Cairns Tours - Things to do in Cairns
Published on Thu 14th Mar 2024 4:53:33am AEDT
There are so many tours and activities available in Cairns. Visitors can get very confused and indecisive about which ones to do first, which ones are to prioritise.
Tourism Cairns will help you to choose the all “must do” activities in Cairns.
Cairns Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is definitely the top tour that you must do if visiting Cairns. Cairns is the front door gateway to the largest coral reef in the world. The Great Barrier Reef has over 2,900 individual reefs extending over 2,300 kilometres. It is so big that it can be seen with the naked eye from space. It is home to countless species of colourful fish, molluscs and starfish, plus turtles, dolphins and sharks.You will not regret visiting it.
There are lots of different boats that depart Cairns marina daily and take visitors to the outer reef to see this amazing place. Travellers can snorkel, do a scuba dive, go on a glass bottom boat tour, semi-submersible tour, do a helmet dive and much more.
Please click on the link below to learn more about tours to the outer reef.
Rainforest
The second location visitors must see If visiting Cairns is the rainforest. Cairns has beautiful rainforest all around the region. The most popular location is the Daintree Rainforest.
The Daintree is considered the oldest rainforest in the world, being over 140 millions years old. The Daintree rainforest is located about 2 hours north of Cairns so you will need a full day to explore this amazing place.
Please click on the link below to learn more about tours to the Daintree Rainforest.
The other popular rainforest location is Kuranda. Kuranda Rainforest is 20 minutes from town, so much closer than the Daintree. In this tour visitors travel up to Kuranda by train (scenic railway) and return by the skyrail having a great view of the rainforest from the top. Once in Kuranda Village travellers can spend 1 hour to up to 4 hours exploring the place. At Kuranda Village you can find wildlife parks such as the Butterfly Sanctuary, Birdworld Kuranda, Koala Gardens and The Rainforestation. There are lots of cafes and restaurants in the area, and the famous Kuranda Markets that sells a big range of products and handcrafts.
Please click on the link below to learn more about tours to the Kuranda Rainforest.
The last rainforest location to mention is the Atherton Tablelands. The Atherton Tablelands is located 90 kilometres from Cairns, or about 1 hour by car.
The Atherton Tableland has to be the most popular rainforest tour for kids. This is because it visits many lakes and waterfalls as well as the rainforest. Usually kids love water so in this tour the whole family enjoys a whole day of fun.
Please click on the link below to learn more about tours to the Atherton Tablelands Rainforest.
Cairns islands
There are two touristy islands close to Cairns, offering visitors a half or full day trip. They are Fitzroy Island and Green Island. Fitzroy Island is a National Park with mountains filled with lush rainforest. Fitzroy Island is much bigger than Green Island with its area totaling 339 hectares. Because of the mountains Fitzroy Island is great for those who like doing hiking, with several tracks available. The most popular one is the hiking track to the summit, the tallest point of the island, 269 metres high. It takes about 45 minutes to get to the summit and the walk is considered easy to moderate.
Fitzroy Island is also great for those who want to experience the great barrier reef. There is a reef system around the island. This reef is the inner reef which is not as prestigious as the outer but it is home to many corals and marine life.
Fitzroy Island offers lots of activities such as snorkelling, glass bottom boat, paddle skis, stand up paddle and much more.
Please click on the link below to learn more about tours to Fitzroy Island.
Green Island is a much smaller island totalling an area of 15 hectares. You can walk around the whole island and it takes about 40 minutes.
Green Island has white sand beaches all around it and it is definitely very paradisiacal. There is some rainforest on the island but not a lot if compared to Fitzroy Island. Also the island is flat and without mountains.
There are also many activities available on Green Island such as snorkelling, glass bottom boat, paddle skis, stand up paddle, parasailing, and scenic helicopter flights.
Please click on the link below to learn more about tours to Green Island.
If you need help to find the most suitable tour for you, please don't hesitate to contact one of our tour specialist on info@tourismcairns.com or visit our website on Tourism Cairns