Tours in Cairns & the Tropical North

Visit the Cairns Aquarium independently and at your leisure to meet 16,000 animals from Tropical North Queensland’s two world heritage listed areas - the Wet Tropics Rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef. Includes 30 minute Tour of the Cairns Turtle Rehabilitation Centre, a not-for-profit, volunteer-run, charitable entity caring for rescued sea turtles. Learn about the dangers that sea turtles face, like ingesting plastics, boat strikes and habitat loss. Complete your experience with lunch at Dundee’s Restaurant with a stunning sea life backdrop. (NOT INCLUDED) You will be collected from the Cairns Aquarium by Cairns Discovery Tours for your afternoon city sights and surrounds guided tour. Enjoy Devonshire afternoon tea before visiting the Cairns Flecker Botanical Gardens, Lower Barron Gorge National Park, beautiful Palm Cove beach and more

Join Tropic Wings, the longest established coach operator in Cairns, for a full day adventure to Kuranda, located in the middle of World Heritage Rainforest. Your experience includes a visit to the award-winning Rainforestation Nature Park, where you can take a tour on a historic World War II Army Duck, as well as \ feed a kangaroo and meet a Cassowary in the Koala & Wildlife Park. Be sure to visit the Pamagirri Aboriginal Experience including boomerang and spear throwing and traditional Aboriginal dances. Travel to Kuranda on the new 100% electric bus and return on the renowned Kuranda Scenic Railway.

We provide you with the most comfortable way to get you to Port Douglas from Cairns Traveling in a modern luxury vehicle with our experienced local driver in the small groups only, don't need to wait for a long time. Covid-19 regulation applies to all vehicles and driver.

The tour is bespoke and only caters for a limited number of guests, so the information shared by our local River guide/captain is personal and there is plenty of time for questions. Enjoy stunning scenery with loads of amazing photo opportunities in the mangrove and mountain-lined Trinity Inlet. This stunning ecosystem has terrific and diverse bird life to watch and if you are lucky you may even spot a croc. The vessel "Fitzroy 1" is very comfortable with lounge-style seating, an onboard toilet and clears for protection from the elements if needed.

Exemplar is renowned in the region as the expert in airport transfers. Since 1993 we have offered award winning services across a range of services . We offer several Private Transfer options for the discerning traveller. These range from town cars, seven seater People Movers thru to the larger 20 seaters as well as our Silver Service limousines, for that very special occasion. Our customer service is renowned and highly regarded, with many trying to imitate, but none able to replicate. We know that whatever service you book with Exemplar you won't be disappointed,

Voted the number 1 must-see attraction in Tropical Far North Queensland is Paronella Park. We invite you on a journey enriching your senses and opening your mind to another world and time. You will encounter the whole experience of Paronella Park, creating unforgettable memories and interactions, this tour, including dinner, begins in the afternoon and takes you into the evening. Our time offers a personalised interpretative tour departing Cairns at 11.15 am. The first destination is visiting the stunning Babinda Boulders for an interactive guided rainforest walk or swim. Followed by the extraordinary opportunity to see a Cassowary face-to-face in the wild, we journey through the art deco township of Innisfail and arrive at Etty Bay. Home to the Southern Cassowary, you will likely see a Cassowary enjoying the afternoon on the beach. This is truly an experience that you will talk about for years to come.

Private transfers from Cairns Airport to Port Douglas allows up to 5 passenger travel in comfort and arrive to your hotel in style, You'll be pickup at the airport with the luxurious Mercedes-Benz V Class and directly taken to your chosen destination.

Combine two of Kuranda’s most popular wildlife experiences with visits to both the Kuranda Koala Gardens and Birdworld. Encounter Australia’s weird and wonderful animals including koalas, wallabies and wombats at the Kuranda Koala Gardens, then enter a rainforest habitat at Birdworld to see lorikeets and cockatoos. It’s a great way to spend a family-friendly day in the Cairns area!

Start the day with a hot Aussie breakfast in the company of a cute koala and its keeper departing from Cairns or Palm Cove. See crocodiles up close and take a boat cruise on Hartley’s Lagoon where you can witness crocodiles feeding. Get up close to kangaroos, wallabies, snakes, cassowaries, quolls and other iconic Australian wildlife. Enjoy entertaining and educational wildlife presentations throughout the day.

Spend your time in port seeing the sights of Cairns’ city, waterfront and beaches on a small-group afternoon tour. You will visit attractions such as the Cairns Museum School of Arts, The world largest stained themed windows at St Monica's Cathedral, Enjoy a delightful afternoon tea at a local cafe before visiting the Cairns Botanic Gardens. Photo opportunity with a stop at Cairns Lookout, where you have an overview of Cairns and the Coal sea and see Surprise Creek falls located at the Lower Barron Gorge National Park. Before returning to your ship walk along the jetty or stroll along the palm fringed beach at stunning Palm Cove, one of Cairns beautiful northern beaches.  Enjoy a personalized experience on this small-group shore excursion, limited to 20 passengers.

Whether your traveling solo or with friends the Partyincairns high energy party hosts will show you the best of Cairns' pubs and clubs every Wednesday (4 bars/drinks), Friday (5 bars/drinks) & Saturday night (4 bars/drinks) We actually guarantee we will save you money while you party with us. Free drinks (1 in every bar on arrival) - VIP priced drinks all night - free VIP entry to every venue (NO lineups or Q's) and our amazing Big Deal Discount Booklet make this party tour unbeatable value and heaps of fun, lol. We look forward to partying with you soon.

This tour is so much more than a tasting tour! A full day exploring this diverse region heading west of Cairns is a plateau rising from 400 metres to 1200 metres above sea level on the Great Dividing Range, the Atherton Tablelands. Offering a full comprehensive guided tour visiting ten different locations in one day. We offer an interactive tour with wildlife, nature, history, culture and food. Our guide's experience and knowledge within the Wet Tropics Region deliver interesting and fascinating facts on tour. The tours are personable and intimate enhancing every traveler's experience. Visiting a number of National Parks, local produces, a nature park, and waterfalls while traversing across some of the most scenic natural landscapes in Far North Queensland. We travel in a comfortable modern Toyota Hiace. Please be sure to specify any special requirements for mobility and dietary as we will always do our best to accommodate all our passengers.

Meet our rescued turtles, and learn all about the threats and dangers Australia’s six species of sea turtles face in a guided Turtle Hospital Tour. The Cairns Turtle Rehabilitation Centre, located at Cairns Aquarium, is a Not-for-Profit, volunteer run, charitable entity, caring for rescued sea turtles. Guests are taken on an exclusive tour of the onsite Turtle Hospital to meet the sea turtles in our care. This educational experience lasts approximately 30 minutes. Single day admission entry is also included in this experience.

See the north's only nocturnal exhibit for night-loving marsupials. See Bilbies, visit our pioneering history exhibits. See Lizards and Crocodiles, Quokkas, and Wombats and most of all see Koalas. Join in the 2.30pm Marsupial presentation.

Be dazzled by more than 1,500 tropical jewel-colored butterflies at the Australia Butterfly Sanctuary. Located in the heart of Kuranda, the Australian Butterfly Sanctuary is the largest butterfly flight aviary in Australia. Wander through the landscaped gardens that replicate the natural rainforest environment as hundreds of butterflies float around you, including the vibrant green Cairns Birdwing. Complimentary tours take place through the day and a 'Behind-the-Scenes' Laboratory Tour is also included with entry. Complimentary food plant walk also included.

If you’re food-obsessed and like history too, you’ll love this tour. You’ll sample foods (fresh and cooked), learn about the history of the market, hear about the background of tropical fruits and veggies and get the insiders scoop on the best foods at Rusty’s. The tour includes exploring the history of Rusty's Market and how it got started. The guide will also provide pointers to the best gourmet foods available in the markets and also the seasonal fruits.

Gain exclusive after hours entry to Cairns Aquarium and embark on a Ecologist guided tour. Learn how animals behaviours adapt from day to night and come face to face with over 16,000 animals.

DISCOVER OUR SLICE OF PARADISE with Our Award Winning Australian Family Owned Transfer & Travel Service. PRE-BOOKED PICK UP TIME ALLOCATION / ON TIMETABLE SCHEDULE (Approximate & Set Pick Up Time) : - Departing Cairns Airport T2 at approximately : 8am, 10am*, 12pm, 3pm* and 5pm - Departing Port Douglas at approximately : 6am, 8am*, 10am, 1230pm* and 3pm *Denotes subject to scheduling How To Catch Your Bus: Allow At least 30 Minutes Between Flight Arrival Time & The Shuttle Departure Time, As We Can Not Hold A Departure Nor Guarantee A Later Transfer

ESTUARY FISHING IN TRINITY INLET, CAIRNS The open waters, creeks and deep channel of the Cairns Estuary System are an extremely important part of the breeding cycle of juvenile fish. This offers exceptional fishing for adult species in the Cairns area. This state Marine Park is a natural habitat to deep holes, mudflats, snags and drop-offs for a wide variety of fish species. Common tropical estuarine species caught are but not limited to.....Grunter (Javelin Fish), Fingermark, Blue Salmon, Queen Fish (Queenies), Thread Fin, Mangrove Jack, Estuary Cod, Bream, Flathead, Trevally, Hairtail, Tarpon, Mud Crabs and....The Prize catch a Barramundi.

Where the rainforest meets the reef, Walk the Plank offers the best immersive view of not one but two World Heritage Listed sites. Cairns must do attraction.

Pure Snorkelling offers a half day tip to the Great Barrier Reef. It is the fastest boat in Cairns allowing you to spend more time snorkelling and less time travelling. Newly launched in Cairns by two established operators, Pure Snorkelling offers experienced local knowledge coupled with a fast modern vessell taking you to one of the best Great Barrier Reef locations chosen from a selection of over 15!

This tour is 2-days of adventure seeing the best of the Cairns region. Explore the waterfalls, volcanic craters and lakes of the Atherton Tablelands with Waterfall Wanderers and then venture through the Daintree- the oldest rainforest in the world-to Cape Tribulation with Active Tropics Explorer.

Spend a morning or afternoon exploring the spectacular scenery and rainforest surrounding Cairns. By 4WD vehicle you’ll explore the Barron Gorge National Park and Kuranda National Park. This tour is ideal for those with limited time and who want to escape the crowds. Traveling with a small group of no more than 13 participants ensures you’ll see some of Tropical North Queensland’s hidden gems with personalized attention from your expert guide. Morning tour only departs from Cairns and the afternoon tour departs from Cairns & The Northern Beaches. The tour does not operate from Port Douglas, unless you can make your own way to Cairns.

Cairns is amazing Town steeped in History. Famous not only for its Reef and Rainforest but also for its early history and the trials and tribulations of the early settlers. Your tour not only encompasses the natural environment of Cairns and it’s surrounds but some of its early history and architecture. Kuranda Skyrail and the Historical Train can be included by prior arrangement.