Our Story

East Coast Tours is an Australian, family-owned travel agency that emerged from over 20 years of travel agency experience in Airlie Beach. With Aussie roots and a team of globetrotters behind the wheel, East Coast Tours is a culmination of our invaluable industry experiences and that unmistakable wanderlust feeling!

By backpackers, for backpackers

East Coast Tours was born out of a worldy affinity for adventure. Our small team of backpackers have harnessed their passion for travel, first-hand knowledge of Australia and experience in planning East Coast itineraries to create East Coast Tours. After countless road trips, scuba dives and Aussie sunsets, we were just bursting with ideas and local tips for East Coast travel. Combining our cumulative decades of industry experience, we're so stoked to call ourselves your East Coast travel agents.

From Airlie Beach to the whole East Coast

With a tight-knit, bright team and growing operator connections all over the country, we began to expand tour relations further north and south. From our founding Sailing Whitsundays brand to Cairns Tours and Fraser Tours, we have local connections along the entire East Coast. So much so that our team brought their creative ideas and local values with them... wherever they went!

The culmination of our passion for travel, local knowledge bases and strong operator connections has created space for the possibility of East Coast Tours. If Sailing Whitsundays, Fraser Tours and Cairns Tours were all chapters, East Coast Tours is our anthology. Selecting our best experiences for backpackers and using our nationwide industry connections to create seamless itineraries, we can’t wait to facilitate the adventure of your dreams.

Always true to our roots

Now with a team of nearly forty spanning across the globe, from Portugal to Canada to the East Coast, we’re constantly centring our grassroots values in whatever we do. Consideration of local values and industry landscapes is key to creating sustainable tourism for everyone, for now, and in the future.

Through an abundance of growth, it's awesome to see that our team remains vibrant, creative and authentic in their passion for adventure. As a mixed bag of European backpackers, local beach bums and industry gurus, there's always a laugh to be had and story to be shared, be it in the office, shop or a Zoom meeting! And more than anything, we put travellers first, striving to tailor the very best experiences to you, every time! With our award-winning service, hand-picked selections of tours and love for adventure on an individual level, we can’t wait to show you just how special Australia is.

Get in touch with us today to chat about how we can make your next East Coast adventure unique and unforgettable! 

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