Tours of our Turtle Rehabilitation Centre operate daily at 11:30am & 12:30pm.

Get up close and personal to the sea turtles in our care on a 30 minute guided tour of our Turtle Rehabilitation Centre.

Learn about the dangers that sea turtles face, and how we rescue, treat, release and track these precious animals.

What you need to know:

• Please arrive 15 minutes before your Turtle Hospital Tour start time.
• All children must be accompanied by, and supervised by an adult at all times
• NO Flash Photography and no touching the sea turtles, as this may harm their recover
• General Admission is included in your ticket. See 16,000 aquatic animals and habitats endemic to Tropical North Queensland. Learn about the Wet Tropics Rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef. Open daily 9:30am–3:30pm. Last admission at 2:30pm

Turtle Hospital Tour Terms and Conditions:

Please read below before you book tour

• Be mindful of your noise, do not make loud noises.
• Do not touch the animals or the contents of their enclosure.
• Do not hang over the side of the enclosure, disturb the water or bang on the outside of the enclosure.
• Photography is permitted unless otherwise stated, please turn your flash off.
• Children are the responsibility of their parents/guardians or carer and must be supervised at all times. Children cannot attend this tour without a guardian present.
• A reminder that this is an educational tour, with an educational presentation that may run for 15 – 20 minutes, please follow the directions of the tour guide whilst on the tour.
• Please tread carefully in this area, do not run in this area. There may be water present on floor from sea turtles.
• Do not remove or take any artefacts or items belonging to the Cairns Turtle
• Rehabilitation Hospital or Cairns Aquarium from this area.
• Guests are required to follow COVID-19 guidelines; maintain 1.5m social distance from other guests, do not touch the glass, sanitize your hands-on entry, if you are unwell, we advise that you return to book the tour at another time when you are healthy.
• If you are bringing an infant on the tour, please be advised that we can’t have loud noises near sick or injured sea turtles in the hospital, so you may be asked to leave the hospital area in the event of loud noise.

Accessibility:

• Lifts, escalators and accessible toilets throughout the attraction.
• If you are unable to walk onto the viewing deck, you can still see the turtles in the tank through a viewing window.
• Free Wheelchair hire is available.
• Companion Cards are not accepted for this experience.