Providence Whitehaven Beach Sailing and Snorkeling Cruise

Sail a 62-ft schooner to Whitehaven Beach, snorkel vibrant reefs, and capture stunning views. Join the adventure in the Whitsundays.

Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Providence Whitsunday Sailing - Meet us under the umbrellas at the roundabout at Meeting Point B at Coral Sea Marina for check-in. We offer pickups, so please ensure you’ve informed us of your desired pickup location. If we haven’t been notified by 5 pm the day before, you’ll need to meet us at the marina at 7 am.
  • Whitehaven Beach - Enjoy…
What's Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Local guide
  • Use of snorkeling equipment
  • Lunch
  • All fees and/or taxes
  • Bottled water
  • Tea and coffee
What's Not Included
  • Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
Additional Information

Experience the Whitsundays aboard a 62-ft gaff-rigged schooner, one of the few tall ships to regularly visit Whitehaven Beach. Get involved with handling the sails or simply relax on deck as you sail towards the iconic Whitehaven Beach. Upon arrival, disembark at Tongue Bay and enjoy a short 10-minute walk to the Hill Inlet lookout for stunning views…

Location
Coral Sea Marina North End - Meeting Point B
Meeting Point B. Coral Sea North Marina.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Iredallo
Dec 31, 2024
An unmissable experience - The whitsundays tour with Providence was great! Our guides were very kind, they provided us with food, equipment and information. Relaxed travel and the chance to snorkel complete this unmissable experience!
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Luilyn_s
Oct 26, 2024
Amazing experience - Crew was organised, friendly, helpful and very professional. Highly recommended. It was a well worth experience!
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Stephen_b
Oct 25, 2024
Who doesn't love a good sailing day! - This was pretty amazing! The ride over to whitsundays was long but so worth it! The crew were brilliant and they get some of the passengers to help out if they want to when it came to putting the sails up etc. The beach itself is unbelievable, there is a reason why it's voted as 1 of, if not, the nicest beach in the world! The colours, the scenic views are amazing! Would highly recommend! Once those sails go up, it's a different tour entirely! How often can you say you have sailed through the waters in Australia!
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Charmian_p
Oct 7, 2024
Great experience - Awesome experience, great people. Food was delicious and the sites were so beautiful. Would definitely go again
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Noelgd4654yb
Aug 15, 2024
A great relaxing cruise. - I wanted to see the best parts of the Whitsundays, but I didn't want to be crowded on a high speed boat going from point A to point B. The skipper and first mate were very knowledgeable and friendly, and were very happy to have a chat. The snorkelling on the reef was amazing and the views down Whitehaven Beach were stunning from the lookouts. If a relaxing day on the water spotting whales and turtles appeals to you, then this is the cruise to take.
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Jodi_h
Oct 26, 2024
Whitehaven Beach - Wishing I had a realistic distance for the hiking trail to the view point then again to the beach. Also a heads up about how quick the tides came in we thought have been nice. We had a-lot of waterlogged stuff and didn’t think we could get to both places easily enough ( old and out of shape).
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Vickysq5002yy
Oct 2, 2024
Highlight of my trip to the Whitsundays - This was a wonderful experience. Our captain, Oscar was lovely and helpful. It was great seeing some of the passengers given the opportunity to help him set the sails. The crew member who helped him favoured some of the passengers who spoke her native language, and the extra paid was food was not really worth it. Better to bring a lovely platter of your own. And weirdly, one of the vegetarians was given a chicken wrap, and then told to take the chicken off. Hmm. But these are minor issues and the trip was amazing.
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Gracewf1615np
Dec 10, 2024
Disappointing experience - Yesterday we went on the Providence sailing boat from 7-4.30… Whilst the staff were friendly enough, they had their timings down completely wrong. Actions from the staff meant that our time snorkelling was extremely limited and our time at the whitsundays was cut short. To get to our snorkelling spot, our group was split into three whilst the captain took us in parts to the spot. However the tender kept breaking down, and at some points he had to row. This slowed and cut short everyone’s opportunity to snorkel. Then, when we got the whitsundays the staff chose to pack the tender full with people to get to the shore. The boat started to sink ! We watched from the main boat as the tender slowly started to sink and then finally the staff got out and waded their way and pulled the tender to shore. We and other people on the tour were left alone on the main boat with no staff for 30 minutes… By the time they got around to getting us to shore we had only been given an hour and half perhaps even less on the island ! Me and my boyfriend are so gutted because we booked this trip ages ago, and was so looking forward to it. If we had known that you only got to spend an hour on the island and 25 minutes snorkelling, we would have NOT booked this trip. In addition to this, the food promised is misleading, I was under the impression that we would be fed all day, but the portions of food were tiny ! What they deem as afternoon tea, is a fruit stick with half a strawberry and a few blueberries and a chunk of melon… We ended up getting back to port at 5.30, where the staff were late to pick up a sunset cruise… I feel that the staff managed as best as they could with the materials they were given- which weren’t very good. However some choices they made didn’t help the situation. Overall we paid a lot of money for a let down of a boat trip.
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Caroline
Sep 1, 2024
So disappointed ! - Such a disappointment. We were let down at 3 pm the day before , having confirmed it in the morning and booked 2 weeks ago. We were let down because others couldn’t make it at the last minute … we don’t understand how that’s possible as surely they would still have to pay to go as soon as close to the time. Anyway we managed to get onto the Whitsunday bullet instead. Better as there was no wind anyway and we got to see more islands. It even seems that I have to now battle to get my money back !! Over 400 dollars. And we were cancelled by the company. !
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36330
Jul 14, 2024
very disappointed - Very disappointed by that day. Snorkelling: the water was opaque, no fish, no corals. The food was insufficient: a breakfast muffin and coffee. A wrap for lunch and fruit to taste. We have been making a complaint to the tourist office. The very nice sailboat does not allow to sit properly. We were sold dreams!
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