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Kuranda Scenic Railway Day Trip from Palm Cove

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Overview

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7 hours

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Experience the rainforest beauty of Far North Queensland on a scenic day trip from Palm Cove. Ride the historic Kuranda Scenic Railway and the Skyrail Rainforest Cableway.

Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What‘s Included

Kuranda Scenic Railway

Skyrail Rainforest Cableway

Hotel pickup and drop off

Food and drinks (unless specified)

Birdworld Kuranda

Australian Butterfly Sanctuary

Kuranda Koala Gardens

What To Expect

1

Barron Falls

Take in the amazing views of the might Barron Falls from both Skyrail and the Scenic Rail.

•Admission Not Applicable
2

Kuranda Scenic Railway

Take a journey on this heritage railway line that winds through the Rainforest, on a mountain between Kuranda and Freshwater Station.

1 hour 30 minutes•Admission Included

Options

Sky/Rail

Travel to Kuranda on Skyrail, free time in Kuranda, return on the Scenic Railway (approx. 10 hours)
Pickup included

Rail/Sky

Travel to Kuranda on the Scenic Railway, free time in Kuranda, return on Skyrail (approx. 8.5 hours)
Pickup included

Reviews

4.13

45 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

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  • Mediocre

    Tara W,

    Jan 12, 2025

    - Viator

    3.00

    Communication with tour provider was good and picks ups were punctual. You definitely don’t need a full day in Kuranda. Such a small town. The Koala Park is tiny! Don’t waste your money going there. You are better off doing Kuranda by yourself so you don’t feel trapped by needing to wait until your allocated train ride back. The train is very slow and very very hot! Barron Falls was amazing and the highlight of the tour.

  • Fantastic Day Out

    Steve D,

    Sep 11, 2024

    - Viator

    5.00

    Great train journey to Kuranda, really enjoyed Kuranda itself with the Butterfly & Bird activities, fully recommend. Great journey back with the Sky Rail.

  • Tour company very disappointing

    Richard P,

    Jun 14, 2024

    - Viator

    3.00

    The experience of the scenic railway and cable car was very good, thoroughly enjoyable and beautiful scenery. What we didn’t appreciate looking more into this day trip booking was our ‘tour guide’ turned up 25 minutes late to pick us up so we only just made the train (we pulled up to the station as the train did) so we had no time at Freshwater station to have a look and relax before getting on the train. The pick up on the way home was on time. Upon looking into this tour the cost of it is excessive for what is included. You can book yourselves the train and Skyrail at a cost of $125 each. This tour was $215 each, the only other thing that was included were the transfers - $90 each to be picked up late and then dropped off after is ridiculous. The cost of booking a day trip came with no added benefit for us to justify the cost. Much better to book this yourselves and book a taxi each way from Palm Cove - you’ll save yourselves money and have a better experience

  • A lovely day. Loved the gondola ride down.

    Lisa S,

    Jun 2, 2024

    - Viator

    5.00

    Gondola ride down was very pretty Seeing a cassowary and a chick The guided rainforest talk at Smithfield was very interesting Thankyou

  • Great day

    Sue C,

    Aug 21, 2019

    - Viator

    5.00

    Picked this tour as wanted to rail up to Kuranda and sky rail down and have time at Kuranda. The train trip was great, stopped a couple of times on the way up for photos, plenty to see in Kuranda, trip included the Rainforest park with lunch which was lovely and plentiful. After feeding the kangaroos and seeing other animals, it was off on the ‘duck’ for an adventure, staff very friendly and knowledgeable, didn’t do all parts of the tour as wanted to go to butterfly sanctuary which was lovely. Sky rail trip was amazing , stopped off a couple of times to walk around the areas. Really recommend this day, picked up from northern beaches.

From AUD 225.81

4.13
45 reviews
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