The Guides
Your Lord Howe Island guides are hand-picked by us and come with a solid track record of providing a high level of personalised service. They are all experienced locals with expert knowledge of this world heritage listed area. Your group will have these guides overseeing all of the planned arrangements from start to finish.
Accommodation
Your accommodation is officially rated 4.5 stars by AAA Tourism & consists of self contained bungalows (4 x 1 bedroom & 2 x 2 bedroom/bathroom). These very private bungalows are spread out among the native Kentia palms with absolutely no adjoining walls or shared facilities.
Accommodation arrangements are extremely flexible so we can cater to double, twin, triple or quad share. Please contact us to discuss your individual requirements.
Hospitality
Whilst your on Lord Howe, all of your meals are included. Enjoy daily – a full cooked breakfast, lunch (packed to go fishing when required) and a 3 course a la carte dinner (menu changes daily). We will also arrange a special catch of the day each evening for your table.
Lord Howe Island Fishing (content courtesy of Lord Howe Island Tourism Association)
Lord Howe is legendary for fishing. Surrounded by Marine Park and with no commercial fishery, the diversity of species, terrain, methods – and the sheer abundance of fish – rank Lord Howe among the world’s top fishing destinations.
There are dozens of hot spots for hooking into monster pelagics such as Lord Howe Kingfish, Yellowfin Tuna and Wahoo, as well as several species unique to Lord Howe.
And there’s a virtually untouched game fishery – featuring Black, Blue and Striped Marlin – as little as half an hour from the jetty. Lord Howe is protected by the world’s most southerly coral reef, which shelters the crystal-clear Lagoon. The local sport fishing ‘grand slam’ is to catch a Trevally, Silver Drummer, Bluefish and the endemic Double-Header Wrasse in one session of sight-casting in the shallow waters of the Lagoon. (Bag limits apply to Bluefish and Double-Headers, and a catch-and-release policy is encouraged).
The Aircraft
You and your group will be flown in a privately chartered Cessna Conquest II. The plane carries state of the art avionics and is all weather rated with impressive safety features. The interior has been customised to provide you with spacious and comfortable seating.
The aircraft is operated by Sharp Airlines, which holds an Air Operators Certificate issued by CASA. Your pilot is highly experienced and all carry a Commercial Pilots License.
We can customise any of our featured packages to suit your personal travel requirements. Mates’ Escapes can also build fully tailored one-of-a-kind itineraries from the ground up, if you can dream it up we can certainly make it happen.
We can tailor a trips regardless of your group size, be it 2, 8 or 20. Get in touch with us and let’s discuss your options.