Tangalooma Tour – A Side Trip to Your Gold Coast Holiday

Taking a tour to Tangalooma can be a great side trip for your Brisbane or Gold Coast holiday. Whether you go for a day or stay longer there is plenty to capture the imagination and heart at this truly stunning location. If you plan a Tangalooma tour from the Gold Coast you can be back by dinner! It’s not one of those tours where you are cooped up inside all day, be prepared for plenty of fresh air!

Tangalooma is on Moreton Island and is usually reached by boat. The most common way to get to there is on the Tangalooma Island Resort Launch which leaves daily from a wharf on the Brisbane River close to Brisbane Airport.

The launch takes about 75 minutes across Moreton Bay. Using the resort launch is great guest that are staying over because the resort organises your luggage to be taken directly to your accommodation.

The same launch is used for those going on a Tangalooma day tour. The day  tours or day cruises usually leave the wharf at about 10am getting into Tangalooma by about 11.15am. The return launch is at 4pm which gives daytrippers plenty of time to explore the resort, enjoy the breathtaking scenery and possibly even take up one of the other Tangalooma tours on offer such as whale watching in winter or the Dugong Eco Cruise which sets off in search of the famous Moreton Bay dugongs that feed on the seagrass.

If you plan a longer  trip and stay over at the resort you may also participate in the famous wild dolphin feeding that goes on nightly all year. A pod of local wild dolphins come in for feeding and interaction with the locals. This is best enjoyed with an overnight stay.

Tangalooma Resort also offers other adventures for visitors such as: 

• sand tobogganning
• jet skiing
• snorkelling on the Tangalooma Wrecks
• kayak tours
• 4WD Quad bike tours