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What To Expect

Reviews

• Great day out

  Alice P,

  Sep 19, 2025

  - Viator

  5.00

  This was the best tour we did during our recent stay in Cairns. There’s not much time to spend in Kuranda if you want to go to the butterfly sanctuary etc but enough time to have a walk through the Main Street and grab a quick bite for lunch. Hartley’s was a really good experience, we highly recommend going even if not during a tour!

• Single trip to Rainforest and Crocodile park

  Paul M,

  Mar 26, 2025

  - Viator

  3.00

  It was far too rushed. To get on the sky train to catch the bus connection for Hartleys Park, you pretty much have to give up any time at the village when you get off the train. This was very disappointing. Also time at Hartleys park is limited so you cannot get to see everything. This trip should be broken in to two separate trips. The Rainforest is however beautiful and Hartleys crocodile park is well worth a visit.

• Trip ruined through Viator

  Kelly M,

  Feb 26, 2025

  - Viator

  1.00

  Viator booked, confirmed and took payment for our tour on a once of a lifetime trip to Australia. The morning of the tour, the bus never showed for pickup. Upon calling the tour company, they said they didn’t even offer the tour on the days we booked it for through Viator. We wasted an entire day of our trip because at this point, it was too late to book another tour.

• Great day, tough going on a very hot day

  Matt B,

  Jan 26, 2025

  - Viator

  5.00

  It was a well executed day by Down under tours, Ricky and Marshall were our drivers and were friendly, and gave informative commentary on what we were seeing throughout the drive up to the railway station and during the rest of the day. The weather was really hot on the day of our tour, which made the train pretty uncomfortable but still worth it for the scenery, Kuranda is a nice little place with lots to see and do, we loved the Skyrail and spending the afternoon at Hartley’s but it was just so hot for us!

• This is an all day...

  Anusha R,

  Jan 11, 2025

  - Viator

  4.00

  This is an all day excursion and we loved it! Our day started on the historic Kuranda rail road. The train is comfortable and the route is gorgeous. You get to see the lush green forests and the Barron Falls on its way up to Kuranda. This train route was manually cleared and built by hundreds of workers to get easier access to the mining area. If you are visiting in summer (we visited in December), then note that the train is really hot! There's no AC in the general coach. If you want AC, then you need to book ahead and there are special timings for those compartments. Another thing to call out is that once you reach the Kuranda village, you have roughly 35 mins to explore the place, which is quite short. So we had ice cream and lunch at the restaurant in the Village, which was a respite in the heat. Next up was the Scenic Highway to Hartleys. The highway was gorgeous and we were surrounded by forests. We just relaxed and took in the beautiful views in our skyway trip. Our next stop was Hartleys, which was the highlight of the day! The croc boat tour and the croc show were incredible and something I've never seen before! My kids were exhilarated watching crocs and the live feeding. Definitely recommend the tour. Just be ready for a fast paced day!