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Great Keppel Island Tour: This exhilarating and scenic boat tour circumnavigating Great Keppel Island and visiting the secluded secret spots of The Keppel Islands is the most comprehensive tour available on the market. See more, experience more, explore more than any other tour in our fast and fun 12 seat, sightseeing RIB.
Explore secret beaches, sea caves, surf, seclusion… the ONLY way to explore it all is on the Keppel Explorer! Jump on for an exhilarating, fun and scenic adventure around the islands on an epic tour of discovery, sightseeing, relaxation, snorkelling and photo opportunities like no other.
Our tour offers a balanced blend of time exploring or relaxing on the islands AND cruising to secluded beaches, swim & numerous snorkel locations where no other tourists go. If you’re only going to do one tour of Keppel, this is it!
Tour Highlights
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Important Info
Departing from Keppel Bay Marina after our safety brief, we’ll set off around the islands depending on wind and sea conditions. Every tour will be different so drop your expectations and relax, trust that Scotty will use his local knowledge to provide you with the most amazing Keppel experience based on the conditions on the day. Be fluid as you arc across the bay and around the coral reef, sliding into coves of seclusion and hidden treasures as you circumnavigate the island.
There will be many points of interest to stop or go slow and capture the moments, along with plenty of swimming & snorkelling opportunities. This tour is heavily based around being in the water!
Yep, this is a big day so make sure you’re able to go the distance!!! You’ll be on and off, up and down, in and out all day so a moderate level of fitness is required. There’s a lot to explore so make sure you can keep up!
This is an adventure tour on a fast, highly manoeuvrable, open air boat with multiple snorkelling and beach stops sliding on and off into the water. It’s therefore not appropriate for young ones under 5, or people that cannot get back on board from the water via our small ladder. Our jockey seats are quite small so may not fit or be comfortable for larger folk and our golden oldies can still participate so long as they’re prepared for a big day out on the water.
Absolutely! Our lunches are made with love from the award winning Waterline restaurant at the Marina who are able to cater to any and all dietary requirements. There will be a section within the booking process where you can enter these details for each guest.
100% no questions asked and no change fee to change your booking up to 48hrs prior to departure. Changes requested within 48hrs are only possible if we can resell your seats prior to departure, else the date change will incur a 50% charge.
No problemo, cancel anytime for whatever reason up until 48hrs prior to departure and receive a no questions asked refund in full. Cancellations within 48hrs are only refundable if we can resell your seats prior to departure.
We had the most amazing day out with Scotty. His knowledge and passion had us enchanted the whole day. We were first timers for boating and snorkeling and Scotty’s ability to reassure and guide enabled us to take in, the most gorgeous part of the world we have ever seen. We shared lots of laughs and a beautiful lunch. We highly recommend this experience and will treasure our memories of the day forever 🤗
I thoroughly enjoyed the “Keppel Explorer” with Scotty. A bespoken boat tour (no more than 12 people).
Scotty reads the weather to give you the best Keppel experience possible. Truely amazing. We went to locations that the big boats can’t get to…so well worth it for me, staying another night in the area to go on this tour. Highly recommended.
I thoroughly enjoyed the “Keppel Explorer” with Scotty. A bespoken boat tour (no more than 12 people).
My husband and I along with our 3 children (ages 4, 6, 8) had an epic day on the Keppel Explorer! Scotty was patient, encouraging and accomodating from the very start to the end. The boat looked fabulous as has recently undergone a revamp! The wetsuits and snorkel gear was all really clean, well looked after and easy to wear.
It is such a positive of this tour that it is only a small group on a smaller boat; we saw so much, learnt lots and could spontaneously stop to snorkel with a manta ray!! Our kids are stoked, memories made for sure.
We are so happy we chose this tour, absolutely no other way to explore the islands. Thanks Scotty, legend!
Absolutely AMAZING experience 10/10!!
Snorkelling with sea turtles & mantaray’s, the incredible fish & coral reef. Not to mention the stunning beaches.
Loved our healthy packed lunch & being in a small group. Scotty our host was friendly, passionate & informative.
Can’t wait to do it again.
Awesome trip on Keppel Explorer.
We were lucky and had the perfect weather. Water temp 27 and flat with no waves.
Scotty (our captain/guide) took us to a couple of islands and knew where the world class diving spots were. We dived some of the best reef I have ever seen.
A nice lunch was provided and Scotty was extremely knowledgeable and ready to answer questioned asked.
I have been to Keppel a few times and thought I would try something different by booking Keppel Explorer, I am glad I did and will book again in future
