Under new ownership from January 2024, Freedom Whale Watch continues an uninterrupted, proud 15-year history of amazing whale watching and eco-tourism experiences in the Great Sandy Straits and Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
Every year, we’ve cruised safely along the beautiful West coast of K’gari (pronounced Garri, with a silent K) in the gentle waters of Hervey Bay, enabling 10’s of 1000’s of guests to experience close encounters with the mighty humpback whales. Here, whale mothers nurse their newborn babies and prepare them for the arduous journey back to the wild and cold feeding grounds of the Southern Ocean.
Hervey Bay is the only Whale Heritage site in Australia, and one of the very few whale watching sites in the world where it is possible to enjoy close encounters with Humpbacks: the whales literally ‘Mug’ Freedom by surrounding us and stopping us from moving away while they check us out, these encounters may frequently last 1-2 hours!