Night at the Great Barrier Reef: Australia's only underwater hotel

Claudia Hilmbauer, 11.08.2021

At Hotel Reefworld, which floats in the sea on a pontoon off the Whitsundays, guests of the Reefsuites stay 4.5 meters below sea level. Instead of counting sheep, here you count fish to fall asleep.

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Some experiences are so unique that you carry them in your heart for a lifetime. An overnight stay in Australia's first underwater hotel falls into this category. When you open your eyes here in the morning, it takes a few seconds to realize that you are actually no longer dreaming. Because, at the foot of the bed, shoals of fish are already passing by the floor-to-ceiling glass panes. Some of them as fast and busy as if they were on their way to the office. However, others don't let themselves be disturbed by anything. Unperturbed, they approach, realise that there is nothing to see from their point of view, and a few flaps of their fins later they have already disappeared again. The uniquely beautiful spectacle that takes place in front of the Whitsunday Islands in Australia continuously repeats itself throughout the day. As a guest, one does not get tired of watching the shoals of shining fish swimming by again and again in wonderful colours. It is almost impossible to get enough of them.

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