Whitehaven Beach and Hill Inlet Day Trip: Chill and Grill

Embark on a scenic cruise to Whitehaven Beach and Hill Inlet, followed by a guided hike and gourmet BBQ. Enjoy beach time, stunning views, and a dedicated host for a memorable experience.

Duration: 11 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 2 days learn more
Highlights
  • Cruise Whitsundays - Check in for your full day cruise to Whitehaven Beach
  • Whitehaven Beach - Spend up to 6 hours on this famous beach, enjoy a gourmet burger cooked at the only beach burger bar in the Whitsundays!
  • Hill Inlet - Visit this lookout to take the most iconic image of the Whitsundays. Your guide will provide commentary on the area and help get your holiday snaps at this incredible location.
  • Airlie Beach - Airlie Beach, Queensland
What's Included
  • Local guide
  • Afternoon tea
  • Choice of Beef or Veggie Burger
  • Live commentary on board
  • Protective stinger suits
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Snorkeling equipment
Additional Information

Cruise to superb, 7km-long Whitehaven Beach on Whitsunday Island. From the beach’s northern end, a leisurely 1.3km-return guided hike to Hill Inlet lookout follows a path walked by the Whitsundays’ traditional owners, the Ngaro people. Back at Whitehaven’s southern end, swim or relax on the sand, or enjoy another leisurely hike the southern Whitehaven Beach Lookout and view the length of Whitehaven Beach. A delicious gourmet BBQ lunch is waiting for you back on the Whitehaven sand.

Your Chill and Grill experience includes

  • Scenic Cruise through the Whitsunday Islands, with a brief pick-up stop at Daydream Island and Hamilton Island to collect more guests.
  • Up to 6 hours on Whitehaven Beach
  • Guided walk to Hill Inlet and Lookout
  • Walk to Whitehaven Beach Lookout
  • A gourmet BBQ on the beach
  • Morning and afternoon tea
  • Beach games
  • Protective stinger suits
  • Dedicated host for the duration of the day
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • Due to the length of this cruise and the activities this cruise is unsuitable for infants.
  • Minimum age is 4 years
  • Please advise dietary requirements
Location
24 The Cv Rd
The Cove Rd
Cruise Whitsundays Maritime Terminal - 24 The Cove Rd, Airlie Beach QLD 4802, Australia Please check in 30 minutes prior to departure
Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 2 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

Customer Ratings
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Jill
Jul 25, 2024
Girls just wanna have fun! - Super fun and chill day. The views were magical and unforgettable! Was so fun to hang out with my girls and escape Melb winter
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Sophie_l
Jun 16, 2024
Great day out - Our trip was amazing, beautiful place and will definitely be back! The order of the day was great we did the walk first then beach and lunch for the rest of the day, the length of time doing each activity was spot on, lunch was great, and on board they throw in some extras with teas coffees fruit & cookies then on the way back they serve cheese biscuits olives and brownies which is good! Staff were very friendly and helpful, would recommend everyone doing the full day
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Girlloveshawaii
May 14, 2024
Whitehaven and The Hill Inlet - This was amazing! I highly recommend this trip with Cruise Whitsundays. We did the full day. The staff are awesome! Even before we left, I emailed them and they responded quickly. Everyone was kind and helpful. We departed Hamilton Island and went to Whitehaven. This beach is so beautiful! We then took a boat ride out to the end of the beach to hike to The Hill Inlet. The hike was about 40 minutes. It was not strenuous. A nice nature hike before you get to the amazing view of The Hill Inlet. After we got back, had a great lunch of burgers and salads. Then just relaxed on Whitehaven. Bucket list day!!
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Alexander_d
May 8, 2024
A Great Day at Whitehaven Beach - We love coming back and spending the whole day at Whitehaven Beach with lots of activities including swimming and walking it's surrounds.
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Orangeelephant69
May 4, 2024
What a day🤩 - Fantastic day from start to finish Sea a bit rough but crew all geared up for that Morning in the bay was just brilliant, lemon sharks, baby rays, soldier crabs and a great walk up through the estuary. Tour guide (Paige) was super enthusiastic, a real live wire, had us all moving in the right places at the right time. BBQ was really well organised and plenty of food for all. (Mind the seagulls!) Bonus Iguanas on the beach fringes Bought the drink package, probably worth it but not necessarily the alcohol option. All the crew of the various vessels were great and ensured you felt safe on all the various transfers
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Saumya_k
Mar 31, 2024
Best tour for Whitehaven - Greta tour and loved very minute. We were blessed with lovely weather and the swirls were unimaginably beautiful!
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Kirsten_m
Mar 17, 2024
Fun and chilled - Walking to lookouts at Hill inlet was beautiful and well worth it. Then having plenty of time to chill at Whitehaven beach made it a perfect day.
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L5593bhjeffreyc
May 12, 2024
Whitehaven Beach is spectacular. - Great day out despite the torrential rain. Guides were very knowledgeable and helpful. BBQ on the beach was excellent. Watch out for the seagulls; they are very fast and accurate at picking food off your plate or out of your hands! We purchased the drinks package at $55 per person which advertised all day beer, wine, cider and soft drink. However wine was not allowed on the island. My wife does not drink beer and only received a very expensive small plastic glass of bubbles at 3:45pm. I have relayed my concerns about this but have yet to hear from Cruise Whitsundays.
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Edmon_m
Jul 22, 2024
A Beautiful day , BUT . . . . . . - It was a nice day over all Crew were so good and provided us with water , plenty of food and guidance. But the downside was; 1- This is a multi-stop route to Whitehaven ( as they go from Airlie Beach to Day Dream Island drop off guests and pick up other guests , followed by another stop at Hamilton Island for drop off and pick up , then end up in Whitehaven) so the trip takes 2.5 hours each way ) - so total of 5 hours is wasted of your day 2- That boat can fit more than 150 people , so it was really crowded with people on top of each other ( everyone had a seat , but still too crowded in my opinion ) 3- The indoor are was very smelly , I think the Carpet needs a good wash or replacement and the AC filters looks like they haven’t been replaced for years ( and showed errors on the LCD screen of the AC ) Considerings the $$ paid , I Would try to find a trip that goes directly to Whitehaven beach ( not the Multi-stop option ) -
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Tedswasalreadytaken
Feb 26, 2024
When a nail sticks out of your chair, you expect someone from Cruise Whitsundays to contact you. So far, they haven't. - On 3 February, 2024, we took a trip on the Whitehaven Beach Chill & Grill tour. There was a nail sticking about 1 cm out of my chair, and it got my leg multiple times before I figured out what it was. I spoke to one of the uniformed crew members, and they apologised and offered me a free drink (which I actually didn't want, but ultimately, I got a soft drink for one of my companions who wanted it). They took down my name and contact info and told me that someone would be in touch with me over this, and that there would be an incident report. No one contacted me. I even reviewed this trip on their own site and brought up the incident again, and still no one contacted me. I have to say, this is the second tour I have taken with Cruise Whitsundays, and the first time around, I had a nice time. I would have walked away with a favourable impression of their operations if I didn't do this tour. No matter what any experience is like, when you have a nail sticking out of your chair and no one bothers to follow up about it, I can't possibly recommend this company to other people. Did anyone read the review that I posted from their own site? Was an incident report ever even filed? I know that somebody from Cruise Whitsundays responds to these Tripadvisor reviews, and it's nice that they actually read these ones. Maybe that person will post a public apology when they see this review. But that's not what I'm looking for. I'm still waiting to hear from the person at Cruise Whitsundays whose job it is to ensure that nails don't stick out of their chairs. I want to hear their plan to ensure that this never happens again. What would have happened if I contracted tetanus from that nail? But hey, thanks for the free Bundaberg.
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