Day Tour: Cairns Aquarium & City Sights with Cairns Discovery

Adult $177.00 Pensioner $167.00 Child $116.00 (4-14yrs) Prices per person valid to 31st March 2025

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Duration 9.30 am - 6.00 pm Monday to Saturday

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The best way to see Cairns all in one day!

Make your way for the 9.30 am opening at the Cairns Aquarium and start your day with a self-guided tour through the aquarium and explore the ecosystems and habitats of Tropical North Queensland.

Visit the Cairns Turtle Rehabilitation Centre, a not-for-profit, volunteer-run, charitable entity caring for rescued sea turtles.

Meet at 11.15 am, where you will be taken on an exclusive tour of the onsite Turtle Hospital to meet the sea turtles in our care. This educational experience lasts approximately 30 minutes, and 100% of the Turtle Hospital tour proceeds are utilised for food, medicine, veterinary care and operating costs.

Complete your experience with lunch at Dundee’s Restaurant (not included in cost of tour) and enjoy a stunning sea life backdrop before being collected from the aquarium for your afternoon City Sights and Surrounds Tour.

Inclusions General admission to Cairns Aquarium Cairns Turtle Hospital Tour Afternoon Cairns City Sights and Surrounds Tour. Return Cairns CBD & Palm Cove hotel transfers included.

Lunch NOT included. However, we can make a reservation for you at Dundees Restaurant at the Aquarium for 12 noon

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Your day’s itinerary

• General admission to the Cairns Aquarium

• 9.30am - make your way to the Cairns Aquarium - 5 Florence St, Cairns

• 11.15 am - 12 noon - Turtle Hospital Tour

• 12.45 pm Cairns Discovery Tour You will be collected from the Florence St entrance of the Cairns Aquarium to continue your afternoon City sights and surrounds tour :-

• St. Monica’s Cathedral This Heritage Listed cathedral, dedicated as a memorial to the Battle of the Coral Sea, houses 24 amazing stained-glass windows depicting the creation story. They are reputably the largest themed stained-glass windows in the world

• Cairns Museum A dedicated guide will take you on an exclusive tour to discover the story of Cairns through tales, collections and photographs.

• Afternoon Tea. Take a break and enjoy a delicious Afternoon Tea at Osmosis Café in the leafy suburb of Edge Hill.

• Cairns Botanic Gardens - Renown as one of Australia's best exhibitions of tropical plants, your guided tour will showcase key garden areas, including the Conservatory and the Aboriginal Plant Use section.

• Relax and enjoy the sights -Have your camera at the ready as we visit a spectacular lookout with views over the city of Cairns and the Coral Sea.

• Lower Barron Gorge National Park and Surprise Creek Falls

• Palm Cove -Stroll along the jetty or on the sand on this picture-perfect beach, fringed with coconut trees. Nestled behind the beach is the seaside hub of Palm Cove, with its’ magnificent paperbark trees, cafes and resorts. Relax on the return journey to your chosen Cairns accommodation at approx. 6.00 pm.

Return Hotel transfer included

Please note - Wheelie Walkers and mobile scooters are not permitted by QLD law, as our vehicle is not equipped with a luggage area to safely secure them

Review: Cairns Aquarium and small group City Sightseeing Tour July 22, 2021

Did this tour to see all the changes in Cairns first was the new aquarium, then a tour of the local sights by the guide Eric, a local with a vast knowledge of the local history. He pointed out landmarks and history plus had a good botanical knowledge at the gardens this tour also went up to the Lower Barron gorge near the hydropower station, a most wonderful day tour highly recommend doing this tour also goes to the cairns museum. Went here 20 years ago; now it's all state of the art you get a quick overview, but you can come back @look at your leisure highly recommend doing this tour and hope you get the excellent guide, Eric