3 Day Reef, Rainforest and Outback Tour

Cairns & the Tropical North, Australia

3 Day Great Barrier Reef Daintree Cape Tribulation and Chillagoe Caves and Outback

3 days
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Adventure in the vast Australian outback on a personalized 3-day tour. Explore the Great Barrier Reef on a superyacht, and snorkel in the clear waters on your first day. On your second day, ride to the Chillagoe caves in a customized 4X4 vehicle made for the off-road terrain and learn about the Gimuy-walubarra yidi people, the traditional custodians of the land here. On your third day, explore the rainforest and learn about the wildlife and ecology of the region from your naturalist guide and driver.

Learn all about the rainforest, outback and ocean as you travel
Explore areas of Tropical North Queensland normally out of reach
Experience the luxury of a superyacht tour
Lunch is provided every day of the tour

What's Included

Full Day Tour to the Daintree Rainforest, Cape Tribulation and the Bloomfield Track
Full Day Tour to the Outback and Chillagoe Caves
Full Day Tour to the Outer Great Barrier Reef
Return transfers for the Rainforest and Outback Day (*Port Douglas additional cost on Outback Day)
Local eco-accredited driver guide for the Rainforest and Outback Days
All Fees and Taxes
Ice-Cream on the Rainforest Day
Lunch (3)

Outback Day - Port Douglas transfers (min 2 people, contact reservations after booking to confirm)

Meeting and Pickup

You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

Meeting point

Reef Fleet Terminal
Cairns City QLD 4870, Australia
For the Reef Day, please make your way to Reef Fleet Terminal (1 Spence Street) for check-in from 7:15am - 7.45am. Boat departs at 8am sharp.

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Start time

07:00 AM

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Pickup details

For the Rainforest and Outback days, you will be picked up from all hotels and hostels in the Cairns, Northern Beaches and Port Douglas Area.

What To Expect

Day 1

Great Barrier Reef Snorkelling

1 Stop

Great Barrier Reef

8 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Accommodation: No accommodation is available. This is not an overnight tour.

Meals: Lunch

Day 2

Outback and Chillagoe Caves

7 Stops

Skybury Cafe & Roastery

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Chillagoe

Admission Ticket Free

Chillagoe-Mungana Caves National Park

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Chillagoe Smelters

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Balancing Rock

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Post Office Hotel

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Granite Gorge Nature Park

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Accommodation: No accommodation is available. This is not an overnight tour.

Meals: Lunch

Day 3

Daintree Rainforest and Cape Tribulation

7 Stops

Mount Alexandra Lookout

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Daintree River Cruise Centre

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Daintree National Park

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Emmagen Creek

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Cape Tribulation Beach

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Cape Tribulation Beach

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Daintree Ice Cream Company

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Accommodation: No accommodation is available. This is not an overnight tour.

Meals: Lunch

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Infant seats available
Not recommended for travelers with back problems
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level

Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
Please wear closed-toe shoe and bring a light jacket or sweater for Outback and Rainforest
For the Outback Tour, a reasonable level of fitness is required, as there are steps and uneven terrain leading into the caves
Please choose your Rainforest Tour as the first day of your booking. Once booked, please contact the tour operator once booked to choose your other tour days.
The tours do not need to be on consecutive days. Please speak to the tour operator once booked.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

Reviews

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Best 3 days in Cairns!!!

fischermicki, Mar 2024

Three full days of Australia submersion! Love the small groups on the outback/rainforest days. Be prepared for long drives, remember Australia is huge!!! Shoutout to our guides Gavin and Tony. Both were exceptional with their knowledge. No matter the question, they had an answer. Outback tour: personal group tour of the caves, always on the lookout for wildlife (Gavin kept giving us advance notice that we might see wildlife in this area), lunch was good, fun stops at the pubs in the outback, history of the smelters was interesting, the walk to the balancing rock wasn't too strenuous. The highlight was the stop at Granite Gorge to sit with and feed the rock wallabies!!!! Bring 2$ for the feed. The Rainforest: on the river cruise we were lucky to see a few crocodiles, crossed the river on the ferry because of a car incident earlier in the day (the ability to adjust the tour on the go was good), there is only one road in the Rainforest- because of the storms, parts of the road are washed out so there is wait time for one lane traffic. Watch for waterfalls one one side and shoreline views on the other. The lunch stop was good, beautiful blue butterflies everywhere. Ice cream stop - yum!!!!! Sorbet was offer to those who couldn't have full cream. Four flavors were sampled as part of the tour. On to Mossman Gorge for a dip in the river. Even if you choose not to swim bring a towel so you can at least take your shoes off and walk in. Refreshing!!! Reef: SUPER well organized!!!!!! Stinger suits were offered to everyone. Great for not just the jellyfish but against sunburn. Every single employee was helpful and friendly. Can't say enough about the care for safety! Safety talks, counting heads... If you even think you'll have an issue with sea sickness, pills should be taken! Well worth the $3 they have available on board. Our seas were choppy and lots of swells, a few on board were miserable. The snorkeling was beyond words!!! Glad we chose to wear the optional life jackes to make it less strenuous in the swells. Lunch was average but understand, they're feeding over 150 people in one hour on a moving boat. The glass bottom boat could not go on our day- felt bad for those who never got in the water. Not going to the Reef would be a cardinal sin if you're in Cairns!!! Another great day in Australia!!!! The only improvement would be if the photos of the Reef adventure were available on line for a couple of days. It was really hard to find our photos and have time to chose other photos of the Reef. I would have liked to choose more but ran out of time. We've been on other tours that either have them available on line for a couple of days or back on land in the check in center following the tour.

Great Barrier Reef region not to be missed.

James_L, Feb 2024

This was our first trip to Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef. We had three consecutive tours booked. The outback tour was an all day affair and we got a personal tour of a small cave with park rangers as the guides. It was fascinating and intimate with bats/multicolored stalagtites and stalagmites. The other caves were flooded due to recent cyclone and excessive rains. The Daintree rain forest was a real treat; one of the world's oldest rain forest. Our Great Barrier Reef tour on Evolution was wonderful. All trips included lunch/snack/or ice cream on the way back. Tour guides were very interactive.

If you want to do it all in 3 days.

Yvan_A, Oct 2023

Very well organized esp. the snorkeling. Highly professional. The other trips were fine although it is quite a bit of driving. Truly knowledgeable guides.

2 out of 3 tours were great

Ellen_M, Feb 2023

The Rainforest tour and Great Barrier Reef were excellent. The 3rd day of our Outback tour was canceled. We were informed that it was canceled at 3:30 pm the day before the tour during our boat ride back from the Reef snorkeling tour. We were reimbursed, but the cancelation came too late to make other plans the next day. Since our time in Cairns was limited, we could not rebook.

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