When not out on tour, Aroona is moored at Half Moon Bay Marina in Yorkeys Knob, 15 minutes north of Cairns CBD on the North-Eastern coastline. This region boasts a warm, tropical year-round climate with varied humidity. Aroona mostly tours throughout the Northern Great Barrier Reef, but regularly tours as south as the Whitsundays and as north as Cape York, with the capability for charter across all of Australia.
Aroona comes with a range of pre-designed itineraries, special seasonal expeditions, and customised trips, including Fly In/Fly Out and Far North options. Aroona’s immense flexibility offers charters to suit every guest—ranging from luxury day tours to comprehensive month-long scientific expeditions, where guests can enjoy fishing, kitesurfing, citizen science endeavours, and more.
Day Charters: Aroona offers customised, luxury day charters to suit your special event or occasion. Up to twelve guests can dive into a day upon the Great Barrier Reef, where you can enjoy kitesurfing along sand quays, leisurely beach fishing, and soaking up sea-salt air from the flybridge while enjoying champagne and a delicious meal at sunset.
Private Charters: Aroona can comfortably accommodate up to 9 passengers in 3 staterooms, with immense configuration flexibility to suit all kinds of passengers.
Fishing Charters: Aroona specialises in exceptional fishing charters. Encompassing a range of reef and estuary fishing, fly fishing, bottom fishing, barramundi fishing, light tackle reef fishing, or spear fishing options, all fishing charters on Aroona come with a professional guide for a curated experience. Fishing enthusiasts will delight in the challenge of fishing pelagic and reef-dwelling species, including championed fly-fishing options including Blue Bastards, Giant Trevally, and other powerful gamefish, with possibility to encounter stunning humphead wrasse on the flats.
Adventure Charters: Water enthusiasts will find no shortage of adventure on Aroona. Outside of fishing, guests will plunge into the waters with a range of aquatic activities including scuba diving, island hopping and cruising, kite surfing on sand quays, seasonal whale watching, and more. Guests will delight in swimming amongst some of Australia’s most dynamic, remote, and breathtaking areas, including the northern Great Barrier Reefs vegetated coral cays, spotting Raine Island which supports the world’s largest remaining endangered green turtle nesting population. Explore areas of significant cultural importance for local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the enigmatic waters that form the site of numerous shipwrecks, and much more while diving straight off the back of Aroona’s duckboard.
Research/Film Charters: Aroona is a hardworking vessel suitable for extended research and film expeditions. This includes options such as ongoing shark research, participating in the Great Barrier Reef Census, and operating as a platform and support vessel for off-shore adventures. Aroona’s immense versatility allows it to adapt and learn about the environment in navigates, ensuring each charter provides flexibility and immersion into the landscape.
