Surrounded by the Great Barrier Reef, Heron Island is a coral cay located in a World Heritage Listed area, ensuring its guests soft white sand and crystal clear waters.

Heron Island is world famous for its fantastic scuba diving and snorkelling. You will experience some of Australia’s best dive spots – more than 30 dive sites are available, half of which are only 15 minutes from the beach.

It’s what you don’t see around Heron that makes the resort so special. You won’t see any buildings above the tree line. And you won’t bump into any daytrippers either. The reef experience on Heron is exclusively for guests.

Become a guest of the natural paradise environment.

Quick Facts

Accessibility

Accomodations

Heron Island is a 4-star resort offering 6 Accommodation options with 109 rooms. A Conference Room (Theatre Style) sitting 110 delegates is also available.

The Beach House
Located beachside and set within a grove of trees the Beach House offers filtered ocean views and a private boardwalk provides direct access to the beach. With only one Beach House on offer, this accommodation offers maximum privacy and is located a short stroll away from the central resort facilities and restaurant.

Point Suites
Point Suites are set in a premium position with an outlook that offers uninterrupted reef views and magical sunsets over the Great Barrier Reef. Suites are within easy access of the resort amenities.

Wistari Suites

Wistari Suites are situated within a secluded garden setting with filtered ocean views and offer maximum privacy. Interiors are spacious and include a living area with sofa and armchair and separate sleeping area with King Size bed. Wistari Suites are air-conditioned and have a mini-bar, CD player and telephone in the room.

A private outdoor terrace features wooden furniture and a two person hammock. The Suites are a short stroll away from the central resort facilities, beach and walking tracks.

Heron Beachside Suites
Beachside Suites offer spectacular filtered views over the Great Barrier Reef and are set in a prime beachside location with direct access to the beach and reef.

Reef Suites
Reef Suites are positioned close to the beach and offer filtered reef and water views through a canopy of beachside trees and shrubs. The living area extends outdoors to a balcony or garden setting, interiors are light and comfortable.
Family room configurations are available.

Turtle Rooms
Turtle Rooms are located in a garden setting, a short walk away from the beach and close to the central resort facilities. With two rooms per block, all Turtle Rooms are at ground level and feature a deck and outdoor area. Rooms are compact and interiors are bright and fresh. Family room configurations are available.

Food and Drink

Full buffet breakfast is included at Heron Island. Three Dining Facilities are available to your disposition.

Shearwater Restaurant
Breakfast and lunch are buffet style while dinner features a 3 course table d’hote or Saturday seafood buffet and mid week Aussie BBQ. Special diets can be catered for by prior arrangement. A picnic hamper service is available on request.

Pandanus Lounge & Baillie’s Bar
The Bar & Lounge features panoramic reef views, with a cocktail bar, entertainment lounge, dance floor and a mezzanine level library area. The
Bar & Lounge opens to an outdoor terrace. Open from 10.00am to midnight.

Wistari Room
An air conditioned presentation room for evening news, movies and sporting events.

Activites

• Diving the Great Barrier Reef on Heron Island
• Snorkelling excursions to the reef edge
• Eco Certified Advanced Ecotourism
• Kids Friendly Junior Ranger Program – children 7 to 12 years
• Semi-submersible coral viewing cruises – commentary by reef interpreter
• Pool tables
• Diving tours, activities and classes
• Diving and fishing charters
• Fishing trips
• Scenic helicopter flights
• Sunset wine & cheese cruises
• Beach Picnic Hampers
• Spa treatment at the Aqua Soul Spa
• Turtle Tour (peak nesting times December – April)

(Complementary Activities)

• Guided reef walks (operate daily subject to tides)
• Island ecology walks
• Guided birdlife walks
• Stargazing
• Wildlife presentations
• Snorkelling lessons in swimming pool
• Tennis (night & day) & table tennis
• Natural history slide show
• Trivia night

Why Dive on Heron Island?

Heron Island is famous around the world because it is exciting diving made easy. There’s no need for day trips to the Reef because you’re already there, so you can easily enjoy up to three full dives a day. There are over twenty different dive sites, more than half of which are just fifteen minutes from the beach. With so many acres of living coral literally teeming with fish, it’s easy to see why keen divers keep coming back to Heron.

• over 30 dive sites
• Minimal time to dive sites (5-15 minutes)
• Shallow dives available (18 meters maximum)
• Long bottom times can be obtained (up to 45 minutes)
• Buoyed dive sites
• Stable platform style boats with shaded canopies
• Divemasters dive all dives
• Giant stride entries – exit via wide ladders
• No carrying of tanks or weights at any time
• All dive sites located within a Marine National Park
• Highest quality dive equipment
• Up to three dives per day
• Two tank morning dives
• Night Dives
• Adventure Dives

Eco-Tourism and Wildlife

Heron Island is open year round, with bird season at its peak in January to March. Turtle nesting season is also during this period, and offers the unique opportunity to see hatchlings scurrying to the sea.

Did we already mentions that Heron Island is famous around the world for its spectacular coral reef, its extraordinary variety of aquatic life, migrating whales, nestling turtles and as a breading ground for an abundance of birdlife.

Heron is Kids friendly, if it’s school holidays, you can sign the kids up for the Heron Junior Rangers Program (7-12yrs), where they’ll get up close and personal with a wonderful variety of marine creatures, and explore the fascinating coral cay.

Conferences and Incentive Programs

Number of Rooms: 109 rooms – 4 different room grades
Meeting Room Capacity: 110 delegates – Wistari Conference Room (Theatre Style)

Suitable For Incentives
Yes – with an interest in reef based activities. It is also possible to arrange an intimate incentive incorporating both Wilson Island and Heron Island.

Group Activities
Heron Island has developed an exciting program of interactive and interpretative activities.
* Snorkel and/or dive boat charters
* Semi submersible reef viewing tour
* Wine and cheese sunset cruise
* Fishing trips
* Glass bottom surf ski tour
* Reef, bird and island interpretative walks
* Spa treatments at the Aqua Soul Spa

Getting There

Covering 18 Hectares, Heron Island lies on the Tropic of Capricorn (23 degrees south of the equator), 72 kilometres NE off the coast from Gladstone, central Queensland. 534 kilometres north of Brisbane. 1,183 kilometres south of Cairns. Heron Island operates 1 hour ahead of Eastern Standard Time (EST) all year round.

* By Boat, Transfer between Gladstone and Heron Island Transfer duration: approx. 2 hours
* By Helicopter, Transfer duration: approx. 30 minutes Australian Helicopters operates scenic transfers between Gladstone Airport and Heron Island daily (excluding Christmas Day) on demand during daylight hours (generally 0800 – 1800). Bookings can be made directly with Voyages.

Rates

Heron Island offers many oliday packages to choose from, don’t miss the hot
Last Minute Sale offer, at only $99 per night.

Stay 6 nights, pay for only 4
receive two nights FREE with this fantastic package.
Your stay includes:

* Accommodation
* Full buffet breakfast
* Many island activities
* Children 12 years and under stay & eat FREE

4 Night Package
Heron Island truly is a natural wonderland, here you can immerse yourself in all the Great Barrier Reef has to offer. Save 15% off our standard nightly rate by booking 4 nights or more.

Included in the tariff:
* 4 nights accommodation
* Full buffet breakfast
* Many island activities

Multi-Resort Package
If you book 5 nights or more at any combination of Voyages Hotels & Resorts within the same itinerary you will save 15% off each night of your stay.

Spa Package
* A bottle of sparkling wine on arrival
* An initial spa consultation to determine the best treatment for you
* Two spa treatments (combined up to a maximum of 2 hours^)

Meal Package
Make your holiday even more relaxing by booking the value packed meal package when you confirm your booking. The meal package includes lunch and dinner, and is available for one or every day of your stay.

* Buffet or 2 course lunch daily
* Buffet or 3 course dinner daily
* All day filtered coffee and tea

Dive Package

* 5 standard day dives to Heron or Wistari Reef
* Equipment: air, scuba and weights
* Boat trip to the reef
* $275 with a minimum 4 nights accommodation