Budj Bim Cultural Landscape Tourism

Gunditjmara cultural tours of the World Heritage Listed Budj Bim Cultural Landscape. Discover a vibrant Indigenous culture and the region’s heritage, as you are introduced to the World Heritage listed sites through Gunditjmara eyes. See how the Budj Bim lava flows enabled the Gunditjmara to develop one of the largest and oldest aquaculture networks in the world. Composed of channels, dams and weirs, they are used to contain floodwaters and create basins to trap, store and harvest the kooyang eel. Tours along raised boardwalks designed to preserve the precious natural environment will showcase historical stone kooyang traps and stone channels, stone house sites and eel smoking trees and other natural phenomena.

Budj Bim Cultural Landscape Tourism offers visitors a guided cultural experience of southwestern Victoria’s Gunditjmara Country. Inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list for its outstanding universal values, the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape features ancient aquaculture systems which were first constructed at least 6,600 ago. The region is renowned for its age-old lava flows and life-filled waterways, and the remains of over 300 Aboriginal stone houses. On Gunditjmara guided cultural tours, discover a vibrant Indigenous culture through shared stories and see the landscape through Gunditjmara eyes. Explore significant and ancient sites and discover the region’s heritage along raised boardwalks designed to highlight and preserve the precious natural environment.

And for a truly unique culinary experience, dine at the state-of -the-art Tae Rak Aquaculture Centre & Café. The menu features local produce infused with native seasonings, and the Gunditjmara chef introduces kooyang (eel) to diners in the most creative and delicious way.