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Indigenous Sea Ranger Experience: Cultural Journey to Great Barrier Reef
4.9
108 Ratings
Cairns City
The singular Indigenous encounter offered at the Great Barrier Reef. Engage with Indigenous Sea Rangers while they showcase their ancestral traditions during your journey to and from the reef.
The singular Indigenous encounter offered at the Great Barrier Reef. Engage with Indigenous Sea Rangers while they showcase their ancestral traditions during your journey to and from the reef.
Duration:
9 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Moore Reef - During your journey to Moore Reef, interact with our Indigenous Rangers as they demonstrate the use of their tools and instruments. Once we arrive at our first destination, you will have the opportunity to explore the underwater world of the Great Barrier Reef by snorkelling.
After two hours at Moore Reef, cruise to Milln or Flynn Reef…
- Moore Reef - During your journey to Moore Reef, interact with our Indigenous Rangers as they demonstrate the use of their tools and instruments. Once we arrive at our first destination, you will have the opportunity to explore the underwater world of the Great Barrier Reef by snorkelling.
After two hours at Moore Reef, cruise to Milln or Flynn Reef for a further three hours of in-water activities
- snorkelling. A relaxing five hours to explore two premium outer reef sites and gain a deeper cultural understanding of this diverse ecosystem.
What's Included
- Marine Biology presentation
- Morning tea, buffet lunch and afternoon tea
- All fees and taxes included
- Snorkel equipment provided with instruction
- Cultural experience with Indigenous welcome and Creation Story
- Access to two premium reef sites
- Marine Biology presentation
- Morning tea, buffet lunch and afternoon tea
- All fees and taxes included
- Snorkel equipment provided with instruction
- Cultural experience with Indigenous welcome and Creation Story
- Access to two premium reef sites
What's Not Included
- Scuba diving including equipment
- Transfers from Cairns and Northern Beaches accommodation
- Scuba diving including equipment
- Transfers from Cairns and Northern Beaches accommodation
Location
1 Spence St
Spence Street
Please go directly to the 'Dreamtime Dive & Snorkel' vessel to check in.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(108 Ratings)
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Stefano_s
Aug 9, 2024
Beautiful places, beautiful people - It was a fantastic experience. Swimming between corals and fishes was charming.
Jacob and the rest of the crew are kind, prepared and super energetic. I highly recommend this!
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Christinam3152
Aug 5, 2024
Great day out on the reef scuba diving and snorkeling! - The entire day was awesome! I was a recently certified scuba diver and Richard was an absolute blessing, so knowledgeable about all marine life, I was so comfortable in the water under his guidance & the 2 reefs we dived at were amazing! I would throughly recommend Dreamtime dive and snorkel!
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Jonh897
Jul 28, 2024
A brilliant day on the reef with a wonderful crew - What a great day out. There are a lot of choices for reef tours but this was really special, in particular due to the cultural guides. Brian and his colleagues were entertaining and educational, delivering heartfelt knowledge of traditional practices on the reef.
Also credit to the rest of the crew. The snorkelling was well guided and supervised, and unhurried at each of the two locations. The food was great. And the captain was brilliant with our kids, showing them the wheelhouse and talking about navigating the area.
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Adventure36580767679
Jul 22, 2024
We had a blast - Great service, wonderful buffet lunch, snorkeling in the outer reef was beautiful. The guides were plentiful, interesting and very knowledgeable. Safety was handled properly and the equipment was clean and in great shape. Just a perfect day out smoking. Even the music was good. Thank you.
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476makaylak
Jul 21, 2024
Phenomenal day! - Absolutely incredible day, really enjoyed going to 2 different sites! The guides were incredible, full of knowledge and just all round beautiful people! We loved the indigenous cultural presentations and performances! Yummy cold lunch and snacks as well! Can’t fault the day.
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Amandarx4162ee
Jul 20, 2024
Day on the reef with 8 year old - Crew were friendly, professional and knowledgeable. We all had the best day- boat was comfortable, lunch was delicious and there was no rush to get through anything. My husband did the intro to scuba diving with Oliver, highly recommended! High quality snorkelling gear made all the difference.
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Julieblenheim
Jul 16, 2024
Enjoyable day opportunities to learn. - Our group of 5 really enjoyed the day with the Dreamtime crew. We were really well looked after and every level of snorkelling and diving confidence was catered for.
Every effort was made to ensure our day was enjoyable and safe.
There was a lovely buffet lunch between morning and afternoon snorkelling sessions and coffee and tea provided when stationary.
The trip had a great variety of activities. As well as snorkelling, diving, information from the on board marine biologist, the indigenous guides shared their stories and gave a glimpse of their culture.
We really enjoyed the didgeridoo demo at the end of the day. Thanks Lincoln and D (sorry, short memory)
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David_c
Jul 9, 2024
A great trip to the reef - The crew was super friendly and helpful. They did everything to make the trip comfortable and enjoyable for the entire family.
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Mohamedasraf_m
Jul 7, 2024
Beautiful to see - Very good experience and enjoyed a lot and seen crystal clear water, Coral 🪸 reefs and many fishes, sharks 🦈 and turtles 🐢. Boat crews were very helpful and friendly and explained everything. Only the boat inside air conditioning was vey cold 🥶.
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Ebm2441jh
Jul 2, 2024
Great times, tactless cultural engagement. - The First Nations guides on our trip were incredible at their jobs as hosts and crew members, and they are rightfully employed in enterprises that profit from their stolen lands.
However the approach to the sharing of culture does them disrespect, there is no mention of the dispossession of First Nations peoples or their struggles for justice and equality. Mentioning Captain Cook crashing into the reef while “exploring” is an offensive presentation of history in the context of a First Nations cultural experience. I can only assume given these things that this business is not First Nations owned, and so if the owners of this company are not going to hand over equity in exchange for this cultural profiteering, they could at least do a respectful job of engaging with this community and allow them to lead the presentation of their culture on their own terms.
The experience of the reef was super fun and well executed however.
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