Gladstone to Cairns train: Timetable, fare prices and stops
Cairns activities
Cairns is one of Australia’s great tourism centres, and for good reason. There are hundreds of things to do in Cairns. Here are ten of the best…
Go on a Great Barrier Reef snorkelling cruise.
Take a train through the rainforest on the Kuranda Scenic Railway.
Enjoy a glass-bottom boat tour at Green Island.
Do a Fitzroy Island day trip.
Dine at sea on an evening catamaran cruise.
Head to the Atherton Tableland waterfalls on a full day tour.
Venture to Cape Tribulation and Mossman Gorge on a day tour.
Brave white-water rafting in Barron Gorge National Park.
Fly over the Reef on a 40 minute scenic flight.
Go tubing on the Mulgrave River.
Trip-booster! 8 great day trips from Cairns to power-up your holiday
- Kuranda combo package – take the Kuranda Scenic Railway up and the Skyrail cable car down.
- Green Island tours with beach time, glass bottom boat and snorkelling. (Or pick a Fitzroy Island trip instead).
- Moore Reef day tour – with underwater observatory, snorkelling gear, glass bottom boat & semi-submersible cruises.
- Great Barrier Reef snorkelling cruise – with snorkelling stops at two excellent spots on the Reef.
- Cape Tribulation rainforest day tour – with Mossman Gorge Aboriginal cultural experience and Daintree River crocodile-watching cruise.
- Atherton Tableland waterfalls and rainforest tour – including wildlife-spotting and a swim in a volcanic lake.
- Outback 4WD tour – visiting Chillagoe Caves, Aboriginal rock art and Granite Gorge.
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