Coral Princess Cruise and Orpheus Island Escape

Multi award-winning Coral Princess Cruises offers excellence in environmental experience cruising the magnificent Great Barrier Reef.  A Coral Princess cruise is an eco-cruise.  It's a unique and intimate environmental experience incorporating soft adventure and expedition style encounters.  The crew are trained in marine biology and provide active and passive professional interpretive activities in the reef, rainforest and mangrove environments visited.  In addition their fully qualified Dive Instructor offers a Resort Dive course for first time divers.

Combine this with the exclusive Orpheus Island Resort and you have the ultimate Cruise & Island escape.

Validity Dates	No of Nights	Package Price
1 Jan 08 to 31 March 09	5 Nights	$ 3,995

Package inclusions:

2 nights onboard Coral Princess in a Stateroom cabin with the following inclusions :

• All meals, morning, afternoon teas, 24 hour tea and coffee station
• Complimentary Introductory Scuba Experience
• Presentations by Marine Biologist & unlimited snorkelling
• Orpheus-Cairns: Pelorus Island, Hinchinbrook Channel & Family group of islands, Dunk Island Resort, Thetford and Moore Reefs
• Cairns-Orpheus: Thetford Reef, Sudbury Cay, Coates or Nathan Reefs, Dunk Island Resort, Hinchinbrook Channel and Family group of islands and Pelorus Island

AND ...

  3 nights in Orpheus Retreat room at Orpheus Island Resort with following inclusions :

• Meet & greet with fresh fruit cocktail
• Refreshing a la carte breakfast daily
• Lunch daily - either alfresco-style in the courtyard or picnic-style on your own private beach
• Gourmet seven course degustation-style menu each evening
• Dining with the Tides on one evening (valued at $25 per person)
• Complimentary bottle of sparkling wine & Orpheus wineglasses
• Unlimited use of motorised dinghies, paddle skis, catamarans, canoes, snorkelling equipment, local snorkel trips, light fishing gear, pools, gymnasium, recreation room, flood lit tennis court, bushwalking and selected interpretive activities
• One way seaplane transfer Orpheus-Townsville OR Townsville-Orpheus

Prices are shown in Australian dollars on a per person double/twin occupancy basis and include GST, but exclude any other government fees including the Great Barrier Reef Tourist Visitior charge.

Extra Nights - as per Orpheus Island Resort's published nightly tariff
Room Upgrade - available on application


Itinerary Details

Cairns-Townsville Direction:  Departs Cairns Saturdays (alternate Saturdays from cruise departing 21st March to 22nd September).

Day 1 - Saturday:
Board Coral Princess vessel at 10:30am at Cairns Trinity Wharf for 11:00am departure.
Cruise the outer reef visiting Thetford Reef and Sudbury Cay
Overnight on Coral Princess Cruise

Day 2 - Sunday:
Visit Coates or Nathan Reefs
Visit Dunk Island Resort and enjoy guided rainforest walk
Overnight on Coral Princess Cruise

Day 3 - Monday:
Cruise the family group of islands including the Hinchinbrook Channel
Be guest at Pelorus Island whith magnificent reef, beach and rainforest
BBQ lunch on Pelorus Island
In the afternoon transfer from Pelorus to Orpheus Island
Overnight Orpheus Island Resort

Day 4/5 - Tuesday/Wednesday:
Guest at the exclusive Orpheus Island
Overnight Orpheus Island Resort

Day 6 - Thursday:
Depart Orpheus Island to Townsville on seaplane transfer
NAC121 - Depart Orpheus at 12:15 / Arrive Townsville at 12:45
OR
NAC150 - Depart Orpheus at 15:00 / Arrive Townsville at 15:30

Townsville-Orpheus Direction:  Departs Townsville Sundays (alternative Sundays from trip departing 22nd of April to 23rd of September).  

Day 1 - Sunday:
Depart Townsville to Orpheus on scenic seaplane flight
NAC113 - Depart Townsville at 11:30 / Arrive Orpheus at 12:00
OR
NAC141 - Depart Townsville at 14:15 / Arrive Orpheus at 14:45
Overnight Orpheus Island Resort

Day 2/3 - Monday/Tuesday:
Guest at exclusive Orpheus Island
Overnight Orpheus Island Resort

Day 4 - Wednesday:
Private transfer to Pelorus Island
Join Coral Princess Cruises and enjoy BBQ breakfast on Pelorus Island
Be guest on Pelorus Island with magnificent reef, beach and rainforest
Cruise the spectacular Hinchinbrook Channel and family group of islands
Overnight on Coral Princess Cruise

Day 5 - Thursday:
Spend full day exploring Thetford and Moore Reefs
Overnight on Coral Princess Cruise

Day 6 - Friday:
Arrive into Cairns at 13:30 at Cairns Trinity Wharf