Christmas Island National Park. (n.d.). Tours - Credit Mark Fitz [Fish Swimming in the Indian Ocean around Christmas Island]. Retrieved from https://christmasislandnationalpark.gov.au/static/d01600c2789a1ca622814f99e916b7f2/aef60/tours-credit-mark-fitz-cita-n.jpg
Recreation and tourism are allowed and encouraged on Christmas Island National Park. The national park does tours such as snorkeling and scuba diving; they allow walks in the rainforest and swimming in the beaches. Christmas Island has its own golf course, and they even do tours to see their native species, the red crab, migration. The national park has a small-town like community with facilities such as, a bank, police department, pharmacy, small hospital, restaurants, cafes, and pubs. Below is a picture of the map of the island with locations of the beaches, and everything that is available to do on the island.
Wildlife Tourism Australia. (n.d.). Christmas Island Map [Map of Christmas Island]. Retrieved from https://www.wildlifetourism.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/3-Christmas-Island-Map-pg-1.jpg
Since, Christmas Island is located in the Indian Ocean there are a few ways to plan your visit to Christmas Island. You can book a flight from Virgin Australia that flies from Perth to Christmas Island twice a week or if you want to stretch your sea legs as a sailor, you can call the harbor master of Flying Fish Cove to dock at 30-meter-deep moorings.
You can visit Christmas Island at any time because the weather is comfortable and warm all year. Most activities are available all year round but if you want to see one of the most must see events, the red crab migration, on Christmas Island you need to plan your trip in the wet season in October or November. (Wonderous World Images. (n.d.). [Baby Crab] [Baby Crab on the Sand].)
Once you have booked your flight or prepared your boat for sailing to Christmas Island there is wide range of housing and lodging for visitors on the island. From self-contained housing to luxury eco-lodges like the Swell Lodge. If the outdoors is your bread and butter you can plan to camp but if camping is not for you can book an air-conditioned room in the hotel.
TripAdvisor. (n.d.). The Settlement [Aerial of Christmas Island]. Retrieved from https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/15/d4/2d/d3/the-settlement.jpg
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