by the oldest evergreen rainforest in the world, huge limestone mountains shooting straight up in the air, deep valleys, breathtaking lakes, exciting caves, wild animalsand much more.

Khao Sok is perfectly situated on the mainland between Phuket, Krabi, Khao Lak and Koh Samui, the most popular destinations in Southern Thailand

At Elephant Hills, you have the opportunity to understand the extensive history of elephants in Thailand, including endangered Asian elephants, while getting to observe and interact with these majestic and beautiful creatures in a respectful and caring manner. This ethical approach to animal interaction is what truly sets Elephant Hills Thailand apart.

I arrived just in time to quickly drop my bag and join the first outing.

We all jumped in the safari truck and headed down to the sok river where we had a team waiting for us in canoes. The sok river is 45km long, but we were only venturing 5km of that journey. In the capable hands of our guides, we made our way along the river.

Once we returned to the bus, we were off to see the beautiful creatures the camp is named after. We arrived at the sanctuary and had plenty of opportunities to interact with these gentle and gorgeous giants. First was pets and photos, then a quick documentary to help us understand these beautiful creatures. Then we were back with the elephants to observe them bathing and roaming around. Then we got the opportunity to prepare their food and feed them.

After this we headed back to camp for dinner and dance performance from the local school children before resting for the next day.

Amazing experience!

14/05/2024

Day 11 - Darwin

Today we were greeted by this sunrise for our last day with APT on the Kimberley expedition cruise. What an adventure. So sad saying goodbye to the magnificent staff, crew, expedition team and the people who became your friends for the last 11 days. The most wonderful experience seeing the beautiful Kimberley region that Australia has to offer.

Get in touch if you want to learn more about this or any of their great journeys.

Thank you to APT for this amazing experience.

13/05/2024

Day 10 - day at sea

Not much happening today. We are spending the day travelling at sea to arrive into Darwin by tomorrow. Clocks are now back on NT time, which is the same as SA.

This has been an absolute amazing experience and encourage everyone to enjoy for themselves.

So blessed and grateful - thank you to APT for this wonderful experience.

13/05/2024

Day 9 - King George River /Oomari

What an afternoon. Today our last excursion was to King George River, and to see the beautiful twin waterfalls.

Today our zodiac guide was Kyle, and it was great ride with him sharing his knowledge along the way.

The journey up the King George River is nothing short of breathtaking. The 80-metre-high sides of the gorge display varying degrees of weathering of the ancient Warton sandstone. The colours and textures of the gorge change with the light as you travel further up the river creating a continual changing scenery that is simply stunning. Considering these rocks are 1.8billion years old, it’s absolutely mind blowing. We also were able to see a Peregrine Falcon, who are one of the fastest animals on earth and can travel up to 300km. Unfortunately my camera wasn’t able to capture them. Along the journey we also looked at the mangroves, saw various fish, birds and rays. We went into little crevices to explore and see the various layers of erosion in the sandstone, saw the honeycomb effect in the rocks, manage to see some greenery of trees and moss on the rock faces.

The journey culminates at the King George twin falls; the highest falls in the whole of the Kimberley (80 m or 260 ft). Fed by wet season run-off the level of water cascading over the falls varies from year to year. This year the falls were still running from rainfall in Jan and Feb, only approx 40 mls in March and no rain since then.

We were surprised with a glass of champagne from APT upon arrival at the falls and then were escorted. in the zodiacs to the foot of the twin falls, and told all about the stunning geological formations of the canyon. After we had finished the bubbles, we went directly under the waterfall. What a feeling!!

We saw a baby crocodile on the second fall, and after exploring both falls we headed back to the ship.

Amazing experience!!

13/05/2024

Day 8 - Jar island / Vansittart Bay

Today was amazing, we were lucky to have 2 excursions - both amazing in their own right.

First adventure was a wet landing at jar island, called such as upon discovery by Philip Parker king he discovered shards of pottery jars upon exploration and hence named the island jar island.

Jar island contains ancient rock art galleries depicting the Gwion Gwion style unique to the Kimberley region. Mainly negiected by, or unknown to, the early European researchers of Aboriginal culture in the Kimberley in favour of the dominant and more dramatic Wandjina art, Gwion Gwion art has in recent years gained world prominence. It is generally thought that this art may extend back to over 30,000 years before our time and represents the first wave of seagoing colonisers of the Australian continent. As it is, these are the oldest detailed depiction of human figures in the world.

Guided on our zodiacs by Alex and Sam, and then our guided on shore by Tom and Zach, we ventured again through some rugged rock and trekked to see the oldest rock art in the Kimberley’s.

Day 8 - Vansittart Bay

Next was a stop to Vansittart Bay. Here we explored the wreckage of a Douglas C-53 Skytrooper.

This was so very fascinating and one of my favourite treks in this trip. We again undertook a wet landing and were guided by Arnaud by tricky terrain - normally we would be able to walk through the dry salt flats, but an unusual tide had flooded these and the guides had to find alternative routes. I was happy as it gave us a longer trek to walk.

The Douglas C-53 Skytrooper was a troop transport version of the C-47 Skytrain (or in British service, the Dakota). It was designed to carry 3 crew and 28 troops

On the 26th Feb, 1942 this plane was organising evacuations and transportation. It was an American pilot flying from Perth to Broome.

On board was

2 pilots
2 telegraphers
1 engineer
1 radio operator

Instead of 43 degrees the pilot made a terrible mistake and put it on 23 degrees, they left at 11.10am expecting to arrive 5.10 pm - realised was off course and changed as it was getting late. Running out of petrol, decided to land, luckily they were near salt pan that was dry and they were able to land and survive.

Upon landing they were 630km from Broome and where they needed to be. Not knowing where they were they radioed there distress and a rescue mission was started. The issue was as they didn’t know where they were, it was hard to convey their coordinates to be rescued.

As they were only in a day flight, they carried no supplies. The engineer on board was at least able to desalinise the salt pans to create clean drinking water to help with survival. They were finally rescued on 1st March - after they heard the planes and fired their flares

The plane was made fromCopper aluminium - it was an American plane built in Brisbane but supplies for the construction brought over by the Americans.

Quite a fascinating story and great to see this part of our history. Also to see how reasonably intact the wreckage was after all this time.

We headed back to the ship with our zodiac leader Zach amongst some strong swells, but of course he got us back safely, albeit a little wet from the splashes of waves against the zodiac.

13/05/2024

Day 7 - Swift Bay / Warrabii, Australia

Today’s adventure found us at Swift Bay.
I truly am enjoying the peace and serenity of this place. The Kimberley’s are such a beautiful playground. So remote and the simple beauty and tranquility of this place is amazing. You can just stay and explore each of the destinations for days, but I do feel so privileged to be able to get a taste of this beautiful region, it just makes me want to explore more and more.

Phillip Parker King named "Swift's bay" after Jonathon Swift (1667-1745) the author of Gulliver's travels. The 'T' shaped bay is composed of heavily fractured sandstone providing an abundance of rock shelters. On the walls of these shelters are examples of Wandjina style rock art.

Jakawan was our trusty zodiac expedition leader today and we were taken on a walk through some rugged landscapes and had some fascinating knowledge shared by our guide Jade once we were on the shore. Today we had a dry landing, but we only had limited time on land to due to the tides and being able to get out this way as well.

Another amazing day on this Kimberley adventure 🙂

13/05/2024

Day 6 - Hunter River / Porosus Creek

Hunter River / Yirrini, Australia

Today we set out on the zodiacs, starting in the morning with the hunter river expedition with our guide Lorena before High tide set in.

Then in the afternoon our guide was Arno, this was the first time we have as Arno, who comes from France. Arno took us down the scenic Porosus Creek at low tide for a more opportune time to see some crocodiles 🐊 and stopped to tell us about the wildlife, mangroves and various other information along the way.

Hunter River is arguably one of the most scenic parts of the Kimberley coast. Prince Frederick Harbour and the Hunter River are lined with ancient rainforest pockets, pristine mangroves and mosaic sandstone cliffs. They are considered to be some of the most pristine mangrove forests in the world, containing up to 18 different species, supporting a rich and diverse fauna. The sandstone escarpment at the river mouth, known as "Kampamantiya" rises over 200 metres high before giving way to extensive mud banks and mangrove forests home to numerous bird species and the iconic saltwater crocodile. The sandstone in this region is some of the oldest in Australia- estimated to be at least 1.8million years old.

Another wonderful day 😃 😎

13/05/2024

Day 5 - Bigge Island / Wuuyuru

Bigge Island is the Second largest island in Bonaparte Archipelago and Lies 6km off the mainland
It was named by Philip Parker King in 1821 after th English Judge and royal commissioner John Thomas Bigge, Bigge Island is known as Wuuyuru to the Wunambal people of the Kimberley Coast. Wuuyuru is a significant site for Aboriginal people and is the resting place of the boss Wandjina Aarwarndju.

Today we ventured on our trusted zodiacs to the island from our ship anchored not far away. We undertook a wet beach landing before taking a walk climbing up sandstone rocks to see some ceremonial rings where our knowledgeable expedition guides Sam and Jess went through what they knew about the tradition and ceremonial process of the rock structures we were viewing. We then walked around and had a great viewing platform overlooking the beautiful landscapes of the area.

From here we then to the caves to see wandjina style rock art, quite historic for the region. We were allowed to take photos of the rock art but not post on social media.

This is such a beautiful region of Australia and learning a lot.

13/05/2024

Day 4 - Freshwater Cove and Montgomery Reef

This morning we awoke to a stunning sunrise before we prepared for the days activities.

First activity of the day we opted for an early walk at Freshwater Cove/ Windjingara Bard Bard. We were taken by zodiac for a beach landing , and met by the local indigenous people for a welcome ceremony and to be taken on a guided walk to see the beautiful countryside and then shown their native rock art in cyclone cave. We were permitted to take photos of the rock art but not to share these on social media.

We then headed back to ship for a brief interval until the next excursion.

Our afternoon excursion was to Montgomery Reef. So back on the zodiacs to head out to the reef with our zodiac expedition leader Jess.

Montgomery Reef is located in the south western end of Camden Sound on the Southern Kimberley coast.
The reef spans more than 400 sq km, and the reef structure emerges up to 4 metres out of the water at low tide, forming deep channels.

We were the first to get there to see it rise out of the water at low tide. Truly spectacular to see, photos don’t truly convey how amazing it is.

13/05/2024

Day 3 - Talbot Bay

Today we arrived in Talbot bay or Garaangaddim, located within the Buccaneer archipelago of WA.

The ship anchored at Slug Island and off we were again on the zodiacs to explore this beautiful landscapes and of course see the infamous horizontal Falls.

Our expedition leader for today was Zach, a marine biologist who was informative as we navigated through the zodiac excursion in the area.

Formed by some of the largest tidal movements in the world, the swirling waters of the Horizontal Falls are a natural phenomenon. Massive volumes of water squeeze through narrow cliff passages, with the rapid-like formations creating the unique sideways waterfall effect.

We also explored the impressive geology of this area which are 1.8 billion years old, with its rock formations and was fascinated by the background of this distinctive, unique and beautiful landforms.

12/05/2024

Day 2 - Lacepede Islands

Today was our first stop and our chance to get on the zodiacs for our first excursion.

Our zodiac expedition leader was Lorena who comes from Chile, she was so knowledgeable and we learnt so much about the eco-system and habitat of The Lacepede Islands

The Lacepede islands are Western Australia’s most important breeding habitat for green turtles, and have been named by Birdlife international as and important bird area (IBA). The breeding colony of brown Bo***es in this region is possibly the largest in the world. Other birds breeding in the islands include Masked Bo***es, Australian pelicans, lesser frigate birds, eastern reef egrets, silver gulls, crested, bridled and lesser crested terns, common noddies, pied and sooty oystercatchers.

The Lacepede islands were first sighted in 1801 by Nicholas Boudin. They were named in honour of Bernard de Germain Lacepedes - a French naturalist who discovered a number of Australian fish species within the area.

Beautiful part of Australia. 🇦🇺

12/05/2024

Day 1 - Broome

Broome is located approximately just over 4200kms from Adelaide. Broome was proclaimed in 1883 and named after the colony’s Governor, Frederick Broome. It is known as a beach resort town, and world renowned for producing high quality pearls from its local pearl farming.

We started our day with a 5km Morning walk - local park run at Town Beach.

We then went exploring to Willie’s Pearl Farm and perused the beautiful display of pearls produced here.

Next we ventured on to Cable Beach which is such a picturesque stretch of beach spanning over 22kms.

After that we then walking through exploring the township of Broome and local shops and art and sights before we embark aboard our ship.

01/05/2024

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29/04/2024

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29/04/2024

Wanting to experience something completely different. Plan a getaway to Elephant hills, and be surrounded by this beautiful spot in nature whilst being able to interact and feed elephants. Get in touch to find out more 🐘

🛶 Enjoy the beauty of nature, stunning mountain views, and the opportunity to spot wild primates. Sit back and relax as our expert paddle man takes care of everything. It's the perfect activity during your stay! 🌿🏞️

26/04/2024

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24/04/2024

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Elmo, our paw-sitively amazing Airport Facility Dog, shines bright today on Guide Dogs Day! 🦮🐾

If you find yourself in need of some extra support while travelling, Elmo is here to ensure that your journey before take-off is a seamless and positive one! 🧡 Thank you to Elmo and all his other Facility, Guide and Assistance friends, for making a positive impact in our community! ✨

Donations towards Guide Dogs Australia are now open! Visit www.guidedogsday.com.au

To learn more about Elmo and our Hidden Disabilities program, visit www.adelaideairport.com.au/travellers-guide/special-assistance/hidden-disabilities/ 🌻

22/04/2024

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14/04/2024

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12/04/2024

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