Experience the best of the Great Barrier Reef with this 2-day adventure. Sail in style to Green Island and snorkel off the boat. Then, explore the outer reef and Upolu Cay Reef on a high-speed catamaran. Optional diving available. Book now and save!
Begin your first day with a reef and tropical beach adventure. Board this classical 16m sailing schooner at Cairns Marlin Marina and start to enjoy the crew’s service with a cup of tea or coffee served with freshly baked Danish pastries and fresh fruit. As you leave the dock, lend a hand to hoist the sails or simply settle in and relax. After a safety briefing enjoy the motor-sail to “Pinnacle Reef “ just 1 km off Green Island. If you plan to scuba dive, you’ll complete your paperwork and briefs on the journey so you are ready to dive as soon as you moored. Once moored at Pinnacle Reef you’ll be greeted by schools of tropical fish. Hit the water and snorkel or dive in this underwater paradise. The protected marine life includes endless varieties of colorful fish, turtles, giant clams, starfish and sea anemones. After a morning of snorkeling and optional scuba diving, a delicious buffet lunch is served onboard before you transfer by dinghy to Green Island. Green Island is a protected Marine Park, topped with emerald rainforest and surrounded by white sandy beaches and coral reefs. Relax on the beach or explore the island keeping an eye out for turtles, blue spotted stingrays, schools of fish and interesting shells. Visit Marineland Melanesia to watch the crocodile feeding and see turtles, corals and other marine life up close. After enjoying over 4 hours on the Great Barrier Reef, set sail back to Cairns (wind permitting). Enjoy a complimentary glass of wine with your tropical afternoon tea, a perfect way to end your first day out on reef. Return to Cairns around 5.00pm and maybe take a sunset drink in one of the numerous water front bars.
On day 2 head down to the same check-in point at the Reef Fleet Terminal for your next tour. After check-in board from 7.30am and say hello to the friendly crew some of whom you will now already know! Enjoy the same culinary delights as for your previous day tour but this time sit back and relax on a 20M fast cruiser getting to your first reef destination on the Outer Edge Upolu reef in just over an hour. Take part in the complimentary informative Adventure Drift Snorkel tour and Glass Bottom Boat tour as your knowledgeable crew show you the best this reef area has to offer. Take the optional extra dive along “Wonder Wall” and be mesmerised by this wall of coral and marine life greeting you throughout this experience. After lots of relaxed snorkelling and water activities come back on board an enjoy your sumptuous smorgasbord lunch as the crew pack up and head to your second destination Upolu Cay Reef. If conditions allow, land on this sandy Cay in the middle of the ocean and snorkel in the beautiful clear azure waters of this “aquarium like” coral garden. Keep an eye out for turtles and rays during the snorkel tours. After 6 hours of unrushed pleasure return to Cairns by 4.30pm and enjoy another great sunset drink on the esplanade to end your perfect 2 day experience
Points of Interest
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1 Spence St
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Reef Fleet Terminal
- Fresh water showers
- Transfers to and from Green Island
- Glass Bottom Boat Tour with Marine Naturalist
- Fish Feed
- Prescription masks
- True Sailing experience (engines do get switched off!) on way home
- Adventure Drift snorkel tour
- High snorkel and dive crew to guest ratio
- Snorkelling tuition and use of top quality snorkelling gear including buoyancy vests, lycra suits/wetsuits
- Complimentary glass of wine on sail home
- Tropical afternoon tea – cheese platter / fresh fruit platter / cake platter on sail home
- Coffee/tea + Danish pastries and fresh fruit on boarding
- Large smorgasbord lunch with smoked salmon / prawns / chicken /mixed meat platter / 3 salads and assorted breads
- Accommodation
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Certified or introductory diving
- Underwater cameras
- Alcoholic drinks and soft drinks (available to purchase)
- If intending to take part in diving all divers (whether certified or introductory diver) will be required to fill out a diving medical questionnaire on board. If diving is an important option for you please advise if you have any medical issues ( past or present ) or taking any medications so we can advise if any QLD diving medical clearance is required . Some medical conditions and medication may preclude you from diving . It is imperative for your safety that you answer the questions on the form truthfully
See more of the Great Barrier Reef when you book this combination of two best-selling cruises from Cairns. Start with a day trip to Green Island, sailing in style on a two-mast schooner with no more than 25 guests on board. Snorkel straight off the boat and after lunch relax or explore the beauty of Green Island. Your second day on the Great Barrier Reef takes you by high-speed catamaran to the outer edge of Upolu Reef and Upolu Cay Reef. With six hours between these two unique reef sites you can snorkel, take an informative adventure drift snorkel tour, see the underwater world without getting wet on a glass bottom boat tour with no rush in your day! Optional diving is available on both days (additional cost, to be booked and paid on the day of travel). You will see so much in two days and get great savings by booking these tours together.
- This is a combination of two day trips. Accommodation is NOT included
- Note: The Outer Great Barrier Reef tour does not need to be taken on the second day, but within 7-days of the Green Island Sailing trip
- Swimmers, hat, sunglasses, towel, sensible boat shoes, sunscreen, cc or cash for optional extras
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required (no extra charge)
- Tour requires you to be stable and mobile enough to move around a moving vessel and to transfer from main vessel onto tender and back
- Guests come from many countries and many only have a small opportunity to visit the reef. The vessel will operate in all weather conditions (apart from gale force and severe weather warnings) and has extra procedures to make the day the best possible. If you are concerned about the weather, please visit www.bom.gov.au cairns coastal report - it will give you a 4 day forecast. 10-20 knots is a normal good day. Date of travel can be changed subject to availability and also full refund if cancelling with minimum 24hrs notice. Our vessels are open air with good boat movement so less likely to suffer seasickness than some other closed vessels however, if prone to motion sickness we recommend taking travel sickness tablets 20 minutes before boarding the vessel.
- If intending to take part in diving all divers (whether certified or introductory diver) will be required to fill out a diving medical questionnaire on board. If diving is an important option for you, please advise if you have any medical issues (past or present) or taking any medications so we can advise if any QLD diving medical clearance is required. Some medical conditions and medication may preclude you from diving. It is imperative for your safety that you answer the questions on the form truthfully.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.