Christmas Island National Park

Christmas Island supports a wide range of unique and unusual species and habitats, and although it has been mined for phosphates for much of the past century, most of the natural ecosystem remains intact.

The declaration of the Christmas Island National Park in 1980, and extensions in 1986 and 1989, placed over sixty percent of the Island under formal protection.

The Park contains the last remaining nesting habitat in the world of the endangered Abbott's booby, the only nesting sites in the world of the Christmas Island frigatebird, supports the world's largest remaining robber crab population and probably contains the largest and most diverse land crab community in the world.

Unique birdlife

Christmas Island is one of the world's truly spectacular tropical seabird breeding stations. It's not just the number and variety of seabirds, or their magnificent splendour that make the island so remarkable, but also their sheer visibility. It is estimated that around 80,000 seabirds nest here annually.

The rainforests of Christmas Island are also alive with unique species and subspecies of birds. Being laid-back islanders, all of these birds are very approachable, which makes a birding trip on Christmas Island an unforgettable experience.

Red Crab Migration

Christmas Island is home to millions of Red Crabs, which migrate in a spectacular sea of red from the forest to the coast each year for the breeding season. This unique natural event attracts visitors and scientists world wide.

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