Wildlife encounters
Wildlife encountersGood odds of meeting the locals.
12 things
- Turquoise Bay drift snorkelThe famous drift — enter up-current and let the lagoon carry you over the coral.
- Mandu Mandu Gorge loopA ~3 km loop up a dry creek bed and back along the gorge rim.
- Mandu Mandu rock-wallabiesBlack-footed rock-wallabies shelter in the gorge walls — best at dawn.
- Yardie Creek boat tourA gentle boat tour up a red-walled gorge on permanent water.
- Yardie Creek rim walkA short, rocky rim walk for the view down the gorge.
- Yardie Creek paddlePaddle the sheltered red-gorge creek when the sandbar is closed.
- Lighthouse Bay whale watchingThe best free shore vantage for humpbacks tracking past the cape.
- Jurabi turtle watchingWatch nesting turtles responsibly on the western beaches — follow the code.
- Whale shark swimSnorkel alongside the world’s biggest fish on the outer reef.
- Manta ray swimHover above the reef as resident manta rays bank and barrel-roll below.
- Swim with humpback whalesOne of the only places in WA you can legally swim with humpback whales.
- Exmouth scenic flightSee the whole reef from the air — flights leave the Exmouth airstrip.