{
  "name": "Australia Backpacker Price Index",
  "source": "https://wanderlusttravel.com.au/backpacker-price-index",
  "credit": "Wanderlust Travel & Adventure",
  "currency": "AUD",
  "note": "Lowest, median and highest current price of every product we sell per category. Hostel dorm rates in diy4Weeks are an estimate.",
  "date": "2026-10-28",
  "items": [
    {
      "key": "kgari-3-day",
      "label": "K'gari (Fraser Island) 3-day tour",
      "unit": "per person",
      "from": 579,
      "to": 749,
      "median": 659,
      "count": 6,
      "countLabel": "6 tours",
      "cheapest": {
        "title": "K'gari 3-Day 4WD Tag-Along from Rainbow Beach",
        "href": "/tours/3-day-dingos-kgari-fraser-island-4wd-tag-along-tour-36215",
        "url": "https://wanderlusttravel.com.au/tours/3-day-dingos-kgari-fraser-island-4wd-tag-along-tour-36215"
      }
    },
    {
      "key": "kgari-day",
      "label": "K'gari (Fraser Island) day tour",
      "unit": "per person",
      "from": 99,
      "to": 519,
      "median": 209,
      "count": 9,
      "countLabel": "9 tours",
      "cheapest": {
        "title": "Rainbow Beach Turtle View Kayak Tour",
        "href": "/tours/turtle-view-kayak-tour-34551",
        "url": "https://wanderlusttravel.com.au/tours/turtle-view-kayak-tour-34551"
      }
    },
    {
      "key": "whitsundays-sail",
      "label": "Whitsundays overnight sailing trip",
      "unit": "per person",
      "note": "2 to 3 days, 1 to 2 nights on board",
      "from": 449,
      "to": 1039,
      "median": 689,
      "count": 17,
      "countLabel": "17 tours",
      "cheapest": {
        "title": "Habibi 2 Day 1 Night Whitsunday Sailing",
        "href": "/tours/habibi-2-day-1-night-whitsunday-sailing-41482",
        "url": "https://wanderlusttravel.com.au/tours/habibi-2-day-1-night-whitsunday-sailing-41482"
      }
    },
    {
      "key": "reef-day",
      "label": "Great Barrier Reef day trip",
      "unit": "per person",
      "note": "Cairns and Port Douglas boats",
      "from": 199,
      "to": 329,
      "median": 299,
      "count": 9,
      "countLabel": "9 tours",
      "cheapest": {
        "title": "Cape Tribulation Reef Snorkel, Morning Tour",
        "href": "/tours/great-barrier-reef-snorkel-tour-morning-18434",
        "url": "https://wanderlusttravel.com.au/tours/great-barrier-reef-snorkel-tour-morning-18434"
      }
    },
    {
      "key": "skydive",
      "label": "Tandem skydive",
      "unit": "per person",
      "note": "Every Australian drop zone we sell",
      "from": 319,
      "to": 599,
      "median": 379,
      "count": 10,
      "countLabel": "10 tours",
      "cheapest": {
        "title": "Cairns Tandem Skydive up to 14,000ft",
        "href": "/tours/tandem-skydive-up-to-14-000ft-18674",
        "url": "https://wanderlusttravel.com.au/tours/tandem-skydive-up-to-14-000ft-18674"
      }
    },
    {
      "key": "surf-lesson",
      "label": "Surf lesson",
      "unit": "per person",
      "from": 79,
      "to": 169,
      "median": 99,
      "count": 9,
      "countLabel": "9 tours",
      "cheapest": {
        "title": "Beginner Group Surf Lesson (13 years+)",
        "href": "/tours/beginner-group-surf-lesson-13-years-26774",
        "url": "https://wanderlusttravel.com.au/tours/beginner-group-surf-lesson-13-years-26774"
      }
    },
    {
      "key": "uluru-multi",
      "label": "Uluru multi-day tour",
      "unit": "per person",
      "from": 799,
      "to": 1909,
      "median": 1189,
      "count": 4,
      "countLabel": "4 tours",
      "cheapest": {
        "title": "Uluru, Kata Tjuta & Kings Canyon 4 Day Tour, Swag (Alice Springs to Yulara)",
        "href": "/tours/uluru-tour-with-kata-tjuta-kings-canyon-swag-alice-spri-39920",
        "url": "https://wanderlusttravel.com.au/tours/uluru-tour-with-kata-tjuta-kings-canyon-swag-alice-spri-39920"
      }
    },
    {
      "key": "bus-pass",
      "label": "Greyhound East Coast bus pass",
      "unit": "per person",
      "note": "Sydney to Cairns, hop-on hop-off; shortest to longest pass",
      "from": 319,
      "to": 529,
      "median": 459,
      "count": 39,
      "countLabel": "39 pass options",
      "cheapest": {
        "title": "Greyhound East Coast Pass (Create Your Own), 7 to 45 Days",
        "href": "/tours/greyhound-east-coast-bus-pass-30-days",
        "url": "https://wanderlusttravel.com.au/tours/greyhound-east-coast-bus-pass-30-days"
      }
    },
    {
      "key": "campervan",
      "label": "Campervan hire",
      "unit": "per day",
      "note": "From-rate by van type, before insurance and one-way fees",
      "from": 49,
      "to": 175,
      "median": 107,
      "count": 6,
      "countLabel": "6 van types",
      "cheapest": {
        "title": "Campervan hire prices",
        "href": "/campervan-hire-prices",
        "url": "https://wanderlusttravel.com.au/campervan-hire-prices"
      }
    }
  ],
  "bigThree": {
    "kgari": 579,
    "sail": 449,
    "reef": 199,
    "total": 1227
  },
  "diy4Weeks": {
    "pass28": 479,
    "bedsLo": 945,
    "bedsHi": 1620,
    "tours": 1227,
    "lo": 2650,
    "hi": 3330
  },
  "semiGuided28": {
    "from": 4329,
    "title": "East Coast Australia: 28-Day Semi-Guided Adventure",
    "href": "/tours/east-coast-28-day-semi-guided"
  },
  "trackingSince": "2026-10-22",
  "history": "/backpacker-price-index.json?history=1"
}