My wife and I have literally just had one of the best days ever doing the Whitehaven Beach and hill tour with Cruise Whitsundays. The weather wasn't the best in the morning, and we nearly decided to give it a miss... im so glad we didnt. We were picked up from Hamilton Island at 8.30 and an hour or so later transfered to a smaller boat to take us to the inlet beach. The staff are so attentive, and our guide, Redman, was a star, being both funny and knowledgeable. The views of the inlet are amazing, and after that you find your self in 10 inches of water with Lemon sharks and stingrays... how cool is that! You then make your way to a second beach where you spend the afternoon at your leasure and having the brilliant BBQ that is prepared for you. Thank you Cruise Whitsundays for a brilliant day.

Fantastic trip all round. Crew were awesome, very funny but super helpful. Sails were up for a bit, food and drink flowing. Whitsunday is simply out of this world and a must see. Views were incredible and beach and water was pristine - squeaky sand was an experience! Extra advice when for when you get off the boat to the island: go to the toilet before and take extra water as it was extremely hot and humid! Snorkelling was class from what my partner told me though it was jelly fish season so stinger suits were on (I’m not a water baby like her). Definitely worth it for the price!

Whitehaven beach is absolutely stunning. Staff were friendly and helpful. Highly recommend. The same is pure white and the water is crystal clear.

Absolutely loved it! Swimming on the Great Barrier Reef was an unbelievable experince! Stella and Brooke were exceptional hosts who couldn't do enough for us and always with a smile! Antione the chef excelled , the good was plentiful and delicious. I have to say that the constant harassment by the birds at meal times was not ideal! Our group all took it in good part but I am sure a less tolerant group would have been really upset by it!

This location and setup is wonderful. The "suite" itself is great. The experience of going to the reef, snorkeling, diving, sub with windows tour are all good. You share the afternoon with many others who are there for the day. Mid afternoon everyone not spending the night leaves ... This is when the horror story starts. There is a serious Bird issue. To the point of the birds attacking guest for food. Imagine being on a pontoon (which is what you are on) in the middle of the ocean and have 1000 (maybe more) birds on this pontoon wanting food. You have the only food and they do anything to get to it... including flying into the submerged observatory where we had diner... eating diner while getting attacked by birds. If you are on the deck in late afternoon, evening or night, the birds swarm around you. There is also the sound of this many birds.... and with this many birds, they poop.... lots of it.... and it stinks. It makes this experience a nightmare. Until the bird issue is fixed, I would consider this venue uninhabitable. This is not a "1" star but not safe for humans warning.

The trip i wanted to go on was cancelled last minute so i booked this trip to fill in the day. I had seen this trip on tv and felt that it was not for me. I was wrong the pontoon is a fair way out and on a flat calm day the trip out was great. I first went on ghe semi-sub while i waited for my pre booked dives. The sub was OK the reef colours are muted due to the thick glass. The viewing deck is fun as you can watch the divers and snorkellers, as well as the fish, but again thick glass.... Introduction dive was fantastic good safety briefing safe area to practice until you are happy to start your dive. The dive instructor holds your hand the whole time. I had dived before and my instructor felt confident to let me move on my own. Second dive was with the same instructor which was great. Plenty to seegreat experience. I also did a short snorkel and plenty to see, and not crowded looks busy from the pontoon but once your in plenty of space to move around see the coral and fish with out people close by. A great day. Money well spent.

My experience with Camira Sailing Adventure was fantastic! The buffet was delicious, and the crew was amazing—they were very attentive and made sure we had a great time. The snorkeling was a lot of fun, and the view of Whitehaven Beach was absolutely stunning. The purple boat is very unique and added to the charm of the trip. My two friends and I were all very happy. A special shout-out to the crew on March 14th, 2025—they were awesome! They were also very friendly to Chinese people! We will definitely come back next time!

Today was the perfect balance between exploring the Whitsundays and relaxing. The boat was huge we were initially taken back by the fact the boat held 70 people but there was plenty of space for everyone if you wanted to shelter from the sun or sit right on the front and sunbathe. The crew were incredible leading us on the view point walk Harrison and Dakota went out of their way to make it enjoyable and to ensure we got the all important photo. After we enjoyed the perfect amount of time on Whitehaven beach. Back on board we enjoyed the really incredible bbq food made by Lily who was also super helpful in getting my mum prescription goggles to ensure she could enjoy the snorkel too. There are so many different tours to do in the Whitsundays but I honestly do believe this is the best one if you’re a couple on a family holiday or going solo. Thanks guys hopefully we can back again soon!

If we could’ve given this more stars, we would! It was unbelievable. The pictures don’t do it justice. From the time you board the boat (we boarded at Hamilton Island), you are treated like royalty. The crew were amazing, particularly Alison, Alba and Emily. A snorkeling tour is included and we also did a scuba dive. Hardy’s reef is beautiful. The real fun begins when everyone else leaves the pontoon to head home at 2.45pm. That’s the time to jump in the water and have a dive or snorkel. Drinks and canapés are served on the top deck as the sun sets. We opted for dinner underwater in the observatory, which was amazing. Credit to the chef! The view from the reefsuite has to be seen to be believed. Huge Giant Trevally and Grouper. It’s surreal. A helicopter flight back to Hamilton the next day tops off the adventure. Do it!

Amazing to ‘camp’ on the barrier reef. Seeing sunrise and sunset over the ocean was magical. Food and drink was superb. Definitely worth the extra as the day trip looked chaotic and far too brief with too many people. When they left there were just 8 of us on the pontoon, free to eat, drink, snorkel or sunbathe whenever we wanted. All equipment provided too.

We’ve been on two full day tours with CRS Whitsundays - Great Barrier Reef adventure and Whitehaven beach grilling and chill. On both tours the large boat is rammed full of around 200 tourists. The food is basic and the emphasis is on money making. They constantly sell you extra services.

This is a hall day tour from Arlie to the beach. They use a big Ferry that stop on the resorts island to drop off people. Then change ferry on Hamilton Island so you have just over one hour on the beach . So drop this one , not good

This was a truly memorable experience. The reefsuite gave a spectacular view of the sea and life. It was mesmerising. The location of course is amazing but the attention to detail by the staff made this trip special. The whole staff on board worked so hard and look after us Particular mention to Alison and Pryia who were always there to help us. The food was amazing and any dietary needs were attended to. I would like to thank Felix, from the dive team who supported me to complete my first ever snorkel safari. His patience gave me confidence. I have been so scared of putting my head under water for years, but I did it. He was amazing. If you get a chance to experience a night under the sea and stars, then take it. One suggestion for my return. Can you put Rose wine on the menu. Totes amazing and the memories will stay with me forever. Thank you

Me and my boyfriend booked a half day tour to Whitehaven Beach. Unfortunately due to the weather we were unable to go to Whitehaven and had to go to an alternative beach. This was disappointing but appreciate it was out of the company’s control. The tour itself was fine, we spent two hours on the beach and were provided with stinger suits for swimming and sandwiches for lunch. There were also drinks available to buy which were added to a tab and paid at the end on the boat. However, what we were most shocked about was the Captains attitude. My boyfriend had a brain haemorrhage and multiple aneurysms a few years back which resulted in his balance being affected. The Captain called out my boyfriend in front of people and said: “you’ve had one too many drinks today and I need to keep an eye on you” I completely appreciate he was not to know however when we told him of my boyfriends medical history, no apology was given, and he then made further comments about my boyfriend over the tannoy on the boat which everyone could hear! As we had told him of my boyfriend’s situation, I was shocked and disgraced that he was treated this way - I thought in 2025 we weren’t to discriminate against anyone? In addition to this, a young man had asked the Captain if he could take his elderly relative to the bathroom before we departed the boat for our time on the beach. The Captain made sarcastic comments about how much time they had had before we departed and was just overall quite rude to them. Overcall, this trip was fine although in hindsight the full day tour would have been better but the Captain ruined this for us with his ignorance and appalling behaviour. Hopefully future trips on our Australian holiday will be better!

One of the worst trips we have encountered during our Oz travel experience. We have been on a number of certified dives in Oz and elsewhere in the world and this was by far the worst in terms of safety. Once arriving on the pontoon, we were advised to quickly head to the scuba dive centre. The allocation of dive gear was extremely disorganised, our allocated dive crew struggled to find dive tanks over 180/190 PSI and was only given partial equipment by our allocated guide. Because of the utter chaos to organise the tanks and the remaining dive equipment we were forced onto the smaller boat out to the reef part way through our buddy safety checks (very disconcerting). We were asked to do our buddy safety checks whilst on the stand up boat which was impossible as we had to hold on in choppy waters. Once stopped we were told to get into the water immediately, of which I later I learnt one of our group was forcibly pushed in by our scuba guide when he was not ready! Our safety buddy check remained incomplete. Prior to the dive my partner clearly articulated he needed time equalise as he descended , however he was rushed and at one point, felt very anxious that he almost abandoned the dive (very unlike him to feel anxious and has done multiple dives). This trip was utter chaos and felt like a meat processing factory. It felt like profit was put ahead of customer experience and safety. How there has not been a serious accident I do not know, it is only a matter of when, not if. Would not recommend this trip to anyone. Thankfully, out of all our 5 boat trips (which included diving and snorkeling), this was the only one I would not recommend. I'm not one to write bad reviews however, in the necessity of health and safety in such a high risk activity I feel the need to warn others