4 Day Tiwi Islands Cruise

Tiwi Islands photo gallery

Day 1
Embark at Cullen Bay Marina in Darwin at about 0800 for a briefing and prior to departure through the lock at 0900. We sail north to the Tiwi Islands and travel up the Apsley Strait which separates Bathurst Island and Melville Island. Our overnight anchorage is just south of the community of Pirlangimpi (Garden Point).

Day 2
Going ashore in the morning we will walk through the community to the Munupi Arts and Crafts Centre to meet with local Tiwi artists. Guests will have an opportunity to purchase art or craft from the Centre later in the day. Activities may include a visit to the local school, instruction in Tiwi painting and weaving, swimming in a fresh water waterhole, trying some bush tucker or just talking about Tiwi culture. We will return to the boat for sundowners and dinner and anchor a few miles south of the community, again in the calm waters of Apsley Strait.

Day 3
We will motor south along the Apsley Strait, stopping at the largest community in the Tiwi Islands at Nguiu, on Bathurst Island, where guests will take part in the Tiwi Tours tour then visit the Tiwi Arts and Craft Centre. Our overnight anchorage is again in Apsley Strait.

Day 4
We set sail early in the morning to Bare Sand Island. The flatback turtle is the common nesting turtle on Bare Sand Island, although the Olive Ridley does lay one or two nests each year. Green and hawksbill turtles forage in large numbers on the rocky reefs in the region. There is ample opportunity to go ashore and walk around the island. We have lunch at our anchorage at Bare Sand Island then sail back into Darwin late in the afternoon.

We finish the adventure by guests joining the crew for dinner at one of the many restaurants at Cullen Bay. Following dinner, guests will be returned to their CBD accommodation.

Each lady on board also receives a bouquet of locally grown orchids to take home as a memento of the journey.

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