Billy Tea Safaris · From Cairns
One booking for two separate days from Cairns: an outer Great Barrier Reef cruise with about five hours at two reef sites, and the Billy Tea Safaris rainforest day to Cape Tribulation. Pick it if you want both and like the idea of sorting them in one go.
At Cape Tribulation, two World Heritage areas sit side by side: the Wet Tropics rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef. This package books a day in each. The reef day is an outer reef cruise from the Reef Fleet Terminal, 1 Spence Street, Cairns, with check-in from 7:15 to 7:45am, about five hours at two outer reef sites, a barbecue lunch, snorkel gear and a lycra suit. The rainforest day is the same as the Billy Tea 4WD tour: river cruise, guided walk, lunch, a freshwater swim, Cape Tribulation beach and ice cream.
The two days do not have to be back to back. The listing asks you to book the reef day first, then contact the operator to choose your rainforest date, and to reconfirm 48 hours before each. One detail catches people: transfers to the reef terminal on the reef day are not included, so walk or take a taxi to the marina.
The lycra suit matters. Marine stingers are a higher risk from November to May but can be present all year, and Queensland's dangerous marine life advice suggests wearing one in the water.
Make your own way to 1 Spence Street, Cairns, and check in between 7:15 and 7:45am.
Snorkel at two sites on the outer reef, with gear and a lycra suit provided and a barbecue lunch on board.
A 4WD pickup in Cairns, the Northern Beaches or Port Douglas, morning tea and an hour on the Daintree River.
A guided boardwalk across the ferry, lunch with the group and an optional freshwater swim.
The beach at Cape Tribulation, an ice cream and the drive back.
★★★★★We loved both days and felt like this two day tour was well worth the money.
★★★★★Rowan our tour guide through the Daintree rainforest experience was very knowledgeable, courteous and organized.
★★★★★Absolutely brilliant, we did the Great Barrier reef and Daintree Rainforest tour.
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Not necessarily. You book the reef day, then contact the operator to choose a rainforest date that suits you.
No. Make your own way to the Reef Fleet Terminal, 1 Spence Street, Cairns, and check in between 7:15 and 7:45am. The rainforest day includes hotel pickup.
About five hours at two outer reef sites, with snorkel gear, a lycra suit and a barbecue lunch.
The Billy Tea Safaris day to Cape Tribulation, the same as the 4WD tour sold on its own.
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The outer Great Barrier Reef one day and the Daintree rainforest another, booked as one package from Cairns.
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