Across coastal, urban and outback WA more than 85 Aboriginal tourism operators proudly share their fascinating stories, distinctive cultures and traditional lands with visitors through a variety of authentic experiences.

Visitors to WA can combine outback camping with authentic Aboriginal experiences, through the Camping with Custodians project, where Aboriginal communities operate commercial campgrounds and other tourism initiatives – such as art galleries and guided tours – on their own land. The latest campground to open is Peedamulla Station, near Onslow in Australia's North West – home to a collection of heritage listed buildings and structures.

A snapshot of some of the Aboriginal tourism options include:

• Brian Lee: Hunter's Creek Tagalong Tours (Cape Leveque, Kimberley). The beautiful and remote Dampier Peninsula was once a camping ground for the Bardi (Saltwater) People of this region. Explore the history, seasonal bush fruit, traditional fishing techniques and stories of this timeless landscape, which is a wildlife haven for turtles, sea birds and whales.
• Bungoolee Tours (Fitzroy Crossing, Kimberley). Bunuba Elder Dillon Andrews traces the footsteps of powerful freedom fighter Jandamarra, a legendary hero who defended Bunuba country against overwhelming odds. Take a two-hour walking tour through Jandamarra's hideout in WA's oldest cave system at Tunnel Creek, hear Dreamtime stories of how the land was created and see ancient rock art that brings the stories to life.
• GoCultural Tours (Perth). The land (boodjar) where Perth now stands is home to the Noongar people, whose ancestors lived in harmony with the ecosystem and six seasons of the Swan Coastal Wetlands. Your walking tour with a Noongar guide will reveal how some of Perth's current buildings and roads have fascinating alignments with ancient Aboriginal sites and tracks.
• Kodja Place (Kojonup, Great Southern). Explore the pretty pastoral district's Noongar history through the Kodja Place's displays or join local Elder Jack Cox for billy tea, damper and yarns. Jack will show visitors special features of the centre including a Noongar kodj axe, a tammar-skin rug, a Noongar-Maori wedding cape and a newcomer's bushfire experience.
• Koomal Dreaming and Cape Cultural Tours (Margaret River, South West). The Margaret River region's big drawcards – beaches, caves and dining – come together on tours led by local Wadandi man, Josh Whiteland. Journey into Ngilgi Cave with Koomal Dreaming for ancient stories and unique didgeridoo acoustics, and forage for and taste native foods and medicines. The menu could include kangaroo, emu, quandong, emu plum and salt bush. Josh's new sister business, Cape Cultural Tours, helps visitors see the region's spectacular coastline through the eyes of the Traditional Owners.
• Luridgii Eco Cultural Tours (East Kimberley). Kununurra-based tour leader Ted Hall oversees four-wheel-drive tag-along tours, outback camping and cultural awareness programs in Miriuwung In 2017, the Luridgii team added a Jaliwang Diamond Mine Tour through a rugged landscape steeped in traditions and Jaliwang (barramundi) Dreaming to reach the Argyle Diamond Mine, where you can see the precious gemstones – including the rare pink diamond – and the operations involved in their extraction.
• Mimbi Caves (near Fitzroy Crossing, Kimberley). One of Australia's best-kept secrets, this vast subterranean labyrinth is part of a 350-million-year-old Devonian reef system, which houses a significant collection of Aboriginal rock art and some of the most impressive fish fossils in the southern hemisphere. The Mimbi area is a place of strong spiritual significance for the traditional owners, the Gooniyandi people. Spectacular limestone formations, brilliant colours and crystal clear freshwater pools set the scene for a guided tour laced with Dreamtime stories and bush tucker.
• Narlijia Cultural Tours (Broome, Kimberley). Engaging tours by Broome born-and-bred Yawuru man Bart Pigram offer an Aboriginal and multicultural perspective of the pearling town and its fascinating history. Learn about saltwater people, the seasons, the land and the food that sustained this ancient coastal culture for thousands of years.
• Ngalang Wongi Aboriginal Cultural Tours (Bunbury, South West). Artist and didgeridoo player Troy Bennell weaves his cultural knowledge into an array of Dreamtime stories and whimsical yarns about traditional and contemporary Aboriginal life, sacred sites, the Noongar six seasons and Dolphin Dreaming, linking to Koombana Bay's population of wild bottlenose dolphins.
• Ngurrangga Tours (Burrup Peninsula, Pilbara). This unique archaeological area houses the world's largest collection of ancient Aboriginal rock carvings, with more than one million petroglyphs dating back as far as the last ice age. Tour this amazing outdoor art gallery and surrounding coastal landscape with Clinton Walker, a descendant of the local Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi people.
• Poornarti Aboriginal Tours (Great Southern). Visitors are invited to reconnect to the essence of country in the State's Great Southern Travel and camp while learning about the ancient Indigenous culture of this land. Listen up to stories of Dreamtime and culture, step upon the earth and dance, embrace the elements, yarn by the fire, taste the tucker, sense the wind, water, heat and smoke, feel the power of ceremony, and learn of Noongar ways of life, spirit and art.
• Uptuyu Aboriginal Adventures (Kimberley). Design your own tour with expert guides whose ancestors have known the breathtaking Kimberley for thousands of years. Whether it's flying, driving, cruising or staying at the tranquil Oongkalkada Wilderness Camp between Broome and Derby, Uptuyu specialises in tailor-made itineraries that go beyond the views to reveal the local Aboriginal people's fascinating culture, ancient rock art and bush tucker.
• Wula Guda Nyinda Eco Adventures (Shark Bay World Heritage Region). Francois Peron National Park is a picturesque peninsula of acacia-cloaked red dunes and shrub surrounded by turquoise water teeming with marine life. Join award-winning guide Darren 'Capes' Capewellfor an inside view of the deep spiritual connection between the local Nhanda and Malgana Aboriginal people and this breathtaking saltwater paradise.

For more information on Aboriginal tourism experiences in WA, visit the Western Australian Indigenous Tourism Operators Council website.