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Experience the spectacular “Lighting the Sound” in Albany over three weekends in March 2026 on board the “Young Salty Dog” with King George Sound Safari.
The largest outdoor light installation of its type ever staged on Earth? You bet. Experience it from key vantage points around the Albany townsite but get the best front row seat and view it from Princess Royal Harbour on a King George Sound Safari.
The landscape sets the stage, with water adding reflection and depth to create a sweeping panoramic visual feast. Presented by @formwa, produced in collaboration with world-renowned Finnish light artist Kari Kola @karikola, and co-designed with Menang Elders and the Albany community, Lighting the Sound will transform Albany’s natural coastline and landmarks into an immersive light spectacular over three weekends, 13-15, 20-22, and 27-29 March 2026.
We offer 3 tours nightly of 1 hour each on the harbour for the best exhibition view.
Seats for this amazing experience are extremely limited — only 12 available per tour, so book fast!
Tickets Prices:
$60 each for Adults, Concession and Children (5 to 17)
$30 for Infants (1-4)
Infants under 1 are FREE and do NOT count towards the passenger count.
Our safe & stable, twin-hull catamaran, the “Young Salty Dog” (an ex Sea Rescue vessel), holds up to 12 passengers.
Captain Mark provides a personalised tour, viewing the entire exhibition from the best viewing positions around Princess Royal Harbour – from Vancouver Peninsula to Little Grove to Torndirrup.
We also visit a photographers favourite, an old shipwrecked Whale Chaser, the Cheynes II which broke its moorings and ran aground.
BYO food and alcohol are welcome
We can’t wait to welcome you on board our boat, the Young Salty Dog. You’ll find out why it’s called that when you board, or else you can read the story on our website https://kinggeorgesoundsafari.com.au/about/#began
If you’re travelling to Albany, or in the lead up to your tour, play a fun quiz or learn fun facts about Albany using our Facebook Messenger app. Just click on https://m.me/kinggeorgesoundsafari?ref=quiz
or you can ask our AI chatbot, Captain A-Aye anything about our tours or Albany on our website. Just click on the bottom right and ask away!
Refer a friend and we’ll send them a $10 voucher and if they buy a ticket, we’ll send you a $10 voucher as a thank you! Click here: https://m.me/kinggeorgesoundsafari?ref=referafriend
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Captain Mark went out of his way to accommodate our ship's late arrival time in Albany. We liked that it was a small group experience and everyone had great space to take photos. The 4 in our group had a fantastic experience. Thank you Captain Mark for sharing your boat, stories, information and bad Dad jokes with us.
I went on the King George Sound Safari whale tour and had a great time out on the water. The crew were fun, a bit cheeky, and made the trip both educational and enjoyable. We learned a lot about the whales and the local coastline, and even got to see a few out in the open sea. A really cool experience that definitely worth it.
The smaller group and boat just makes the experience more personal and I would recommend that over the bigger tour boats/groups.
Great afternoon out on the water.
Captain Mark has a very quirky sense of humour and ensured our tour was fun and very informative - the quiz adds a little competition to the experience 🥳
Unfortunately the weather wasn’t great but Captain Mark had us all entertained regardless and it’s very obvious he is very knowledgeable about the history of this beautiful place and has some fantastic photos he shared with the group
We all had a great time and would definitely recommend King George Sound Safari tours for anyone visiting Albany
Watching whales was one of our dreams.
When we saw Captain Mark's little boat compares to the big tourists boats, we thought we had to take our chance !
Unfortunately no whales or dolphins to be seen on this beautiful day, we cannot force nature But we had such an exquisite time thanks to Captain Mark who made our day !
We learned and laughed a lot !!
He kindly offered us to come back for free next time as we haven't seen any whales.
Thank you so much for this amazing experience we will never forget !
We will come back for sure, so see ya Captain Mark !
Frenchies Matthias and Marine
The highlight was standing up on the deck while dolphins swam mere feet from me in the water, following our boat!
Highly recommended~
Mark's knowledge of local attractions and information was very interesting.. I never knew that about that fine mineral sand and Olympics.. if you want to know you'll have to take the tour
Lots of Dolphins swimming and racing us then we saw the whalesSuch majestic creature's, Mark's keen eye spotted a few for us. We will definitely go again . Thanks again Mark.
We saw more than enough whales and had more than enough fun.
Thankyou!!!
I recommend this to anyone who wants to find out more about Albany.
If you weigh whales in a whale weigh station, where would you weigh a pie?
Go on Cap’n Marks safari, he’ll give you the answer!
Thanks so much Mark.
The boat was a great size - I personally like smaller boats as it feels more personal compared to the big boats you see offering similar experiences. Everyone on board had a great laugh and will never forget our time on the trip. We sat at the top of the boat which was great as you could see for miles!
Thank you Mark for giving us a truly memorable experience - oh and thanks for all the knowledgeable facts too ????
We will for sure book your trip again when we are next visiting Albany - Hopefully with more luck seeing Whales ????
Felt safe and supported by mark on the boat and relaxed to enjoy the time out on the water. My husband is prone to getting very sea sick but no issues on this occasion.
Mark has a dry sense of humour and relaxes everyone with his humour as well as being informative and interesting.
I thought we were going to miss out on seeing whales after about an hour on board. Saw some fur seals and a sea lion and then the whales turned up. Beautiful sharing amongst the passengers of sightings so all able to catch the beauty of these magnificent mammals.
I also saw dolphins on the way back to Albany.
Amazing morning that has been a highlight of our trip to WA.
Thanks Mark ????????
I rarely go out on boats and was happy to find this Safari because it was totally easy to book and go out on the water for whale and dolphin watching.
The boat feels easy to be on, has shelter from rain and sun and is able to get around all the places to see & learn about the environment & marine wildlife.
Captain Mark also shares fun facts, stories & history of this area in an easy upbeat way.
I would definitely do King George Safari again and see why it is such a great experience for visitors to Albany.
Loved this experience ????????
Mark knows his stuff and learnt some new history about Albany!
Mark has the dad jokes too ????
Very professional service and saw some magnificent whales breaching.
Will definitely be back again.
Thanks Captain Mark.
Cannot reccomend this tour enough, worth every penny and i will definitely be back.
Cannot reccomend this tour enough, worth every penny and i will definitely be back.





























