90 Minute Port River Dolphin & Ships Graveyard Cruise: A Unique Exploration in Adelaide

Embark on a 90-minute adventure in Adelaide, exploring the iconic Ships Graveyard, the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary, and more. Join a guided tour and learn fascinating history along the way!

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Port Adelaide - Enjoy cruising the iconic Port River in Port Adelaide learning about the rich maritime history. You’ll get to visit the Ships Graveyard where the remains of at least 40 abandoned vessels lie embedded in silt and partially hidden by mangroves in the backwaters of the Port River, in Adelaide’s north west. The collection includes…
What's Included
  • Dolphin Viewing
  • Toilet Facilities
  • Informative Commentary
Additional Information

This is a must do activity when visiting Adelaide! See the iconic Ships Graveyard, the unique Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary, the wonderful International Bird Sanctuary and so much more.
A Guided Tour
Your Skipper on the day will also be your cruise guide. Sit back, relax and enjoy the views as your guide talks you through the local history, famous ships and…

Location
1 McLaren Parade
McLaren Parade
The meeting point is in front of the White and Red Lighthouse along the Wharf to the left of our blue ticket booth.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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X7011qjcarlam
Nov 9, 2025
Great Experience - The Port River Cruise was both entertaining and informative. Alex and Jim were great hosts, and we were able to see a number of pods of dolphin which was amazing. I would highly recommend this tour.
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Aprilst7376zr
Nov 1, 2025
Port dolphin cruise - Absolutely beautiful day and experience, staff was knowledgeable, friendly and helpful. Highly recommended this tour. Thank you so very much.
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Mikaelar168
Oct 31, 2025
Unique experience with amazing staff who go above and beyond - Great experience to see something entirely unique. The cruise was very informative and the guide and skipper were great! Shout out to Larry and Jim for such an enjoyable experience, thanks for extending the trip to try a spot dolphins. Even though I didn’t get to see any dolphins, the ship graveyard was really cool and the photos I got to take were awesome. Definitely recommend for anyone with a spare few hours in Adelaide and very enjoyable as a solo traveller. Absolutely worth the price!
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957kelvinn
Oct 26, 2025
100% Recommend - Very friendly made sure we got to see the dolphins taught us a lot about South Australian history was a beautiful trip and even gave the kids a little gift bag which they enjoyed
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V4388tuphilg
Oct 26, 2025
Dolphin and shipwreck tour - our family recently took a tour of the Port River and we thoroughly enjoyed it. Altho we didnt see many dolphins up close, it was still a very good experience. The tour guide gave detailed talks on various boats and buildings along the way and also knowledge on the shipwrecks we saw. We loved the tour and would highly reccomend it .
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Andrew_r
Oct 23, 2025
A relaxed and informative cruise with the bonus of dolphins - The trip was very good. The crew very informative about landmarks and the history of ship wrecks. We thought we weren’t going to see any dolphins , but the captain persisted and although we returned about 30 mins late everyone on board were satisfied,
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Janeth1049
Oct 19, 2025
Pod of dolphins - The kids loved it as they got to see a good size pod of dolphins and then a couple play on the bow of the tug boat. The ship wrecks were okay but maybe not for kids. The boys Alex & Jacob were so friendly and great with everyone they made the trip interesting. Thanks you for a great day
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John_m
Oct 16, 2025
Great cruise and very informative. - Very well organised by diligent and friendly crew. They went out of their way to enhance the trip in looking for the dolphins and great information about the ship wrecks
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Sandra_m
Nov 8, 2025
Interesting Facts - Naomi is very knowledgeable when it came to the shipwrecks and their history, very interesting facts. We did see a pod of dolphins, from a distance on both occasions, the first time they were having breakfast, so we did not interrupt them, on the return trip they were again in the distance but were not too fussed we were there and were not up to for a visit to the boat.
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Maryb747
Oct 19, 2025
An enjoyable experience - Jacob and Alex had a very good knowledge of the area we cruised through, and we were lucky enough to view many dolphins and hear the interesting history of the ships graveyard. A very enjoyable 90minute cruise, would recommend.
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From $57
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).