Cairns Dive Adventures

Tour: Full Day | Operates: Daily | Departs: 8.30am
Returns: 5.30pm | Transfers available: Yes, extra

Great Adventures combines Green Island with an Outer Great Barrier Reef activity pontoon in one amazing day tour, which departs Cairns daily at 8.30am. Enjoy two hours exploring Green Island with its rainforest, golden sandy beaches and luxury resort before continuing out to sea to spend three hours on the Outer Great Barrier Reef.  Activities included in the day tour are snorkelling (equipment provided) a self-guided walk through the rainforest at Green Island, semi-submersible tour at the reef pontoon, and a visit to the underwater observatory, where you can check out the fish and join in an Eco Reef Talk with the Marine Naturalist.  Lots of optional extras: diving, scenic helicopter flights and more.

Tour: Full day (also available as half day)
Operates: Daily | Departs: 9.00am | Returns: 5.00pm
Transfers available: Yes, extra

Big Cat Green Island Reef Cruises provides half and full day tours to Green Island, on the Great Barrier Reef.  The full day tour departs Cairns at 9am and returns at 5pm, providing guests with five hours to explore, swim, snorkel, walk and relax on Green Island.  Green Island is the only coral cay on the Great Barrier Reef to boast rainforest vegetation.  It is also home to a luxurious resort and accompanying facilities including  bar, cafes and restaurants.  “Big Cat” is a 35m catamaran with spacious air-conditioned interior and exterior sun decks with comfortable seating.  Owned and operated by a local Cairns family company, Big Cat Green Island Reef Cruises is committed to environmental excellence: Ecotourism Australia has named them a Climate Action leader and awarded them Advanced Ecotourism accreditation.

Tour: Half day | Operates: Daily | Transfers: Extra
Departs: 8.30am – 10.30am – 1.00pm
Returns: 12.50pm – 3.20pm – 5.20pm

Great Adventures is a part of the Quicksilver Group and provides daily, half day snorkel tours to Green Island on the Great Barrier Reef.  Located just 27km offshore from Cairns, Green Island is the only coral cay on the Great Barrier Reef to have rainforest growing on it, making it a very unique destination.  By booking a “Green Island Eco Adventure” with Great Adventures, guests can choose from three departure times, making this a completely flexible way to include snorkelling into your holiday itinerary.  Departure times are 8.30am, 10.30am and 1.00pm from Cairns and your half day tour inclusions are: return catamaran cruise from Cairns to Green Island, tea and coffee, self-guided rainforest eco walk at Green Island, snorkelling and use of day visitor facilities at Green Island.

Tour: Full day | Operates: Daily | Departs: 8.00am
Returns: 5.00pm | Transfers available: Yes, extra

Ocean Free is the only true sailing tour in Cairns (where the engines get switched off) offering reef and island destinations, with exclusive mooring locations and a personalised experience, thanks to the maximum of 35 guests per trip.  This unique, tropical sailing trip allows you to be as hands on or relaxed as you wish, help hoist the sails or just sit back and relax as you sail to your mooring destination, Pinnacle Reef, which is just 700m offshore from Green Island.  Enjoy 4.5 hours at sea, to enjoy, explore, snorkel and swim: diving is an optional extra.  There are always schools of fish around the boat, including Parrot Fish, Giant Trevally, Spangled Emperors and Yellow Tailed Fusiliers. On Green Island wander the beach, walk around the island or enjoy a tropical cocktail by the pool.