About Us

Harvest Pilgrimages has long been the most trusted name in Catholic pilgrimage travel from Australia and New Zealand. With our hands-on involvement in no less than seven international World Youth Days over a twenty year period, we provide an invaluable experience to care for the detailed requirements of pilgrim groups to this specific event.

Appointed by the Australian Catholic Bishops as the Official WYD tour operator for Madrid 2011, Harvest's approach is to work side by side with group co-ordinators from dioceses, parishes, schools and communities to develop faith-centred and cost effective programmes to all pilgrims.

Led by their founding Chairman and Managing Director Philip Ryall, Harvest provides an extensive team of group travel managers who are well versed in customising programmes which feature the famous holy towns, shrines and pilgrim roads en route to the WYD city.

Even during the WYD week in Madrid, Harvest deploys an effective team of travel professionals to oversee each group's progress and to safeguard against the spontaneity of a city brimming with two million pilgrims!

Harvest WYD Tours remains committed to delivering the highest level of service and communication support to ensure that group co-ordinators and pilgrims remain informed and on-track both in the lead up to and during the amazing World Youth Day encounter.