Ngaro Sea Trail Map.

The Whitsunday Ngaro Sea Trail

highlights many iconic features that have made the area famous. Walk across pure white sands, sail over turquoise waters,see ancient rock art, rugged headlands,dry rainforest, rolling grasslands and experience the breathtaking views.The trail takes in all of the Whitsunday Ngaro Sea Trail. Travel from sea to summit with varying grades of difficulty and length across South Molle, Hook and Whitsunday Islands, as well you can journey its sea paths for a different and refreshing perspective. The Whitsunday Ngaro Sea Trail can be accessed by private, charter or commercial boat. The area is also kayak friendly and within easy reach using hire vessels or bare boats. Commercial boats depart from Shute Harbour and Airlie Beach. Bare boats can be sourced at Hamilton Island, ShuteHarbour or Airlie Beach. There are also numerous public boat ramps in the area.

The Ngaro cultural site Hook Island.

This track is only 170m one way. Short and initially moderately steep, the track climbs the banks of Nara Inlet, to a rock shelter filled with Ngaro art motifsand extensive cultural deposits. The site has been upgraded with improved access, a new boardwalk, viewing area and interpretive displays.

Whitsunday Cairn, Whitsunday Island.

Scrub Hen Beach to Whitsunday Cairn is 3km one way and is steep and challenging, this track has been created espacially for the Whitsunday Ngaro Sea Trail. Breathtaking views over Hook Island and beyond to Border Island are the rewards for the more serious hiker.

Tongue Point, Whitsunday Island.

Tongue Bay to Hill Inlet lookout is 630m one way.
Track junction to Lookout Beach is a short 250m one way. This moderate, winding track, travels through woodland and dry rainforest communities to the lookouts and beach. Visitors can walk uphill to take in the vistas over Hill Inlet and the islands emerging from the surrounding turquoise waters and the sweeping sands of Whitehaven Beach, a highly significant area for the Ngaro people. An alternative is to walk over the ridge and along the cycad-lined boardwalk to the extensive white sands of Lookout Beach. Improved circuit access tracks to the lookouts and a circuit track to Lookout Beach have formed this section of the Great Walk.

Whitehaven Beach Chance Bay, Whitsunday Island.

Solway circuit - 1.1km Chance Bay - 2.5km one way from Whitehaven Beach, The Great Walk project creates a short circuit track that climbs through impressive grass trees, cycads and rock fern, with viewing opportunities over Solway Passage, Pentecost and Haslewood islands. The track then descends through coastal forest back to Whitehaven Beach. For those with more time, a branch track off the circuit winds through some of the best of Whitsunday's forest and woodlands to Chance Bay.This secluded bay on the southern side of Whitsunday Island is also a great anchorage option for boats during northerly winds.

Whitsunday Peak, Whitsunday Island.

Whitsunday Peak track - 3km one way Dugong-Sawmill track - 1.5km one way. The Whitsunday Peak track is one of the most challenging of the Whitsunday Ngaro Sea Trail. Reaching an elevation of 437m, this track offers spectacular views over the Whitsunday islands and surrounding mainland. Accessed from the Sawmill Beach picnic area at Cid Harbour, the Great Walk project defines the Whitsunday Peak track and upgrades theDugong-Sawmill track.

Spion Kop and Mt Jeffreys, South Molle Island.

Sandy Bay to Spion Kop - 5.5km extension to Mt Jeffreys - 1.5km winding its way through open forest, grasslands, dry rainforest and stands of hoop pine, the track starts at the boaters camp at Sandy Bay and traverses the length of South Molle Island. Culturally significant sites can be visited en route to Spion Kop,and once again spectacular views are a highlight from the higher elevations of the track. The Great Walk project has now upgraded these tracks, and its access tracks from Paddle Bay camp and South Molle Island resort, providing an extensive and accessible island track network of around 12km.

Walkers and Boaters Camps.

Walkers and boaters may access a number of camps if overnight island stays are required. Camps close to the proposed trail heads are Sandy Bay and Paddle Bay on South Molle Island, Dugong Beach, Whitehaven Beach and Peter Bay on Whitsunday Island and Curlew Beach on Hook Island. Camps have various facilities and are managed by DERM.