Monkey Mia
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
A protected marine park and a popular tourist destination. Famed for the frequent and regular appearance of dolphins to the shallows.
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Friendly Dolphins
The Bottlenose Dolphins at Monkey Mia are world renowned for their willingness and regularity of coming up to shore to interact with humans. You can have the unique opportunity to hand feed the friendly dolphins with fish provided by the Department of Parks and Wildlife. Only limited people are allowed to feed the dolphins so do be quick!
Monkey Mia Beach
While the dolphins are the main attraction of the area, there are plenty of other animals that you can admire. You may be able to spot rays, dugongs, turtles and even shark in the water. Adjacent to the water, there are a high chance of you being able to spot lots of pelicans or even emus. A quick fun fact, did you know that even though emus cannot fly, they can swim?
Wulyibidi Yaninyina Trail
After viewing the dolphins, there are still much that can be done at Monkey Mia, you can go for a swim in the clear blue water, or you can go for a walk along the beautiful Wulyibidi Yaninyina Trail. It starts from the car park at Monkey Mia and brings you across different types of landscape. You will pass through the red dunes, acacia shrubland and the coast itself, with opportunity to admire the birds in the area. You can also learn about the Aboriginal as well as European history of the region here.
Tours and Cruises
Being such a popular destination, many other sorts of entertainment for holiday-goers are also provided. Multitudes of tours are available, including astronomy tours on the beach, an outback 4WD tour, a national park tour, an air tour and much more. You can also go on a cruise on a sailboat, or on the Aristocat 2.