Experience everything the beautiful, pristine Lady Musgrave Lagoon has to offer on the Lady Musgrave Experience day tour. Access our new world-class pontoon, Lady Musgrave HQ which is completely wind and solar powered with snorkel and dive platforms, an underwater observatory and amazing reef views to enjoy your buffet lunch. Ideal for all ages to come and explore the famous Great Barrier Reef with a variety of activities offered.
The day starts at check in where guests are greeted by our friendly crew who will assign passengers into groups to ensure everyone has the opportunity to participate in the offered day activities. Approaching Reef Empress, our 35m luxury catamaran, it is hard not to notice the vessel is built for comfort and safety. As guests board, our crew will welcome and assist every guest on board for a personal experience that makes for an amazing day out to the reef.
Once all the guests have checked in, sit back and relax as the captain’s announcement introduces guests to Reef Empress, a brief weather report, traveling speeds and time of arrival to the lagoon. For the comfort and safety of our passengers, Reef Empress travels at 24 knots with travel time of just over two hours to the Lady Musgrave lagoon.
During the transit our friendly crew will introduce themselves, answer any questions and provide assistance to ensure the comfort and enjoyment of all on board Reef Empress. Enjoy a selection of fresh baked goods and fruit for morning tea along with a complimentary tea or coffee as you watch in house entertainment on our plasma screens, scan the horizon for jumping manta rays, dolphins riding the bowe or birds gliding along Reef Empress.
Before arriving into the lagoon listen to an engaging, educational reef presentation given by one of our crew members who will enthuse and excite you about the day to come. Once in the lagoon each group will move to the designated area for snorkel or island briefings.
Each passenger will have the opportunity to visit the island for a forty five minute guided tour, where one of our knowledgeable island guides will captivate guests through an informative tour on the island. Learn about the formation and history of Lady Musgrave that attribute to the island status as World Heritage due to the culture, scientific and educational significance. Along the guided tour meet some of the breeding birds that travel long distances that will delight even the noviest bird watcher.
Great Blue, our thirty-six seat, fully shaded glass bottom boat transports guests to the island. The glass bottom boat tour will reveal parts of the lagoon outside the snorkeling area and offer guests a full reef experience without getting wet. Look down as our Glass Bottom Boat Skipper excites and educates guests on everything from coral, fish, echinoderms, rays, turtles and sharks found in the lagoon.
A delicious buffet lunch will be served to cater for any dietary needs with cold meats, prawns, salads, pasta, rice dishes and fresh breads. A chilled, filter water dispenser is on board and soft drinks, alcoholic beverages and additional tea or coffee can be purchased on board from the bar. Icecream, chocolates, nuts, chips are available throughout the day to satisfy any craving or a cheese board can be prepared for a gourmet experience. Or have a cheese board and complimentary beverage taken up to you in the captains lounge for the Lady Musgrave VIP experience. Our crew will take morning tea and coffee up to a designated area just for our VIP guests as you sit back in style on leather, retractable lounge chairs and have all private briefings and bathroom facilities all to yourself on the mid deck.
Discover a new world underwater as you immerse yourself in the clear, tropical water of the lagoon for a snorkel. Look at the famous Great Barrier Reef corals, starfish and turtles in their natural habitat. Swim with turtles and visit a turtle cleaning station marked in the snorkel site to witness a turtle getting cleaned by small fish in the lagoon. Be mesmerized as surgeonfish, butterflyfish, anemonefish, damselfish, parrotfish and wrasses dart in between the vivid coral as you float along the coral wall in the snorkel site.
Our staff will provide a snorkel briefing highlighting safety, equipment and some of the bright and charismatic species that can be found in the Lady Musgrave lagoon. Masks, snorkel and fins are all provided and additional floating aids such as pool noodles, snorkel vests and wetsuits are available. For any guests who wear glasses we have prescription masks available for hire behind the bar. Our crew will be on lookout for your safety and an in water guide available to assist guests with swimming aid, equipment or direction in the water.
If looking at beautiful fish isn’t enough why not become one and try diving for the first time? For anyone over twelve (12) and interested in trying diving, the sheltered lagoon is the perfect place to experience what it’s like to breathe underwater. Our introductory dive will slowly guide you through the knowledge and skills to make your first diving experience memorable, no experience or certifications required. For certified divers a single or double lagoon dive will allow divers to get close and personal with the coral and marine life in the Lady Musgrave lagoon on a guided dive with one of our Dive Masters. Want to see larger fauna species? Why not explore the outer reefs with the chance to dive with a manta ray, reef shark or a barracuda. Spend the day on Sea Cat, our eight (8) seater dive boat exploring the outer reef of Lady Musgrave.
After our guests have explored the lagoon, island and meet some of Lady Musgraves marine life it is time to travel back to Bundaberg port. After a quick head count, afternoon tea will be served with another complimentary hot beverage and a piece of fruit cake. The journey to port is approximately two and a half hours. Enjoy the in house entertainment on the plasma screens, watch out to the horizon, chat to one of our crew or catch a nap after the full, action packed day at the Lady Musgrave Lagoon.
