1 Hour Darwin Adventure Boats Tour
4.6
119 Ratings
Darwin City
Experience thrilling jet boat spins, airboat slides, and wildlife spotting on Darwin's coastline. An action-packed hour of adventure awaits!
Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Darwin Adventure Boats - Designed by Matt Wright, esteemed tourism operator and National Geographic’s Outback Wrangler, Darwin Airboat Tours is all about fun and adventure! Our custom built V8 Airboat will take you on a 1 hour journey across DARWIN HARBOUR and towards our city’s scenic MANGROVES, where you will cruise along the mudflats and take in the beautiful surrounds. Enjoy the local birdlife and keep an eye out in the waters below for sharks, crocs even stingrays. Then it’s time to get your adrenaline pumping with the fun part - airboat FAST LAPS You’ll be left smiling from ear to ear as you spin and glide across the water and experience the unique thrill of an airboat ride.
What's Included
  • 60-minute Airboat Ride
  • 60-minute Jet Boat Ride
What's Not Included
  • Transportation to/from attractions
Additional Information

Your journey begins at serious speed with a jet boat ride across Darwin Harbour towards our city’s pristine coastline. After some supercharged spins and a cruise along the mangroves you’ll jump onto an airboat for the next round of fun.

Enjoy the local birdlife and keep an eye out in the waters below for sharks, crocs, dolphins and even stingrays as the V8 engine powers you across the mud for some sideway slides and 360º whirls. After all the thrills and getting a little muddied up, you will jump back on the jet boat and soar across the Timor Sea, returning to Dock 1 for the end of an action-packed hour.

  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • A maximum of 12 people per booking
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Location
Stokes Hill Road
We depart from Dock 1, Stokes Hill Wharf
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
4.6
(119 Ratings)
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Jules2treasures
Jul 23, 2023
Woohoo, what a buzz - Woohoo, what a way to cool down on a hot day, with some action and sightseeing. Anton was our captain and his own excitement and love for his job overflowed onto us. Loved hearing Anton speak about the mangroves and local area with some interesting facts I never knew. You will definitely get drenched in such a fun way, so go prepared and have fun doing burn out's on the mud flats too.
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Michelle_f
Jul 6, 2023
Was going for drinks afterwards…that soon changed…. Drenched!!!!!! - Took off from the dock in the yellow beast where we did 360s and a dive!!! Then we changed to the air boat where we went into the mangroves and skimmed across the mud flats. Our guide Anton was funny, friendly, knowledgeable and extremely helpful when changing boats. Wish I had taken my phone (no waterproof cover!!) glad I didn’t….. absolutely drenched!!! Loved this.
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Jacqueline_t
Jul 6, 2023
Great experience - Our guide Anton was great, he explained very thing to us every step of the way. Expect to get wet. Don’t bring any valuables with you if you don’t need to. We saw some crocs as well on the day. My daughter loved it and wants to go again. “It was the best!” She says
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Louisap577
Jul 6, 2023
Adrenaline Rush - Anton was just a superstar! It was so much fun and be prepared to get saturated! Anton was very informative and gave great talks along the way. Would recommend for anyone in Darwin!
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Homegc
Jul 4, 2023
Darwin fun day out - What a fun day out! Thanks Anton! Didn’t plan to get absolutely saturated, but hey, you made it fun and incredibly exciting 🤣. Loved it!!
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Grandtour53620645508
Jul 4, 2023
Exciting boat trip out - Such a great few hours out on the water. We had the best tour guide named Anton who was super funny and taught us about Darwin mangrove system and crocs. Would definitely come back to such an awesome experience and the tour guides energy, knowledge and humour made it even better.
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U8328owcathyr
Jun 24, 2023
WOW!!! What an Adventure!!! - WOW!!!! Wat a time!!!! Cannot recommend this tour enough!!! ET was amazing!!! We enjoyed this so much we are definitely going to re-book!!! Define one to remember!!! Cant wait to do this tour again!!!! ***** Highly recommended ***** Cheers Cath
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Paulabc6972pm
Jun 3, 2023
Fantastic jetboat/air boat adventure - Just had the most amazing hour, first on the jet boat for turns, spills and dives, thanks to Anton our driver we did get a little bit wet, little did we know what he had in store for us on the way back! Then onto the airboat for a little meander down the mangroves, checked out a trap, but alas no croc in there, then some adrenaline pumped 360 degree turns on the mudflats before jumping back on the jetboat for the return back to the wharf and a dunking that left us all very, very wet. Loved every second of this adventure, and what made it all the more special was we got to Matt Wright himself, I am such a big fan of him and his family and the croc show he does, it just made me adventure even more special. Thoroughly recommend this adventure 😁
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Rodney_h
Jun 20, 2023
Great experience, was... - Great experience, was unfortunate the speedboat wouldn't start so we only got to go on the airboat. ET was great.
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Rhonda
Jul 3, 2023
Darwin by Jet boat - Anton couldn’t have been more helpful as getting into a boat that’s madly rocking in the unseasonal chop is not for the coordinatedly challenged. The jet boat experience was a rush & though I’ve experienced the 360 spins before I didn’t realise that jet boats could dive! Spoiler alert…you will get wet…you will get saturated! We were disappointed with the air boat however. A cruise through the mangroves was fascinating but too short. Powering along the mudflats & spotting a wide variety of bird life was wonderful but then we just sat in one place & spun around…and around…and around…and around & frightened all the bird life away. Not interesting or comfortable at all… Save the exhilaration for the jet boat & keep the airboat for exploring the unique wildlife that calls the mangroves home.
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