Daydream Island Resort

There’s no other island quite like Daydream, on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. With a fringing reef a mere flipper’s kick from the beach and a Living Reef on the island itself, it’s an incredible place to not only live and learn about one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, but to experience it first hand. This is not your average read-a-book-by-the-pool kind of island (although there are abundant glorious spots to do just that.) The free form Living Reef that courses through the resort is actually one of the world’s largest outdoor aquariums, home to more than 140 species of marine fish, 82 species of coral and 15 species of invertebrates such as starfish, sea cucumbers and crabs.Step off the beach at Lovers’ Cove and you’ll be greeted by a kaleidoscopic, Great Barrier Reef welcoming party of parrot fish, inviting you into their world and the beautiful fringing reef just beyond the shore.Getting to Daydream Island is simple, with the Whitsunday Islands serviced by flights to the Great Barrier Reef Airport (HTI) or to Whitsunday Coast Airport on the mainland at Proserpine. Cruise Whitsundays provides regular ferry transfers to Daydream. Each of the 296 comfortable rooms and suites offer views of the tropical waters or rainforest. All are stylishly furnished and well appointed. Guests are able to indulge in mouth-watering creations in the resorts eight individual food and beverage outlets, including casual, a la carte and buffet restaurants. Enjoy a plethora of land and water based activities (most of which are complimentary) or alternatively relax in the Spa which offers a range of pampering treatments and a holistic approach to wellbeing.