Green Island Full Day Trip + Snorkelling OR Glass Bottom Boat
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December 2025
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Brilliant !! My daughter got to see her turtle that she always wanted to do !! A perfect day 🥰🥰.
Such a wonderful day, except the trip out and back was double the length of time than advertised. The island is just gorgeous and we had a wonderful time snorkelling !! My daughter’s dream was to swim with a turtle and it happened !! Amazing day 🤩
Memorable experience worth every penny. Don’t miss.
Beautiful island for snorkelling and spending a fun day. The timing of the cruise was perfect, there was complimentary tea/ coffee on boarding. We took the glasss bottom tour and that was really fantastic. We saw coral, beautiful fishes and reef which was amazing.
What you can expect
Enjoy a scenic cruise to the popular Green Island and spend hours exploring the beautiful coral cay with a full day cruise from Cairns departing at 9am. On board the 'Big Cat', a luxury 35-metre catamaran, you'll be comfortably transported to the island to enjoy a total of 5 hours exploring the island and enjoying some of its best attractions.
With optional complimentary snorkelling equipment hire or a glass bottom boat tour, you'll be able to see the beautiful reef from either the water or from the dry and comfortable seat of the glass bottom boat. While on green island you can also enjoy the various walking trails through the rainforest to see the other side of this tropical paradise.
Tours return back to Cairns by 5pm and the journey takes around 45 minutes to an hour depending on the weather conditions.
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What you need to know
- Cruise to Green Island by catamaran
- 5 hours to enjoy Green Island
- Optional choice of snorkelling gear or glass bottom boat tour
- Snorkelling demonstration & reef presentation en route to Green Island
- Use of Big Cat vessel at the island as an air-conditioned base
- Island rainforest boardwalks
- Hotel transfers
- Lunch
- Semi-submarine tour
- Cruise in comfort aboard our modern air-conditioned catamarans
- Ideal for both swimmers and non swimmers
- View the reef by snorkelling, glass bottom boat, semi-submarine, scuba diving and helmet diving
- Licensed bar on board offering refreshments and a wide selection of souvenirs
- Boarding commences at 8.15am with final boarding at 8.45am from Cairns Reef Fleet Terminal and tour returns at 5pm
- Guests will receive a text message the afternoon prior to departure with berth number and vessel as well as a link to a map directing them to the correct location
- Cairns Reef Fleet Terminal, just a short walk from most major Cairns City Hotels
- Change your booking up to 24 hours before the start time of your experience
- Changes are not permitted within 24 hours of your experience
- Late arrivals or no shows may result in you forfeiting your experience
- It is highly recommended to reconfirm your booking on arrival in Cairns. For your information, complete Tour Operator Information including contact details are included on your tour voucher
- Confirmation in the form of a tour voucher will be received at time of booking
- Upon completion of purchase, please print the voucher and present on the day of the tour. Vouchers presented on a mobile device are also accepted
- Availability was accurate at the time of booking however, is subject to change due to circumstances out of our control. We strongly suggest reconfirming your booking with the tour operator within 24 hours of making your booking and prior to making other travel arrangements
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Could have been better, will choose a different service next time.
We have been to green island before on many different services, this service was heavily over booked could not even get a seat especially on the way back, the dive gear we hired was terrible, old broken, wet and quite dirty suits and we had to rehire on the island just to get the kids in the water after walking back for replacements to the end of the dock furthest point more than once! The hire required cash deposit which we were not aware of, which they did make an exemption but caused a bit of stress and our benefits did not transfer to the boat sheets, such as the complimentary extras, again we managed to sort it out but it was annoying and seemed disorganised. Overall the reef was quite damaged off of the island compared to other years we have been there but still good turtle sightings and did see a reef shark which was a highlight ! Bring your lunch the cafes are now very very expensive and poorly stocked, which is a shame for the island because we would have spent money on milkshakes, stinger suits and masks etc if we had the option given the hire quality. The fish feeding at the end highlighted some better snorkelling spots but with the pontoon closed for servicing it was difficult to find good spots when in the water with the kids, maybe a tour on top would have been a better experience but given we knew our way around we didn't opt for this but now wish we had as off the beach wasn't that amazing.
Brilliant !! My daughter got to see her turtle that she always wanted to do !! A perfect day 🥰🥰.
Such a wonderful day, except the trip out and back was double the length of time than advertised. The island is just gorgeous and we had a wonderful time snorkelling !! My daughter’s dream was to swim with a turtle and it happened !! Amazing day 🤩
Memorable experience worth every penny. Don’t miss.
Beautiful island for snorkelling and spending a fun day. The timing of the cruise was perfect, there was complimentary tea/ coffee on boarding. We took the glasss bottom tour and that was really fantastic. We saw coral, beautiful fishes and reef which was amazing.
Need help?
- Email us at enquiry@experienceoz.com.au
- Help code: D2B-2918
- This experience is supplied by Big Cat Green Island Reef Cruises
