School Holidays

The school holiday periods in Australia are classed as peak season for travel thus we always recommend that you book your holiday accommodation for these periods at least 6-12 months in advance to ensure you secure the exact style of resort, holiday home or apartment to suit your needs.

For day tours and attractions we recommend you book your Great Barrier Reef tour at the time of making your accommodation booking and if necessary as the time gets closer to your arrival we can move the dates (within cancellation policy) should the weather not be suitable or for other reasons.

Cairns tours and Port Douglas tours book out well in advance for school holiday periods. If staying in Palm Cove you can book a tour that also provides coach transfers so you have no need for a rental car whilst on holiday. 

You can normally be pretty safe to book your reef trips a minimum of 4 weeks prior to arrival and as above we can move the travel dates if totally necessary.

Cairns Tours & Attractions - Half Day Tours

Lot's of families that visit Cairns and Port Douglas love to enjoy half day tours when they have a tribe of younger children or are travelling with older grandparents and our Cairns tours offer a wide range of activites for all on the half day tour options.

For Great Barrier Reef tours on Christmas Day these will need to be booked very early as there are not too many boats on the reef due to the high costs of wages for staffing in Australia. Can you imagine what your kids will say when you tell them you are spending Christmas Day snorkelling and scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef?

Rental cars are at a premium during school holiday periods so again if you feel you need a rental car book well in advance.  Keep in mind all the day tours can pick up from the major hotels and resorts.  

Cairns has two seasons one called the “dry season” and one called the “green season”. A lot of visitors choose between these two seasons to travel to North Queensland. Over the green season the weather is the same as you would experience in Bali, Fiji and other Pacific Ocean countries and the dry season has less rain but does have some windy days which can affect your Great Barrier Reef experience. 

Call our Tour Specialists team on 1300 761 612 to discuss your school holiday plans for your next trip to Cairns and Tropical North Queensland Australia. We are here in Cairns 7 days a week and happy to help book the right family day tours and attractions for your next school holiday break. 

Search your school holiday dates and public holiday dates for Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales, Canberra, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

There are so many things to do and things to see in Cairns and Port Douglas for families during the school holidays. 

Courtesy of Tourism Tropical North Queensland"