Cruise to Green Island from Cairns and find a tropical paradise on the Great Barrier Reef. You'll spend either four or five hours at Green Island, with plenty of time to snorkel, tour the reef on a glass-bottom boat or view coral from a semi-submersible submarine.
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From the operator’s live schedule on Viator, checked Oct 9.
Explore the Great Barrier Reef island either with a glass bottom boat tour or snorkelling equipment.
Walk through the rainforest or enjoy exploring the coral gardens the the beach.
View some of the amazing marine life at Green Island. View turtles, fish, sharks and stingrays from the glass bottom boat, semi-submersible or by snorkelling.
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Green Island Day Trip from Cairns lasts about 8 hours. The itinerary has 3 stops.
Prices start at $86 per person for this Cairns and the Tropical North experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There are 10 booking options, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
According to the operator’s current schedule, it runs every day, starting at 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM.
Children aged 4–14 pay from $43, adults from $86. Infants go free.
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
The meeting point is Please call to reconfirm your booking prior to travel to receive your boarding pass. If you have not received your boarding pass, please meet directly at the Reef Fleet Terminal, 30 minutes prior to your departure time. Hotel pickup is not part of this experience.
The experience is available in EN.
It is a small-group experience with a maximum of 150 participants.
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap Specialized infant seats are available
Wheelchair accessibility is available but limited. Passengers must have some mobility and/or the presence of a carer who can assist them.
Yes, bookings are confirmed instantly.
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I was bored silly in an hour. There are waaayyyy too many boats and helicopters circling the island to hope to see anything bigger than a parrot fish. Other than the crocodile sanctuary, which is actually pretty nice, there’s nothing on that island worth seeing. I can’t imagine spending the night there. Bring a deck of cards.
Beautiful reef, fantastic beaches and family friendly 5 stars from us
I loved this trip- friendly crew, lunch much better than expected, excellent additional excursions if required and Green Island simply amazing. I would 100% do it all again
Unfortunately, the weather was abysmal! (Cold, windy and heavy rain).. We ended up sitting on the boat the whole day, reading (thankfully we bought our books with us). Unfortunately, there is no where to shelter for long on the island for undercover protection out of the weather all day! Thankfully the boat did not return to the main land to return later in the day to pick us up, ... because I don't know what we would have done. I can't blame Big Cat Green Island Tours for the weather, but they should have contacted us earlier in the day, about the weather, and offered an alternate day should we have wanted it. As the next day, the sun came out! Such a disappointment.
We really enjoyed green island it was a nice sunny day that helped too, we did the glass boat, snorkeled a little went to the croc show on the island, had nice hamburger from restaurant $35 a little pricey., as cafe had run out of food by 2pm. The time went quick, only got a little sunbaking done, full day is still short eg 830 to330 approx. We didn't know you could stay on this island. Lovely day trip
What an amazing experience. The trip to green island was good but the amazing opportunity to snorkel on the Great Barrier Reef was just that amazing. Totally safe for every level of swimmer this is something to put on a bucket list.
It was a very nice beach. The boat is quite a walk from the island, so lunch on the boat was not convenient and took too much time. The snorkeling was nice, but it is very shallow from the beach so you see mostly dead coral and not so many animals. Seen some very nice fish though.
The crew are exceptionally professional and courteous. The boat is clean and modern with free Wi-Fi. The snorkeling experience was good, but the water level was very shallow, and it was difficult not to make physical contact with the corals. The food on the island took 45 to 60 minutes to receive so many people were frustrated by this wait. The food was good though.
Our family couldn’t have been happier on this tour. Ranked #1 for us. We like to snorkel and saw large stingrays, a black tip and a white tip reef shark. We saw turtles. There are starfish and an abundance of other sea creatures. It was a nice sunny day, which really helped. The ship also had the best lunch yet of any of our tours. We would definitely return. There are restrooms on the island.
We had a wonderful experience on this trip! The highlight was the semi-submersible trip. Our guide was very informative, engaging and funny. Everyone was lovely and super helpful, and the food provided on board was also great! 10/10 recommend!
| Tour | Duration | Rating | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Island Day Trip from Cairns | 8 hours | 4.1 (966) | $86 | |
 Ocean Free: Small Group Great Barrier Reef & Green Island Tour | 9 hours | 4.9 (682) | $205 | View |
 Snorkelling and Glass Bottom Boat at Green Island from Cairns | 5–9 hours | 4.2 (410) | $110 | View |
 Green Island Seawalker & Snorkel or Glass Bottom Boat from Cairns | 5–9 hours | 4.1 (98) | $205 | View |
 Fun, Falls and Forest Day Trip from Cairns | 12 hours | 4.9 (974) | $141 | View |
 Stradbroke Island Eco Day Trip from Brisbane – Wildlife & Beaches | 11 hours | 5.0 (110) | $141 | View |
 Green Island Fly & Cruise Combo from Cairns | 10 hours | 5.0 (2) | $304 | View |