Cruise Ship Water Taxi Tour: Explore Signal Island Turtles in Noumea's South Lagoon
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Nouméa
Embark on a thrilling water taxi tour to Signal Island in Noumea's South Lagoon. Swim with turtles, explore the island's historical trail, and soak in the natural beauty of the marine life. Book now!
Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Cruise Ship Terminal - If you take departure at 8 AM the water taxi will come back at 11 AM.
    If you take departure 9 AM water taxi will come back at 1.30 PM.
    If you take departure at 10.30 AM water taxi will come back at 2.30 PM.
    If you take departure at 11.30 AM water taxi will come back at 3.30 PM.
    If you take departure at 3.00 PM water taxi will come back at 5.45 PM.

Departure from the cruise ship terminal to SIGNAL ISLAND. This tour is reserved for people under 70 years old and in very good physical condition. It’s a physical inflatable bumpy boat ride to go to the Island. If people can walk without any assistance and don’t have any low back injury, they can do the tour.
Land on SIGNAL ISLAND : Enjoy 3 or 4 hours (depending the departure time you choose) Discover white sand beach and swim by your own with the turtles. You can also observe colorful marine life along coral reefs, with your equipment and personal instruction from your skipper (if you need we can provided you mask and snorkel).
We don’t guarantee you will see or swim with turtles, because it depends your snorkeling level and the weather conditions. Schedules may change (depending on our availabilities) and times your ship docking.

What's Included
  • Water taxi ride to Signal Island
Additional Information

We suggest a water taxi service to Signal Island, designed specifically for cruise ship passengers. We pick you up directly at the dock.

Escape the usual and swim with turtles on a heavenly island near Noumea. Food & drinks are not part of the package.

Spend 4 hours exploring the ‘untamed side’ of the southern lagoon.

The crowd from your ship wouldn’t be aware of this secluded snorkeling and turtle swimming spot, located just 30 minutes from Noumea via our water taxi. Experience the breathtaking white-sand beach, historic trails, and rich natural scenery full of marine, avian, and animal life unaccompanied. This tour is for individuals under 70 who are physically fit. It requires a vigorous ride on an inflatable boat to reach the island. Snorkeling will be at your own pace without a guide, you’ll only receive some instructions from the boat captain.

  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • May be operated by a multi-lingual guid
  • Not recommended for participants greater than 70 years of age
  • Food and drinks not included in price
  • Please bring swimwear, towel, sunscreen, hat, sunglasses and comfortable walking shoes
Location
Cruise Ship Terminal
Rue Jules Ferry
Come to see us as soon as possible at our "Noumea Turtle Tour" desk (with a big white turtle on) located at CITY TERMINAL between the CITY Cruise Ship Terminal (Gare Maritime) and the Tourism Center. Our staff will waiting for you, for give you all informations you need. Warning: To find our "NOUMEA TURTLE TOUR" DESK THERE ARE TWO TERMINALS : The larger cruise ships berth at the Cargo Terminal, while the smaller ships berth at the City cruise ship Terminal (GARE MARITIME). -> IF YOUR CRUISE SHIP DOCK AT CARGO TERMINAL If your cruise ship ties up at the Cargo Terminal, take the free shuttle bus to the City Cruise ShipTerminal – about five minutes away. You will find our "NOUMEA TURTLE TOUR " Desk between City Cruise Ship Terminal and Tourism Office, just in front of your shuttle bus stop. -> IF YOUR CRUISE SHIP DOCK AT CITY CRUISE SHIP TERMINAL Disembark your ship, go inside city terminal, take first on your right, get off the Terminal and you will find our desk between Terminal and Tourism Office. If you don't find our "NOUMEA TURTLE" desk and our staff, you can ask to Tourism office on the city cruise ship terminal. Or ask the manager of the ferry terminal : Steeve or Kate : they will give you the informations.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Jivey30528
May 19, 2024
Wonder excursion - This tour was the highlight of our cruise. We'll organized and the meeting instructions were easy to follow. The island was wonderful with a coral reef right off the beach. We saw several sea turtles and lots of fish. We even saw a couple of coral snakes. I would highly recommend this excursion to anyone
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Joe_l
May 4, 2024
Amazing trip - It was a well organised tour, the price was also reasonable. We saw plenty of turtles and the beach was awesome. We had a good time for sure.
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Cesare_g
Apr 10, 2024
👍🏻👍🏻 - Great time, lots of green turtles and a couple loggerheads. The island is absolutely beautiful and worth the trip even if you don’t snorkel.
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Regine_d
Apr 9, 2024
a beautiful little island - great to swim, snorkel and explore - we booked it in advance for our stop with the cruise ship. the "tent" is located right outside of the town terminal - we heard from another couple who didn't book in advance, they couldn't get a ride. All worked out perfect for our booking. the people are super friendly, it is around a 20 Min boat ride to the island - there you can snorkel/swim with turtles, or walk around the island with some great views - it is a super pretty place and we loved it. We also saw several birds and a water snake. on the way back it was very wavy and the ride was super bumpy - it was all a lot of fun and we really enjoyed it. It was partially rainy the day we were there, there are several covered spots to keep your things dry. we can highly recommend it
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Wendy_g
Apr 2, 2024
Signal Island Noumea Swimming With The Turtles - Awsome trip, well organised, great to snorkel with the turtles - great hospitality and our lady skipper was great!
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Andrea
Mar 24, 2024
Fantastic natural setting and snorkeling - Well organized and easy to find when coming off the cruise ship. Transfer was quick to the island, which is a beautiful natural spot. Swam with turtles and walked around the island looking at the history and birds. Hints provided on what to see where and extra equipment available. Was well run and reasonably priced. Glad we got out of town for the visit.
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Ian_s
Mar 24, 2024
Signal Island - Great trip Highly recommend it! A must do, suits all ages! Time goes so fast on the island, even though it was raining we still loved it!
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Aidan_h
Mar 19, 2024
Excellent - Met at small port stress free pick up x friendly team and good water taxi skills - island was tranquil and peaceful saw numerous wildlife animals particularly birds and a snakes - we met with some frenzied seabirds which homed In on us but duly protecting their nests! Fun trip - thankyou
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215christinai
May 9, 2024
Hopefully you'll see some turtles - Boat ride was rough, my teenagers loved it but a small toddler behind us screamed the whole.way (half hour rife one way, poor thing). Definitely need to take food, drinks and toilet paper. Saw a few small turtles at start of day and bigger ones near the wharf at end of day. Driver was lovely, everything ran on time
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Luckybeckyblue
Apr 24, 2024
It was OK, won't do it again - A little disappointing. We always look for small group tours. This one is described as having a max of 15 passengers. In fact, there were approximately 80 of us. We spent a lot of time standing around waiting for the tour to start. Then we were led to another spot near some boats where we were instructed to sit along a concrete wall. We waited some more while our leader took a lot of time to organize us into smaller groups for the ride to Signal Island. As luck would have it, we were in the very last group called. It was a lot of waiting before our group ever got called. The ride to the island was long and VERY rough. Fortunately we aren't bothered by sea sickness. If this is a problem for you, or if you have back problems, I strongly advise against taking this ride. The island was lovely but had very little shade. The few shady spots that were available had been claimed long before we ever arrived. And you'll want shade -- the sun is very intense. The snorkeling was OK. We saw one turtle. The water was kind of murky. On the other side of the island the water was much clearer, but there was no coral and therefore no sea life to observe. Amenities were very limited. We brought our own water, none was provided. There were just a few noodles for many people to share and they were pretty well worn.
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