CaPTA Group expands offerings

THE CaPTA Group has expanded its Far North Queensland tourism empire by taking over Wooroonooran Safaris.

Tropic Wings, another subsidiary of CaPTA Group, has bought the operations of Wooroonooran Safaris, a longestablished tour company that specialises in language-guided tours in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish in the Wooroonooran National Park.

The nature-based tours visit the largest World Heritage Wet Tropics rainforest, with itineraries for free independent travellers, private charters and groups, using current language guides and Tropic Wings’ existing fleet of coaches.

CaPTA Group director of sales and marketing Ben Woodward said the acquisition complemented the current offering of touring experiences that they operated.

“We are very excited by this opportunity, which ties in with the recent expansion of our coach operations,” he said.

“We look forward to further building on our existing relationships in the European and South American markets, working closely with our longstanding partners to show guests around another pristine part of our region, and further develop language guided tours.”

CaPTA Group is locally owned and operated by the Woodward family of Cairns.

It includes Rainforestation Nature Park at Kuranda, Tropic Wings Coach Tours, Jungle Tours & Trekking, The Wildlife Habitat at Port Douglas, Cairns ZOOM and Wildlife Dome, Australian Butterfly Sanctuary, ABC Sales & Maintenance and Careers Training Centre and Wooroonooran Safaris.