Scroll through our albums to see what we’re about and what you can expect from our boat tours! For us ‘sustainable tourism‘ means, that we donate our time to care for wildlife and for environmental education. The animals that we encounter on our tours are totally wild, don’t get fed and can choose to interact with us on their free will.
Whales & Dolphins
We see whales migrating past our coastline both in winter and in spring. The very best time to spot them is on their way South towards Antarctica, when they stop at our coast to feed between October and December.
Whales and dolphins swimming past our boat.
Amazing dolphin displays in the wild!
On some lucky occasions we even get to see dolphins swim past our sea-view platform. What an amazing experience to look a wild dolphin in the eye!
This migration season, we've often seen mother and calf Humpback Whale very close to the coast. The calves have been putting on a show for us this year and treated us with lots of acrobatic breaches.
Bottlenose dolphins often accompany us on our boat trips and like to show off with amazing displays.
Dolphins performing incredible jumps.
Some very lucky guests got a glimpse of a Humpback whale that swam past our floating platform. Such graceful animals!
Common dolphins are a regular sight on our boat tours.
A Humpback Whale's tail with the high sea cliffs of the Tasman Peninsula in the background.
A once-in-a-lifetime experience to swim with bottlenose dolphins here in Tasmania. This was such a lucky day!
This young Killer Whale slapped it's tail only a few meters away from our boat.
Close whale encounters on our scenic tour.
Wildlife Rescue
This is Marvin, a wallaby joey that is currently in our care.
This is Wally, an orphaned Bennett's wallaby joey, that we took on, because his mum got run over by a car. After 14 month of bottle-feeding he will be able to survive on his own out in the wild.
Little Paddy, a wallaby orphan that we raised, on his first day in our soft-release area.
Seals
Whisker to whisker with a long-nosed fur seal pup.
Making friends with wild fur seals.
Cheeky seal pups like to swirl around us and to play with anything they can find.
Fur seals have been hunted nearly to extinction in the sealing time and are still suffering from human impact. Today, Long-nosed fur seals are considered as rare in Tasmania.
Super cute seal pup.
Fur seals dive down deep in search for food. With the help of their 'whiskers' or vibrissae they can detect the vibration of their prey in darker waters.
Snorkelling with the seals and getting an inside into their world is a life-changing experience.
Tasmania's underwater beauty.
When the the seal pups are born they are quite dark brown, nearly black in colour.
Fur seal pups have to be very brave as their mums spend on average 8-11 (sometimes up to 20) days out to sea on a single foraging trip before they come back to nurse their young.
Hey! Wanna come for a swim?
Boat & Platform
Our vessel, the Ocean Prowler.
Making friends with wild fur seals.
Whales and dolphins swimming past our boat.
A big snorkel-smile 😀
Watching the seals from our sea-view platform allows the animals to choose to interact with us on their free will.
Sea cave lit up in the sunlight.
Snorkelling with the seals in drysuits.
Getting ready to snorkel with the seals.
Lots of photo opportunities await you aboard the Ocean Prowler.
Cruise along the rugged coastline of the Tasman Peninsula and see caves, arches and amazing rock formations that can't be seen from land.
With our 8.5m RIB, we can nose deep into colourful sea caves.
Landscape
Cruise along the rugged coastline of the Tasman Peninsula and see caves, arches and amazing rock formations that can't be seen from land.
After heavy rain the waterfall in Waterfall Bay really gets pumping. Our boat stops here for a great photo opportunity.
Sea Birds
This Buller's Albatross got the lucky catch today.
A Southern Fulmar resting on the water.
Chance rare bird species on our pelagic bird trips, like this Sooty Albatross.
Gannets dive from great heights achieving speeds of 100 km/h which enables them to catch fish much deeper than most other birds.
Albatrosses and a Tern about to land on the waters surface.
Albatrosses are the great ocean wanderers. They often fly thousands of kilometer on a single trip and use a phenomenon called dynamic soaring to safe energy.