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12 Day Cocos & Christmas Island Tour

Accommodated Tour

Perth - Perth

We start this Indian Ocean experience by spending time on some of the various islands that
make up Cocos group.

These islands offer a great mixture of birding, marine life and the absorbing history that makes up the colourful past of the islands.

From Cocos we continue onto the naturalists paradise of Christmas Island. Christmas Island is located 360 km south of Java. It is the tip of an Everest-sized undersea mountain; a limestone capped extinct volcano that first emerged from the sea about 60 million years ago. The perimeter of the island is rocky and steep and formed in a series of steps and terraces created by sequential uplifts of the island from the ocean floor. This surrounds a flatter central plateau. It's rugged shoreline and mountainous character combined to prevent colonisation by humans until the late 1800s.

The discovery of commercially viable quantities of phosphate led to exploitation of this resource which continues to this day. However, 63% of the island is designated as National Park and this is dominated by rainforest which itself is substantially modified by the presence
of millions of land crabs.

The island is also home to much more endemic flora and fauna; nine species of birds including the Christmas Island Frigate bird and the rare Abbott’s Booby; reptiles and bats and many species of plants including palms, ferns, vines and pandanus.

Day 1	Perth To Cocos Island
Day 2	Cocos Islands
Day 3 - 4	Cocos Islands
Day 5	Cocos Islands to Christmas Island
Day 6 -11	Christmas Island
Day 12	Christmas Island to Perth

Christmas Island

Ex Perth
24th November 2008

AUD $3,585 Twin Share
AUD$330 Single Supplement

NOTE: Flight times & prices are subject to variation. A single supplement & discounts apply.

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