COMPASS
South Pacific
COMPILED BY KENDALL FLETCHER
Pacific Island Holidays is a 5-year-old, Tamuning, Guam-based
tour operator offering packages for company business trips,
family vacations, training and educational trips, and honey-
moons. Steve Querimit, operations coordinator with PIH, says
they customize ground arrangements, restaurant reserva-
tions, accommodations and transportation for groups.
“Guam is a great destination because of its diverse culture
and natural beauty,” he adds.
Pacific Island Holidays is part of Kloppenburg Enterprises,
one of the pioneers in the tourism industry on the island
since the 1950s. It also operates PIH’s sister company, Turtle
Tours, which sells tours through PIH.
“Turtle Tours has developed five optional tours, including
the newly opened attraction, Valley of the Latte Adventure
Park, which features ancient Chamorro village ruins, a botani-
cal garden, a mini zoo, carabao rides, fishing, local leaf weav-
ing and a fire-starting demonstration,” Querimit says.
These tours allow travelers to interact directly with
the native Chamorro people. Visitors can also experience
the Guamanian jungles on the Talofofo River during the
Adventure River Cruise and Kayak Adventure Tour.
“Our staff is diverse, and all are experts in customizing tours
to our visitors’ itineraries. We serve each traveler according to
Welcome to the jungle
Adventure River Cruise
their unique needs,” Querimit says. “Pacific Island Holidays is
a perfect company for North American groups because, unlike
other tour companies on the island, ours is locally owned and
we know what our clients are looking for in a tropical getaway.”
For more information, contact Querimit at pihoperations@
pihguam.com or visit pihguam.net.
Adventures down under
Camel safari in Australia
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between the British and Australian governors; the Royal Flying
Doctors Service, which serves Australians in remote areas;
and a reptile center. They can look for rare rock wallabies in
Simpsons Gap or the Ormiston Gorge.
On the tour, groups can cross the outback’s plains and sip
champagne while watching the sunset. They can take Segway
tours to see Uluru, a massive sandstone monolith, and see
the morning views on a sunrise camel ride. At night, they can
experience “Tili Wiru Tjuta Nyakutjaku,” an art exhibition of
more than 50,000 stems topped with frosted-glass spheres
illuminating an area the size of seven football fields.
“Our company’s strength lies in the
diverse experience of our founders—span-
ning over three decades, including 15 years
in the U.S.—and the strong relationships
with our partners and suppliers, enabling
us to offer reliable and quality services
consistently,” Noor says. “Our core values
are the reason why a few North American
companies book with us, and [we] hope
that many more will in the future.”
For more information, contact Noor
at [email protected] or visit
safirtours.com.au.
“On everyone’s bucket list, Australia is a paradise in the
southern hemisphere that is simply unmatched,” says Nayaz
Noor, CEO of Safir Tours, a Fountain Gate, Australia-based tour
operator that’s been in business for five years.
Safir Tours offers a five-day trip to the heart of the out-
back—known as the Red Centre—which Noor calls “an unfor-
gettable experience.
“The ruggedness of the terrain, the desolate bushland, the
changing colors of the landscape as the sun rises or sets, and
its indigenous culture are all something to behold,” he says.
The tour shows travelers the town’s communication center