Naturaliste Charters
Naturaliste Charters
5
Boat ToursEco ToursDolphin & Whale WatchingNature & Wildlife Tours
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Monday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Tuesday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Wednesday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Thursday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Friday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Saturday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Sunday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
About
Naturaliste Charters are the longest running whale watching company in the Southwest and have been operating professional whale watching tours out of Augusta, Dunsborough and Busselton for more than 30 years, we are also the founders Killer Whale Expedition's out of Bremer Bay, operating expeditions since 2015. Our state of the art luxury vessel 'Alison Maree' is one of the fastest, safest, most spacious whale watching vessels designed for the Southern ocean. Our tours provide visitors with the opportunity to view Humpback Whales, Southern Right Whales, and the rare Blue and Minke Whales on both their northern and southern migrations. As you watch these majestic creatures breach and frolic, we guarantee you’ll be mesmerised by their agility. Other marine life you might encounter during your whale watching tour include: New Zealand Fur Seals, Bottlenose & Common Dolphins & Sea Birds. Creating world-class expedition experiences isn't just our job, it's everything that we are!
Dunsborough, Western Australia, Australia
Features animals

Awards
Travellers' Choice
2023

Suggest edits to improve what we show.
Improve this listing
Tours and Tickets by Naturaliste Charters
Revenue impacts the experiences featured on this page, learn more.
Travellers talk about
(43 reviews)
Detailed Reviews: Reviews order informed by descriptiveness of user-identified themes such as cleanliness, atmosphere, general tips and location information.
Popular mentions

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.
5.0
793 reviews
Excellent
706
Very good
59
Average
13
Poor
6
Terrible
9

Karen M
1 contribution
Nov. 2023 • Solo
The tour was amazing and something I’ve now ticket of my bucket list
Seeing a mum and young calf having a little play as they just cruised their way down the coast was fantastic
The staff Kyle and Emma where amazing answering questions and informing everyone not just about the humpback whales but all the whales that make the voyage up north and back again
Written 18 November 2023
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.

Steven Kerr
Singapore14 contributions
Nov. 2023 • Couples
Had a great time out on the water with Naturaliste Charters and their friendly crew. Chloe and Kyle were great fun, helpful and informative. The departure point is a little tricky to find as is further down road than signs would make you believe and I hadn't realized would depart from beach - was on lookout for a pier. We headed out and saw some dolphins fairly quickly, but it was a struggle to find whales in this tail end of the season. But various boats were in communication and the skipper tried his hardest to catch up with a humpback whale and it's calf seeing their water spouts and fins, though they were not particularly playful (but this is nature). We stayed out probably past our time slot, but no luck on seeing anything spectacular. We headed back to base, thinking a distant encounter was our best view when suddenly we found another mum and calf in the bay. This time mum was teaching her calf to breach with a few spectacular leaps out the water which was an absolute joy to watch. You need a bit of luck on these things, but the crew at Naturaliste Charters worked hard and their efforts paid off in the end for us patient whale watchers.
Written 15 November 2023
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.
naturalistecharters
Thank you for your review! We are so happy that your trip ended with some spectacular displays from the whales traversing the bay. We hope to see you onboard again soon.
Written 15 November 2023
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.

Sheilaef2014
4 contributions
Nov. 2023 • Couples
Disappointing. We saw one mother and one calf but as it didn’t fall into the “no whale policy” we weren't offered a free return trip. I wrote suggesting it would be good for their business if they offered half price return trips when so few whales were sighted as I doubt anyone on this trip would recommend going in November. They replied offering this, and said "They felt just as disappointed, it’s been an amazing season but yesterday was hard, the weather wasn’t great and the whale sightings were low." It would have been nice if they had offered it without having to be prompted. I don't recommend going in November.
Written 14 November 2023
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.
naturalistecharters
Thank you for your review and suggestion. We are just as disappointed as you that the whales did not want to play on the day you visited the bay with us. We hope that you will be able to join us again next season. We really do appreciate your honest feedback.
Written 15 November 2023
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.

Jessica S
4 contributions
Oct. 2023 • Family
Friendly crew, well maintained and clean vessel. Would recommend this activity. It was fun and the whales were cute.
Written 14 November 2023
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.
naturalistecharters
Thanks so much for your review Jessica. We are happy you enjoyed your trip with us.
Written 15 November 2023
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.

will1thing
Singapore, Singapore64 contributions
Oct. 2023 • Family
The views were amazing and the crew was really professional. We were really able to see the whales! They had a marine biologist onboard to answer any science questions.
Written 12 November 2023
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.
naturalistecharters
Thank you for reviewing our whale watching tour. It's so helpful to have professional and knowledgable people onboard a tour, it makes for such an interesting trip.
Written 15 November 2023
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.

Jan F
1 contribution
Nov. 2023 • Family
Awesome morning aboard a beautiful boat with friendly and informative crew, but best of all we got to see a gorgeous mum and baby humpback. Will definitely be back and even keener now to go and see the killer whales next. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to be able to see these amazing animals. 🐋🐳
Written 11 November 2023
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.
naturalistecharters
Thank you for joining us on a Dunsborough Whale Watching Tour, we are so pleased you enjoyed your time on board with us, thank you for coming along!
Written 12 November 2023
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.

debmickarcher
Burnie, Australia13 contributions
Nov. 2023 • Couples
It was just the best time and the staff were great very friendly. Would highly recommend this whale watching tour . Would do it again .
Written 9 November 2023
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.
naturalistecharters
Thank you for your lovely feedback Deb. We hope to see you again on board some day soon!
Written 15 November 2023
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.

Jean K
Sydney, Australia8 contributions
Nov. 2023 • Couples
This was a well organised tour and we saw some wonderful whale displays. Well worth the cost. The young people giving us useful information on the whales and our surroundings.
Written 9 November 2023
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.
naturalistecharters
It sounds like you had the best day with Naturaliste Charters. The whales we encounter each day are such marvellous creatures.
Written 15 November 2023
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.

jeadamsuk
St. Cyrus31 contributions
Nov. 2023 • Family
A great trip and very well organised. Trip started on-time and we found what we had come a long way to see; whales. Crew were very knowledgeable and cared about the environment the whales thrive in. Given our trip was organised entirely via the Naturaliste Charters website from or NE Scotland home, and we mailed the company for some additional info re meeting points, etc, the whole experience was excellent. Highly recommended.
Written 9 November 2023
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.
naturalistecharters
So happy to see your trip went so well and it's great to know your booking from so far away meant a seamless and exciting adventure! Come again soon!!
Written 15 November 2023
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.

Rebecca B
Didcot, UK22 contributions
Oct. 2023 • Couples
Our whale watching cruise was really good. We had some excellent views of humpback whale mothers and calves - there were a lot of them in the bay. The boat is spacious, quiet and comfortable. I liked the fact that they didn't use a PR system to speak to passengers - there were three staff on board so enough people to point out things and explain. All staff were friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. Highly recommended
Written 7 November 2023
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.
naturalistecharters
We are so glad you had such a great experience on your whale watching tour. We hope to see you again soon!
Written 8 November 2023
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.

Showing results 1-10 of 789

Naturaliste Charters: All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Photos)