Tiwi Islands Aboriginal Cultural Experience

Take a 2½-hour cruise aboard the Tiwi Mantawi to Bathurst Island. You'll be met by your local guide and taken on a journey through the progressive, modern day Aboriginal community of Wurrumiyanga

• Visit the Tiwi Museum with its interesting displays of traditional art and depictions of the Tiwi 'dreamtime' stories, and Early Mission Precinct and its unique Tiwi-style Catholic Church

• Spend time with some Tiwi Ladies while they work on their weaving and painting. Your guides and the ladies also demonstrate their totem dances and perform a smoking ceremony to bless the visitors and explain the meanings behind them

• You'll get the chance to sample local billy tea and damper with your lunch

• Visit the successful Arts & Crafts Centres and see where the artists work. You also can purchase Tiwi arts and crafts and screen-printed fabric at Island prices

• Learn some of the complex rituals associated with the Pukamani (burial ceremony)

• You'll be transferred to the ferry landing to re-board your vessel, departing Bathurst Island for Darwin at 3.15pm