Coral Princess Cruises offers an intimate cruising experience, incorporating soft adventure and expedition-style encounters.  They are proudly accredited as an ecotourism cruise operator with Ecotourism Australia; taking their responsibility for the preservation of the sensitive environments they cruise in seriously.

Their 35 meter expedition style cruise ships, Coral Princess and Coral Princess II, are large enough to provide all the comforts and facilities you would expect from larger cruise ships, yet small enough to enable access to reef and island sites inaccessible to other vessels. With an open bridge policy and a maximum of just 50 passengers, your cruise will be both personal and memorable.

You have the option to do as little or as much as you like - snorkelling, guided coral viewing excursions in glass bottom boats, scuba diving, guided rainforest walks and presentations by their onboard Marine Biologists - or simply take the time to relax on the sundeck or in the spa.

Itinerary Overview

Discover Australia's most picturesque coastline and the world's largest Marine Park, the Great Barrier Reef, on a 4 night Coral Princess Reef and Island Adventure Cruise.

Day 1 – Board the Coral Princess and depart Cairns in the late afternoon. Cruise north, past Double Island and Palm Cove.

Day 2 – Anchor and go ashore to explore historical Cooktown at your own leisure for the morning. Return to the ship and cruise to a remote, uninhabited island for snorkeling or viewing the colourful coral gardens on a glass bottom boat tour with the ship’s marine biologist.

Day 3 – Visit and explore Lizard Island for the morning. Take a guided walk to ‘Cook’s Look’ for spectacular views of the reef and surrounding islands, snorkel, scuba dive or simply relax. Cruise to the seldom visited spectacular Ribbon Reef No 9 in the afternoon for some more snorkeling and glass bottom boat tours.

Day 4 - The Great Barrier Reef is not actually one continuous reef, but a series of thousands of individual coral cays stretching over 1800 miles. Spend today exploring two of these reefs, Ribbon Reef No 3 and Rachel Carson Reef.Snorkel, scuba dive or join the marine biologise on the glass bottom boat to discover the local wildlife which could include sea turtles, giant clams, rays and over 200 differenct species of native birds.

Day 5 – Disembark this morning back in Cairns.

Other Cruise Options

Coral Princess Cruises also offers a 3 night cruise to the islands south of Cairns and a 10 night Kimberley Expedition Cruise between Darwin and Broome. Please ask us for details.