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Great Barrier Reef Tour: Explore Coral and Marine Life
4.3
115 Ratings
Cairns City
Embark on a thrilling adventure to the Great Barrier Reef from Cairns. Snorkel, dive, or explore the underwater observatory and discover the breathtaking beauty of this World Heritage site.
Embark on a thrilling adventure to the Great Barrier Reef from Cairns. Snorkel, dive, or explore the underwater observatory and discover the breathtaking beauty of this World Heritage site.
Duration:
7 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Great Barrier Reef - Great Adventures will take you to an exclusive and spacious activity platform on the majestic Outer Barrier Reef. Snorkel, dive, view the reef from the underwater observatory and semi-submersible tour.
- Great Barrier Reef - Experience the breathtaking beauty of the World Heritage Great Barrier Reef. From Great Adventures’…
- Great Barrier Reef - Great Adventures will take you to an exclusive and spacious activity platform on the majestic Outer Barrier Reef. Snorkel, dive, view the reef from the underwater observatory and semi-submersible tour.
- Great Barrier Reef - Experience the breathtaking beauty of the World Heritage Great Barrier Reef. From Great Adventures’ spacious reef activity platform moored at the majestic Outer Reef, the coral and marine biodiversity is at its most extreme. There’s an abundance of activities for all ages, swimmers and non-swimmers to enjoy. Snorkel and dive or stay dry and discover the reef in the underwater observatory or from the air-conditioned semi-submersible.
There’s also a great range of exciting optional activities including scuba diving, scenic helicopter flights and the exclusive Scuba-Doo underwater scooter - these are an additional cost paid on the day.
What's Included
- Round-trip fast catamaran transfer from Cairns
- Comprehensive reef education presentation
- Full hot and cold buffet lunch including prawns
- Use of all snorkelling gear with instruction and buoyancy vests
- Enjoy 3 hours at the Outer Reef platform
- Guided semi-submersible coral viewing tour
- Inclusive of Environmental Management Charge
- Access to…
- Round-trip fast catamaran transfer from Cairns
- Comprehensive reef education presentation
- Full hot and cold buffet lunch including prawns
- Use of all snorkelling gear with instruction and buoyancy vests
- Enjoy 3 hours at the Outer Reef platform
- Guided semi-submersible coral viewing tour
- Inclusive of Environmental Management Charge
- Access to the Underwater Observatory
- Complimentary morning and afternoon tea
What's Not Included
- Hotel pick up and drop off
- Optional activitiés
- Hotel pick up and drop off
- Optional activitiés
Additional Information
Immerse yourself in the awe-inspiring beauty of the World Heritage Great Barrier Reef. From the large marine activity platform provided by Great Adventures, located at the spectacular Outer Reef, you are introduced to an incredible diversity of coral and marine life. A variety of activities are available for everyone, swimmers or not. You can explore…
Immerse yourself in the awe-inspiring beauty of the World Heritage Great Barrier Reef. From the large marine activity platform provided by Great Adventures, located at the spectacular Outer Reef, you are introduced to an incredible diversity of coral and marine life. A variety of activities are available for everyone, swimmers or not. You can explore the reef by diving or snorkeling, or stay dry and explore through the underwater observatory or via the air-conditioned semi-submersible vessel.
Additional thrilling activities at an extra cost, like scuba diving, scenic helicopter rides and the unique Scuba-Doo underwater scooter, are also available on the day.
- Snorkelling can be a strenuous activity. We recommend informing crew of any medical conditions.
- The minimum age for scuba diving is 12 years. Certain medical conditions and medications may preclude some people from participating.
- After a single dive a wait of 12 hours is recommended before ascending to an altitude of 300 metres or greater. If doing multiple dives an interval of 24 hours is suggested.
Location
1 Spence St
Spence Street
Important: Please check-in at Great Adventures counter inside the Reef Fleet Terminal at 9:30am to obtain your boarding pass. Boarding is 10am, vessel departs 10:30am.
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
4.3
(115 Ratings)
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876michellez
Dec 27, 2024
A grand experience - Extremely organized and well-staffed.. clear instructions, a/c on, information videos and pamphlets helpful staff, lifeguards for safety organized stinger suits and fins and clean masks, comfortable and offering snacks tea and coffee throughout. Buffet lunch places to sit when wet and also when dry, organized photos professional in water and on boat to buy air drop and or other ways .. they thought of everything! :) unforgettable
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Seattlenativemike
Dec 14, 2024
There are obviously many tours to choose from. - There are obviously many tours to choose from. This one seems a bit overwhelming because they are promising a lot of activities. Well, they deliver. You are going to have a good time even if you don't want to get wet. My only regret is that I didn't do more. The lunch and snacks were beyond my expectations. The crew was attentive and the marine biologist's commentary was inspiring. I might not get back to this corner of the world soon, but I would do this tour again no questions.
(Thanks Captain Todd for the help with my schizophrenic ROV) - Mike
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Subashree_r
Dec 8, 2024
Unforgettable Great Barrier Reef Experience! - We had an amazing time on the tour! If was well organized, allowing us plenty of time (~3 hours) for various water activities. Snorkeling and gear were included, and we also opted for the Scuba-Doo experience - a pricey but unforgettable add-on, especially for inexperienced swimmers. Our guides were incredibly helpful, friendly, and knowledgeable, making sure we felt comfortable throughout. A valuable tip: rent a Go-Pro on board (AUD 108) to capture unlimited moments, as individual photos from the third-party photography crew on board cost around AUD 35 each. You're also welcome to bring your own Go-Pro.
The Great Barrier Reef's breathtaking beauty exceeded our expectations, with stunning underwater landscapes and marine life.
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Thomasvgm
Nov 26, 2024
Worthwhile experience in impressive underwater world - Super organized. We felt safe at all times. Diverse offer. Complete equipment is provided! Good sun protection through full body suits. Food tasty.
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Neil_s
Nov 21, 2024
A must do experience in Cairns - Did the scuba doo, snorkling, and semi submersible. Would totally recommend doing all these activities. My advice would be to do the semi sub in the second trip of the afternoon as usually the first one is pretty packed. But make sure you get on the second because sometimes they only run 2 in the afternoon. I also recommend to budget a good amount of time to snorkel. There is A LOT you can see and with a life jacket and flippers it doesn't take much energy to stay afloat and moving. The lunch is not bad but honestly it's not the reason you are doing this experience :).
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Eastlight108
Nov 17, 2024
Better than expected - We booked this expedition because it had availability and we couldn’t get the one we wanted. We expected jostling crowds and maybe even a disappointing location. Instead, there was no crowding, plenty of space, lots of coral and fish to enjoy. To be fair it might crowd up more at other times but for us it was a wonderful day.
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Abbeyb301
Nov 17, 2024
An amazing experience I highly recommend to anyone visiting Cairns. Friendly staff, knowledgeable & a great environment. - An amazing experience I highly recommend to anyone visiting Cairns. Friendly staff, knowledgeable & a great environment.
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Hr69k4pffs
Nov 5, 2024
Highly recommend helicopter ride with Great Barrier Reef trip - Had an amazing time beautiful Hotel absolutely amazing trip out to the Great Barrier Reef very caring staff and educational. Highly recommend helicopter ride and going to the Great Barrier Reef in the submarine absolutely incredible.
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429lyntonm
Jan 3, 2025
Okay but was left disappointed.. - Was always a bucket list item to go to the GBR and was so excited to go. Whilst I am content that I went, I was left quite disappointed.
The snorkerling was a nice experience however I was disappointed with the lack of fish and the bleached out/foggy waters and coral. I was expecting to see a reef wonderland full of colour but this wasn't too be. Was also hoping to see plenty of fish / turtles etc however saw not many at all whilst snorkerling. I am not sure if I was swimming in the wrong area or not but we didn't have much guidance from the crew.
The flippers that were given caused blisters to my feet. They should have had some wider fitting flippers available or tricks or tips to help avoid blistering.
The sub tour as well needs to be cleaned as the windows were all dirty and had spots in the way of taking photographs.
Finally, I was looking forward to my buffet lunch but arrived to not many options as well. Most of the 'hot food' i.e. 4/5 options was of an asian background. I was expecting things like chips etc but this wasn't available. The cold food was mostly salad and some fruit. Not much option at all.
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Bilbo215
Nov 20, 2024
Poorly organised, rushed experience. AVOID - Really poor day out. Delay in starting. Delay in landing as it was choppy due to high tide. Avoid the scuba diving. As an experienced diver, this was a rushed, unsafe experience. We were forced to come up after 25 minutes although we had plenty of air left as we had ‘run out of time’. We were told we would pass the underwater viewpoint as soon as we started diving to allow our partners on the pontoon a chance to take a photo/video of us passing by underwater but this not happen so she spent 45 mins waiting for us to scuba past which never happened. She then was delayed going on a helicopter ride and told she had to be fully dry on helicopter so should do the helicopter first. It was so delayed she never got to snorkel. We were told we would get extra time on the pontoon due to delays in leaving and landing on pontoon. This did not happen. A poorly organised trip for the masses. Basic snorkelling was okay although there is a lot of coral bleaching and dead coral at their pontoon site also. Little satisfaction from team
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