About this holiday
Strap on your fins for an underwater safari to see one of the mightiest yet gentlest species on Earth – the Whale Shark. These outsized plankton eaters migrate into the sea around Western Australia's Ningaloo Reef between April and June.
You're also likely to see Manta Rays along with Hawksbill, Green and Loggerhead turtles around the reef. Stay at the Sal Salis tented eco resort, an environmentally sustainable camp among the dunes of the Cape Range National Park.
The park sprawls more than 50,500 hectares and is home to rare Rock Wallabies, Red Kangaroos and at least 630 species of plants, some of them endemic.
About this holiday
Strap on your fins for an underwater safari to see one of the mightiest yet gentlest species on Earth – the Whale Shark. These outsized plankton eaters migrate into the sea around Western Australia's Ningaloo Reef between April and June.
You're also likely to see Manta Rays along with Hawksbill, Green and Loggerhead turtles around the reef. Stay at the Sal Salis tented eco resort, an environmentally sustainable camp among the dunes of the Cape Range National Park.
The park sprawls more than 50,500 hectares and is home to rare Rock Wallabies, Red Kangaroos and at least 630 species of plants, some of them endemic.
For every holiday booking, the camp owners make a donation toward the Australian Wildlife Conservancy, which buys land, and works with other private landowners, to set up wildlife and habitat reserves. The Conservancy runs 20 such sanctuaries covering 2.5 million hectares in across Australia.
These efforts deserve support – some 22 Australian mammal species have become extinct in the last two centuries (the worst record of any country in the world) and a further 20 per cent of Australia's remaining mammal species are also threatened with extinction.
