Cairns Aquarium Admission: Interaction with Over 16,000 Marine and Land Animals

Immerse yourself in the wonders of Cairns Aquarium and get a unique opportunity to interact with over 16,000 marine and land animals. Explore the Great Barrier Reef and the Wet Tropics Rainforest in this all-weather visitor attraction!

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Cairns Aquarium - Follow the journey of a drop of rain as it travels from creeks and streams, into the rivers and down the tropical mountain range, through ancient rainforest to coastal mangroves before finally crossing the world’s largest coral reef, The Great Barrier Reef and entering the depths of the Coral Sea.
    Come face to face with over…
What's Included
  • Conservation Talks and Presentations
  • Elusive Rainforest and Reef Creatures
  • Marine Touch Tank
  • Oceanarium with Underwater Tunnel
  • Australia’s only Deep Reef Tank
  • Live Ray and Shark Feeding Show
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks (unless specified)
  • Transportation to/from the aquarium
Additional Information

Located at the heart of Cairns, Cairns Aquarium is a captivating attraction that’s open every day irrespective of weather conditions. It aids in an intimate interaction with the breathtaking magnificence of over 16,000 aquatic and terrestrial creatures from two World Heritage Sites, namely, the Great Barrier Reef and the Wet Tropics Rainforest. The…

Location
Cairns Aquarium
5 Florence Street
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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(446 Ratings)
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Lori
Oct 26, 2024
Great experience for the family - Excellent Aquarium with a broad range of sea life to keep the kids engaged. Clean and easily accessible with a pram. Loved it!
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Kylieby1704sq
Oct 26, 2024
Best Aquarium in Australia! - This would be the best aquarium I have been to. Well laid out and great shows, with a wonderfully informative talk given about the coral reef by one of the marine biologists. The shark feeding show in the main tank was great and highly recommend watching. We did the Aquarium prior to a reef cruise and snorkeling trip and highly recommend doing it this was as you gain a greater appreciation and knowledge of the importance of the Great Barrier Reef and the marine life that depends on it. We could also identify so many of the fish we saw whilst snorkeling. A visit to Dundee’s restaurant attached to the Aquarium post visit is also recommended-try the croc sliders and spring rolls!
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Chrischrisxx
Oct 12, 2024
Wonderful day enjoy every moment - Great day out had by all the family. All the tanks was clear to view the fish the shark the crabs sea turtles. My fav part was the snakes and lizards clear view for the kids to see all.
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Monica_b
Oct 7, 2024
Amazing - Amazing huge aquariums, walk through tunnel great , rays and sharks swim over you , kids loved it. Lots to see and educational talks as you walk through.
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I7397ycmoniques
Oct 1, 2024
An excellent visit - It was well worth the ticket price, to see and learn, all life forms within the aquarium are well cared for, great for learning about and concerns for river, marine and forests life forms. We all enjoyed our visit and we had a 9 month old child in our party who was happy to spend a couple of hours enjoying all the displays and the marine life,
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Alice_t
Oct 24, 2024
Good couple of hours - Kids loved it. I was surprised at how small it was though. For the price you pay there wasn’t enough to see. But still a lovely place .
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Kenc753
Oct 24, 2024
Great aquarium - The aquarium is well laid out and has a good flow of exhibits to follow. For a first visit it’s well worth a visit. It needs more audiovisual for the kids as they got a bit restless which did deteriorate our experience.
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W4420qkpaula
Oct 15, 2024
A good few hours well spent - The aquarium was easy to walk around and description posters were easy to read. The exhibits allowed close viewing of the fish and animals, so interesting to be up close and personal. A good few hours well spent
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Clairenandy69
Sep 18, 2024
Ok - a bit pricey - Visited the aquarium as part of our trip to Cairns. There are lots of exhibits and tanks, with some impressive fish and other aquatic animals. If you're there at the right time, you can see some feeding. Despite what the staff member said about the whiprays being as big as they can get - they do get bigger than the ones at this aquarium, as I have fed them in Darwin at the Territory Wildlife park and they are significantly bigger. Some of the glass at the aquariums was difficult to see in, especially the curved rounded ones. We have been to better aquariums and worse ones, This is in between. It is quite pricey for what it is. They would really benefit from a proper touch tank/pool. There is a very small one where you can touch one starfish and some shark eggs. Compared to other aquariums, where they have whole dedicated touch pools with plenty of animals to touch, this paled in comparison. Ok for a visit, if you were trying to narrow it down to only a few things to do in Cairns then I would maybe consider giving this a miss in favour of other attractions/experiences.
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O4013gaemmah
Oct 10, 2024
Cairns aquarium as a family - $163 was very pricy for a family trip to the aquarium. If you are visiting from Australia I’d say if you’ve seen one you’ve seen them all and I would save the money. If you travel out to the reef you wouldn’t need to go to the aquarium but definitely check it out if you have never been to an aquarium before or can’t get out to see the reef. We found the talks needed to be spaced out a bit more as we would have had to rush through to get to each one and we couldn’t go back through as our youngest was very overwhelmed. It’s bright and colourful for the kids and they enjoyed watching the scuba divers cleaning tanks and feeding the fish. Staff were friendly and the one talk we did see the presenter was very engaging and knows her stuff.
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From $38
up to 15 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).