• Experience the very best of the Great Barrier Reef above from the comfort of your luxury helicopter flight from Cairns
• Thru large clear viewing windows, the sparkling blue waters, remote sand cays, colourful reef systems and tropical islands of the Great Barrier Reef provide the perfect backdrop for your scenic helicopter flight   
• See the Great Barrier Reef from Cairns on our 30 minute low level scenic helicopter flight and fly over lace like coral reefs, remote sand cays lush green tropical islands.

An amazing 30 Minute Great Barrier Reef Helicopter Scenic flight from Cairns. If you have already been to the Great Barrier Reef by boat and enjoyed snorkelling and scuba diving then it is time you saw this amazing coral reef from another angle.

What we like about this 30 Minute Helicopter Flight over the Great Barrier Reef: 

• The thrill of lift off and landing in a helicopter is exciting
• 30 minute low level flight time over the Great Barrier Reef
• Fly over Green Island, Arlington Reef and Upolu Sand Cay 
• Bonus of seeing lush green mountainous rainforests

 

This 30 minute scenic flight takes you over Green Island, Arlington Reef, Vlasoff Sand Cay and Upolu Sandy Cay then back to Cairns aviation.

From Cairns we take off in our high performance helicopter on a scenic flight that will have us explore the great wonders of the Great Barrier Reef from the air.

The beginning of the journey you will fly out to Green Island a coral cay on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, located 27 km offshore from Cairns.

Green Island is a picturesque island with unique Island rainforest and is surrounded by white sandy beaches, magnificent fringing coral reef and an abundance of marine life.

View the spectacular reef, marine life, rainforest and white sandy cays as you saw above and around this beautiful island before making your way towards Arlington Reef.

Arlington Reef is a shallower reef which makes it great for flying over because you get to see the coral formations and the beautiful colours of the reef. Arlington Reef has an abundance of fish life and turtles; these are often spotted when flying over Arlington Reef.

We then continue our scenic helicopter flight to Vlassoff Sand Cay and Upolu Sand Cay.

Vlassoff Sand Cay and Upolu Sand Cay are naturally formed, un-vegetated sand cays, surrounded by fringing coral reefs and shallow, protected waters.

Keep your eyes to the ocean as you may spot some small white tip Reef sharks, Turtles and Blue Spotted Rays resting in the shallow sandy  waters below.

Flying at around 500ft above the Cay gives you a great close view of all the amazing wild life and lace like coral formations.

Upolu Cay is located approximately 40km north-east of Cairns, the cay is sometimes completely covered by water at high tide, re-emerging at low tide. It offers visitors the chance to see a young cay in action.

Our 30 minute helicopter flight is a great option for cruise ship passengers berthing at Yorkeys Knob or the Cairns Cruise Liner Terminal. 

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Important Information

Important Information: Weights of individual passengers and accompanying carryon luggage (max 5 kg) MUST be advised at time of booking. A weight variance greater than 10% may incur an additional fee. Maximum single seat payload of 130kg.

Depart Cairns: on demand. NB: All flights are on a shared basis and are not on a private basis unless machine has been chartered.

Departs From

Cairns

Departure Instructions

To ensure smooth operations, passenger check in comfort & minimise delays, all 30, 45 & 60 minute Scenic Flight bookings up to 6 passengers (1 Helicopter) will continue to depart from the Pier Heliport while all bookings for 7+ passengers. (2+ Helicopters) will now depart from our General Aviation Airport location

Destinations

• Great Barrier Reef
• 30 Minute Reef Scenic Flight Ex Cairns: Green Island, Fitzroy and on low tide Vlasoff and Upolu Sand Cay

Months of Operation

January - December

Days of Operation

Daily

Duration

30 minutes approx.

Fitness Level Required

Low

Restrictions

Weights of individual passengers and accompanying carryon luggage (max 5 kg) MUST be advised at time of booking. A weight variance greater than 10% may incur an additional fee. Maximum single seat payload of 130kg.

Additional Information

All product requires a minimum number of passengers to proceed

Eco Certifications

Your camera for some amazing aerial photos

• Children 3 years and older are legally required to occupy their own seat and therefore must pay the per seat price
• Children 0-2 years travel FOC on the lap of a parent / guardian (max 1 per flight).