Moreton Island Guide
A complete accommodation and tour guide in Moreton Island
Moreton Island
Moreton Island is the world's second largest sand island. Though mostly national park, it includes several small villages, beaches, freshwater lakes and a coloured sand desert. Moreton Island was previously known as Tangalooma Dolphin Feeding Program. Here there are plenty activities you can do, activities such as hand feed wild dolphins, sand taboggan mammoth dunes or tackle excellent four wheel drive exploring tracks. A whole additional world also awaits beneath the surface with scuba diving and snorkelling available.
Feeding the Wild Dolphins
Tangalooma Wild Dolphin Resort offers a range of adventure and nature based activities. The star attraction to the resort is undoubtedly the unique nightly hand feeding of a pod of wild Bottlenose dolphins, where overnight guests have the opportunity to wade into the water and feed the dolphins.
Fringed on three sides by Moreton Island National Park, Tangalooma Wild Dolphin Resort is subtly nestled amongst landscaped gardens and natural bushland.
Recommended Tour
A highlight of any stay at Tangalooma Wild Dolphin Resort will be the opportunity to interact closely with our native wild life. Each evening the Tangalooma in-shore dolphins eagerly swim up to the beach, adjacent to the well lit jetty, where they are rewarded with fresh fish hand fed to them by our Dolphin Care staff and Resort Guests. Whether you are actually participating in the feeding or simply watching from the jetty, you will be overwhelmed by these beautiful creatures.
Pelicans at Moreton Island
In the mornings our resident pelicans and cormorants also enjoy a bucket or two of fish hand fed to them on the beach.
If you pay us a visit during the whale migration season between July and the end of October, you will have the opportunity to participate in our regular whale watching cruise when you can catch a close look at these majestic mammals of the sea.
Four Wheel Drive Tour
As well as our world renowned wild dolphins, Tangalooma offers a wide range of activities such as: tennis, squash, archery, snorkeling, fishing, sailing, scuba diving, bush walking, golf driving net, putting green and wilderness Four Wheel Drive escorted tours to many National Park highlights. These include visiting Queensland's oldest lighthouse at Cape Moreton, the Ocean Beach and the "Blue Lagoon" or enjoy a short trip to the "Desert" for the exhilarating sport of "Sand Tobogganing".
Tangalooma caters for all ages with Teens and Kids activities daily and includes educational involvement in the Dolphin Education Centre. At night enjoy an evening buffet in our fully licensed restaurant or a more casual meal at the Beach Cafe.
After dinner you can enjoy our nightly entertainment or go for a moonlight stroll along the endless stretch of white sandy beach. Whether your love is for nature, the water, or just relaxing on the beach under a palm tree, Tangalooma Wild Dolphin Resort has something for everyone.
