The most beautiful aspect of this experience (aside from the experience itself)? Anyone with a driver’s licence, some common sense and around $120 to spend per person, per night can do it. Book your yacht and you’ll be sent off aboard your new floating home in the direction of whichever island takes your fancy (and there are 74 to choose from).
Sleep, cook and eat on board, and spend your days snorkelling, hiking, picnicking, fishing and exploring the islands on foot and by water at your own speed. It’s not called bareboating because they’re empty (you’ll find everything from bed linen to bottle openers ready for you), but because there’s no crew – just you, your family and your friends. And maybe anyone you owe a very big favour.
2. Cruising the Kimberly coastline, WA
3. Cruising Sydney Harbour, NSW
4. Cruising on a big liner
5. Sailing on Ningaloo Reef, WA
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Awesome – We are so excited to be voted Best Cruising Experience ! Thanks to all those who voted for Whitsundays ! Remember you don’t even need to know how to sail, we have motor boats and we provide all the tuition or you can take a skipper with you. Its an amazing place and we are humbled to be voted best! THANK YOU!!!
Best Cruising Experience – the Whitsundays win again! Who can argue with the voters choice? Skipper yourself charters in the Whitsundays are most definitely the best and ONLY way to explore the 74 Islands. Grab your friends and family, choose your vessel and sail off into the sunset for the adventure of a lifetime!