Christmas Island Expeditions
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Christmas Island Tours |
Cocos - Keeling Island Tours
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Surrounded by an indigo sea and pristine coral reef systems, Christmas Island’s unique natural history has evolved over eons and is defined by its remote location.
Lying on a tectonic plate that is inching its way north, the limestone, rocky outcrop of Christmas Island rises 3000 ft from the ocean floor. Snorkelling or diving out over 3000ft drop-offs is an unforgettable experience!
Punctuated by keyhole sandy beaches the cliffs of Christmas Island rise steeply over 1000ft to a plateau where over 65% is covered by National Park sheltering some of the rarest species of birds in the world.
Languishing in an average yearly temperature of 81oF is the rare and endangered Abbott’s Booby, the only forest canopy-nesting Booby in the world that can climb trees!
The world’s most beautiful seabird, the Golden morph of the White-tailed Tropicbird, known locally as the Golden Bosunbird, circles the island constantly and joining them in aerial forays, oversized Christmas Island Frigatebirds drift around the island’s thermals. The golden morph can be seen nowhere else in the world.
The island is home to the infamous Red Crab migration, one of the largest migratory events in the world. Described by Sir David Attenborough as “one of the greatest wildlife spectacles on earth”, each year in November millions of terrestrial Red Crabs respond to the moon phase and make their annual journey to the ocean to breed.
Dense rainforest on the crown of the island is home to the largest intact population of Robber or Coconut Crabs in the world and the trees provide habitat for the endemic Christmas Island Flying Fox and insectivorous Pipistrelle bat.
Basking in the island’s warmer waters is a stunning diversity of tropical fish and the island is thought to be a breeding ground for the largest fish in the world, the Whale Shark.
With no mass tourism, high rise or frenetic pace, Christmas Island is truly a hidden paradise. Often called “The Galapagos of the Indian Ocean “
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Species found no where else on the world:
- Abbott’s Booby
(The World’s rarest & largest booby) - Christmas Island Frigatebird
(The World’s rarest Frigatebird) - Christmas Island Linchi Swiftlet
- Christmas Island Hawk Owl
- Christmas Island Thrush
- Christmas Island White-eye
- Christmas Island Goshawk
- Golden Morph White-tailed Tropicbird
- Christmas Island Imperial Pigeon
Also common on the island:
- Brown Noddy
- Lesser Noddy
- Great Frigatebird
- Lesser Frigatebird
- Red-tailed Tropicbird
- Red-footed Booby
- Masked Booby
- Brown Booby
- Emerald Dove
- Australian Kestrel
- Java Sparrow
Plus many other species of birds
