Reef Tours

Experience the Great Barrier Reef

Experience the magical underwater world of the Great Barrier Reef. Enjoy a day cruise to one of the Islands, cruising in comfort on board a luxury vessel. Or for a totally mind-blowing experience, you can’t go past snorkelling or diving on the Great Barrier Reef. You could even take a scenic helicopter flight over the Great Barrier Reef.

The Great Barrier Reef is important on a global scale for its natural, unique beauty and economic values. The Great Barrier Reef was written into the World Heritage List in 1981 and the Area was given the highest recognition for its universal value. Outstandingly it is the largest world Heritage site on earth. This unique tropical marine ecosystem attracts visitors from all over the globe.

There are plenty of cruise operators and wonderful dive/snorkel tours from Cairns.

Although the Great Barrier Reef stretches more than 2000 kilometres offshore from Queensland, it is only at Cape Tribulation, just north of Port Douglas that the reefs come right to the shore and meets the tropical rainforests of the Wet Tropics. The Reef has over 1000 islands which are easily accessible from North Queensland and coastal cities like Cairns and Port Douglas.

The coral islands are very popular tourist attractions. Some even have varied vegetation including rainforest and are encircled by the coral reefs.

Off the Cairns coastline are outer edge ribbon reefs which may be up to 25 kilometres long. This is the outer limits of the continental shoreline of prehistoric times.

Diving the reef all year round! You don't have to be experienced to go snorkelling on the reef. Dive crew members will show you how, and if you can't swim a life jacket will do the trick.

Encounter an immense variety of marine life, the world's largest variety of corals, spectacular tropical fish, turtles and loads more.

Visiting Upolu Cay, Green Island, Fitzroy Island, Moore & Arlington, Ribbon Reefs to mention a few. Night diving is spectacular and well worth the trip. Some dive operators will take you where no one has dived before. To remote reefs of the northern Coral Sea and outer edges of The Great Barrier Reef. From Cairns, Lizard Island and north to the Torres Straits and Papua New Guinea.

If you have never scuba dived before, then an Introductory Dive Course is for you. This is a simple introductory lesson given by a diving Instructor, then a 30 minute or so shallow dive. After this you are issued with a certificate. Certified diving is for those who are already licensed to dive.If you do the Open Water Diving Course this takes a few day then entitles you to dive anywhere in the world.