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Reviews

• Good tour for Cairns and its surroundings

  Lisa M,

  Apr 10, 2025

  - Viator

  5.00

  Our 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

  5.00

  Outback 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

  5.00

  Three 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

  5.00

  This 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

  5.00

  Very well organized esp. the snorkeling. Highly professional. The other trips were fine although it is quite a bit of driving. Truly knowledgeable guides.