Whitsundays Holidays
The exquisitely arranged assortment of 74 major islands of the Whitsundays is located just off the Airlie Beach coastline, in Queensland. Renowned for their stunning natural beauty and close proximity to the Great Barrier Reef, the Whitsunday Islands invite travelling families, groups of friends, individuals and couples to enjoy a piece of paradise. Whitsunday holidays will have you completely relaxed and unwound as soon as you arrive!
The Whitsunday Islands are one of Australia’s most highly regarded travel destinations. Their natural beauty, fascinating surrounding environments, prime costal location and alluring majesty, is guaranteed to mesmerise every guest.
In relation to Australia, the Whitsunday Islands are situated at varying distances away from the Airlie Beach coastline, which is located approximately 1,125 kilometres north of Brisbane and 725 kilometres south of Cairns. Covered by lush National Parks, bordered by gorgeous beaches and surrounded by coral laden ocean waters, the Whitsunday Islands offer visitors a great selection of activities, attractions and entertainment opportunities on the land, in the water and in the air. Just a few of the more popular amusement options include enticing Whitehaven beach picnics, wildlife discovery, fishing, boarding a sailing charter, Helicopter flights over the reef networks, or parasailing.
From all the tempting Whitsunday Islands, there are eight islands which offer accommodation and dining options to international and national travellers, and depending on their advertised elusiveness, vary to suit all budgets. Guests of the islands will also find that travel options are numerous, property and employment information can readily be found on the mainland, essential services are distributed over the islands and surrounding costal locations like Cannonvale, Mackay and Shute Harbour are also interesting places to discover.
The Whitsunday Island Resorts include some of the world's great resorts, such as Hamilton Island and Great Keppel Island, Hayman Island, Lizard Island and Brampton Island, but it also has more budget and family accommodation than you can poke a walking stick at. Whatever your taste or wallet size, you can book it! Whether you want to live it up at a tropical five star resort on its own island, or share a room with people from across the globe in a funky backpackers hostel, the Whitsundays and Whitsunday Islands have more accommodation per square kilometre than just about any coral reef on earth.
The Whitsundays is the boat hire and yacht charter capital of Australia and aprt from Whitsundays sailing, there are plenty of other entertainment options available - whether you want to jump out of a plane, parasail, scuba dive, bungy jump or just laze about on the reef, it all at your fingertips. Be whisked away by helicopter to Whitehaven Beach, on Whitsunday Island. This beach is famous for its white silica sand, and the crystal clear water that washes over it. Relax as you sip champagne and enjoy a picnic lunch in the setting of Palms swaying in the breeze and the sound of the ocean hitting the shore.
Unless you've been to the Whitsunday Islands and had a look for yourself, it's hard to get an idea how breath-takingly beautiful the place is - it's a bunch of tropical islands on the world's largest coral reef for goodness sake... So come and enjoy a Whitsunday holiday for yourself and you will see why so many people return every year to relax and unwind in this tropical haven.
