Most booked fast boatOcean Rafting: Snorkel, Hill Inlet & Whitehaven
Fast inflatable, your choice of ends: Hill Inlet and two reef snorkels up north, or longer on the sand down south.
Whitehaven: North + Hill Inlet, or south
Nine day trips from Airlie Beach and Hamilton Island, sorted by how you travel: fast boat, sail, a calm cruise, or beyond Whitehaven to the reef. Each one has its own page with which end of the beach you get, the snorkelling and what guests say.
Inflatables and a fast catamaran: more time on the sand and in the water.
Most booked fast boatFast inflatable, your choice of ends: Hill Inlet and two reef snorkels up north, or longer on the sand down south.
Whitehaven: North + Hill Inlet, or south
Two snorkel stopsHotel pickup, two snorkel stops including the tip of Hook Island, the Hill Inlet walk and a buffet on Whitehaven.
Whitehaven: North end + Hill Inlet walk
From Hamilton IslandFor Hamilton Island guests: fast boat to Hill Inlet, about 2 hours on Whitehaven and a guided reef snorkel. Few reviews yet.
Whitehaven: Hill Inlet + about 2 h on the beach
Sail to Whitehaven with lunch on deck, or cruise on a big steady catamaran.
Drinks includedA purple sailing catamaran with BBQ lunch, beer and wine, a reef snorkel, and the tide picking north or south Whitehaven.
Whitehaven: North or south, by the tide
Adults onlyA classic timber ketch for 24 adults at most: Hill Inlet, Whitehaven, a snorkel, bubbles and cheese, a sunset sail home.
Whitehaven: North end, Hill Inlet walk
No snorkellingA calm, big catamaran from Shute Harbour: guided Hill Inlet walk, up to 2 hours on Whitehaven, buffet lunch. No snorkel.
Whitehaven: Hill Inlet walk + up to 2 h
Half a day on the south beach, the outer reef, and Heart Reef from the air.
Lowest priceThe cheapest way onto Whitehaven: up to 2 hours on the south end, no Hill Inlet and no snorkel, morning or afternoon.
Whitehaven: South end only, up to 2 h
Outer reefOuter reef, not islands: about 4 hours at a pontoon on Hardy Reef with snorkel gear, semi-sub and lunch. No Whitehaven.
Whitehaven: Not visited
Heart ReefThe only way to see Heart Reef: an hour in a fixed-wing plane over the reef, Whitehaven and Hill Inlet, window seats for all.
Whitehaven: Seen from the air