Whale Shark Safari
Overview
Inclusions
- Tour escort/host
- Glass of Champagne
- Coffee and/or Tea
- Lunch
- Afternoon tea
What to expect
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Stop At: Coral Bay Ecotours, Robinson Street Shop 4, Peoples Shopping Village, Coral Bay, Western Australia 6701 Australia
Your tour begins at 7:30 am at the Coral Bay Ecotours office, followed by a short bus transfer to the jetty to board the vessel. Then we head out for your first reef snorkel experience in the beautiful coral gardens, where you may encounter numerous fish, reef sharks, and other marine species.
After morning tea, we begin our journey to the outer reef. By this time our spotter plane is already searching for our whale sharks and informing us of any other exciting marine life spotted along the way! We will do our best to allow you to experience as much wildlife as possible during our tour. Once our spotter plane has found a whale shark, our boat will make its way there. Guests will be split into 2 groups of 10 and take turns to swim with the whale shark. To ensure that we don’t disturb its natural habits, we are allowed a maximum one hour of swimming time with the whale shark.
We stop along the way home for a second reef snorkel at a different site.
Duration: 7 hours
Additional information
- Wheelchair accessible
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
- Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
- Gear/equipment sanitized between use
- Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
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A beautiful day out with plenty of snorkelling (loved the shark cleaning station!). Unfortunately the whale sharks were not about and so we weren't able to swim with them, however, we got to swim with a manta ray which was fab. The staff are great and supportive to those not as easily able to ...
A beautiful day out with plenty of snorkelling (loved the shark cleaning station!). Unfortunately the whale sharks were not about and so we weren't able to swim with them, however, we got to swim with a manta ray which was fab. The staff are great and supportive to those not as easily able to keep up. Will definitely do another tour with them next time I get to Coral BayBest experience! The crew were absolutely fantastic. As I am only a beginner at snorkelling, the crew were so supportive and encouraging. We had a day of dolphin pods, reef sharks at a cleaning station, turtles, humpback whales breaching and playing, sharks feeding on a bait ball, of course the c...
Best experience! The crew were absolutely fantastic. As I am only a beginner at snorkelling, the crew were so supportive and encouraging. We had a day of dolphin pods, reef sharks at a cleaning station, turtles, humpback whales breaching and playing, sharks feeding on a bait ball, of course the coral reef and amazing fish life. The icing on the cake - the whale sharks. The service from the crew was outstanding. Great food. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this tour operator.Definitely one of the big highlights of my trip up north. We had 2 swims over a couple of reefs and 4 swims with the Whale Sharks. On the first swim, the whale shark came very close to us and it was an incredible experience. My wife has a heart condition and was only able to do one of the reef sw...
Definitely one of the big highlights of my trip up north. We had 2 swims over a couple of reefs and 4 swims with the Whale Sharks. On the first swim, the whale shark came very close to us and it was an incredible experience. My wife has a heart condition and was only able to do one of the reef swims and one of the swims with the Whale Shark, but was well looked after by the staff in the water. The fact that she got up close to a whale shark despite her condition was an amazing achievement. Getting back on the boat was simple for me, but some people did struggle and I noticed a few bumps and bruises on a few people. We saw a large tiger shark, reef sharks, sea turtles, sea snake, every colour of fish and dolphins... and of course those wonderful whale sharks. The water was clear and warm. The better you are at swimming, the more you will enjoy the experience. As I don’t snorkel that much, I spent the previous day just snorkelling off the beach at Coral Bay to practice. All equipment such as mask, snorkel, flippers and wetsuit were provided. The $80 professional photo package offered at the end is well worth it.Perfect day, crew were knowledgeable and friendly. We saw turtles on the snorkel and they got us in with whale sharks multiple times. Very conscious of the environment. Food was lovely and good photos available for purchase. Thanks to the crew!
Perfect day, crew were knowledgeable and friendly. We saw turtles on the snorkel and they got us in with whale sharks multiple times. Very conscious of the environment. Food was lovely and good photos available for purchase. Thanks to the crew!What a fabulous day. Way better than we expected with hitting the Whale Sharks early in the day. I had seven drops all up and was exhausted. Then on the way back in we hit a bunch of Manta Rays feeding in the channel. Wow, awesome to see. Great day, great boat crew, great tour. Thanks Ecotours
What a fabulous day. Way better than we expected with hitting the Whale Sharks early in the day. I had seven drops all up and was exhausted. Then on the way back in we hit a bunch of Manta Rays feeding in the channel. Wow, awesome to see. Great day, great boat crew, great tour. Thanks EcotoursAwesome staff that look after you extremely well and highly recommend them, good size boat with enough room to move about.
Awesome staff that look after you extremely well and highly recommend them, good size boat with enough room to move about.