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Does anyone have any good or bad comments about the AAT King’s Day Tours? Are there any daily tours I should take or avoid from them? Thanks in Advance Andrew

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I haven’t taken an AAT King’s tour. I was signed up for one and later canceled.  This was in Alice Springs.  The AAT Kings tour picked you at the hotel each morning in a large AC bus.  It appeared to be a very comfortable, very sterile, very dull tour.  The one I took was Ayers Rock Plus in a small 20 passenger bus that went to the same places as AAT Kings.  We camped out in the desert at night  The guide (Joey) was crazy, but great (I would recommend him to anyone).  Depends on what you want. > Does anyone have any good or bad comments about the AAT King’s Day > Tours? Are there any daily tours I should take or avoid from them? > Thanks in Advance > Andrew

– Jim Burke

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Jim’s right, AAT Kings Tours are pretty ordinary, mundane affairs. Whatever you do, don’t do Kakadu / Katherine with AAT Kings.  Most interesting places up in the NT require a 4 Wheel Drive to get to, so although AAT’s luxury coaches are more comfortable than a small 4WD, you get to see much more with smaller operaters.  Also in small groups, the guides are more helpful – if you want to know ask anything, it’s more like having a chat and less like someone giving the class a lecture! I did an AAT Kings tour in Alice / Ayers and we saw the sights, but that’s all.  It ended and we all got on with our seperate travels. I also did a 4 day "safari" in Kakadu in a 4WD with a group of six others plus a guide who was brilliant.  We didn’t have a schedule, we changed our "itin" loads of times to suit what we wanted to do (loads of hiking / wading / swimming, less driving) and at the end of the tour, the six of us were good friends and met up a few times afterwards for drinks etc. If you go to Darwin, there are loads of companies that do these tours. They’re all pretty much the same and most of the guides know eachother. Just ask at your hostel and they should help you book them – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > I haven’t taken an AAT King’s tour. I was signed up for one and later > canceled.  This was in Alice Springs.  The AAT Kings tour picked you at the > hotel each morning in a large AC bus.  It appeared to be a very > comfortable, very sterile, very dull tour.  The one I took was Ayers Rock > Plus in a small 20 passenger bus that went to the same places as AAT Kings. >  We camped out in the desert at night  The guide (Joey) was crazy, but > great (I would recommend him to anyone).  Depends on what you want. > Does anyone have any good or bad comments about the AAT King’s Day > Tours? Are there any daily tours I should take or avoid from them? > Thanks in Advance > Andrew > — > Jim Burke

– Yours, Al. P.S. Please excuse any spelling mistakes.      I have dyslexic fingers.

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: > I haven’t taken an AAT King’s tour. I was signed up for one and later : > canceled.  This was in Alice Springs.  The AAT Kings tour picked you at the : > hotel each morning in a large AC bus.  It appeared to be a very : > comfortable, very sterile, very dull tour.  The one I took was Ayers Rock : > Plus in a small 20 passenger bus that went to the same places as AAT Kings. : >  We camped out in the desert at night  The guide (Joey) was crazy, but : > great (I would recommend him to anyone).  Depends on what you want. : > I have also been on the Ayers Rock plus tour.  We had a guy called Carney as out guide who was excellent.  I recommend this tour to anyone. He was very knowledgeable and created a great atmosphere giving you a real idea of outback life.  John Eastman

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