Travel to Lizard Island/Jewell Reef
Lizard Island Heavy Tackle Marlin trip packages are priced ex Lizard Island airport, where we will collect you for your trip and take you to the boat waiting in the anchorage behind the island. To access Lizard Island, you will need to catch a flight from either Cairns or Cooktown. Cairns can be accessed from most major cities in Australia with either Jetstar or Virgin Blue airlines. For assistance with travel plans to Lizard Island, please contact our office. To access Jewell Reef, you will take a short 35 mile boat trip aboard Odyssey to access the first reef we fish.
Domestic Flights in Australia
Many domestic air carriers in Australia have baggage limits, and limits on the length of rods tubes allowed to be carried. Jetstar airways allows rod tubes up to a maximum length of 2m. We believe that currently Virgin airways allows longer rod tubes, but please ask your travel agent to ensure they check any special requirements.
Flights to Lizard Island
Flights to Lizard Island generall take around 45 minutes from Cairns and are aboard small Cessna Caravan aircraft. There are a limited number of flights every week, so early flight bookings are essential.
Baggage Allowance
There is a 20kg baggage allowance on the floatplane out to the Coral Sea. If you require bringing more baggage than this, you will need to contact our office. If you bring more baggage than 20kg, we cannot guarantee that it will all be taken to the reef for your trip.
Accommodation onboard Odyssey
While onboard our 80ft mothership Odyssey, you wil be staying in either a quad share or double share cabin. We have 3 x quad share and 2 x double cabins available onboard Odyssey. The private twin share cabins can be reserved for any of our trips, please contact the office for pricing. They can be reserved for one or two people subject to availability.
Washroom and toilet facilities onboard Odyssey are all shared facilities, but there are 3 facilities available, and they are very comfortable.
Food onboard Odyssey
Our chef and hostess provide a very high level of food and beverages for our trips. Our chef is highly skilled and provides a mixture of Asian and Australian influenced cuisine. We can cater for any style of food you require, and also for any dietary requirements, but we will need to be notified well before your trip if you do have any special dietary requirements. Please contact the office with any special requests, and we will be more than happy to assist.
Medical
We do have an excellent emergency medical plan in place for any emergency situations while out at sea. We have a Royal Flying Doctors First aid chest which contains equipment to deal with all first aid emergencies. We are required to be in Satellite phone contact with our Doctor to use this chest, but it provides the highest level of remote area medical assistance possible. Any emergency evacuations are handled through the RFDS or our floatplane pilots directly.
We have clients aged from 15-85 years old, but please be aware that the location you are visiting is a LONG way from serious medical assistance. There is sometimes a doctor at Lizard Island, but this cannot be relied upon. We do not recommend coming on these trips if you have any serious medical conditions that could require immediate attention.
Travel Insurance
Travel insurance is recommended for ALL clients undertaking our trips. You should ensure that travel insurance can cover any changes to connecting flights, medical emergencies, and cancellations of any kind. It is highly unlikely that anything will happen in regards to your trip, but if it does, some form of insurance is very valuable.
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