Big Buoy Water Park
Big Buoy Water Park
4.5
12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday
12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday
12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Thursday
12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Friday
12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
About
Big Buoy Water Park is the NT's very own floating water playground! An inflatable obstacle course located in Darwin's safe swimming area at the Darwin Waterfront Recreational Lagoon - Bounce around, slide, flip, get fit and have a splash with your buddies, work crew, or family! SUP Hire available! $15 pp PLEASE NOTE: We will re-open in the Dry Season April 2017. Date TBC.
Duration: < 1 hour
Suggest edits to improve what we show.
Improve this listingWhat is Travellers’ Choice?
Tripadvisor gives a Travellers’ Choice award to accommodations, attractions and restaurants that consistently earn great reviews from travellers and are ranked within the top 10% of properties on Tripadvisor.
Revenue impacts the experiences featured on this page, learn more.
Top ways to experience nearby attractions
The area
Address
Reach out directly
Best nearby
We rank these restaurants and attractions by balancing reviews from our members with how close they are to this location.
Restaurants
304 within 5 kms
Attractions
100 within 10 kms
Contribute
Most Recent: Reviews ordered by most recent publish date in descending order.
Detailed Reviews: Reviews ordered by recency and descriptiveness of user-identified themes such as waiting time, length of visit, general tips, and location information.
We perform checks on reviews.
Tripadvisor’s approach to reviews
Before posting, each Tripadvisor review goes through an automated tracking system, which collects information, answering the following questions: how, what, where and when. If the system detects something that potentially contradicts our community guidelines, the review is not published.
When the system detects a problem, a review may be automatically rejected, sent to the reviewer for validation, or manually reviewed by our team of content specialists, who work 24/7 to maintain the quality of the reviews on our site.
Our team checks each review posted on the site disputed by our community as not meeting our community guidelines.
Learn more about our review moderation.
4.5
48 reviews
Excellent
31
Very good
14
Average
2
Poor
1
Terrible
0
Jennifer R
Greater Perth, Australia32 contributions
Jan 2020
Our three teenage boys loved the Big Buoy Water Park. After a great safety induction, they had a blast testing their nerve and jumping from every vantage point they could. Great way to enjoy the only 'safe' beach in Darwin! They loved it so much they backed it up with a second session.
Written 15 January 2020
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Saera
Torquay, Australia68 contributions
Apr 2019 • Family
I didn't have the energy, but the pre teens loved it. Safety brief was done well, and off they went!
Written 3 August 2019
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
camypo
Singapore28 contributions
Oct 2018 • Family
Great fun for all ages. Highly recommend it. Thought it was extremely good value too and the manager/owner was very safety conscious without going overboard.
Written 27 October 2018
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Stiebs
Darwin, Australia136 contributions
Sept 2019
We took 5 girls here for a birthday and they ended up having a lot of fun here, however the operator is not punctual at all.
We had booked the early 10am session as it would be slightly cooler and fitted in with what we had planned for the birthday. We had previously been told the operator often cancelled, or rescheduled; sure enough at 10:05am when we were already there waiting we get a text advising the 10am won't be until 11am. The text said we could wait until 11am or get a refund if it didn't suit - at 10:05 it's too late to get a text advising of the cancellation and is poor form!
We decided to wait until the 11am session after calling the kids parents and the next birthday appointment advising them of the unforeseen delay. There was no apology, acknowledgement or reason for the cancellation of the earlier session by the operator when he arrived. The other issue is that then there were twice as many people as the 10am session.
While the girls really did have a great time, if booking this you might just need to consider it might be delayed..
We had booked the early 10am session as it would be slightly cooler and fitted in with what we had planned for the birthday. We had previously been told the operator often cancelled, or rescheduled; sure enough at 10:05am when we were already there waiting we get a text advising the 10am won't be until 11am. The text said we could wait until 11am or get a refund if it didn't suit - at 10:05 it's too late to get a text advising of the cancellation and is poor form!
We decided to wait until the 11am session after calling the kids parents and the next birthday appointment advising them of the unforeseen delay. There was no apology, acknowledgement or reason for the cancellation of the earlier session by the operator when he arrived. The other issue is that then there were twice as many people as the 10am session.
While the girls really did have a great time, if booking this you might just need to consider it might be delayed..
Written 29 September 2019
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Margscott
Lethbridge, Canada141 contributions
Feb 2020
since the waters are so warm around darwin you cannot swim in the salt water, with salt water crocs and jelly fish and sting rays and stone fish they designed this massive protected area for all ages to play at the beach. life guards. on duty all the time.
Written 27 February 2020
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Hobby Peeps
Darwin, Australia9 contributions
Nov 2019
We walked in at 4.15pm yesterday afternoon, the operator JB had just put away all of the hire gear for the day, but happily got everything back out for our family of 6 to jump in. Life jackets & a safety brief were provided before we got in.
It was a blast! All of the family took turns being launched off of the "pillow" and had great fun playing on the other inflatables.
It is really the only safe place in Darwin to swim in the ocean without the chance of being eaten or bitten. The water was really warm to swim in, be prepared to hold your nose on the steep slide!
It was a blast! All of the family took turns being launched off of the "pillow" and had great fun playing on the other inflatables.
It is really the only safe place in Darwin to swim in the ocean without the chance of being eaten or bitten. The water was really warm to swim in, be prepared to hold your nose on the steep slide!
Written 22 November 2019
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
chris w
Sydney96 contributions
July 2019 • Family
Our boys had a great time doing this for an hour and were busted by the time they were finished.
At $6.50 per hour with a good count of people doing it at the same time was awesome.
At $6.50 per hour with a good count of people doing it at the same time was awesome.
Written 16 July 2019
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Christine L
Melbourne, Australia27 contributions
July 2019 • Family
Our 15 & 16 year old teenagers had a great time.
It is privately run so it costs you $16.50 per hour.
Our kids went back the next day to do it all again.
It is privately run so it costs you $16.50 per hour.
Our kids went back the next day to do it all again.
Written 10 July 2019
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
I_am_Fred_the_critic
101 contributions
June 2019 • Family
We spent a lazy Sunday arvo at the recreation lagoon adjacent to Darwin Waterfront. The Big Buoy blow-up water park was a great relief from the warm day. Our 12yo nephew loved it. It’s available by the hour for $16.50 and sessions start on the hour. It needed a bit of strength to get up to the top and platform on the rope climb. I’m sure the nephew will sleep tonight! Life jackets and safety induction included. Highly recommended.
Written 30 June 2019
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Voyager816516
2 contributions
Apr 2019 • Couples
The water front is my son's favorite place. A swim in the wave pool, 1 hour on the Big Buoy then lunch at Fiddlers Green. I tried it once, but struggled to get on. You have to be fit! My son loves it and I can swim around the lagoon and keep an eye on him.
Written 5 May 2019
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
No questions have been asked about this experience
Revenue impacts the experiences featured on this page, learn more.
*Likely to sell out: Based on Viator’s booking data and information from the provider from the past 30 days, it seems likely this experience will sell out through Viator, a Tripadvisor company.
Is this your Tripadvisor listing?
Own or manage this property? Claim your listing for free to respond to reviews, update your profile and much more.
Claim your listing