3 Day Reef Cruise, 4WD Rainforest and Outback Chillagoe Package
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72 hours
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Experience the best of Cairns and the Far North Queensland Region with a Great Barrier Reef Cruise, 4WD to the Daintree Rainforest and Cape Tribulation and then another 4WD full-day tour to the Outback Chillagoe.
Your Rainforest and Outabck Day is a small personalised tour with custom-built 4WD vehicles. Your naturalist driver-guide has extensive knowledge of flora, fauna, history of the area and aboriginal culture, which will ensure your day will be a memory of a lifetime.
Cruise to the reef onboard a luxury 35-metre superyacht to two outer reef sites. Enjoy unlimited snorkelling over 5 hours, delicious BBQ lunch onboard and a free glass of wine for the journey home to Cairns.
Additional Info
Specialized infant seats are available
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
Please wear closed-toe shoe and bring a light jacket or sweater for Outback and Rainforest
For the Outback Tour, a reasonable level of fitness is required, as there are steps and uneven terrain leading into the caves
Please choose your Rainforest Tour as the first day of your booking. Once booked, please contact the tour operator once booked to choose your other tour days.
The tours do not need to be on consecutive days. Please speak to the tour operator once booked.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
Full Day Tour to the Outer Great Barrier Reef, snorkel at 2 Outer Reef Sites
Personal flotation aids - life jackets & noodles on the reef day
Local eco-accredited driver guide for the Rainforest and Outback Days
Return transfers for the Rainforest and Outback Day (*Port Douglas additional cost on Outback Day)
Full Day Tour to the Daintree Rainforest, Cape Tribulation and the Bloomfield Track
Ice-Cream on the Rainforest Day
Full Day Tour to the Outback and Chillagoe Caves
Outback Day - Port Douglas transfers (min 2 people, contact reservations after booking to confirm)
What To Expect
Great Barrier Reef Snorkelling
Accommodations
No accommodation is available. This is not an overnight tour.
Food and Drinks
LUNCH
Lunch
BBQ lunch with fish, prawns, steak, breads & variety of salads (notify reservations of any special dietary requirements)
Check-in at Reef Fleet Terminal between 7.15am - 7.45am. Once checked in, you can make your way down to the boat, Evolution. Be greeted by your friendly crew, who will provide you with masks and snorkel, and then enjoy arrival tea, coffee and muffins before departure.
Great Barrier Reef
Evolution departs Cairns at 8 am with a safety briefing on your way to your first reef location. After 1 hour and 30 minutes, you will arrive at the first reef location. This will either be Saxon Reef or Norman Reef based on weather conditions and water clarity, to ensure the best experience for all activities.
Great Barrier Reef
Enjoy a BBQ lunch onboard (special dietary requirements catered for). The spread features an Australian barbecue with fresh fish, steak, prawns, and a variety of salads, and breads.
Evolution arrives at the second reef location for more snorkelling and/or scuba diving. Marvel at the incredible richness and diversity of marine life as you snorkel at another Outer Reef location. If you prefer to stay dry, sit back and enjoy the views with our three deck spaces available for lounging. Dial up the adventure and choose the package with the 10-minute scenic helicopter flight to experience the Great Barrier Reef from above!
As you return to the mainland after a full day in paradise, enjoy complimentary afternoon tea of cheese, biscuits and a glass of wine as you toast to a great day visiting the Great Barrier Reef. Evolution arrives back to Cairns at approximately 4.30pm.
Outback and Chillagoe Caves 4WD Tour
Accommodations
No accommodation is available. This is not an overnight tour.
Food and Drinks
LUNCH
Lunch
Outback Aussie lunch in 100-year-old pub.
The heart of one of Australia’s most diverse and richest food bowls Skybury Tropical Plantation has grown the country’s best coffee and tropical fruit for the past 30 years. Enjoy morning tea, with coffee, tea and sweet treats.
Chillagoe
Travel through historic mining towns, small outback communities and classic Outback Railway Stations, preserved in time providing perfect outback photo opportunities.
Chillagoe-Mungana Caves National Park
Explore the Chillagoe Caves. Follow your guide through the fossilized remains of the ancient coral reefs over 400 million years old. Once an inland sea, these limestone labyrinths are a spectacular sight to see.
Chillagoe Smelters
Here we delve into the history of the Chillagoe copper smelters, whose old chimneys dominate the western horizon. We visit the remains of the once-mighty smelters to ponder what it was like working there.
Balancing Rock
Visit Balancing Rock for an iconic photo opportunity. Then, see Aboriginal Rock Art and learn about some Dreamtime stories with your guide.
Enjoy lunch at a true Australian Outback Pub for lunch in the heart of Chillagoe town. Please advise of any special dietary requirements before travel.
Granite Gorge Nature Park
A privately owned nature park near Mareeba with stunning scenery as you walk along the short circuit navigating massive boulders. Striking scenery and wildlife galore. The big drawcard at Granite Gorge is the rock wallabies. This colony is an endangered species that is unique to the Mareeba area. Plus, you’ll see other native wildlife.
Daintree Rainforest and Cape Tribulation 4WD Tour
Accommodations
No accommodation is available. This is not an overnight tour.
Food and Drinks
LUNCH
Lunch
Enjoy a delicious lunch with your fellow travellers. Special dietaries catered for, confirm with the tour operator.
Mount Alexandra Lookout
We make our way up over the Alexandra Range and pause for a panoramic view of World Heritage, Wet Tropics, and Tropical Rainforest merging with the azure colours of the Coral Sea. *Currently Unavailable due to flood damage
1 Hour Daintree River Cruise with morning tea. Relax and enjoy the splendour only the Daintree Rainforest can offer as you learn of Estuarine Crocodiles, mangrove forests and endemic wildlife, this is nature at its best!
Daintree National Park
Daintree National Park, World Heritage Wet Tropics. Experience the rainforest intimately on one of our guided elevated National Park Boardwalks. Your experienced guide will take you on a wonderful journey through this ancient rainforest whilst giving you an interpretation of flora and fauna and you will have ample time for photographs and questions as we search for the elusive, rare and totally unique Southern Cassowary and other wildlife species within this particular habitat.
Daintree Region
It's time for a refreshing rainforest stream swim. Cool off in the crystal clear fresh waters, without the crowds of people in the heart of the Daintree Rainforest
Cape Tribulation Beach
Stroll along the beach and boardwalk to the photographers' platform overlooking the mountains and coast where the 'Rainforest meets the Reef.'
Cape Tribulation Beach
Enjoy a delicious lunch with your fellow travellers. We cater for special dietary requirements, please confirm with the tour operator prior to travel.
Enjoy a homemade exotic ice-cream locally grown on the property. Sample unique flavours like Black Sapote, Wattle Seed, Jackfruit and Coconut! (Signature ice cream cup included).
Options
3 Day Great Barrier Reef, Daintree Cape Tribulation & Chillagoe Caves & Outback
Pickup included
Reviews
11 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Good tour for Cairns and its surroundings
Lisa M,
Apr 10, 2025
- Viator
5.00Our tour started with the outback portion, the reef and the rainforest last. All tours met their stated purposes. There is a lot of necessary driving on the non reef tour days. There were enough stops to breakup the travel and make it more enjoyable. The supplied food was good. They were at nice facilities that gave our group personalized attention. The tour is done with a 4x4 bus.
Great experience
Kim B,
Nov 14, 2024
- Viator
5.00Outback tour guide was extremely knowledgeable with the surrounding. An experience of a life time. Snorkelling was well organized. Explanations were clear. Staff was entertaining with their cheeky comments. Gauvin was a delight. A lot of passion for the Rainforest and its culture/history. This brought an extreme respect for the plants, native culture, the animals, etc. I would recommend this excursion great way to see what Australia offers. Very self-sufficient country. Thank you for the experience
Best 3 days in Cairns!!!
fischermicki,
Mar 16, 2024
- Viator
5.00Three full days of Australia submersion! Love the small groups on the outback/rainforest days. Be prepared for long drives, remember Australia is huge!!! Shoutout to our guides Gavin and Tony. Both were exceptional with their knowledge. No matter the question, they had an answer. Outback tour: personal group tour of the caves, always on the lookout for wildlife (Gavin kept giving us advance notice that we might see wildlife in this area), lunch was good, fun stops at the pubs in the outback, history of the smelters was interesting, the walk to the balancing rock wasn't too strenuous. The highlight was the stop at Granite Gorge to sit with and feed the rock wallabies!!!! Bring 2$ for the feed. The Rainforest: on the river cruise we were lucky to see a few crocodiles, crossed the river on the ferry because of a car incident earlier in the day (the ability to adjust the tour on the go was good), there is only one road in the Rainforest- because of the storms, parts of the road are washed out so there is wait time for one lane traffic. Watch for waterfalls one one side and shoreline views on the other. The lunch stop was good, beautiful blue butterflies everywhere. Ice cream stop - yum!!!!! Sorbet was offer to those who couldn't have full cream. Four flavors were sampled as part of the tour. On to Mossman Gorge for a dip in the river. Even if you choose not to swim bring a towel so you can at least take your shoes off and walk in. Refreshing!!! Reef: SUPER well organized!!!!!! Stinger suits were offered to everyone. Great for not just the jellyfish but against sunburn. Every single employee was helpful and friendly. Can't say enough about the care for safety! Safety talks, counting heads... If you even think you'll have an issue with sea sickness, pills should be taken! Well worth the $3 they have available on board. Our seas were choppy and lots of swells, a few on board were miserable. The snorkeling was beyond words!!! Glad we chose to wear the optional life jackes to make it less strenuous in the swells. Lunch was average but understand, they're feeding over 150 people in one hour on a moving boat. The glass bottom boat could not go on our day- felt bad for those who never got in the water. Not going to the Reef would be a cardinal sin if you're in Cairns!!! Another great day in Australia!!!! The only improvement would be if the photos of the Reef adventure were available on line for a couple of days. It was really hard to find our photos and have time to chose other photos of the Reef. I would have liked to choose more but ran out of time. We've been on other tours that either have them available on line for a couple of days or back on land in the check in center following the tour.
Great Barrier Reef region not to be missed.
James L,
Feb 4, 2024
- Viator
5.00This was our first trip to Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef. We had three consecutive tours booked. The outback tour was an all day affair and we got a personal tour of a small cave with park rangers as the guides. It was fascinating and intimate with bats/multicolored stalagtites and stalagmites. The other caves were flooded due to recent cyclone and excessive rains. The Daintree rain forest was a real treat; one of the world's oldest rain forest. Our Great Barrier Reef tour on Evolution was wonderful. All trips included lunch/snack/or ice cream on the way back. Tour guides were very interactive.
If you want to do it all in 3 days.
Yvan A,
Oct 7, 2023
- Viator
5.00Very well organized esp. the snorkeling. Highly professional. The other trips were fine although it is quite a bit of driving. Truly knowledgeable guides.
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