90 Minute Port River Dolphin & Ships Graveyard Cruise: A Unique Exploration in Adelaide
4.6
125 Ratings
Port 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:
1 day
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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 large and small sailing, steam and motor vessels, barges, pontoons and dredges.
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 iconic locations you are cruising through
The Ships Graveyard
Don’t miss out! For the first time you are able to enter Port Adelaide’s completely unique Ships Graveyard on a guided cruise. Be amazed as you cruise past giant wrecks, half-submerged in the hidden backwaters of the Port River and learn their history.
Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary
Enjoy cruising through the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary searching for local dolphins, one of the only wild dolphin populations living within a city. Keep an eye out for some of the famous local residents and, during the warmer months, newborn calves!
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
4.6
(125 Ratings)
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120351gs
Apr 21, 2024
A superb afternoon cruise. so informative and interesting - It was a great, worthwhile experience. We are local Adelaide residents, and we should have done this years ago. It has been on our bucket list. Sam, the tour guide and skipper, was great and passed on lots of interesting information during the cruise. We also saw dolphins, which came up close to the boat. I highly recommend this tour.
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Jeanhp5381fb
Apr 21, 2024
The best tour ever - We are down from Townsville QLD and it is the first time we have ever seen dolphins in the wild and the ships were fantastic I will be telling all my friends and family to come and I will be doing it again when I come back in a few months
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Andreas_m
Apr 13, 2024
Great experience - Very friendly and helpful staff. Interesting and funny cruise with dolphin sightings. Also suitable for families with younger children.
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Poonam_g
Apr 12, 2024
Amazing trip. It would be... - Amazing trip. It would be great if we further up near to ocean as we just around the near by side of sea. We only see the old boats, factory, building of AGL and others. Very great team.
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Tony_c
Apr 10, 2024
Highly recommend this cruise. - Love being told the history of Port Adelaide while taking in the view of the shipwrecks, the crew were very knowledgeable and friendly. Unfortunately, there were no dolphins on the cruise but still had a great time.
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Raelenejoy
Apr 4, 2024
Dolphins, pelicans and ships - Wonderful day, we saw numerous dolphins, pelicans soaring and the ship graveyard with the mangroves as a background was incredible. Staff were helpful, friendly and knowledgeable
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Susan_v
Apr 18, 2024
An interesting day out - My grandchildren found the wrecks fascinating seeing the bones as it were and loved the dolphins. The weather was perfect making the day a great success. Parking instructions could be clearer as we got a bit lost.
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John134706
Apr 13, 2024
Dolphins and Ships - This was lovely trip, well worthwhile, both staff were great and passed on lots of interesting information along the way. We got to see two dolphins on our trip which came up close to the boat which was thrilling. Highly recommend this tour.
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595neilh
Apr 3, 2024
Relaxing Cruise - Visiting family in Adelaide, we were taken on a tour of the port by Port River Cruises, our pilot also acted as guide, providing commentary throughout the cruise, sharing his knowledge of the area and the wildlife. The ship’s graveyard was very interesting, particularly hearing the stories of the ships scuttled there. Definitely recommend this company, a great way to spend 90 minutes, if you’re lucky as we were, you may see a river dolphin.
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Wendybd4213qd
Apr 10, 2024
Graveyard experience - We enjoyed our graveyard cruise. Found it very informative. Our 2 hosts were very knowledgeable.
Only drawbacks...
Very expensive
No food or beverages available
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