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The Great Barrier Reef Cruise Deluxe takes you to paradise and gives you the chance to explore the mesmerising underwater world of this natural wonder. We’ll visit two reef sites during the day, with your snorkelling equipment, one complimentary certified or beginner dive, and more all included in your tour price.
Throughout the day, you’ll have the chance to try your hand at scuba diving and snorkelling, as well as chill out and relax on deck with delicious Aussie food.
Operates: Daily
Departs: 7:30am
Returns: 4:30pm
Adult from: $245
Child from: $165
Infant from: $0
Child prices are available for children aged 4 – 11 years. Infants under the age of 4 years travel free with an adult.
Please note: the minimum age required for diving is 12 years old (certified or non-certified diver). Various factors may impact your ability to dive including if you are flying within 24 hours of the cruise and some medical conditions. All divers are required to fill out a questionnaire before they are cleared to dive. Please view the questionnaire here and discuss with us anything that may prevent you from diving before you book.
Date changes are permitted up to 48 hours prior to departure (availability dependent). Please see our full cancellation policy here.
Queensland Public Holidays – please note that any bookings which fall on a Queensland Public Holiday will incur an additional surcharge of $50 per person. This surcharge will be paid on board on the day of the tour. A $100/person surcharge applies if you are travelling on Christmas Day (25 December). If you would like to check the date you are travelling prior to booking, please contact our office.
The day starts at 8:00 am where we’ll board the boat from Cairns. Before we set off, you’ll have a quick briefing and snorkelling demonstration so you can get stuck straight in when we arrive at our first reef. As we make our way to the first reef, you can tuck into a mouth-watering breakfast roll to fuel up for the day. When we arrive at the first reef, you’ll have the chance to dip below the water’s surface and do some scuba diving.
The reefs we visit will depend on the weather, but we’ll either visit Hastings Reef, Breaking Patches Reef, Saxon Reef, Norman Reef, or Jorgensen Patch. All of these spots boast ideal diving conditions and a unique set of marine life.
After your first dive, we’ll tuck into a yummy lunch and you’ll have ample time to soak up the views of the reef and relax on deck. Then we’ll make our way to our afternoon reef location, where you can once more dabble in some diving and get to know the underwater world.
If diving isn’t your thing, you can either go for a swim, snorkel or simply sit on the deck and soak up some rays.
On the way back to Cairns, soak up the last of the Great Barrier Reef, before we arrive back in Cairns at about 4:30 pm.
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*Please include any dietary requirements in the notes when you book.
Optional Upgrades
Top Deck Club experience: $150 per person (minimum of two travellers). Spend the day exploring the Great Barrier Reef from the exclusive Top Deck Lounge with your own dedicated valet service. The Top Deck upgrade includes:
Additional dives: the below upgrades are available for purchase from the staff on board the boat on the morning of your tour, and cannot be pre-booked.
Accommodation Transfers: We can arrange bus transfers from most hotels and hostels in Cairns or Northern Beaches. If you cannot see your hotel as an option for pickup when making your booking, please contact us and we can advise you on your nearest pickup location. Sorry, we cannot pick up from residential addresses such as Airbnbs.
Return transfers from central Cairns accommodation locations are included. Return transfers from Northern Beaches accommodation are an additional $35 to be paid in cash on the day of the tour.
Alternatively, travellers can make their own way to the Marlin Marina.
Meeting Point: Marlin Marina, 1 Spence Street Cairns for check in at the Reef Fleet Terminal from 07:30 AM.
Hotel pickups can be arranged from most accommodation providers in central Cairns. Northern Beaches pickups can be arranged at an additional cost to be paid on the day of the tour. If you require a hotel pickup, please select your accommodation location from the drop-down menu when you book. If you cannot find your accommodation in the list, please contact us and we can advise you of the closest location.
Cairns City pickup: No additional cost
Northern Beaches pickup: $35 per person (pay on the day of the tour)
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