The wild unspoilt beauty of Butterfly Bay will simply take your breath away. Carved deep into the mountainous lush hillsides of Hook Island, this spectacular uninhabited bay offers a sheltered anchorage amongst the warm emerald waters and picturesque sandy beach.

A designated green zone, this area of the island falls under the Whitsunday Islands National Park, a World Heritage Site, which protects the extensive reef here making it one of the best places for snorkeling within the Whitsundays archipelago. So don your mask and flippers and take to water and explore this magical underwater kingdom. With some hard corals, giant Maori wrasse, schools of parrotfish, rainbows of reef fish and majestic Manta rays to see on your travels you’ll need your underwater camera to remind you of all the colorful marine life you’ve seen.

When you surface for air, take to your kayak and head ashore for a leisurely picnic underneath the dappled shade of a mangrove tree and delight in the colonies of butterflies, which gather here in the shade and along the creek bed. Take one of the nearby bush trails up to the lookout point for impressive views down over the bay and surrounding reef before heading back onboard for a sundowner and another restful nights sleep in paradise.