True North II
Highlights
- Embark on a unique adventure aboard True North II, exploring coastal areas where larger ships cannot venture.
- Savour bespoke menus crafted by onboard chefs, inspired by your location and the day's catch.
- Experience intimate small-group itineraries, ensuring personalised attention with just 22 guests and a dedicated crew.
- Discover inaccessible locations via helicopter excursions, immersing yourself in stunning landscapes and cultural opportunities.
On a True North expedition, you’ll embark on an adventure that only a few people in the world get to experience.
True North and True North II are purpose-built to go where big ships cannot, while exploring even further in dedicated adventure boats.
Most itineraries also feature an onboard helicopter, so you can visit locations almost inaccessible to most. In-between locations, you’ll relish in the luxury of our beautifully designed boat. Not to mention onboard chefs, who craft a bespoke menu inspired by your location and daily catch.
You’ll be able to pack your days full of scenic tours, fishing, mud crabbing, waterfall walks, picnics, natural history appreciation, rock art exploration and helicopter excursions.
To make sure your experience is uniquely catered to you, itineraries are limited to small groups (36 guests aboard True North and just 22 guests aboard True North II) with an Australian crew on board every expedition (22 crew on True North and 15 crew on True North II).
For more than 35 years we have immersed our guests in stunning landscapes, coral wonderlands, unique cultural opportunities, and extraordinary encounters with nature. When you join them onboard, you’ll soon start to discover why life’s different after True North.
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Great Barrier Reef
Start your adventure in Cairns.
Visit iconic destinations such as Whitehaven Beach, the Whitsundays and Fraser Island. Drink-in some of Australia’s most treasured tropical island scenery and snorkel the revered Great Barrier Reef. Try your hand at catching a monster mud crab or something even more delectable for the dining salon! Sample the chef’s beach-cooked delights and indulge with a glass of champagne as the sun sets on beautiful Rainbow Beach. Take a dive on a WWII wreck, squeeze-in a hike to spectacular vantage or be the first to the top in the ship’s helicopter. Not to be missed nature-based adventure!
This is a sample itinerary only. Prevailing conditions, local arrangements and indeed, what we discover on the day, may cause variation. Helicopter flights can be purchased additional to the indicated tariff as a package or individually. Please refer to the sailing schedule to determine if this itinerary is available on the TRUE NORTH or TRUE NORTH II.
Over The Top
Over the Top adventure from Darwin to Cairns. Discover the rugged ‘Top End’ including spectacular wetlands adjacent to the world-famous Kakadu National Park and the many remote islands that skirt the NT coast. Explore the ruins of the ill-fated Victoria Settlement and fish for the elusive barramundi. And then for something completely different, soak-up the rainforest fringed coastline of Cape York and, the wonder of the Great Barrier Reef – all in a single itinerary! Other highlights include mud crabbing, light game fishing, visiting Cooktown and swimming with giant potato cod.
Accreditations
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ECO Certified (Advanced Ecotourism) by Ecotourism Australia
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Quality Tourism Accreditation
Memberships
- Charter Vessel Association
- Regional Tourist/Tourism Association/Organisation
- Visitor Information Centre
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