Great Adventures Green Island - Great Barrier Reef Tours
Green Island is one of Cairns most popular Great Barrier Reef tours as this gorgeous tropical island is so easily accessible from Cairns with a fast 45 minute luxury catamaran transfer with Great Adventures from the Cairns city Marlin Marina Reef Fleet Terminal in Spence Street.
Cairns Half Day – Full Day Tours
People love to visit Green Island not only for its golden beaches, flora and fauna but also the fun underwater activities you may choose to partake in. With Green Island just lying of the shores of Cairns you may choose to visit this tropical island for a half day tour or a full day tour. A coach will pick you up from your Cairns and northern beaches holiday accommodation at different intervals during the day and then return you back to your holiday accommodation after a relaxing day on Green Island.
Green Island is also extremely popular as it caters to every type of person and every age group. For example if you have a young family with little children who cannot swim then Green Island is perfect as you can take your pram on board the transfer boat and there are paths around the island that you can wander and explore under the shade of the trees, or laze in the swimming pools where you can safely cool off.
Green Island Tours-Activities
For the families with some active teenagers that need amusing then they can partake in some beach fun and hire some equipment which includes beach umbrellas and lounge chairs, play a game of beach volley ball, try their hand at canoeing, surf skiing, wind surfing or parasailing on the back of a fast ski boat.
The water activities at Green Island are also exciting with a glass bottom boat tour for those guests that are not snorkelers but would still like to see the Cairns Great Barrier Reef coral and marine life.
Scuba Diving-Helmut Diving
The underwater activities include introductory and certified scuba diving tours from the island which are exhilarating as is the sea walker Helmut diving where you walk on the ocean floor with a Helmut on your head and fresh air coming down to you from above via a hose connected to your Helmut.
The deeper waters off Green Island offer the scuba diver some magnificent visuals of not only brightly colored corals but also an abundance of marine life. Whale migration season is the perfect time to be taking a tour and scuba dive on Green Island as the whales seem to love this place as well and hang around for weeks in migrating pods. Even Migaloo the white Humpback Whale calls into Green Island each year on his annual migration looking for girls.
Scenic Helicopter Flights
A scenic helicopter flight over Green Island is certainly the piece de resistance to end a day of snorkeling and scuba diving on the Cairns Great Barrier Reef. Fly only 500 feet above the water to see the coral reef structures revealed before your eyes. See the marine life down below as they frolic in the calm safe waters of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Helicopter flights can be booked for 15 minute scenic's or longer and you can even fly from Green Island out to the Great Adventures pontoon that sits on the outer barrier reef at Norman Reef for a day of snorkeling and diving or riding around in a semi submersible submarine. Pre-book your scenic helicopter flight here to ensure you do not miss this fabulous way to see one of the seven natural wonders of the world from above just like you see in the tourist brochures.
Other Green Island Choices
If its relaxation you are after then make sure you make a visit to the Day Spa at the Green Island Resort for a bit of a back massage and pampering. Just as you get off the transfer boat from Cairns go directly to the Green Island Resort and make your day spa booking so that you can then go off and enjoy everything else that Green Island offers a half day or full day visitor.
Restaurants and Dining Options on Green Island
The island offers a number of various styles of food outlet choices for the half day or full day visitor.
Canopy Grill
Open 9.30am – 3.30pm
Enjoy a café style lunch such as burgers, fish and chips, or wraps and rolls
Lite Bites
Open 9.30am – 4pm
Ice creams, shakes and snack food
Aussie Buffet
Available 11am – 2pm
This delicious hot and cold buffet can be purchased from the Canopy Grill,
Reflections Pool Bar
Open 9.30am – 4pm
Refreshing drinks, specialty cocktails, coffees. Reflections Pool Bar and Emeralds Restaurant are Fully Licensed
Emeralds Restaurant
Lunch from 11.30am
A la carte dining from $14 or set course menus from $36. Breakfast is also available up to 10.30am.
The Beach Hire Hut
Located on the beach also sells an assortment of soft drinks, bottled water and snacks.
Marineland Melanesia
Get ready to see the largest Crocodile in captivity in the world here on Green Island (just pray he does not escape whilst you're snorkeling). This pre-historic predator goes by the name of Cassius and you can see him being fed along with his female friends.
See the turtles that are being looked after and rehabilitated after being rescued for boat damage, disease or net damages and other things like the ingestion of plastic bags and go and explore the worlds largest private collection of primitive art and marine artifacts all in the one location. An entry fee applies of course. Circum navigate Green Island
Take yourself off for some quiet time and explore the other side of the island away from all the tourists and the water sports arena. Follow the boardwalk paths until you come to a beach clearing and then kick off your thongs and dig your toes deep into the soft sand.
As the tide drops you just may see some fish stuck in the gutters or some black tip reef sharks hunting around for some stragglers.
Just make sure you are back in time to catch your Great Adventures Reef tour boat back to Cairns Marlin Marina.
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| Green Island Discovery | $98.00 | $98.00 | $98.00 | $98.00 | $98.00 | $98.00 | $98.00 | $98.00 | |||||||||||||||||
| Green Island Eco Adventure | $79.00 | $79.00 | $79.00 | $79.00 | $79.00 | $79.00 | $79.00 | $79.00 | |||||||||||||||||
| Green Island & Great Barrier Reef Adventure | $222.00 | $222.00 | $222.00 | $222.00 | $222.00 | $222.00 | $222.00 | $222.00 | |||||||||||||||||
The Tour Specialists tip
Green Island for a full day or half day tour is a great opportunity for everyone to see and experience a beautiful tropical island and have the choice of being lazy in the sunshine or all action and adventure with the watersports. Green Island is a great value Cairns tour for everyone to enjoy. We love it!
Make sure you go dont miss Marineland Melanasia.
