Vivid on Sydney Harbour is spectacular, and a Vivid Sydney Harbour cruise is the ideal way to experience it. The harbour comes alive in a hive of lights and displays. For 3 weeks of the year, the southern hemisphere’s most spectacular outdoor lighting, music and ideas festival will transform Sydney into a kaleidoscope of creative energy. Of course, the best seats to the light festival are on the harbour with Spirit Fleet.

In a first for the festival, see lights on vessels sailing on the harbour sync with the animated Martumili collective painting – Yarrkalpa – Hunting Ground – that illuminates Sydney Opera House. Through clever programming and innovative technologies, the 3D mapped projections created by Curious in collaboration with Martu Artists that beautifully depict the Indigenous artists’ community and country also ripple across the water. When imagery morphs on the Sydney Opera House sails, the boats change colour simultaneously, making the watercraft part of a luminous aquatic artwork. This flotilla of colour also synchronises with the lights on Sydney Harbour Bridge and the city’s skyscrapers in an awe-inspiring array.   

Together, boats and ferries become part of a coordinated display that moves across the colour spectrum as they sail across the harbour. 

A number of commercial operators, including our very own Silver Spirit, participate in the installation, enabling passengers to enjoy an additional perspective on Vivid Sydney with mesmerising light reflections that dance upon the water.

Book your Vivid Sydney Harbour cruise with Spirit Fleet Boat Charters 

Vivid Sydney is a unique annual winter event of light, music, and ideas returning to illuminate Sydney for 2024 from 24 MAY – 15 JUNE 2024. With the Harbour City transformed into an outdoor lights sculptures exhibition. With Spirit Fleet Boat Charters private vivid cruise, you will get front-row seats to see all the action. Our knowledgeable skippers know how to cruise all the best vantage points.

Our boats cruise past the main precincts of the Vivid light festival; Circular Quay, Darling Harbour, Taronga Zoo, The Botanical Gardens and Walsh Bay. Our mission is to give you the best vantage point anywhere on the Harbour. We have a range of boats available for Vivid Sydney harbour cruise for Vivid Sydney 2024.

We can provide food and drinks or if you’d prefer, we can quote BYO, as we have a range of boats depending on budget, taste and style. Enquire now about our packages available for both boats.

Vivid Sydney is sure to light up the Sydney skyline this year with mesmerising exhibitions of outdoor lighting sculptures and installations.

Vivid festival of light is a major winter event in Australia and has established itself as one of Australia’s best tourism events, something not to be missed. A vivid cruise is one of the best ways to capture the excitement of almost every installation on Sydney Harbour and Spirit Fleet Boat Charters have some special offers just for private Vivid Sydney harbour cruises.

Vivid cruises are one of the best ways to enjoy and experience most of the major installations that vivid Sydney has to offer. From the lights, the crowd, the music and the food, Vivid Festivals are definitely one of the must go to events in Sydney, and a vivid cruise provides you with an opportunity to experience all of these. If you have never attended a Vivid Festival, you are about to learn about one of the most beautiful and popular festivals in Australia. 

Both our boats have ample of space so that you do not miss out on any of the action. Several places on a yacht can be perfect for enjoying the festival. The rear deck, the aft deck the front deck and the wrap around decks should have plenty of space to make sure you have the time of your life.

Vivid 2024 runs from 24 MAY – 15 JUNE 2024 and is forecasted to be even better than last year. For more images of Vivid, check out Vivid Sydneys instagram page.

Spirit Fleet runs a Vivid Sydney Harbour cruise every year. Vivid Sydney have yet to announce the dates for Vivid 2025. We will let you know when they have been released.