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Whitsunday and Whitehaven Beach Cruise - Half Day

Highlights

  • Cruise with informative commentary
  • Plenty of time to enjoy Whitehaven Beach
  • Magnificent waters

This fantastic half day cruise takes you past some of the Whitsundays remote areas, beautiful bays, peaceful islands and onto dazzling Whitehaven Beach.

What's included?

  • Cruise through the Whitsunday Islands across the Whitsundays Passage to Whitsunday Island and stunning Whitehaven Beach
  • Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Fee
  • Use of stinger suit
  • Afternoon tea

Board our Whitehaven vessel for the scenic cruise to this magnificent beach. Your cruise vessel has expansive seating areas inside and out and your friendly skipper will provide an informative commentary on the history and natural wonders of the area. Sit back and breathe in the sea air, sip a wine or beer and marvel at the Whitsundays wonders, starting with views of Passage Peak and the imposing Pentecost Island.

The waters of Solway Passage lead us to the world famous Whitehaven Beach, a definite 'must see' in the Whitsundays. The crystal clear aqua waters and pristine white silica sand stretch for over seven kilometres along Whitsunday Island, the largest of the 74 islands in the Whitsundays. It is Mother Nature at her best - the most photographed beach in Australia and named Queensland's Most Beautiful Beach.

Wander along the beach to your own secluded stretch, laze on the beach or cool off in the azure waters.

Morning and afternoon tea is included. Sandwiches, snacks and a range of soft drinks, beers, wines and mixers are available for purchase onboard.

Important information

  • This experience is 5-6 hours in length and is available Monday to Sunday
  • The vessel departs from Port of Airlie at 7.00am
  • Guests are asked to be at check-in half an hour before the departure time
  • Return to Port of Airlie at 1:45pm

Product is priced for low season only and is unavailable for the following High Season dates: 29th March - 26th April, 14th September - 13th October and 14th - 31st December

  • Adult: 15 years old+
  • Child: 4 to 14 years old
  • Changes are not permitted within 48 hours of your experience
  • Change your booking up to 48 hours before the start time of your experience
  • Late arrivals or no shows may result in you forfeiting your experience

This cruise will have other participants onboard.

All cruises are weather dependent. Please provide a mobile number so that the supplier may contact you on the day of your cruise. If cruises are cancelled due to weather, the supplier will contact you as soon as possible to let you know. Cancelled experiences will be rescheduled for a later date.

These crew are among the top-awarded in Queensland!

This experience departs from Airlie Beach QLD.

Reviews

4.2
20 reviews
5 stars 11
4 stars 4
3 stars 3
2 stars 2
1 star 0

Great location!

Nicki 7 April 2025

Great location at Whitehaven beach but a bit of a mission to get there as we had to stop at Daydream & Hamilton Island to pick up & then also change ferries at Hamilton Island on the way home. So a long trip for 2 hours on the beach. Whitehaven is stunning though!

Customer Experience

Hi, it is always great to hear about the wonderful experiences our customers have, thank you for sharing!

8 April 2025

More of a shuttle service than a cruise

Donna 21 March 2022

Whitehaven beach was incredible, certainly no complaints there - but getting to and from took a very long time. Shuttle stops at Daydream, then Hamilton Island Airport, then Hamilton Island plus windy weather (so we were taken the long way around the sheltered side) meant that it took 2hrs and 45mins to reach the beach. We had less than 2 hours to enjoy it before we were loaded back onto the boat for a long ride home via all the same ports - but at Hamilton we were shuffled off the boat and made to wait for 30 minutes for another one to ferry us back to Airlie. We had 3 small kids and it made for an exhausting day. I'd look for a quicker, more direct route to whitehaven if you're keen to see it.

RedBalloon

Hi Donna, thanks so much for your feedback - I’ve passed it through to our provider. We’re always looking for ways to improve so I really appreciate you taking the time. Thanks, Elise

21 March 2022

Great Morning out

Erika 9 February 2020

Despite the early start this was a really great tour. Gave us plenty of time at Whitehaven as well as a relaxing ride around to Hamilton and daydream island. It's a good idea to bring your own snacks and drinks , you can buy on the boat if you forget. Only downside is it's difficult to find a shady spot to relax on Whitehaven.

The cruise and time spent on Whitehaven beach were

Antony 13 August 2019

The cruise and time spent on Whitehaven beach were awesome

Amazing beach cruise

Samantha 27 May 2019

Best experience , such a relaxing and beautiful island. And caitilyn from red balloon was able to help with the booking and changing time off the cruise. would definitely recommend and book again for my self

GREAT STAFF..FANTASTIC SERVICE

Paul 2 October 2017

The red balloon website had little info on this cruise and not a clear option re arfternoon or morning cruise. The double handling giftcars number to voucher # is extremely frustrating as u cannot cut paste these numbers...makes booking via a smartphone nearly impossible....no staff available on weekends for support...wouldnt do red balloon again

Great Day

MJones 28 March 2016

Great day, beautiful beach. Staff on ferry extremely helpful.

Overall pretty good

Ash 30 June 2015

The overall cruise was great, however there needs to be more of an emphasis on spending time at the islands rather than being just a taxi service.

Fantastic experience that everyone needs to do

Mags 28 June 2015

Whitehaven Beach is the perfect beach! Beautiful white sand that is cool to touch and magnificent blue waters. So peaceful and tranquil to just lay on the beach and take it all in. Also there is some beautiful bush walking in the national park.

Just beautiful!

Johanna92 8 September 2014

The staff were extremely friendly, scenery was beautiful and the boat trip was lovely! Food was average but we didn't go for the food!

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