Sunset Safaris: 6 day/5 night Fraser Island/Great Barrier Reef Tour
6 Day Package Includes:
- Most Meals,
- 3-Day Fraser Island Tour,
- 3-Day Great Barrier Reef Tour, AND
- 1 Night Backpackers Stay at Rainbow Beach, (optional twin share upgrade)
- Transfers to Gympie to meet GBR Bus
- FREE Cooloola National Park Tour and FREE 1770 Sunset Tour
- FREE HOTEL Room upgrades
Get ready to have the time of your life on Fraser Island, as Sunset Safaris takes you to paradise and back in style. The Sunset Safaris Fraser Island 3-Day Tour offers 3 days and 2 nights of FUN and EXCITEMENT. Let loose and have FUN at the cool, refreshing Eli Creek, one of the most picturesque locations in the World.
All accommodation, activities and most food while on your Fraser Island 4x4 adventure tour is included. Also included are the Sunset Safaris "4WD Monster Buses," renowned for their great music, comfort, and fun filled atmosphere. Enjoy the parties at night and awesome eco experience by day, as you visit the most prestigious locations on Fraser Island with our fun filled action packed adventure tours.
Cairns – Move over - It's the Town of 1770!
Australia's Best Kept Secret - The town of 1770.
Only a few Hours from Brisbane is the majestic township of Agnes Water & 1770, the Start of the Great Barrier Reef. The town of 1770 is Australia's best kept secret, boasting the most amazing Sunsets and beaches in Oz. Experience the beautiful town of 1770 on your Great Barrier Reef tour.
Here you have the choice to play as hard as you like on your Great Barrier Reef holiday with some of our amazing optional extra activities. Alternatively you can relax on the beach or around the pool and take it easy. Our resort is located on a long stretch of beach, where you can go swimming or enjoy a walk across the headland areas to see amazing views. This is a Great Barrier Reef tour of surprising contrasts.
A spectacular Great Barrier Reef holiday wildlife experience!
Enjoy a safe, yet utterly exhilarating underwater wildlife experience on your Great Barrier Reef tour. You have nothing to fear with Sunset Safaris Great Barrier Reef holidays. Lady Musgrave Island is recognised as the most northern point on the Great Barrier Reef to be Stinger Free. This gives you confidence to snorkel, swim and dive without the constant worry of life threatening jellyfish.
Turtles use Lady Musgrave Island as a major nesting area. It is not uncommon to see baby turtles hatching and trying to make their way out to sea. You can even go for a swim with the turtles as they wait patiently allowing themselves to be cleaned by little fish that clear their shells of debris and parasites.
An Underwater Paradise! The best Value diving on the Great Barrier Reef
Sunset Safaris Great Barrier Reef tours offer a diving option for those who would like to experience the thrill of going down while on the reef. We offer the best value beginner and certified dives on your Great Barrier Reef holiday. The fishing at Lady Musgrave is SENSATIONAL! BIG tropical reef fish are caught here, and all fishing equipment is supplied.
Your Great Barrier Reef Tour - BEST VALUE EVER
Offering the best value Great Barrier Reef tours in Australia, Sunset Safaris takes you to one of the most beautiful coral cays in the world, Lady Musgrave Island. This breathtaking piece of island paradise is simply stunning, as you get up close and personal with the world’s largest living organism, "The Great Barrier Reef."
During winter, the weather is perfect, with a water temperature of about 24 degrees Celsius. It's the ultimate time to enjoy a Great Barrier Reef tour. Whales are also in abundance during winter, with FREE Whale Watching from the boat included when whales are sighted.
Our journey to the Island is on the region’s biggest and best boat to ensure your safety and comfort. It comes with awesome inclusions, such as:
-Glass Bottom Boat Tours
-Underwater Observatory on the Reef
-Semi Submersible Submarine Tour
-Guided Coral Cay Island Walk
-Deep Sea Fishing (extra)
-Scuba Diving (extra)
-Swimming with the turtles
-Fish Feeding
-Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea on the boat.
Join us as we explore one of the Great Barrier Reef's most beautiful coral lagoons and Islands, Lady Musgrave Island. Here we will experience the life and death struggle of migrating birds, turtles and coral, in a place that many would call "Nirvana". Snorkelling, diving and deep-sea fishing are what this place is famous for, as we encounter colours and beauty unsurpassed anywhere in the world.
Your Free Stuff
Your FREE Sunset Tour of 1770 takes in the awesome sights of Busted Bay and the South Pacific. The town of 1770 is one of the only vantage points on the East Coast of Australia to see Sunsets over the ocean and mountains. Experience breathtaking sunsets while on your Great Barrier Reef tour and much more:
Take a short walk around a rocky headland and enjoy the rugged scenery
See wild Kangaroos and Wallabies
See our FREE Sunset Tour page for more details
ALSO INCLUDED:
Your accommodation includes 4 - 10 share Backpackers Resort accommodation, 2 x dinners, 2 x Continental Breakfasts and 1 x Lunch (day-2) worth over $80 at no extra cost. Lunch on Day-1 and Day-3 are buy your own at designated stops during transit.
Optional UPGRADES into Twin Share Motel Rooms or Single Share Motel is also available.
Includes:
- 3-Day Fraser Island Tour
- 3-Day Great Barrier Reef Tour
- 1 Night Backpackers Stay at Rainbow Beach
- Transfers to Gympie to meet GBR Bus
- FREE Cooloola National Park Tour
- FREE HOTEL Quadshare Room upgrade
- Noosa North Shore & the Wild Kangaroos
- 4WD along the magnificent Teewah Beach
- Check out the awesome colours of the RED CANYON
- See the 72 colours of sand along the World Famous Rainbow Beach
This tour does not take time away from your tour of Fraser Island, as this is a short cut between Brisbane and Fraser Island.
Itinerary:
Day 1:
- 6am Outrigger Hotel Surfers Paradise, 22 View Ave, Surfers Paradise.
- 7.15am Hotel Jen, 159 Roma Street, Brisbane.
- 8.30am Big Pineapple Nambour
- 9.15am Noosa Transit Centre in Noosa Junction
- 10.30am Rainbow Beach
FREE Cooloola National Park Tour
1. Wild Kangaroos spotting at Noosa North Shore
2. 4WD drive along Teewah Beach to see the enormous sandy cliffs
3. See the stunning Red Canyon
4. Arrived at Rainbow Beach and experience the amazing 72 different coloured sands
- Stop at Rainbow Beach to have lunch (at own expense)
- 4WD along 75mile Beach
- Enjoy a swim in the refreshing waters of Lake Wabby
- Buffet Dinner at Eurong Resort
- Beach Walk Star sightings and see our secret sparkling friends
- Beach Bar Activities
Day 2:
- Breakfast at Eurong Resort
- See the Coloured Sands and Pinnacles
- See Yidney Dripping Rocks
- Trek through Rainbow Gorge and Hammerstone Sandblows and experience scenic views of the ocean
- View the majestic Maheno Ship wreck
- Appreciate the beauty of Eli Creek boardwalk and enjoy the freshwater streams flowing into the ocean
- Enjoy Picnic Lunch
- Stunning Indian Head lookout to view white sand desert, the beach and ocean, spot dolphins, sharks, turtles, manta rays, sharks and whales (during Whale Season)
- Swim and spot marine life in Champagne Pools
- Buffet Dinner at Eurong Resort
- Beach Bar Activities
Day 3:
- Breakfast at Eurong Resort
- Tranquil Pile Valley Rainforest Walk
- Woongoolba Creek Board Walk
- See Magnificent Fraser Island Rainforest
- See Central Station and the timber cutters exhibit
- The Great Lakes Drive
- Swim in beautiful Lake Birrabeen and scrub with the white sands in the tea tree lake
- Drive along 75 Mile Beach
- 2.30pm Rainbow Beach (Lunch at own expense)
- Rainbow Beach Backpackers / Motel between 2:00 - 2:30 pm
- Enjoy optional extra activities while staying at Rainbow Beach
The Itinerary on both days may be swapped to suit tidal and weather conditions.
Day 4
Please be at Spectrum Ave @ Dingo’s Backpacker at 7.30am for the departure of Premier Bus at 7.40am to be taken to Puma Roadhouse, Kybong. Please wait for the Sunset Safari Coach where the coaches stop.
- Taste the secret family recipe of Mammino Ice cream (Own Expense)
- Experience live demonstration of Sugar cane cutting , including chewing and tasting
- Experience live demonstration of Macadamia nut cracking
- See the beautiful town of Childers and hear about its ‘chilling’ history
- Lunch at Bundaberg (Own Expense)
- Arrive at 1770/Agnes Water
- Sandcastles Resort Check in
- FREE Activities such as
- See the most northern surf beach on the east coast of Australia in the town of Agnes Water & 1770
- Swimming at the beach or pool and enjoy Spa
- Relaxing on the beach
- Dinner at Sandcastles Resort
- Beach Walk Star sightings and see our secret sparkling friends
DAY 5
- Breakfast at Sandcastles Resort
- Depart on the Spirit of 1770 for Lady Musgrave Island for our day on the Coral lagoon and spot plenty of marine life including turtles, sharks, dolphins, whales (during Whale Season)
- Lunch on board the Lady Musgrave Cruise
- Spectacular scenery of Lady Musgrave Lagoon and Island
- Feed the fish
- Underwater observatory on the reef
- Snorkelling in the lagoon to find “Nemo”
- Take Submarine rides to view the reef and marine life, great for non-swimmers
- Take Glass Bottom Boat to view reef and marine life, great for non-swimmers
- Guided walk on Lady Musgrave Island and see birdlife in the forest of Pisonia trees and turtles during nesting seasons (November to February)
- Try Optional activities such as
- Introductory Scuba Diving
- Reef Fishing
- Depart Lady Musgrave Island for the Spirit of 1770
- Sunset Tour of the Town of 1770 and Round Hill Head to see one of the world’s most spectacular sunsets.
- Dinner at Sandcastles Resort
Day 6
- Breakfast at Sandcastles Resort
- Depart Sandcastles Resort
- Visit an Australian Animal Zoo to see native animals such as
- Kangaroos
- Crocodiles
- Koala
- Snakes
- Lizards
- Lunch at the zoo
- Stop at Bundaberg for lunch
- Drive past Glasshouse Mountains
- 4.45pm Big Pineapple Nambour
- 6.30pm Brisbane
- 7.30pm Gold Coast
PAYMENT
Your Tour payment is broken up into 2 components, your Sunset Safaris ticket price component ($799), and your Fraser Island - National Park Fees, and Boat Access & Reef Tax component ($90.00 Fraser Island national Park Fees and $185.00 Great Barrier Reef Boat and Reef Fees = Total of $275). The Fraser Island - National Park Fees, ($90.00 on departure for Fraser Island) and Boat Access & Reef Tax ($185 on departure for Great Barrier Reef) must be paid in CASH to driver upon departure.
CANCELLATION POLICY DUE TO STRONG WINDS
Occasionally strong winds will cause the cancellation of the boat that takes us to the Great Barrier Reef. Sunset Safaris will always endeavour to cancel or postpone the excursion to the Town of 1770 before time of departure if winds are too strong. However, due to the unpredictability of winds, we may arrive at the Town of 1770, and be told by the boat company that the trip has been cancelled. In the uncommon event that this occurs, Sunset Safaris will refund the total sum of the purchase price of the Boat ticket and reef tax ($185) at the town of 1770. A range of other activities such as snorkelling and diving in sheltered waters and much more may be arranged by Sunset Safaris Staff at 1770, and these optional activities are then payable by the customer.
CUSTOMER CANCELLATIONS
Cancellations with less than 24 hours notice incurs a 100% cancellation fee
Cancellations with less than 72 hours, but not less than 24 hours, incurs a 50% cancellation fee
Cancellations with less than 7 days notice, but not less than 72 hours notice incurs a 25% cancellation fee
Cancellations not less than 7 Days notice will incur a 5% cancellation fee (administrative processing).
Departs Every Tuesday and Friday
Departs:
Ex Gold Coast: 6am Outrigger Hotel - 22 View Ave, Surfers Paradise (Please be ready to go by 5.50am)
Ex Brisbane: 7:15am Hotel Jen, 159 Roma St Brisbane (Please be ready to go by 7.00am)
Ex Sunshine Coast:
8:30am, Big Pineapple, Nambour
9:15 am, Noosa Transit Centre, Sunshine Beach Rd - Noosa Junction (can only return to Cooroy Train Station - not Noosa)
10:30am - 11:30 am, Spectrum St Bus Stop, Rainbow Beach (cannot return to Rainbow Beach)
PLEASE CALL SUNSET SAFARIS on 0732871644 for Departure Details from Cooroy and Noosa
Please Note: Please be ready to go by the departure times, but allow time for your bus to arrive. Unpredictable traffic conditions heading out of Brisbane can slow us down.
Returns:
Arrive back in Sunshine Coast 4:30 - 5:00*
Arrive back in Brisbane 5:30 - 6:30*
Arrive back on Gold Coast 6:30 - 7:30*
Please Note: *Return times are an approximation
Extra Costs: $275 Local Access and Boat Access fees (Pay in cash upon departure)