Everglades Explorer: Noosa Everglades Cruise Tour featuring Australia's Exclusive Wetlands

Embark on a thrilling Noosa Everglades Cruise Tour and explore Australia’s exclusive wetlands. Discover ancient landscapes, capture stunning photos, and choose between a comfortable eco boat or a thrilling canoeing adventure.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Habitat Noosa Camping - Your Explorer tour begins with a cruise across stunning Lake Cootharaba where we enter the Australia’s only Everglades.
    Stopping at Fig Tree point you have the option to participate in a 600m rainforest walk or board your Canadian style canoe for a leisurely paddle upstream through ancient landscapes, mirrored waterways know…
What's Included
  • All equipment including canoes
  • Noosa pickup and drop-off
  • Snacks
What's Not Included
  • Drinks (available to purchase)
  • Lunch
Additional Information

Venture into the serene, mirror-like water channels of Australia’s only Everglades. This impressive wetland system is a testament to ancient terrains and presents outstanding photo captures.
Located at the Northern tip of the Noosa River system, within the sand dunes of the Cooloola National Park, lies Australia’s Everglades. An undisturbed, immaculate…

Location
Everglades Eco Safaris River Cruise Noosa
Lake Flat Road
Departure Point: habitatnoosa (located 25 minutes North of Noosa) Dates: Daily Return point: Returns to the original departure point
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Lau_5567
Aug 1, 2025
Amazing cruise & canoe tour! - We enjoyed our full day tour exploring the Noosa Everglades. We began by getting the transfer bus from Chinadina in Noosa, and were surprised to see the size of the bus pick us up. Felt very special and luxurious, it was comfy, spacious and on time! After 30mins of the drive, we arrived at Habitat Noosa, which was buzzing with happy campers & glampers and day trippers. This would be so busy during school holidays! There is a cafe/restaurant and you’ll have time to grab a coffee as the tour didn’t start til about 9am. We were super lucky that the weather cleared up & stayed fine for our morning tour. Exploring the landscape was amazing, we didn’t see many animals so perhaps too cool for them. Our skipper was very knowledgeable and had some good humour, very enjoyable tour. They provide morning tea at Harry’s Hut - fruits, muffins, and juice. We canoed the 5km stretch on the return leg, and didn’t see any koala’s unfortunately. Only recommendation here is, wish they had double ended paddles not single paddles - prepare for some sore muscle, but it’s all worth it for the experience. Upon our return to Habitat Noosa, we had about 1.5-2hours free time to explore, so after a meal (service was so quick!) for lunch we grabbed the transfer bud back to town. We weren’t prepared for this amount of free time so this time could become boring for some if not prepared. Overall it was a wonderful, big day out and would recommend anyone wanting to get back to nature 🍃
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Kelvin_c
Jul 20, 2025
It was a great... - It was a great experience. Rowing 5 kilometers was not very tiring, and I saw many water birds and water lilies. The scenery was very beautiful, and the captain was experienced.
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Niamh_p
Apr 28, 2025
It was great to get to... - It was great to get to experience the Noosa Everglades and hear all about them from the knowledgeable and experienced tour guides. Would definitely recommend to anyone visiting Noosa
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Colleenvermer
Apr 18, 2025
Lovely Tour - Very informative and saw plenty of wildlife! I appreciate there being a courtesy shuttle. Got lucky with the weather :) Our skipper really made the tour! He was very knowledgeable and funny. I really liked listening to him talk. During the boat ride we saw lots of birds such as pelicans, a cormorant, some black swans, a kingfisher, tawny frogmouths, a Willie wagtail, and an osprey! It's also possible to see koalas though they were hiding from us. Springtime should be better for sightings. There were 2 boats - boat 1 would stop at Fig Tree Point and canoe up to Harry's Hut while the other would do the opposite. I was in boat 2 so we went straight to the hut. The description of the tour only really described boat 1. So I didn't expect this but didn't mind. The opposite direction also meant canoeing with our backs against the sun so that was preferable. When the boat stopped, we got about a 30 min break before it was time to canoe. Here we could use the toilets (no toilet on the boat), walk to Harry's Hut, swim in the tea tree infused river, and/or enjoy refreshments. The hut was a very short walk. It's a hut, not much to look at. The refreshments included muffins, oranges, orange juice, and apple juice. Then it was canoe time. There are 2 and 3 person canoes. As an amateur canoer, I was more focused on moving the boat than taking in the scenery but it was still fun. I think it's a definite must to canoe if you do this tour. Otherwise the price I don't think is as worth it. You would probably be better off signing up for the serenity tour in that case. When we got back to fig tree point, we also had the option to swim again. The tour listing also mentioned a rainforest walk at Fig tree point. I believe this was just the walk from the boat to the canoe launch site. Once everyone returned, the boat headed back to the camp. We had about 1.5 hours of free time until the shuttle back. I walked about the camp and saw some monitor lizards and kangaroos. Aside from that the camp wasn't that interesting if you weren't getting food/drinks. I suppose you could also swim here too.
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Jeansk4978tw
Mar 29, 2025
Fantastic trip - Joel was a very knowledgeable guide only myself and my sister on the trip weather was really wet but the trip was brilliant went for lunch then chocolate and wine tasting highly recommended thanks again Joel Jean & gill
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David
Mar 13, 2025
Excellent Everglades - Harry the guide was first class. Lots of interesting information. Canoe journey was longer than expected but really allowed you to absorb the whole experience.
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Richard_s
Feb 20, 2025
Excellent, but…. - Excellent outing, however Viator confirmation explained correct pick up point but not the correct time. That meant we missed the appointment. Luckily we rescheduled for following day but take care using Viator bookings.
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Torstenhq2641od
Jun 27, 2025
Fine trip - Good time with the family Fun to do the canoe. Not that many animals to see. The tour was well prepared and organized. Could have done with a bit more time to swim and a bit more sightings
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Brend0nc
Feb 12, 2025
Serene mirroring and landscape. - Excellent staff and equipment. Delivered what was on the tin .."Serenity" Very relaxing drift up and down the Everglades enjoying the reflections and bird life.
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Agk_13
Jul 29, 2025
Bad service - We booked a wrong date. Sure. We didn’t arrive on the booked day but 2 days later. The tour was for 4 people and ye made an extra 94 dollars on us with no room to manoeuvre Ye could have been a bit more flexible when we booked on the second day but we got a terrible response from this company
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