Whitehaven Beach and Hill Inlet: Scenic Cruise with Guided Hiking and Gourmet BBQ
4.5
190 Ratings
Airlie Beach
Embark on a scenic cruise to Whitehaven Beach and Hill Inlet, followed by a guided hike and gourmet BBQ. Enjoy beach time, stunning views, and a dedicated host for a memorable experience.
Duration: 11 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 2 days learn more
Highlights
  • Cruise Whitsundays - Check in for your full day cruise to Whitehaven Beach
  • Whitehaven Beach - Spend up to 6 hours on this famous beach, enjoy a gourmet burger cooked at the only beach burger bar in the Whitsundays!
  • Hill Inlet - Visit this lookout to take the most iconic image of the Whitsundays. Your guide will provide commentary on the area and help get your holiday snaps at this incredible location.
  • Airlie Beach - Airlie Beach, Queensland
What's Included
  • Local guide
  • Afternoon tea
  • Choice of Beef or Veggie Burger
  • Live commentary on board
  • Protective stinger suits
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Snorkeling equipment
Additional Information

Cruise to superb, 7km-long Whitehaven Beach on Whitsunday Island. From the beach’s northern end, a leisurely 1.3km-return guided hike to Hill Inlet lookout follows a path walked by the Whitsundays’ traditional owners, the Ngaro people. Back at Whitehaven’s southern end, swim or relax on the sand, or enjoy another leisurely hike the southern Whitehaven Beach Lookout and view the length of Whitehaven Beach. A delicious gourmet BBQ lunch is waiting for you back on the Whitehaven sand.

Your Chill and Grill experience includes

  • Scenic Cruise through the Whitsunday Islands, with a brief pick-up stop at Daydream Island and Hamilton Island to collect more guests.
  • Up to 6 hours on Whitehaven Beach
  • Guided walk to Hill Inlet and Lookout
  • Walk to Whitehaven Beach Lookout
  • A gourmet BBQ on the beach
  • Morning and afternoon tea
  • Beach games
  • Protective stinger suits
  • Dedicated host for the duration of the day
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • Due to the length of this cruise and the activities this cruise is unsuitable for infants.
  • Minimum age is 4 years
  • Please advise dietary requirements
Location
24 The Cv Rd
The Cove Rd
Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 3 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

Customer Ratings
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Girlloveshawaii
May 14, 2024
Whitehaven and The Hill Inlet - This was amazing! I highly recommend this trip with Cruise Whitsundays. We did the full day. The staff are awesome! Even before we left, I emailed them and they responded quickly. Everyone was kind and helpful. We departed Hamilton Island and went to Whitehaven. This beach is so beautiful! We then took a boat ride out to the end of the beach to hike to The Hill Inlet. The hike was about 40 minutes. It was not strenuous. A nice nature hike before you get to the amazing view of The Hill Inlet. After we got back, had a great lunch of burgers and salads. Then just relaxed on Whitehaven. Bucket list day!!
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Alexander_d
May 8, 2024
A Great Day at Whitehaven Beach - We love coming back and spending the whole day at Whitehaven Beach with lots of activities including swimming and walking it's surrounds.
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Orangeelephant69
May 4, 2024
What a day🤩 - Fantastic day from start to finish Sea a bit rough but crew all geared up for that Morning in the bay was just brilliant, lemon sharks, baby rays, soldier crabs and a great walk up through the estuary. Tour guide (Paige) was super enthusiastic, a real live wire, had us all moving in the right places at the right time. BBQ was really well organised and plenty of food for all. (Mind the seagulls!) Bonus Iguanas on the beach fringes Bought the drink package, probably worth it but not necessarily the alcohol option. All the crew of the various vessels were great and ensured you felt safe on all the various transfers
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Saumya_k
Mar 31, 2024
Best tour for Whitehaven - Greta tour and loved very minute. We were blessed with lovely weather and the swirls were unimaginably beautiful!
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Kirsten_m
Mar 17, 2024
Fun and chilled - Walking to lookouts at Hill inlet was beautiful and well worth it. Then having plenty of time to chill at Whitehaven beach made it a perfect day.
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Kun_y
Jan 5, 2024
service and food - The crews are nice and friendly, they provide Wonderful service. All the food are really well too. Will recommend them to others.
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L5593bhjeffreyc
May 12, 2024
Whitehaven Beach is spectacular. - Great day out despite the torrential rain. Guides were very knowledgeable and helpful. BBQ on the beach was excellent. Watch out for the seagulls; they are very fast and accurate at picking food off your plate or out of your hands! We purchased the drinks package at $55 per person which advertised all day beer, wine, cider and soft drink. However wine was not allowed on the island. My wife does not drink beer and only received a very expensive small plastic glass of bubbles at 3:45pm. I have relayed my concerns about this but have yet to hear from Cruise Whitsundays.
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Tedswasalreadytaken
Feb 26, 2024
When a nail sticks out of your chair, you expect someone from Cruise Whitsundays to contact you. So far, they haven't. - On 3 February, 2024, we took a trip on the Whitehaven Beach Chill & Grill tour. There was a nail sticking about 1 cm out of my chair, and it got my leg multiple times before I figured out what it was. I spoke to one of the uniformed crew members, and they apologised and offered me a free drink (which I actually didn't want, but ultimately, I got a soft drink for one of my companions who wanted it). They took down my name and contact info and told me that someone would be in touch with me over this, and that there would be an incident report. No one contacted me. I even reviewed this trip on their own site and brought up the incident again, and still no one contacted me. I have to say, this is the second tour I have taken with Cruise Whitsundays, and the first time around, I had a nice time. I would have walked away with a favourable impression of their operations if I didn't do this tour. No matter what any experience is like, when you have a nail sticking out of your chair and no one bothers to follow up about it, I can't possibly recommend this company to other people. Did anyone read the review that I posted from their own site? Was an incident report ever even filed? I know that somebody from Cruise Whitsundays responds to these Tripadvisor reviews, and it's nice that they actually read these ones. Maybe that person will post a public apology when they see this review. But that's not what I'm looking for. I'm still waiting to hear from the person at Cruise Whitsundays whose job it is to ensure that nails don't stick out of their chairs. I want to hear their plan to ensure that this never happens again. What would have happened if I contracted tetanus from that nail? But hey, thanks for the free Bundaberg.
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Tomica_r
Jan 13, 2024
VIATOR HAS NO SYMPATHY AND ARE ONLY MONEY HUNGRY. - I would never recommend Viator to anyone ever!! We unfortunately had an issue with getting to the terminal on time due to a miscommunication with a staff member. We booked to leave from Airlie, but instead booked us from Hamilton. We had to get this changed and they didn’t mention to us of a time change on the phone. We arrived 15mins late and lost our $1300 booking. When trying to explain this to staff on the phone and asking if we were allowed a refund on any kind we received the dreaded email of no refund is available at this time. No reason, No compassion just a company taking peoples money without remorse. Our family was heart broken. This is happened in January 2024.
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Lorena_b
Dec 3, 2023
Spero di poter tornare un giorno, per vedere whiteven beach, ma cambierò tour operetor. Siamo rimasti delusi - I took this trip with my husband to see this beach, it was the dream of my life. But they took us to another beach I was only notified at check in. Incorrect. The excursion was also expensive.
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