Green Island Full Day Trip from Cairns with City Transfers
Overview
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8 hours
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Cruise to Green Island from Cairns and find a tropical paradise on the Great Barrier Reef. You'll spend either four or five hours at Green Island, with plenty of time to snorkel or scuba dive, tour the reef on a glass-bottom boat or view coral from a semi-submersible submarine.
Additional Info
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Specialized infant seats are available
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
If selecting hotel pickup or drop-off, please advise hotel details at time of booking
Wheelchair accessibility is available but limited. Passengers must have some mobility and/or the presence of a carer who can assist them.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
Hotel pickup and drop-off from Cairns city accommodation
Cruise transfers to and from Green Island by modern air-conditioned catamaran
Buffet lunch (if option selected)
Semi-submersible tour (if option is selected)
Environmental Management Charge (Reef Tax)
Morning tea / coffee
Optional activities. (Can be booked locally, subject to availability)
Food and drinks (available to purchase)
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
What To Expect
Green Island Cruise - Day Tour (Big Cat Green Island Reef Cruise)
Explore the reef surrounding the island via glass bottom boat or snorkelling.
Green Island National Park
Walk along the beach or boardwalks through the rainforest.
Options
Transfers + Lunch + GBB
Buffet Lunch: Enjoy a buffet lunch served on the Big Cat vessel
Including Glass Bottom Boat
Pickup included
Transfer + Semi Sub + GBB
Semi-Submarine Tour: View the coral and marine life from below the waters surface while keeping dry on this 30 minute tour.
Including a Glass Bottom Boat
Pickup included
Transfer + Semi Sub + Snorkel
Semi-Submarine Tour: View the coral and marine life from below the waters surface while keeping dry on this 30 minute tou
including Snorkel Equipment
Pickup included
Transfers + GBB
Including a Glass Bottom Boat
Pickup included
Transfers + Lunch + SS + GBB
Semi-Submarine Tour: View the coral and marine life from below the waters surface while keeping dry on this 30 minute tour.
Buffet Lunch: Enjoy a buffet lunch served on board the Big Cat vessel
Including Glass Bottom Boat
Pickup included
Transfers + Lunch + Snorkel
Buffet Lunch aboard Big Cat
Snorkel Equipment included
Pickup included
Transfers + Snorkel Gear
Including Snorkel Equipment
Pickup included
Reviews
18 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Excellent service by...
ANAND D,
May 22, 2025
- Viator
5.00Excellent service by staff. Being vegetarian we were worried but lunch had excellent and tasty spread. Snorkel gear was in best shape and hygienic. Glass bottom boat and semi sub experience was amazing and recoemmneded.
Takes about an hour and...
David G,
Feb 25, 2025
- Viator
4.00Takes about an hour and 15 min to reach the island. You collect all your snorkeling gear on the boat so you are ready to go once the boat docks. If you going on the glass bottom boat or submarine they are by times and you enter these boats from the back of the boat you came on. You get to see mostly fish. Island has beaches and is great to explore.
Mixed bag in a stunning setting
Nancy S,
Oct 6, 2024
- Viator
3.00This is a tough review to write. The natural beauty of Cairns and the islands of the barrier reef are stunning and I was glad to get out on the water. This island has a nice little nature walk and some aboriginal history. However, the day was full of challenges. I was sent a voucher by Viator that stated I was to be picked up at the Cairns Plaza Hotel at 9am. However, as I read the details of the itinerary, I sensed that the boat actually left the dock at 9. I called the tour operator to verify and was told that they don’t do pick ups and I had to get to the dock on my own. I explained at length using the hotel phone but was told no. The hotel reception witnessed the call. Luckily it was early enough and the distance was reasonably walkable. I went to my room to pick up my things and got a call from the hotel reception saying the tour operator had called back to say they were in error and would pick me up at 8:15. However, at the hotel around the corner. Not terrible Again, I was lucky it was early enough to get to the pick up. I was told my boarding pass would be e-mailed to me but they listed the wrong address, so I knew I wouldn’t receive it. Upon arriving at the dock I had to wait about 15 minutes at reception to get a boarding pass in print. I just didn’t feel like the tour operator did much to alleviate the problems and expedite the boarding pass. I was very stressed that I might miss the boat. In the end I made the trip and enjoyed what I previously described. It is a busy boat so somewhat hectic
Good for a day, some elements better than others.
Litjen T,
Oct 3, 2024
- Viator
4.00Service was attentive hand some crew member's were brusquement while others were every friendly. The semi submersible was disappointing, at least when we went out. Lunch was good enough. Green Islands is small land even with snorkeling, a day is just enough.
Not as colorfull as expected
Michel A,
Aug 25, 2024
- Viator
4.00Not the wow factor seeing the reef but instructif.enjoy the crock and turtale show and seeing a turtale on the jetty working back to the cat
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