Whitsunday Luxury Cruises

If you really want to spoil yourself, hop aboard a luxury cruise and explore the Whitsunday Islands and surrounding reefs. Cruise for a day or a month on a private chartered luxury motor cruiser. For pure indulgence, experience a day trip or overnight cruise, with or without professional crew, on Allegria II, a sleek Mustang Mirage.

If you want to stay a little longer, try a larger cruise ship. Reef Odyssey offers 3 to 6 night cruises around the many islands like Hamilton, Daydream Island and Hayman catering for a maximum of 39 guests. Itineraries include exploring inlets around Whitsunday Island, Black Reef, Manta Ray Bay, South Molle Island, Hook Island and their many secluded bays and coves.

Fantasea offers a boutique cruise ship, with overnight accommodation for 68 people, entertainment, restaurant and plenty of leisure activities on board. Use of equipment and meals are included in most cruise packages. Participate in beach games or kite flying at Whitehaven Beach, picnic, BBQ, walk on the soft, white sand or through lush rainforest.

Fantasea also offers day trips from Shute Harbour and Airlie Beach out to outer reef pontoon for snorkelling, lunch and submersible boat coral-viewing.

Cruise Whitsundays visit Reef World for spectacular dive sites, and underwater observatory and sea walking. Many other tour operators provide great cruises out to other islands like Long Island, Brampton Island and the less inhabited Hook Island, which offers basic nature cabins for accommodation. There is a cruise to suit everybody, to take advantage of the many island resorts and scenery of this unique region.