Making the most of Houtman Abrolhos Islands
Use these notes to shape a realistic day ashore, then confirm any time-sensitive information for the date of your call.
Arriving at the port
This is not a cruise port but a stop made solely for snorkelling, diving or swimming.
The Houtman Abrolhos, often called the Abrolhos Islands informally, comprise 122 islands and their coral reefs in the Indian Ocean off Australia's west coast. They lie about eighty kilometres (50 mi) west of Geraldton, Western Australia. This is the Indian Ocean's southernmost true coral reef and one of the world's highest-latitude reef systems. The islands are among the planet's most important seabird breeding grounds and support Western Australia's largest single-species fishery, the Western Rock Lobster fishery. Numerous wrecks are also associated with the area, most famously the Dutch ship Batavia...