Cairns & Tropical North Queensland Holidays
Cairns & Tropical North Queensland Holidays
Cairns & Tropical North Queensland Holidays
Cairns & Tropical North Queensland Holidays
Cairns & Tropical North Queensland Holidays
Cairns & Tropical North Queensland holidays in Australia
Cosmopolitan Cairns is the bustling heart of North Queensland and your stepping stone to the Great Barrier Reef and Daintree Rainforest. If you crave the urban jungle then buzzing Cairns will lure you with its innovative eateries, on-trend bars, stylish boutiques and galleries. A popular hang out is the Esplanade, with a swimming lagoon and waterfront boardwalks.
A short drive from Cairns brings you to Palm Cove, a place of barefoot glamour brimming with beautiful boutique hotels and resorts. It’s somewhere you walk or bike instead of taking a car, can indulge at an award-winning spa, browse art galleries, play golf or paddle out on a kayak, before feasting at award-winning restaurants or enjoying beachside fish ‘n’ chips.
Renowned for its palm-fringed Four Mile Beach,...
Why Visit Cairns & Tropical North Queensland?
- Easy access to the Great Barrier Reef
- Esplanade waterfront
- Kuranda by cableway and railway
- Daintree Rainforest & Cape Tribulation
- Atherton Tablelands
- Palm Cove & Port Douglas
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Cairns & Tropical North Queensland Travel Guide
Best time to go
Cairns experiences two distinct weather seasons, winter between April and September with slightly cooler but warm temperatures and minimal rainfall; and summer from October to March, with hot sticky temperatures and heavy periods of rainfall, although this generally occurs overnight.
Travel Information
Cairns is about 21 hours from the UK (with a stopover). From Cairns, it’s a 30 minute drive to Palm Cove or an hour’s drive to Port Douglas.
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Unmissable Experiences
Showing 8 experiences in Cairns & Tropical North Queensland
Hot Air Ballooning
Depart Cairns pre-dawn to your launch site. Fly gently above the Atherton Tablelands and enjoy the picturesque landscape.
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£229
Chillagoe Caves & Outback
On this full day tour from Cairns travel by 4WD to Skybury Coffee Plantation, before a National Parks cave tour at Chillagoe. Visit Balancing Rock and stop at Granite Gorge to see wallabies.
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£125
(inc lunch)
Daintree Rainforest & Cape Tribulation
Travel from Cairns to Daintree where you cruise the Daintree River in search of crocodiles. Stop at the Alexandra Lookout then take a guided National Park boardwalk tour. After a BBQ lunch head along the 4WD Bloomfield Track to pristine Emmagen Creek for a refreshing swim. At Cape Tribulation beach, stroll the beach and boardwalk to see where the Rainforest meets the Reef.
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£125
(includes lunch)
Outer Barrier Reef Cruise
Travel from Cairns and onward by catamaran to Agincourt Reef. Here, swimmers and non-swimmers can explore the reef from a semi-submersible, an underwater observatory or by snorkelling. There’s also an informative talk by a marine biologist. Also available from Port Douglas.
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£162
(includes lunch)
Skyrail & Kuranda Scenic Rail
Depart Cairns for the funky rainforest village of Kuranda where you journey on the Kuranda Scenic Railway, explore Kuranda village and visit Rainforestation Nature Park. After lunch, return to Cairns via the Rainforest Cableway for a bird’s eye view of pristine World Heritage rainforest.
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£95
(includes lunch)
Best of Fitzroy Island Combo
Travel from Cairns by catamaran to the tropical paradise of Fitzroy Island for a day of snorkelling, exploring and a glass bottom boat tour.
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£92
(includes lunch)
Dreamtime Snorkel Cruise
Sail from Cairns for a full day of Indigenous stories and snorkelling at two premium outer reef sites.
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£119
(includes lunch)
Tully River White Water Rafting
Depart Cairns for the Tully River for an awesome day rafting grade 3-4 rapids over 5 hours.
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£119
(includes lunch)
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