Cairns Aquarium and City Sights Tour

Visit the Cairns Aquarium independently and at your leisure to meet 16,000 animals from Tropical North Queensland’s two world heritage listed areas - the Wet Tropics Rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef.
Includes 30 minute Tour of the Cairns Turtle Rehabilitation Centre, a not-for-profit, volunteer-run, charitable entity caring for rescued sea turtles. Learn about the dangers that sea turtles face, like ingesting plastics, boat strikes and habitat loss.

Complete your experience with lunch at Dundee’s Restaurant with a stunning sea life backdrop. (NOT INCLUDED)

You will be collected from the Cairns Aquarium by Cairns Discovery Tours for your afternoon city sights and surrounds guided tour. Enjoy Devonshire afternoon tea before visiting the Cairns Flecker Botanical Gardens, Lower Barron Gorge National Park, beautiful Palm Cove beach and more

Meeting Point

Cairns Aquarium

5 Florence St, Cairns City QLD 4870, Australia

Please make your own way to the Cairns Aquarium. Opens at 9.30am. Your guide will collect you from the entrance of the Cairns Aquarium at 12:45pm to commence the afternoon Cairns City Sights Tour. At the completion of the tour you will be taken to your accommodation in Cairns or Northern Beaches.

What's included:

• Hotel drop off at the completion of city sights tour
• Turtle Rehabilitation tour, where you will be taken to meet the sea turtles in our care.
• Entrance to Cairns Aquarium

Not included:

• Transfers to the Cairns Aquarium, make own way to 5 Florence St Cairns for 10am

What to expect:

Duration: 8 hours

Cairns Aquarium

5 Florence Street, Cairns, 4870, Queensland

Make your way to the Cairns Aquarium for 9.30am - and at your leisure meet 16,000 animals from Tropical North Queensland’s two world heritage listed areas - the Wet Tropics Rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef. Your visit includes a 30 minute guided tour of our Turtle Rehabilitation Centre at 11.30am. Learn about the dangers that sea turtles face, like ingesting plastics, boat strikes and habitat loss.

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Cairns Museum

Cnr Lake and Shields St, 93/105 Lake St, Cairns School of Arts Building, Cairns, 4870, Queensland

A dedicated guide will take you on an exclusive tour to discover the story of Cairns through tales, collections and photographs. (Free wifi and complimentary re-entry for 3 days).

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

St Monica's Cathedral

181 Abbott Street, Cairns, 4870, Queensland

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

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Cairns Botanical Gardens

1 Collins Ave, , 4870, Queensland

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

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Barron Gorge National Park

Wrights Lookout Rd, , Queensland

Visit the Lower Barron Gorge National Park and Surprise Creek Falls.

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Palm Cove Beach

111 Williams Esplanade, , Palm Cove, 4879, Queensland

Take a stroll along the jetty or on the sand on this picture-perfect beach, fringed with coconut trees. Nestled behind the beach is the quiet seaside suburb of Palm Cove, with its’ magnificent paperbark trees.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included