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Top 10% in the World… We’ll take that!
We’re incredibly proud to announce that Ocean Rafting has once again been recognised in Tripadvisor’s Travellers’ Choice Awards, with both our Airlie Beach and Hamilton Island tours earning a place among the top 10% of experiences worldwide based entirely on guest reviews. For almost 30 years, we’ve had the privilege of sharing the natural beauty […]
A Successful Partnership for Ocean Conservation
Earlier this year, Ocean Rafting were apart of a successful partnership for ocean conservation and together with Biopixel Oceans embarked on an important mission: maintaining and redeploying acoustic receivers to monitor shark sightings around the Whitsunday Islands. Biopixel Oceans Foundation deliver research into the prevalence and behaviour of sharks in the Whitsundays. Shark movements are […]
Quarter 5 – The Reef Protection Initiative
Protecting our Patch with the Tourism Reef Protection Initiative! As part of the Tourism Reef Protection Initiative, funded by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, as part of the Australian Government‘s Reef Protection package, Ocean Rafting is proud to have the opportunity to continue to provide vital data to the managers of the Great […]
Why should you visit the Whitsundays during the Wet Season?
Wet Season or the Green Season as we like to call it is a special time of year in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. But with a name like Wet Season, it gets a bit of a bad rap! While a bit of rain might put some people off, we have plenty of reasons […]
12.12.22 – Starry Pufferfish
The Starry Pufferfish (Arothron stellatus) is a very large pufferfish which grows up to 120 cm (47 in) in length. This week our team was lucky enough to encounter this beautiful fish on one of our Reef Protection Days. Its body is oval-shaped, spherical and relatively elongated. The skin is not covered with scales but is prickly. The fins on the […]
24.11.22 – Bamboo Shark
A Rare Sighting! This week on our Southern Lights tour, Eco-Host Heath and his guests got to hang out with this usually elusive Whitsunday resident! Unlike more well-known sharks, the bamboo shark is a small, slow-moving bottom dweller. Their common name is “longtail carpet shark,” and for a good reason. They have extremely long tails […]
