Ningaloo Reef

The Ningaloo World Heritage Area stretches more than 300km along the coast of WA. This area is home to over 200 coral, 500 fish, 650 mollusc, 600 crustacean, 1000 marine algae, and 155 sponge species, many of which are endemic to the area. Our visit to Ningaloo started out on a disappointing note with our whale shark swim cancelled due to high winds, but we made the most of our time there and got out in the water every day despite the bad weather. We were treated to an abundance of fish, turtles, rays, dolphins, whales, and, eventually, to whale sharks! An estimated 300-500 whale sharks make their way to Ningaloo annually, and although we were at the shoulder season of this event we were still lucky enough to see 5 different whale sharks on our tour, all juveniles at about 5 metres in length.Read more