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Reef Encounter: 1 or 2 Night Cruise

Reef Encounter Cruise 2009 Rates

Spend a night with Reef Encounter on one of the Wonders of the World.
Reef Encounter offers an outstanding accommodation base for visitors to Cairns to experience the wonders of the Great Barrier Reef whether they have 1 night or a week to spare.

Accommodation facilities onboard the fully air-conditioned vessel are terrific. Staterooms are modern, spacious, and bright with plenty of storage space, and all have en-suite bathrooms.

Reef Encounter has its own onboard water desalination plant so guests have the luxury of unlimited showers.

The dining room is big and fresh, our onboard heated spa is perfect to relax after a night dive or watch the sunset with a glass of champagne.

Our hydraulic dive / snorkel platform makes diving and snorkeling a breeze.

Reef Encounter is large enough to provide all the comforts of larger cruise ships, yet small enough to enable access to spectacular reef locations inaccessible to other vessels.

Facilities available for live aboard accommodation onboard Reef Encounter:

Reef Encounter Cruises visit spectacular reef locations off the coast of Queensland and is easily accessible by:
The Great Barrier Reef Helicopter Group offers Helicopter flights from Cairns or Port Douglas landing directly onboard Reef Encounter's exclusive Helipad.

Cairns Seaplanes operate daily transfers to Reef Encounter with a half-day option as well as a daily transfer option for guests who wish to stay onboard.
Compass Cruises transfers passengers to Reef Encounter on a daily basis - transfers operate from The Marlin Jetty Boarding is at 7:45am.

Compass Cruises is a large, spacious, express trip to the Great Barrier Reef's outermost reef locations. Enjoy cruising past Upollo Cay & the famous Michaelmas Cay to Hastings Reef, 60km from Cairns.

Hastings Reef is 10 sq km of coral gardens, renowned for tame, friendly reef sharks, Wally the Giant Wrasse & thousands of colourful tropical fish. Passengers can snorkel & try the excitement of scuba diving on our free 10 minute scuba dive demonstration.

Let our friendly, highly trained scuba dive instructors & crew show you the underwater world of the Great Barrier Reef on an introductory scuba dive or certified scuba diving. The glass bottom boat departs regularly for coral & marine life viewing.

Our 2nd location, Breaking Patches, is renowned for it's forest staghorn coral, large sea fans & black coral trees, yielding some 400 species of coral, & a vertical wall teaming with marine life.

Aerial view of the Great Barrier Reef, Cairns, Australia

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