Aug 4, 2026 – 10.50amTourism assets have seen plenty of interest this year, with private equity-backed Journey Beyond snapping up a series of businesses like Captain Cook Cruises and Ayres Rock Resort and the NRMA testing the waters for a potential sale of its Manly Fast Ferry operations in Sydney.Now it is a provider of holiday cabins, Into the Wild Escapes, that is preparing to cash in, hoping to find a wealthy backer to take a minority shareholding in the company as it maps out a national expansion.Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column.Angira Bharadwaj is a co-editor of Street Talk. She covers IPOs, capital raises, mergers and acquisitions and other breaking news in Australia’s capital markets. Previously, she covered financial services, state, and federal politics. Send tips to @angirab.60 on encrypted messaging platform Signal.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?
Into The Wild Escapes hits fundraising mode to take cabins nationwide
The Sydney-headquartered tourism operator is the latest in a string of tourism businesses looking for wealthy backers, hoping to raise as much as $7 million.
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