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Kuranda Rainforest Tour: Wildlife, Culture, and Scenic Rail
4.6
490 Ratings
Barron
Join a full day tour to Kuranda, in World Heritage Rainforest. Experience the largest flight aviary in Australia at the Australian Butterfly Sanctuary, the award-winning Rainforestation including Army Duck tour, the Koala and Wildlife Park, the Pamagirri Aboriginal Experience, lunch, the Kuranda Scenic Railway and Skyrail Rainforest Cableway.
Join a full day tour to Kuranda, in World Heritage Rainforest. Experience the largest flight aviary in Australia at the Australian Butterfly Sanctuary, the award-winning Rainforestation including Army Duck tour, the Koala and Wildlife Park, the Pamagirri Aboriginal Experience, lunch, the Kuranda Scenic Railway and Skyrail Rainforest Cableway.
Duration:
10 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Kuranda Scenic Railway Freshwater Station - Ride on the Kuranda Scenic Railway, winding through the mountains and the rainforest to Kuranda Village.
- Barron Falls - Hop off the Kuranda Scenic Rail and enjoy breathtaking views of the Barron Falls before continuing to Kuranda
- Kuranda - Enjoy a coach transfer to Kuranda village where you…
- Kuranda Scenic Railway Freshwater Station - Ride on the Kuranda Scenic Railway, winding through the mountains and the rainforest to Kuranda Village.
- Barron Falls - Hop off the Kuranda Scenic Rail and enjoy breathtaking views of the Barron Falls before continuing to Kuranda
- Kuranda - Enjoy a coach transfer to Kuranda village where you can browse the famous Kuranda markets and shops, which offer a range of local goods and souveniers.m
- Australian Butterfly Sanctuary - Explore the largest flight aviary in Australia at the Australian Butterfly Sanctuary, with over 1500 butterflies fluttering freely around you. Visit the Breeding Laboratory and learn about the life cycle of the butterfly.
- Rainforestation Nature Park - Enjoy a visit to the award-winning Rainforestation Nature Park, where you can
Rainforestation includes:
BBQ Buffet Lunch
Army Duck Rainforest Tour- Take a tour on a historic World War II Army Duck over land and through water. The friendly and informative Duck Captains will identify and explain the flora and fauna of some of the world’s oldest rainforest.
Pamagirri Aboriginal Experience- learn about the world’s oldest surviving culture. Watch the Pamagirri Dancers perform in the rainforest amphitheatre. Enjoy the Dreamtime Walk and learn how to throw a boomerang. Watch a spear throwing and didgeridoo presentation.
Koala & Wildlife Park- Get up close to a number of iconic Australian animals including wombats, snakes, dingoes and the endangered Cassowary and Lumholtz’s Tree Kangaroo. Join a guided tour or browse at your own leisure.
- Skyrail Rainforest Cableway - Travel on the Skyrail Rainforest Cableway over pristine rainforest, with the canopy just metres beneath you. Stop at the Barron Falls and Red Peak stations and enjoy stunning views of the Rainforest and Barron Falls from the new The Edge lookout.
What's Included
- Amphibious WWII Army Duck ride
- Koala and Wildlife Park
- Driver/guide
- Australian Butterfly Sanctuary
- Lunch
- Pamagirri Aboriginal Experience
- Amphibious WWII Army Duck ride
- Koala and Wildlife Park
- Driver/guide
- Australian Butterfly Sanctuary
- Lunch
- Pamagirri Aboriginal Experience
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
- Additional activities
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
- Additional activities
Additional Information
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Order of Itinerary subject to change
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Order of Itinerary subject to change
Location
Kuranda Scenic Railway Freshwater Station
Freshwater Train Station - Please be waiting in Bus Bay#11 (the bus bays are at the end of the train station)
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(490 Ratings)
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Sudha_k
Feb 12, 2025
Great experience at Kuranda - Scenic railway was a delightful experience, the stop at Barron gorge and falls, though it was a little late. As a result we didn’t get much time at Kuranda village. Butterfly park, wildlife park and the aboriginal dream walk and performances were very good!
Got to see all of Australia’s iconic animals except the wallaby and wombat.
The only disappointment was the skyway gondola ride was cancelled due to lightning! But they gave us a partial refund.!
Overall a great day
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Guide47822458514
Jan 27, 2025
Karunda - One of the best trips I did. The tour is amazing. The scenic train and scenes were breath taking. Boomarang throwing was Fun. The aborginy dance was good. The most fantastic part was the cable car ride. The world longest. It was amazing to go over th rain forest and some ater falls.
Well worth it.
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Igor_g
Jan 16, 2025
Amazing day trip - One of the best day trip I ever had, it was really special, everyone was very professional and everything was really good organised, lots of experience and lots of fun, definitely recommended
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Amanda_h
Jan 12, 2025
Great day out - well organised. - This was a well organised day with an easy to follow itinerary and pickup from the hotel. The train broke down (out of their control) but the manager met us at the station with options to handle the situation. Great day out!
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Janetl7588eq
Jan 8, 2025
A great day out - We have been through Cairns many times but not stopped to see what was available. I had an amazing day exploring Kuranda via the skyrail and railway and loved every minute- great experience
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Sharripicard
Jan 6, 2025
One of the Highlights of Our Visit to Cairns! - This was definitely a highlight to our trip to Cairns!! Just beautiful and unique all day long!! Everything is extremely organized - you get two different nicely laid out itinerary sheets throughout the day, but it's also flexible enough for you to go at your own leisure during many parts! It was gorgeous everywhere you looked, and so many interesting things to learn! Definitely take the time to do the guided ranger tour on the aerial tram, and do all of the things on the suggested itinerary! The train is really unique - we HIGHLY recommend reaching out to the tour vendor to upgrade your tickets for that portion - worth every penny! And the tour company was very helpful in all of the planning and our changes! If you have an option, we loved doing the Skyway in the morning and train on the way back down - it was so nice to have the flexible time on the way up, and the relaxing ride down. This is a must do tour in the area!
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Christopher_w
Feb 3, 2025
Everything was... - Everything was well-organized, but I could not give a 5 because the lunch was actually unpleasant; it was way too chaotic, and the food was bland and mediocre.
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Rob_m
Jan 30, 2025
Trip into the jungle - We enjoyed overall trip. Unfortunately the view of the valley from the train was blocked by the growth of the jungle. The culture portion was very interesting.
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V3844fdfranka
Jan 29, 2025
Grand Kuranda Tour was great! - Unfortunately the train did not run for our tour due to heavy rains which caused a mud slide. We were still picked up at our hotel and taken to Kuranda by luxury bus coach. The rest of the tour was as described. The butterfly garden was quite nice. The rainforestation was good but crowded. Good was pretty good. The skyrail trip home was also quite nice.
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Christina_m
Jan 27, 2025
Come prepared for the heat - Beautiful scenic trip up and down but be warned that the train and the skyrail have no AC. Also most of the shops up in Kuranda have no AC but there are tons of cool gift shops. We skipped out on the butterfly sanctuary to keep browsing before heading to rainforeststion. We did a koala photo which was cool and the army duck tour was interesting. We didn’t realize you could leave earlier to head down the skyrail so ended up waiting around for a while. A good day trip but come with lots of water and ready for the heat. There are water refills and washrooms on the train also.
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