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Great Barrier Reef

TOUR DETAILS
Duration: 11 hours map
Reef Visit: 6.5 hours
Cruise Departure: 10:00am
From Cairns: Depart 8.00 am - Return 7. 30 pm
From Pt Douglas: Depart 8.15 am - Return 7.15 pm
Commentary: Yes
Options: Boat Charter Journey
Private / fully escorted
Helicopter Journey
Flying over the reef / Daintree Forest. Lunch stop-over at Cook Town the last town in Far North Queensland.
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This is a customised, private tour with your own driver/guide travelling in a six-seater vehicle.

GREAT BARRIER REEF - Tour Australia

Travel to the Great Barrier Reef by high speed catamaran.
Optional – See the reef from the air and fly over the Daintree Forest to Cook Town for stop-over lunch.

Getting To Great Barrier Reef

How to get There: Fly to Cairns Airport from any Australian Capital City

Cairns is a busy tourism airport with flights to in and out to suit all vacation schedules. On the day of your customized vacation journey the Great Barrier Reef your tour coach will meet you at your hotel.

Reef Boat
Travel to the Great Barrier Reef by
high speed catamaran

About The Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef, superstar of the Underwater World. Australia's Great Barrier Reef is the largest living eco -system in the world. The reef encompasses 351,000 sq km (135,000 sq miles) - an area the size of Italy and the sea is so clear that the reef can be seen from space satellites.

It is a Marine Park of deep canyons comprising massive mountains of coral and teeming colourful fish of all sizes. Sea turtles, giant clams, sea anemones, spiny lobsters, shrimp, squid live among the 2,900 separate reefs that forms its topography. The reef waters is home to 1,500 species of fish, 400 kinds of corals, and 4,000 species of molluscs.


colourful fish
The Clown Fish (and star of the film
‘Finding Nemo’)

The Reef Tour - Tour Australia

Travelers on vacation are transferred by coach from Cairns and resort hotels en route to the departure pier of Port Douglas. The voyage to the outer reef is on a high-speed vacation Catamaran.

The tour is all-inclusive with morning and afternoon refreshments and a tropical smorgasbord lunch. Reef information talks are given by a marine biologist and the reef viewing by snorkeling, escorted by qualified safety officers.

For those who prefer it, there's coral and fish viewing in specially equipped small boats.

 

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