Lakes Explorer Wildlife Boat Tours

Lakes Explorer : Wildlife Tours or Water-Taxi

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Lakes Explorer Wildlife Boat Tours

Lakes Explorer : Wildlife Tours or Water-Taxi

Guided Wildlife Boat Tours include one-hour and two-hour options with either two or three passengers. Wildlife may include Fur Seals, Dolphins, Pelicans, Sea Eagles, Oystercatchers, Cormorants (5 species), migratory birds.
Travel past the Ocean Entrance to Gippsland Lakes. Two hour option to circumnavigate Rigby Island and short walk at Barrier Landing.

All services are run by Skipper Pete, a Certified ECO-Guide with Eco-Tourism Australia. Skipper Pete is a former National Park Ranger, land and marine, a qualified tour guide and member of Birdlife Australia. Lakes Explorer is a Licensed Tour Operator (DEECA-Parks Victoria).

Please bring suitable clothing, footwear and drink. The Skipper has the right to modify or cancel an activity. Pay on board. Subject to suitable weather.

Cost

Adult: $20 – 50

Wildlife Boat Tour. 1 hour: $60 for three passengers or $30 per person. 2 hour: $100 for three passengers or $50 per person.

Inclusions

Pickup at a jetty to suit passengers around Lakes Entrance only. Each tour may vary based on wildlife viewing, tides and weather. Passengers may record bird species seen for Citizen Science.

Tour highlights

Facilities

Aerial photograph of an estuary mouth where a Gippsland Lakes meets the ocean at Lakes Entrance, featuring a sandy beach and a long sandspit - The Ninety Mile Beach. The image shows jetties extending into the sea, lush green vegetation along the shoreline, and multiple channels of blue water weaving through low-lying islands and sandbanks.

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