Adventure and Outdoors Tours

Wunyami, Green Island’s traditional name, is an ancient coral cay with are equally fascinating ancient cultural history.

Join Indigenous guides for the Wunyami Cultural Walking Tour and learn how the island is connected to an ancient journey of two ancestorial storytime beings who fought and formed the island and who still protect it today.

This story is shared by the GuruGulu Gungganji people (Yarrabah) and the Gimuy Yidinji people (Cairns). As part of a small group, your guides will explain the relationship of these warriors, the cultural ceremonies of the two tribes and the connectivity of this iconic island to the ancient seascape. The Indigenous guides have been given special approval from their elders to share this story with all who come on this tour.

The Wunyami Cultural Walking Tour takes approximately 1 hour.

Services

Wunyami Tour

From $19.5 to $39

The Wunyami Tours is guided by indigenous operators whose elders have permitted them to share the ancient creation story of the island. They combine and translate tribal and western science to give the island a complete history and cultural significance to the Gungandji and Yidinji tribes.

Their Wunyami Cultural Tours are solely linked to the cultural and historical surroundings intrinsic to Green Island. Their unique tours are conducted by our indigenous tour guides, who will provide you with the most authentic and inspiring tour. Their tours have become a fundamental part of Green Island’s cultural learning. Their program works closely with the elders and young indigenous leaders so they deliver with the authority of the Saltwater people. These tours are significant to the indigenous community connected to Green Island; they are a career pathway that instils respect and honour while sharing and teaching their culture and historical significance to a broader audience.

Disabled Access

Family Friendly Non Smoking Public Toilet