These are the Top 25 Islands to Visit by Boat in 2025

National Geographic
Jan 8, 2025
By Alicia Miller

The following sections have been excerpted and paraphrased from an article originally published in National Geographic where writer Alicia Miller details the top 25 islands to visit by boat in 2025, then goes on to recommend Muiron, Australia, offered through AdventureSmith Explorations.

Islands — of varying size and character — can be an endless source of discovery and refuge. Whether your ideal getaway involves meeting extraordinary wildlife in Española in Ecuador’s Galápagos Islands, tucking into black truffles in Tasmania, Australia, or simply kicking back on a white-sand beach in Sardinia, Italy, these are the islands we think you should be visiting in 2025.

Encounter wildlife – Muiron, Australia

Dive below the surface and you’ll find what makes this duo of Western Australian isles so special. Here in the UNESCO-listed Ningaloo Reef, kaleidoscope corals dazzle with swarms of fish, dugongs graze lazily on sea grass and giant manta rays and whale sharks roam cobalt depths. The 13-day Ningaloo & The Bluewater Wonders of Australia’s West with AdventureSmith Explorations starts from £5,187 per person.

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