When you are staying in our Wilderness Camp, we offer tours for your group at a special package price of $35 per person so you can get out and see the Island if you don't have your own vehicle. If you're on an all inclusive school or group camp these tours are included in the package price around Moreton Island as per your itinerary, depending on the days you stay.
NORTHERN SAFARI TRIP
Leaving Camp through Bulwer, originally a pilot station for ships we travel across the Northern part of the Island in our 4x4 through bush tracks to explore all the sites the Northern part of the island has to offer. First stop the rocky headland of North Point with its pristine surf and crystal clear rock pools with the occasional wave cascading over the top of the rocks making a spa bath effect with the foaming waters ,known as the Champagne Pools,around the corner the picture perfect scene of Honeymoon Bay. Next up the cape to enjoy the magnificent views from the Cape Moreton Lighthouse, the oldest lighthouse in Queensland where you may catch a glimpse of some Dolphins, Manta Rays, Turtles, Sea Birds and from June to October the Humpback Whale Migration. There is also a visitor centre with lots of facts and historical information about the island. Travel down the surfside 37kms of white sandy beach, Take a splash in the Tea Tree Oil infused waters of Blue Lagoon leaving you feeling rejuvenated, then 4wd through the sandy tracks of Moreton Island National Park back to camp.
Departs: Anytime from your location on Moreton Island
Duration: approx 4 hrs (bring your own drinks and snacks/lunch unless included)
SAND ADVENTURE SAFARI
This tour is for the adrenaline seeker. We leave camp and head south along the beach with the panoramic view back to the mainland and the Glass House Mountains, past the historical town of Cowan Cowan with its WWII relics on the beach. Towards the Tangalooma Wrecks, 15 deliberately sunken ships before venturing through the islands rough inland tracks as we travel to Moreton Islands very own Desert to experience the thrill of sand tobogganing and the great views the desert has to offer. The Desert is a massive sand blow surrounded by native forest. See the Teewah coloured sands as you climb to the top of the dune before tobogganing down head first on the giant slope. There is plenty of time to exhaust yourself before heading back with the option to walk through Tangalooma Resort which was once a Whaling Station.
Departs:Anytime from your location on Moreton Island (All equipment included)
Duration: 3 hrs (bring your own drinks and snacks/lunch unless included)
TIDAL FLATS TRIP
This is short relaxing drive up the beach. Departing camp, we 4WD to the tidal lagoon flats near Heath Island on the northern end of the Island. Main creek, a sandy Tidal lagoon area some 6klms from camp is an ecosystem filled with mangroves, wetlands full of marine life breeding in the shallows like soldier crabs, yabbies, and fish and surrounded by big sand hills. Swim in the flowing creek that drains and fills the tidal lagoon everyday or fish the mouth. Wade across the lagoon to climb to the top of Australia Hill. This is the perfect location for a good fish and you can pump for live bait yabbies at the front of Main Creek.
Departs:Anytime from your location on Moreton Island
Duration: 3 hrs
MT TEMPEST DISCOVERY TOUR
Take a closer look at our unique bushland as you 4wd across rough sand tracks on a guided ecotour through eucalyptus forests before emerging out on the ocean beach where we stop to do some exploring and take a photo. Then back across the island to the highest sand dune in the world, Mt Tempest for a moderate hike to the top (1.5hr return) to enjoy the magnificent 360 degrees of Moreton Bay and the island.
Departs:Anytime from your location on Moreton Island
Duration: 3 hrs
Any of these tours can be joined together for a full day of exploring Moreton Island
Tour itinerary may be changed due to tides, season and weather.
