One of Australia's most popular tourist destinations, the Great Barrier Reef, is also the world's largest coral reef. The enormity of the Great Barrier Reef is only appreciated when you consider that it is comprised of nearly 3000 individual reefs and over nine hundred islands stretching almost 2600 kilometers along the east coast of Australia. The Great Barrier Reef is also a World Heritage Site and was recently named by CNN as one of the seven natural wonders of the world.
Many tour operators organize trips ranging from half day snorkeling tours to one week live aboard boats that extensively sail the Great Barrier Reef, where you can indulge in snorkeling, scuba diving and one of the more favored attractions, whale watching.
Budget tours are plentiful and can be arranged from any of the coastal towns that run along the east cost of Queensland and which are predominately favored by backpackers, such as Cairns, Port Douglas and Airle Beach. In fact, some retired America's Cup racing yachts have been converted into dormitory style floating hostels, and it is possible to sail the Great Barrier Reef for a remarkably low price. These tours also include a professional guide and all meals. Last minute deals are often offered at less than fifty percent of the usual rate.
Great Barrier Reef overnight
This is snorkelling and diving at it's best! Using state of the art diving equipment on our liveaboard vessel, M.V. Kangaroo Explorer, explore some of the best snorkel and dive sites on the Outer Great Barrier Reef.
Reef & Dive from Airlie Beach
To ensure that our guests get the most out of their three days in the Whitsundays Kiana visits that best locations that the Whitsundays has to offer including the outer Great Barrier Reef.
Great Barrier Reef Cruise
One of the fastest boats out to the reef = more time snorkelling...4 hours of snorkelling and dive time...
