1-Hour Whitsunday Islands and Heart Reef Scenic Flight
Description
An amazing and unforgettable experience. This is our most popular flight and with great reason! Combining both the Whitsunday Islands and Great Barrier Reef in one including the world famous Heart Reef! Departing from the iconic Shute Harbour airport, only 9 mins drive from Airlie Beach main street. Enjoy the iconic scenery as you soar in our specially designed scenic flight fixed wing aircraft, featuring overhead high wings and large panoramic windows ensuring unobstructed views. Your pilot will point out land marks to ensure all on board have time to capture that special shot and take in the beauty. Includes the Whitsunday Islands, Hill Inlet and Whitehaven Beach, The Great Barrier Reef and Heart Reef! All passengers are Guaranteed a window seat. Live commentary during your entire flight. Fly Australia is committed to sustainability through responsible environmental and cultural practices and actions towards conservation and climate change. Duration: 60 - 70 mins.
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Itinerary
Arriving at the Fly Australia Passenger lounge you will be met by your local experienced pilot who will fill you in on the tour ahead. We will board the aircraft and take off for our tour over the beautiful Whitsundays and Great Barrier Reef. Remember to bring your camera, there will be unlimited photo opportunities!
The Whitsundays Scenic Flight takes you over some of Australia's most iconic and beautiful landscapes including the World Heritage Great Barrier Reef & breathtaking islands of the Whitsundays. You will enjoy panoramic sights from the comfort of our seat in our specially designed scenic flight aircraft. This is a must do!
The Heart of the Reef! Your pilot will make gentle turns around the magical Heart Reef to ensure all on board have time to capture that perfect shot and take in the iconic sights below.
Pass overhead the beautiful swirling sands and Crystal blue waters of Hill Inlet, your pilot will make two passes of this iconic Whitsundays location to ensure all passengers have a great view and time to take in the Beauty.
During the flight we will spend time at the Great Barrier Reef, flying at low level you will see amazing sights below. Often marine life is spotted including whales, Manta rays and sharks. Your pilot again will make multiple passes of the Reef to ensure all enjoy amazing views and have time to take in the sights below of this natural wonder of the world. The Great Barrier Reef!
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
If Being picked up from Travel Shack Airlie Beach - 40 mins prior to departure time, The van will be waiting on the main road outside of Travel Shack at Waterson Way If Being Picked up from Port of Airlie - pick up will be 35 mins prior to departure time, in front of the Cruise Whitsundays Terminal – Passenger loading zone (Across zebra crossing) Please ensure you are at the pickup location on time
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Important Information
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Due to comfort and weight / balance limits of the aircraft, Maximum passengers weight is 130KG
- Flight time is an estimate and dependent on weather, wind, cloud, other air traffic, air traffic control. The flight time may vary slightly as a result.
- Due to comfort and weight and balance, our aircraft seats have a weight limit of 130KG and we will need to weight every passenger during the check-in process, if you are over weight at the time we are unable to take you on as a passenger on the scenic flight, and no refunds will be provided. If you are close to our aircraft seat limit of 130KG please weight yourself a few days before the flight. If you determine that you are unfit to go on the scenic flight and notify us before 24 hours of the scenic flight departure time we will be able to provide a change a date or refund.
- We will try our best at accommodating passengers seating requests, however, passengers within the same booking group may not be seated together due to weight and balances of the aircraft to ensure the safety of flight operation.
- This activity is a weather dependent activity.
- You will receive a confirmation email after your booking. Please note a confirmation email is a notification that we have received your booking but it can be subject to change due to weather, weight and balance of our aircraft, minimum passenger requirements and opeartional requirements.
- Please provide us with accurate contact information
- Passengers with medical conditions that may be affected by flight should consult a doctor before booking and inform us.
- Appropriate clothing and footwear must be worn
Reviews(829)
Chris our pilot was fantastic and he was very knowledgeable. Plane left on time, safety briefing was concise. Excellent job done by all involved 10/10.
This was a must do in our opinion, I would tell anyone who visits the area to do this. The views are amazing and our guide was wonderful! The only 2 cons are that the static over the headsets made hearing/understanding a bit difficult and while all seats have a window view, not all windows are equal. I happen to be sitting by the door so had a larger metal wall and smaller window than others. But I could still see well, just not as perfectly as others. I would still do it again!
An excellent trip. The flight was superb. Felt very safe and professional. Excellent length of time with the Pilot giving constant updates and pointing out points of interest. Such beauty has to be experienced from above. Heart Reef was just amazing!!
0:29 0:10 0:02 0:14 0:13 Alles bekijken Fly Australia Charters 4,8 (736) Touroperator in QueenslandGesloten Overzicht Services Reviews Foto's Over Review-overzicht van Google 5 4 3 2 1 4,8 (736) Alle piloot248 rif61 walvissen21 ramen16 +6 mm asennamm 4 reviews·8 foto's Took a flight on august 2nd 2026 with Fly Australia. Just 2 stars for this flight because of the seat I had in the plane. Avoid the second seat behind the pilot (third seat in the plane) on the left side of the plane. …Meer Foto 1 wordt beoordeeld door mm asennamm Iris Lutgerink Local Guide·8 reviews·19 foto's een jaar geleden Wauw wat hebben wij genoten van een mooie en onvergetelijke vlucht. De service was super leuke mensen allemaal!! Alles werd goed uitgelegd ook kwa veiligheid en wat je te wachten staat. We kregen drinken bij binnenkomst. Het was 28 graden …Meer Foto 1 wordt beoordeeld door Iris Lutgerink Foto 2 wordt beoordeeld door Iris Lutgerink Foto 3 wordt beoordeeld door Iris Lutgerink Foto 4 wordt beoordeeld door Iris Lutgerink+4 ❤️2 Helma Bakers Local Guide·58 reviews·27 foto's een jaar geleden Fantastisch, adembenemend een van de mooiste ervaringen in mijn leven Foto 1 wordt beoordeeld door Helma Bakers Foto 2 wordt beoordeeld door Helma Bakers Foto 3 wordt beoordeeld door Helma Bakers Foto 4 wordt beoordeeld door Helma Bakers+3 Noor Van Velthoven 2 reviews een jaar geleden Aardige mensen, relaxed sfeertje. De Piloot vertelde onderweg leuk en veel en wees ons op alle walvissen, schildpadden etc. mm asennamm 4 reviews·8 foto's Bewerkt: 6 minuten geleden Nieuw Took a flight on august 2nd 2026 with Fly Australia. Just 2 stars for this flight because of the seat I had in the plane. Avoid the second seat behind the pilot (third seat in the plane) on the left side of the plane. I was very disappointed about the experience as Fly Australia states that everyone will have a good view. Well I didn't, and when I addressed this afterward I only got the reply "we can't do anything about this" and " we never had this complaint before". They should give people on this seat a big discount, because the view is sh#t. I payed good money for what was to be one of the highlights of my visit to the Whitsundays. Got on the plane with my camera to make some great shots. But ended up with almost none. Luckily my daughter of 13 was able to make some nice shots with her phone, but that's not dslr quality. Why is this a bad spot? Because your window for looking outside and making photographs only start from your shoulder back. You can only see the forward view through the window of the passenger in front of you. Taking pictures of the things you see through this window is almost impossible because your window is basically behind you. So you can't realy see what you are making a picture of. So if you get appointed this seat, be aware that this is not the seat for a great forward view. And making decent pictures is not possible from this seat. The picture is an honest representation of what you see in this seat. When booking and informing the people at Fly Australia were nice. And this would definitely have been a 5 star review if not for this seat. Fly Australia should inform people before the flight about this seat and the limited view from this seat. And I am also disappointed about how my complaint was (not) handeled. After a week I got a response from fly Australia. The reply: Apologies for the delay in responding to your complaint. We had intended to come back to you sooner; however, your correspondence unfortunately came through during a particularly busy period. We appreciate your patience and apologise for any frustration this may have caused. We appreciate you taking the time to bring your concerns to our attention and regret that your experience did not meet your expectations. We have reviewed the matter and taken your comments on board. We would, however, like to clarify that your booking was purchased as part of a package at a discounted rate, rather than at the standard full-price rate. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer any compensation in this instance. That said, should you wish to fly with us again in the future, we would be more than happy to offer you a discounted rate as a gesture of goodwill. Thank you again for taking the time to provide your feedback. We value your comments and hope to have the opportunity to provide you with a more positive experience in the future. What I conclude from this response. Gee, thanks for offering me a discount. As a tourist from the Netherlands this is realy something that is of use to me. And, when you buy tickets in a package deal with a boat tour, you are considered second class passengers. You will get the lesser seats. People who have only booked the flight at full price will always get the better seats So if you want to book a flight with fly Australia, think twice about booking a package deal. I definitely regret doing so.
Had the most amazing time! Prettiest views I have ever seen! Lovely staff! Well worth the money!
It is amazing to see Whitehaven Beach and the Great Barrier Reef from the sky. The view from the plan is amazing and the pilot is so good with commentary and making sure all passengers get the best views. We then visited both Whitehaven and the Reef the next day and it was great to experience both from the sky and the land. Highly recommend this experience
Sublime experience, even unforgettable. A translation is missing because the Australian English in the headset is very difficult for me to understand. But it is a very beautiful experience nonetheless.
My seat was on the left by the window, and the reflection was terrible throughout the entire trip. The first two rows on the right were all female passengers. Being stuck in the back row was bad enough, but they put me on the far left of it. Most of the scenery was on the right. It was completely not worth the price. The staff member in charge of seating in the back was Indian, and he assigned seats on the right to male passengers who were also Indian. While assigning me a bad seat, he even told me it was a good one. Is he expecting me to be grateful to him while deliberately giving me a terrible seat?
Beautiful experience really enjoyed our flight pilot was awesome very knowledgeable. Absolutely loved this flight and is a must do
Truly unforgettable experience. Memories were made. Brilliant pilot who shared his knowledge and made sure everyone got to see. The colours were magical.
