Darwin Harbour Cruise: Explore WWII Sites and Learn About Bombing of Darwin

Beginning from Stokes Hill Wharf at 11am, this 60-minute cruise dedicated to the Bombing of Darwin explores important WWII locations on Darwin Harbour, as well as current frontline operations. Accompanied by a native guide’s real-time narration, the cruise provides a naval point of view on one of Australia’s most impactful wartime incidents.

Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Sea Darwin - 1 hour Bombing of Darwin Cruise
What's Included
  • Local guide
  • Live onboard commentary
  • Cruise
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
Location
Stokes Hill Wharf
Stokes Hill Road
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
4.8
(73 Ratings)
5 stars
4 stars
3 stars
2 stars
1 star
Phil_n
Jul 5, 2024
Very knowledgeable staff - Very good great knowledge by the operator we learned a lot, great time very recommend, well worth the money
Review provided by Viator
Fiona_t
Jun 19, 2024
Fantastic cruise highly recommend - Very informative our tour guide was wonderful and taught us so much about Darwin. Great way to view Darwin’s beautiful bay.
Review provided by Viator
Bob_p
Jun 7, 2024
Fascinating history - I never knew what a catastrophic episode that was in Australian history. In primary school, we were given the impression that one or two bombs were dropped in a single raid. Seeing and hearing about the devastation that was caused and the number of raids was eye-opening. The entire excursion was run efficiently and was comfortable. The stories and the insights were fascinating.
Review provided by Viator
Garry_w
Mar 28, 2024
Awesome Definite Must Do - Great crew, very informative, I learnt things I had never been taught in school about what happened to Darwin during WWII, a definite must do activity for anyone visiting Darwin.
Review provided by Viator
Steven_c
Nov 4, 2023
Brilliant piece of history tour - This was a very professionally run tour and gave us a much better awareness of the bombing of Darwin thanks to an excellent guide. I would recommend you take add the virtual reality bombing tour to this booking as it included entry to the flying doctors museum and bought separately was more expensive. The virtual reality and flying doctors museum was also well worth visiting too
Review provided by Viator
Genevieve_a
Sep 3, 2023
Jim was very... - Jim was very knowledgeable and PASSIONATE about the topic - very interesting and illuminating. This says it all.. thanks for the experience
Review provided by Viator
Dianne_p
Aug 20, 2023
A wonderful history lesson - The informative conmmentation on the bombing areas. The hosts were very engaging and fun personalities loved the Anzac biscuit
Review provided by Viator
R4821wnianb
Aug 19, 2023
Best short trip in Darwin - Hugely informative, put the story into perspective as to why when where and who. And we got to see lots of harbour as well
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Jennybutler
Jun 25, 2024
Okay but I don't think it was value dor money. - I wouldn't call it a memorable experience. Best part was the commentary. The guide was knowledgeable but the overall experience was not!
Review provided by Viator
O3135vgnaomim
Sep 30, 2023
Disappointing not value for money . - Interesting tour which could been great but not as advertised . One of the main reasons we took the tour was for the underwater camera to see the ship wreckage. The camera was not working and appeared it had not been working for some time the guide made some comment about it not working last few days . Not the guides fault but we feel this should have been made clear prior to our tour. This is really one of the main reasons for taking the tour as most other things can be viewed from shore . Secondly we shared a tour with a large school tour group who were given prime seats up the front of the boat and we were stuck up the back despite having been at the dock earlier than the group arrived . I do not feel they should have sold the additonal seats on this tour if we were going to be treated as less favoured guests . It effected the experience of my five year old as up the back the boat is higher and so the structure of the boat makes it harder to see and despite the guides saying we could sit on coaches towards front it had no sun coverage and they were low and facing wrong way . I just don’t agree that as paying guests we should have been treated this way. Normal protocol on a cruise is guests are let on in order they arrive . I think the guide could tell I was not impressed and tried to accomodate us but really I think the combo of the camera not working and then being stuck at back would mean I wouldn’t recommend this as value for money . For a family of 4 it’s an expensive hour $180 and for that price these things should be taken care of . Particularly the camera it was not as advertised and we should have been offered another tour or something
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Select Date and Tickets
up to 15 guests
1 Adult
September 2024
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Today