Cruise Ship Water Taxi Tour: Explore Signal Island Turtles in Noumea's South Lagoon

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Embark on a thrilling water taxi tour to Signal Island in Noumea’s South Lagoon. Swim with turtles, explore the island’s historical trail, and soak in the natural beauty of the marine life. Book now!

Duration: 4 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Cruise Ship Terminal - If you take departure at 8 AM the water taxi will come back at 11 AM.
If you take departure 9 AM water taxi will come back at 1.30 PM.
If you take departure at 10.30 AM water taxi will come back at 2.30 PM.
If you take departure at 11.30 AM water taxi will come back at 3.30 PM.
If you take departure at 3.00 PM water taxi…

What's Included

Water taxi ride to Signal Island

Additional Information

We suggest a water taxi service to Signal Island, designed specifically for cruise ship passengers. We pick you up directly at the dock.
Escape the usual and swim with turtles on a heavenly island near Noumea. Food & drinks are not part of the package.
Spend 4 hours exploring the ‘untamed side’ of the southern lagoon.
The crowd from your ship wouldn’t…

Location

Cruise Ship Terminal

Rue Jules Ferry

Come to see us as soon as possible at our "Noumea Turtle Tour" desk (with a big white turtle on) located at CITY TERMINAL between the CITY Cruise Ship Terminal (Gare Maritime) and the Tourism Center. Our staff will waiting for you, for give you all informations you need. Warning: To find our "NOUMEA TURTLE TOUR" DESK THERE ARE TWO TERMINALS : The larger cruise ships berth at the Cargo Terminal, while the smaller ships berth at the City cruise ship Terminal (GARE MARITIME). -> IF YOUR CRUISE SHIP DOCK AT CARGO TERMINAL If your cruise ship ties up at the Cargo Terminal, take the free shuttle bus to the City Cruise ShipTerminal – about five minutes away. You will find our "NOUMEA TURTLE TOUR " Desk between City Cruise Ship Terminal and Tourism Office, just in front of your shuttle bus stop. -> IF YOUR CRUISE SHIP DOCK AT CITY CRUISE SHIP TERMINAL Disembark your ship, go inside city terminal, take first on your right, get off the Terminal and you will find our desk between Terminal and Tourism Office. If you don't find our "NOUMEA TURTLE" desk and our staff, you can ask to Tourism office on the city cruise ship terminal. Or ask the manager of the ferry terminal : Steeve or Kate : they will give you the informations.

Cancellation Policy

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

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Nicolas

Nov 22, 2024

Family of 4, little ones under 5 we loved it! - It was an intimate island, not packed which keen our kids could enjoy time on the sand and come out to see the turtles when we wanted. The water was shallow enough for us to stand and hold the kids so they could catch a good glimpse of the turtles with their goggles on. Very relaxing experience. Nothing on the island so pack some snacks and enjoy the wildlife. Limited shade so hats and sunscreen a must. Taxi ride can be choppy, but the guys handling the boats are very experienced. They handled the water amazingly so the ride is the best you'll get when the water is choppy. Our kids loved the taxi ride added to the fun! Highly recommend!

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Gina_f

Nov 20, 2024

Highlight of our TRIP! - If we could have stayed longer at Signal Island we would have!! Best experience of our cruise from Seattle to Australia! The island was beautiful! Our boat operator was great also!

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Ron_z

Nov 18, 2024

Signal island is A TURTLE island - A great boat ride (20mins)..perfect for seeing turtles with snorkel and without....laid back pace, take a snack, snorkeling for fish not worthwhile..nice way to spend a few hour's

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Fiona_m

Nov 13, 2024

Things to do in Noumea from a cruise ship - Signal Island was amazing! Loved the snorkeling, plenty to see. Lots of turtles and fish. I would highly recommend this trip, we did the 4 hour morning boat trip.

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Jivey30528

May 19, 2024

Wonder excursion - This tour was the highlight of our cruise. We'll organized and the meeting instructions were easy to follow. The island was wonderful with a coral reef right off the beach. We saw several sea turtles and lots of fish. We even saw a couple of coral snakes. I would highly recommend this excursion to anyone

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Joe_l

May 4, 2024

Amazing trip - It was a well organised tour, the price was also reasonable. We saw plenty of turtles and the beach was awesome. We had a good time for sure.

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Cesare_g

Apr 10, 2024

👍🏻👍🏻 - Great time, lots of green turtles and a couple loggerheads. The island is absolutely beautiful and worth the trip even if you don’t snorkel.

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Regine_d

Apr 9, 2024

a beautiful little island - great to swim, snorkel and explore - we booked it in advance for our stop with the cruise ship. the "tent" is located right outside of the town terminal - we heard from another couple who didn't book in advance, they couldn't get a ride. All worked out perfect for our booking. the people are super friendly, it is around a 20 Min boat ride to the island - there you can snorkel/swim with turtles, or walk around the island with some great views - it is a super pretty place and we loved it. We also saw several birds and a water snake. on the way back it was very wavy and the ride was super bumpy - it was all a lot of fun and we really enjoyed it. It was partially rainy the day we were there, there are several covered spots to keep your things dry. we can highly recommend it

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215christinai

May 9, 2024

Hopefully you'll see some turtles - Boat ride was rough, my teenagers loved it but a small toddler behind us screamed the whole.way (half hour rife one way, poor thing). Definitely need to take food, drinks and toilet paper. Saw a few small turtles at start of day and bigger ones near the wharf at end of day. Driver was lovely, everything ran on time

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Luckybeckyblue

Apr 24, 2024

It was OK, won't do it again - A little disappointing. We always look for small group tours. This one is described as having a max of 15 passengers. In fact, there were approximately 80 of us. We spent a lot of time standing around waiting for the tour to start. Then we were led to another spot near some boats where we were instructed to sit along a concrete wall. We waited some more while our leader took a lot of time to organize us into smaller groups for the ride to Signal Island. As luck would have it, we were in the very last group called. It was a lot of waiting before our group ever got called. The ride to the island was long and VERY rough. Fortunately we aren't bothered by sea sickness. If this is a problem for you, or if you have back problems, I strongly advise against taking this ride. The island was lovely but had very little shade. The few shady spots that were available had been claimed long before we ever arrived. And you'll want shade -- the sun is very intense. The snorkeling was OK. We saw one turtle. The water was kind of murky. On the other side of the island the water was much clearer, but there was no coral and therefore no sea life to observe. Amenities were very limited. We brought our own water, none was provided. There were just a few noodles for many people to share and they were pretty well worn.

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