Nearly two years after an historic land hand-back, an Aboriginal group is for the first time taking tourists to its traditional land on Queensland's Cape York Peninsula.

The Olkola traditional owners have partnered with Intrepid travel for the six-day trip around southern Cape York, with the first tour leaving today.

They will traverse rainforest, wetlands, ceremonial grounds, ancient rock art sites and endangered bird habitat.

Olkola Aboriginal Corporation acting chief executive Debbie Symonds was proud to show off her traditional country to the rest of the world.

"It's untouched in that it's never been commercial and it's never been open to the public," she said.

"They're kind of immersed in what Olkola is and what Olkola country is and our culture and our heritage.

"They have bush camps, and at night they sit by the fire and listen to stories and they're invited as guests onto country through traditional ways."

The Queensland Government in December 2014 returned nearly 8,000 square kilometres of land to the Olkola People, the single largest hand-back in the state's history.

Not wanting to pursue mining, the Olkola People decided to venture into carbon farming through savannah burning, cattle grazing and eco-tourism to derive an income from their land.

Olkola Aboriginal Corporation chair Mike Ross on the traditional land which has been opened to tourists. ( Supplied: Ben McNamara/Intrepid Travel )

Ms Symonds said the Olkola Aboriginal Corporation had grown its workforce from six people to more than 20 in the past few years.

That includes part-time caterers, tour guides and a full-time tourism officer, who also records the group's cultural heritage.

"Employment is one of the biggest things that Olkola has tried to do for its people since the hand-back," Ms Symonds said.

"To bring people back onto country and give them meaningful jobs that not only enriches what they know about their country but also then sharing the culture.

"Getting the older ones out with the younger ones. Everybody's learning off everybody."

Intrepid hopes to introduce Olkola Corp to travel industry

The genesis of the tours date back to 2014 when the Australian Conservation Foundation introduced Intrepid Travel to the Olkola People to help further their tourism aspirations.

Intrepid co-founder and director Geoff Manchester attended the land hand-back ceremony on Cape York, and decided to get involved.

The company, which has a long history of developing community-based tourism ventures overseas, helped with training, logistics, facilities, creating an itinerary, and marketing the finished product, and pays Olkola a fee to run the trips.

It is Intrepid's only dedicated Indigenous tour in Australia.

Tourists will traverse savannah country, rainforest, wetlands, ceremonial grounds, ancient rock art sites and endangered bird habitat. ( Supplied: Ben McNamara/Intrepid Travel )

"I think there's a developing demand for it, both from Australians and international visitors," Mr Manchester said.

"Tourism now is becoming much less about going and seeing things, and much more about experiences."

Mr Manchester hoped to turn tourism into a sustainable income for the Olkola.

Mr Manchester said it would be hard for the Olkola Corporation to make a business from landholdings, and said their partnership with Intrepid would be their first step.

"Intrepid is not the whole solution to their travel business," he said.

"We're trying to introduce them to the travel industry and train them in some of the basics.

"They will very much need to go out and find other sources of travel industry business that is probably slightly different from what they're doing with us, but the skills they're developing now will assist them in other types of offerings."