This half-day skippered private yacht charter is fully catered to ensure you can just sit back and enjoy time on the water.
Private charters will depart from Hervey Bay and set sail across the Great Sandy Strait and feature locations like the beautiful western coast of Fraser Island, Big Woody Island, Round Island, Pelican Bank and Wathumba Creek. This intimate experience is available for up to 20 for a day charter and 10 for overnight adventures.
Join us for a full day charter on the waters of the Great Sandy Strait with views of the western coast of World Heritage-listed Fraser Island.
The Fraser Coast region has incredible sailing conditions thanks to ideal weather conditions, calm waters and a diverse range of anchorages with lots to explore. We are also home to the world's first Whale Heritage Site (Hervey Bay).
Join us for a boat charter on board Indigo. This 10 meter Seawind 1000 sailing vessel is the perfect entry level catamaran for your next sailing adventure. Indigo sleeps between 6 and 8 people across 2 cabins.
Additional features include one internal shower and toilet, a tender for any beach stopovers, fully equipped kitchen, BBQ for the back deck and all the safety equipment you could possibly need.
The size of Indigo makes it easy to manage and allows for a simple and enjoyable boat charter experience. Bring the family or your mates for one hell of a water based adventure!
*High season: School holidays, Easter & July-Oct (whale season) *Mid Season: June & November-Mid December *Low Season: All other dates
Your voucher(s) and booking information will be included in the confirmation email you will receive shortly after purchasing the experience on Amazed.com.
If the booking needs to be first confirmed by the host, you will receive your Amazed voucher within 24-48 hours of purchase.
Matthew Evans
in the last weekWe recently had a great 4 nights away on K'Gari Breeze - the boat accommodated 7 of us comfortably and did everything we needed it to do. Scott and his team were very helpful throughout the trip with advice on anchorages, tides and weather conditions. Fraser Island Boat Charters have managed to strike a good balance between providing enough information and support, whilst also allowing their customers to be independent and free to enjoy the trip without interference. Highly recommended and will use again.
Lauren McDonnell
10 months agoWe had a wonderful 4 night stay on the Indigo catamaran with our 2 children (8 and 3!) we had never done anything like this before! The boat was very well laid out with everything we could need- very comfortable for the 4 of us. Scott and Mal were so comforting and reassuring for us novices and literally on call for our entire stay to help us problem solve and few rookie errors! We’d definitely recommend hiring through these guys! Highlights included beautiful sunsets every day, dingo footprint spotting on K’gari and the lighthouse walk on big woody island. Memories to last a lifetime and some good boating tales to tell the mates back home ;)
Felix Rauch Valenti
3 years agoFirst time I took the family on a self-skippered charter for 3 nights. Indigo is a nice boat and perfectly suited for a family of 4 or 5. The boat was clean, well equipped and provided enough space for everyone (although the engine power was a bit at the lower end). Thanks to the solar panels and wind generator the batteries were always sufficiently loaded (no need to run the engines in the evening to re-charge the batteries). Scott was always friendly and showed us all that we needed to know about the boat so that we felt comfortable sailing on our own (I was the only one in our party with previous experience). He also offered us some flexibility with our charter dates and times that allowed us to maximise our sailing time. Everyone had a great time and we are already looking forward to try and do another sail in the future with more time to explore all the great spots along Fraser Island.
Adam Ransley
a year agoI recently went on ‘Dream On’ for a quick 3 night getaway and had a really lovely time with the family. Chartering such a large vessel seemed daunting at first, but the wealth of information and instruction on the day of boarding made it so much easier to relax and enjoy our time on board. Thanks heaps to Scott & Steph for providing such a great experience from booking to departure. The Cat was quite spacious and well-maintained and suited our family of 5 really well. I was notably impressed by the clean white linen and beds being made similarly to a fancy hotel room. The extra nic nacs such as pegs, insect repellent and tomato sauce came in handy when we realised we didn’t bring them with us – it’s like they had thought of everything. (Not forgetting the onboard coffee machine.) If you are interested in actually sailing and don’t have any experience, I would highly recommend an RYA Introduction to Sailing or Start Yachting course before you go. It will make it so much easier and you will have a lot more fun knowing what you are supposed to be doing. (It’s not essential you sail though as you can motor along just as well.) I would highly recommend taking some snorkelling gear (that we forgot) and fishing gear. We had fun fishing and venturing ashore but with the water so clear we would have loved to enjoy some snorkelling as well. The sunsets are amazing! Overall, a great experience and one that I will be sure to do again.
Robert Thornthwaite
7 months agoWow....how amazing was that experience? We sailed out of Hervey Bay Mariner Saturday 23 September and just had the best 3 days out on the boat. The scenery was amazing and the ever-changing conditions just meant there was something new on each turn of the wheel. Oh and the whales ...how spectacular!!!!! We hired Aquila Sunrise - a very luxurious vessel and just so simple to operate - within the first half hour all my fears of having to drive a big boat were allayed. Scott and Mal made everything so simple and easy. Will definitely be coming back!!!!