Green Island Exploration: Tropical Paradise on the Great Barrier Reef with City Transfers
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6 Ratings
Green Island Cruise - Day Tour (Big Cat Green Island Reef Cruise)

Embark on a journey from Cairns to Green Island, a tropical haven located in the Great Barrier Reef. Choose between a four or five-hour stay at Green Island, providing ample opportunity to snorkel, scuba dive, explore the reef through a glass-bottom boat, or observe coral through a semi-submersible submarine.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Green Island Cruise - Day Tour (Big Cat Green Island Reef Cruise) - Explore the reef surrounding the island via glass bottom boat or snorkelling.
  • Green Island - Walk along the beach or boardwalks through the rainforest.
  • Great Barrier Reef - Only 45 minutes from Cairns, this is a great place to view the amazing marine life such as turtles, fish, reef sharks and stingrays.
What's Included
  • Glass-bottom boat tour or snorkeling gear
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off included
  • Air-conditioned catamaran transfers to Green Island
  • Optional buffet lunch
  • Optional semi-submersible tour
  • Environmental Management Charge included
  • Morning tea and coffee provided
What's Not Included
  • Optional activities. (Can be booked locally, subject to availability. Payable locally. Introductory Scuba Dive AU$152, Seawalker Helmut Dive AU$165, Semi-submersible Coral Viewing Tour AU$20)
  • Food and drinks (available to purchase)
Additional Information
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • If selecting hotel pickup or drop-off, please advise hotel details at time of booking
  • Wheelchair accessibility is available but limited. Passengers must have some mobility and/or the presence of a carer who can assist them.
Location
Green Island Cruise - Day Tour (Big Cat Green Island Reef Cruise)
Reef Fleet Terminal, 1, Reef Fleet Terminal, 1 Spence St
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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(6 Ratings)
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Kristy_b
Apr 4, 2024
Lovely Family Day Out - We had a lovely family day out. The weather was amazing so the ocean was clear. We spent hours snorkelling seeing lots of fish, plants and other sea life, sadly no turtles. The crew were friendly and helpful and the buffet lunch was delicious, a nice variety of cold and warm dishes. We would do this day trip again!
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Oliwia_s
Jun 26, 2023
Perfect and smooth - Good vibes all way long! Green Island is a perfect place for a day trip - walking around the island and the semi-submarine boat ride was a nice combo. Extremely friendly and helpful crew, nice food. I loved every minute of it!
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Llandellac2023
Jun 15, 2023
Fantastic day on Big Cat Cruse and Green Island - The Big Cat Green Island Reef Cruse was an excellent tour. The island itself is beautiful, and when we got there for the day there was enough time to walk all the way around the island before our glass bottom boat tour, which I thought was really well timed. The glass bottom boat tour is an absolute must! It's so different to snorkeling, I saw so many different fish that I didn't see during the snorkel tour. I would definitely recommend doing both if you want to see as much flora and fauna as possible on your trip to the reef. The staff were lovely, very helpful and informative, especially the woman that did the snorkel tour, she was amazing. The included buffet lunch was delicious and the bar on the island served lovely drinks as well. Over all an incredible day, well worth the money.
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Annie196724
Nov 1, 2019
Great day out - Had a great day out with this tour. Staff were friendly and helpful. We did the beginners snorkelling with Amber who was fantastic. Kept me calm and was very informative about the sea life we were observing, got to see sting rays, turtles, clams, plenty of fish including Nemo! Also did the semi sub and glass boat tours. Both were good fun. Had lunch on board which was surprisingly good considering just how many people they needed to cater for. Lots of free time if you want it to just swim, snorkel, dive or take a helicopter ride.
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Lethanhton
Oct 9, 2019
Green Island - I only booked a half day because i needed time to get to the airport. I would reccommend a full day. They have snorkeling, bottom glass boat, para gliding, crocodile feeding of a monster 5.5 metre in a contained crocodile park and the restaurants and decent food is not availiable till about midday. Not sure if their is a half day afternoon trip. If so and you are strict for time I would choose the afternoon. Their is also accomodation on the island if you want to stay for a few nights or more. Its a beautiful environment. Their are signs up saying not to swim but that could be between certain months of the year and certain parts of the beach.
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Jason_b
Oct 16, 2023
A full day of surprises - Amazing to swim with a turtle and see the giant clam shells. Slight mix up with the booking department not telling the boat we had lunch included but all sorted in the end.
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