Full Day Low Isles Sailing & Snorkelling Cruise from Port Douglas

The team on the boat Tom,Liz and Eugenie did an amazing job of making the day fantastic. Loads of interesting facts about the history and the sea and wildlife.Delicious lunch provided,a really great day out.

Weather was amazing. Saw plenty of colorful fish, turtles, reef sharks and corals. Crew were knowledgeable and helpful. Lunch was great. Thank you for an amazing day at the reef would highly recommend.

We sailed today with a great skipper Jake Smithers from Sailaway Reef Tours. He and his crew were so helpful and made everyone smile. We had a fantastic day sailing out to Low Isle where we saw humpback whales on the way there and then sharks, manta rays, turtles and so many different species of fish up close whilst snorkeling. This is a must do day trip if you are in Port Douglas. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

My Wife, Son (15 YO) and myself took the day trip out to Low Isles with Sailaway today, including lunch on the boat, glass bottom boat tour, snorkling around the island and on the reefs and a small walking tour of the island! What a fantastic day we have all had and we all want to congratulate and say a big thank you to Jake, Cooper and Anna who were our crew today for making it such a wonderful experience! Definitely the highest of highlights to our 3 week holiday here in Australia! The boat is truly stunning and most of the journey was done by sail once we got out of the port!!! Cooper was inviting and very friendly as well as helpful and informative! Jake clearly knows his way out and around the island/reef and is informative, friendly and funny too! Anna really looked after everyone and gave a relaxed and informal walking tour of the island, which wasn’t rushed. After we got to the island we moored up next to the glass bottom boat and those who wanted to snorkel off the back of the boat to the island could and those who preferred to take the glass bottom boat tour to the island had that choice instead! My wife and son (having been fitted up for the snorkling gear along the ride out) chose to snorkel to the island where as I chose the glass bottom boat! Both were excellent and Jake even gave me a small 10/15 minute tour of some of the reefs surrounding the island after we dropped a couple of others off on the island! My wife and son then joined me on the island a bit later on! Whilst in the boat I saw Turtles, Sharks, Corals and Marine fish along the way! My wife and son likewise on the way to the island! Whilst on the island I was lucky enough to have about 15 minutes to myself where I watched 3 sharks trying to catch fish in a bait ball no more than 10 metres from the waters edge! I then saw 2 turtles swim by at about the same distance from me and a further 2 black tipped sharks came up to me whilst stood in the edge of the water at less than 5 metres away before turning and going back out of the shallows! They were 3-4 feet long but easy enough to see in the crystal clear water! We then had our walking tour of the island which was a fun break before returning to the main sail boat via the glass bottom boat for lunch which was already prepared and ready on board for us! We had plenty of time to eat and drink what was a fantastic lunch!!! I won’t spoil what was in it for you all, but everyone said it was excellent and enjoyed it!!! Just after finishing lunch 2 biggish Bat fish approached the stern of the boat followed by 2 more bigger black tipped sharks!!! They stayed there for a good 5 minutes which allowed me plenty of time to video/take pictures of them! After a lovely lunch it was a choice of back to the glass bottom boat or around an hours free snorkling time! Jake drove the glass bottom boat and was very knowledgable and informative about the reef stacks around the island! Cooper and Anna kept a lean eye on everyone on the water and Jake was quick to check if anyone looked tired or was struggling in the water and if so was more than happy to let them on board the glass bottom boat or return to the sailboat if they preferred/were ok to do so! All very very safe!!! Even though it was all day it went so quickly as we had an amazing time and there was more than enough to do throughout the whole day to keep everyone interested! My only regret is that I didn’t see any humpback whales or rays today which also apparently can often be seen! I guess we’ll just have to come back and do it all again! How terrible for us!!! In all honesty, we cannot recommend this trip highly enough out on to the Great Barrier Reef for ANYONE looking for a day trip out to an area of outstanding natural beauty and diverse marine life!!! It was amazing!!! The best day of our 3 week holiday without a doubt!!! I’ve never seen my 15 YO son smile like he did after swimming alongside turtles and with Sharks around him! You know what teenagers are like and that should tell you everything!!! If you only get one chance to do a day trip out to the Great Barrier Reef on your holiday, PLEASE PLEASE do yourself a favour and choose this one!!! And no, I do not work for the company and yes we have been out on another tour boat whilst here which was really good but nowhere near as good as this!!! Well done and thank you so very much to Jake, Cooper and Anna from Sailaway for such a memorable, dare I say it, once in a lifetime experience which will live with us all until the day we depart this planet!!!

My Wife, Son (15 YO) and myself took the day trip out to Low Isles with Sailaway today, including lunch on the boat, glass bottom boat tour, snorkling around the island and on the reefs and a small walking tour of the island! What a fantastic day we have all had and we all want to congratulate and say a big thank you to Jake, Cooper and Anna who were our crew today for making it such a wonderful experience! Definitely the highest of highlights to our 3 week holiday here in Australia! 🇦🇺 The boat is truly stunning and most of the journey was done by sail once we got out of the port!!! Cooper was inviting and very friendly as well as helpful and informative! Jake clearly knows his way out and around the island/reef and is informative, friendly and funny too! Anna really looked after everyone and gave a relaxed and informal walking tour of the island, which wasn’t rushed. After we got to the island we moored up next to the glass bottom boat and those who wanted to snorkel off the back of the boat to the island could and those who preferred to take the glass bottom boat tour to the island had that choice instead! My wife and son (having been fitted up for the snorkling gear along the ride out) chose to snorkel to the island where as I chose the glass bottom boat! Both were excellent and Jake even gave me a small 10/15 minute tour of some of the reefs surrounding the island after we dropped a couple of others off on the island! My wife and son then joined me on the island a bit later on! Whilst in the boat I saw Turtles, Sharks, Corals and Marine fish along the way! My wife and son likewise on the way to the island! Whilst on the island I was lucky enough to have about 15 minutes to myself where I watched 3 sharks trying to catch fish in a bait ball no more than 10 metres from the waters edge! I then saw 2 turtles swim by at about the same distance from me and a further 2 black tipped sharks came up to me whilst stood in the edge of the water at less than 5 metres away before turning and going back out of the shallows! They were 3-4 feet long but easy enough to see in the crystal clear water! We then had our walking tour of the island which was a fun break before returning to the main sail boat via the glass bottom boat for lunch which was already prepared and ready on board for us! We had plenty of time to eat and drink what was a fantastic lunch!!! I won’t spoil what was in it for you all, but everyone said it was excellent and enjoyed it!!! Just after finishing lunch 2 biggish Bat fish approached the stern of the boat followed by 2 more bigger black tipped sharks!!! They stayed there for a good 5 minutes which allowed me plenty of time to video/take pictures of them! After lunch 🥙 nice again it was a choice of back to the glass bottom boat or around an hours free snorkling time! Jake drive the glass bottom boat and was very knowledgable and informative about the reef stacks around the island! Cooper and Anna kept a lean eye on everyone on the water and Jake was quick to check if anyone looked tired or was struggling in the water and if so was more than happy to let them on board the glass bottom boat or return to the sailboat if they preferred/were ok to do so! All very very safe!!! Even though it was all day it went so quickly as we had an amazing time and there was more than enough to do throughout the whole day to keep everyone interested! My only regret is that I didn’t see any humpback whales or rays today which also apparently can often be seen! I guess we’ll just have to come back and do it all again! How terrible for us!!! In all honesty, we cannot recommend this trip out on to the Great Barrier Reef for ANYONE looking for a day trip out to an area of outstanding natural beauty and diverse marine life!!! It was amazing!!! The best day of our 3 week holiday without a doubt!!! I’ve never seen my 15 YO son smile like he did after swimming alongside turtles and with Sharks around him! You know what teenagers are like and that should tell you everything!!! If you only get one chance to do a day trip out to the Great Barrier Reef on your holiday, PLEASE PLEASE do yourself a favour and choose this one!!! And no, I do not work for the company and yes we have been out on another tour boat whilst here which was really good but nowhere near as good as this!!! Well done and thank you so very much to Jake, Cooper and Anna from Sailaway for such a memorable, dare I say it, once in a lifetime experience which will live with us all until the day we depart this planet!!! 🇦🇺🪃🦈🐢🪸🐠