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Stop At: Green Island, Cairns, Queensland 4870 Australia
Green Island is a beautiful 6000 year old coral cay. It's the only coral cay on the Great Barrier Reef with a rainforest! You will have a choice of snorkel equipment to snorkel from the white sandy beaches or to stay dry and see the island's reef from the glass bottom boat. Enjoy a walk through the lush rainforest.
Duration: 6 hours
Stop At: Great Barrier Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland
Explore the Great Barrier Reef snorkeling or hop on board a Glass Bottom Boat Tour
Duration: 6 hours
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1 Spence St, Cairns City QLD 4870, Australia
3 to 12 hours(approx.)
Returns to original departure point
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed
Infant seats available
Most travelers can participate
Snorkelling can be a strenuous activity. We recommend informing crew of any medical conditions
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 300 travelers
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Posted By : Margaret_C
Great day visiting Green Island. Weather was fab. Beautiful island and enjoyed the glass bottom boat ride, seeing fish and turtles, great guide, giving us plenty of information!! Definitely recommend!
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Posted On : 2024-05-11
Posted By : jennykG8107NF
We booked this tour thinking that it was a “eco” guided tour, but it was far from being eco or sustainable as advertised. We were ferried over to green island with groups of tourists and left to our own devices. There was no guide or education on the Great Barrier Reef, the conservation aspects of it and best practice to explore it’s beauty. Instead we were confronted by employees with marine biologist written on their uniform haggling visitors to purchase diving tours on the boat ride to the island. Once arriving at the island you were left to explore on your own, no ‘tour’ as advertised.
You would see people out in the water stepping and standing on the reef which was unbearable to watch because they were not informed and guided. In the package snorkeling gear was provided but not a life vest and you had to pay extra money to hire one. Of course the extra cost deterred people from hiring one which meant of course when people got tired from snorkelling they would stand or sit on the reef instead of floating with the vest to reduce physical contact to the reef. There are tours out there that do their part in educating visitors and raising awareness of the current environmental situation, we just selected the wrong one because of false advertising.
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Posted On : 2024-05-11
Posted By : Lisa_W
Thoroughly enjoyed our day. The boat trip to the island was great and the staff very helpful. We enjoyed our time on the island. We did the walk. Can strongly recommend the crocodile and turtle feeding. We did return on the earlier boat as we re not really water people but we still had a great time
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Posted On : 2024-05-07
Posted By : Sindhu_N
It was a smooth activity and very friendly & polite crew explained all the details clearly. We enjoyed snorkeling in shallow waters. However there were no life guards when we needed some help.
Glass bottom ride was great and got to see lots of fishes and there were also fish feeding which brought fishes close to boat. Water was hazy so could see corals but didn’t see much colors.
The only reason I gave 4 starts is due to the fact that we had to pay for snorkeling gear, wet suit and even life jackets, which came to almost. I expect the tour company to provide snorkeling gear and life jacket at a minimum like other places.
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Posted On : 2024-05-04
Posted By : Navigator40788560214
I didn’t like this tour at all. It’s one of the cheaper ones and I guess you pay for what you get. Very crowded and unorganised.
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Posted On : 2024-05-03
Posted By : George_M
The whole expérience was perfect
Great staff well organised
Eager to help
Green island glass boat Ben was very full of knowledge made the day better
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Posted On : 2024-04-28
Posted By : Ellen_S
I had a great time....but my hubby did not. He was very seasick I read the prior reviews and knew the 50 min boat ride to the island could be rough. I took a motion sickness pill. I was fine. A lot of people got sick on the way out...at least 30...the staff was busy with barf bags.
They do provide ginger pills....
I enjoyed the glass bottom boat tour and I brought my own snorkel gear. There were no jellyfish when we went mid April. I did not wear a stinger suit only a rash guard. Also water was very calm at the beach. Staff was very helpful.
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Posted On : 2024-04-26
Posted By : Phil_W
Snorkelling but… the coral was below average. The cost to hire an umbrella was over the top.
Will be recommending other locations to view the reef.
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Posted On : 2024-04-24
Posted By : Katie_H
This was fantastic! We booked the day before and it was half the price of most other snorkelling trips. The boat was smooth and staff really friendly. We were put off by some reviews saying that there’s not much to do on the island so opted for the shorter (3 hour) duration and I really wish we had stayed longer as it was so pretty! And plenty of shade etc., very easy to spend a full day there. 4 stars as we weren’t sure exactly where we should go for the snorkelling, you’re left to your own devices and whilst we saw plenty of fish I feel we would have seen a bigger range of wildlife if we knew where exactly to look.
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Posted On : 2024-04-13
Posted By : Stephanie_N
Boat ride was about 40min to and fro green island per way.
Free and easy time in green island. I did snorkeling and it was fun.
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Posted On : 2024-04-06
