Coral Coast & PilbaraActivities

Activities in Coral Coast & Pilbara

  1. Coral Bay Ecotours

    This respected, ecocertified outfit offers popular glass-bottom boat cruises (one/two hour cruise $30/45) with stops for snorkelling, as well as five-hour wildlife-watching cruises ($140) where you can swim with manta rays. It also has 1½-hour sunset cruises ($40), whale-watching cruises in season ($125), and you can book scenic flights here.

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  2. Exmouth Minigolf

    Small-group sailing adventures with a focus on learning to sail. There are two-hour twilight cruises ($150 per person), all-day cruises ($400) and live-aboard sailing trips lasting two days ($790) or five days ($1390).

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  3. Coral Bay Adventures

    This excellent company offers half- and full-day trips where you can wildlife watch ($85/$190), swim with whale sharks ($390) or manta rays ($165), whale watch ($110) or view coral from a glass-bottom boat (one/two hours $33/46). It also provides free snorkel hire for the length of your stay.

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  4. Capricorn Sea Kayaking

    Offers coastal and camping tours by sea kayak from April to October, including one-, two- and five-day tours, with stops for snorkelling and lunch. Also offers multiday kayaking trips in Shark Bay.

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  5. Ningaloo Dreaming

    This ecocertified company offers whale-shark cruises, wildlife spotting, trips to Muiron Islands, scuba-diving courses and dives off biologically rich Exmouth Navy Pier.

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  6. Ningaloo Ecology Cruises

    One-hour glass-bottom-boat trips (April to October), and longer 2½-hour trips (all year) including snorkelling. Tours leave from Tantabiddi; there's a free transfer from town.

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  7. Ningaloo Reef Dive

    This PADI- and eco-certified dive crew offers snorkelling with whale sharks ($365, from late March to June), reef dives ($160) and a range of dive courses (from $380).

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  8. Ningaloo Kayak Adventures

    On the main beach. Offers two- and three-hour kayak tours with stops for snorkelling. You can also hire a glass-bottom canoe ($25 per hour) and wetsuit and snorkelling gear ($15 per day).

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  9. Ningaloo Minigolf

    Rent a mountain bike ($20 per day) or a kayak ($50 per day) from Ningaloo Minigolf.

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  10. BHP Billiton Iron-Ore Plant Tours

    The massive BHP Billiton iron-ore plant tours depart from the visitors centre.

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  12. Sail Ningaloo

    The fully cashed-up can select from a number of multi-day reef-sailing cruises on board the catamaran Shore Thing.

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  13. Ningaloo Whaleshark-N-Dive

    Dive tours to Lighthouse Bay on the west coast, and longer live-aboard tours to the Muiron (three days) and Montebello (seven days) Islands.

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  14. Kings Ningaloo Reef Tours

    Long-time player that still gets rave reviews for its whale-shark tours. It's renowned for staying out longer than everyone else, and has a 'next available tour' no-sighting policy.

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  15. Capricorn Kayak Tours

    Single- and multi-day kayaking and snorkelling tours along the lagoons of Ningaloo Reef. April to October.

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  16. BHP Billiton

    This popular tour departs from the visitor centre.

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