Cairns City Sights and Surrounds Tour: Small-group Historic Exploration with Local Guide

Discover the historical background of Cairns by touring the city, harbor, beaches, and renowned landmarks in a small group during the afternoon. Encounter unique vistas unavailable on other tours, guided by a local expert.

Duration: 5 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Cairns Region - Your small-group tour of Cairns and its environs starts in the afternoon with a drive by air-conditioned minivan through the city center and to the waterfront, where you’ll explore the wharves and harbour with your experienced guide
  • Cairns Museum - Guided tour of Cairns Museum with complimentary re-entry throughout your stay in Cairns
  • NOA Eat Drink Share - Delicious Devonshire Afternoon tea including tea and coffee
  • Cairns Botanical Gardens - Learn about Cairns’ tropical environment on a guided walk through Flecker Botanical Gardens
  • Lake Morris Road - Have your camera at the ready as we visit a spectacular lookout with views over the city of Cairns and the Coral Sea
  • Barron Gorge National Park - See the city from a hillside lookout that boasts fabulous photo opportunities; and take a walk past the ravines, rugged mountains and Surprise Creek Waterfall at the Lower Barron Gorge National Park.
  • Palm Cove Beach - Last stop is by the water with a walk along Palm Cove Jetty or the beach. Simply stunning
What's Included
  • Local guide
  • Afternoon tea
  • Cairns CBD Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Transport by air-conditioned minivan
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Additional $20 per adult & $10 per child for Palm Cove & Northern Beaches hotel pick ups
Additional Information
  • Motor scooters not permitted
  • No Wheelie Walkers permitted
Location
Palm Cove
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Kimberly_h
Jul 12, 2024
An afternoon well spent - Chris is great. So much information. So many sites. This was an afternoon worth the time. I was able to locate other places I will visit before leaving the area. My favorites were the cathedral story of creation, afternoon tea, botanical gardens and the wallabies. Thanks for a great tour Chris 😀 Highly recommend!
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Heather
Jul 5, 2024
Cairns tour. - We were picked up at our accommodation at the specified time, by Chris, our tour guide. The mini bus was comfortable and we were informed that seat belts were required to be worn. We first visited St Monica’s Cathedral, with the most beautiful stained glass windows. Second stop was the Cairns museum for a short overview of the history of the city from a lovely guide- well worth going back to. Afternoon tea was followed by a visit to the botanical gardens, where Chris gave us a great tour of the beautiful tropical plants in the garden- he was extremely knowledgeable about the plants. A visit to a lookout was followed by a drive to Palm Cove, where we could walk on the jetty. Then back to Cairns to be dropped at our hotel. An enjoyable tour and Chris was a great guide. Highly recommended.
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Blayneybabes
Jun 27, 2024
Geography and history combined - We saw such a lot that we otherwise would never have known about! Chris was great and was very knowledgeable. A great introduction to the city in
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Wanderer46297339289
Jun 4, 2024
Recommend - Sure was a great tour Graham our driver very knowledgeable in sharing every highlight of the tour. Thoroughly recommend for an afternoon outing week worth the dollars...JB
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Ice_d_8
May 28, 2024
A great tour of Cairns and surroundings - We joined the afternoon tour, and it followed the itinerary as listed, in a clean and comfortable minibus. Chris was our tour guide, very knowledgeable, friendly and helpful. The tour gave a great overview of Cairns and the surroundings. The Botanical Gardens walk was the real highlight, and we thank Chris very much for his insights.
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Kenneth_b
May 14, 2024
A great welcoming tour of Cairns: - Graeme was the most friendly, informative, caring host. He shared highlights and information about Cairns and the immediate area, offering advice on how to return to places of particular interest to each of us.
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Valarie_s
Apr 21, 2024
Awesome city sights and surrounds - Chris our guide was wonderful. Such a fantastic tour. The places we went to and his knowledge made it an awesome tour. The highlight would have to be the stained glass windows in St Monica's.
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Jeffgoldcoast
Apr 4, 2024
Not to be missed while visiting Longreach. - The trip was great, host was fabulous and went right out of their way to make sure that we learnt a lot of the history of Cairns, his knowledge was so interesting, and background stories.
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926leanneh
Mar 6, 2024
Chris was great - This was a great tour. Our guide Chris was excellent. Very laid back and great to listen too. Had fun going around the gardens with umbrellas up in the rain. Would highly recommended this half day tour. Karl and leanne
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Oj131418
Apr 19, 2024
Lots of history! - Tour was amazing and filled with tons of information and history of Cairns. I can't give it a 5 star review because of how annoying it was to be shuttled around during everyone's pick up and drop off. However, it was pretty convenient, so I'm torn between what to actually think of the process.
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