Cruise to Green Island from Cairns and find a tropical paradise on the Great Barrier Reef. You'll spend either four or five hours at Green Island, with plenty of time to snorkel, tour the reef on a glass-bottom boat or view coral from a semi-submersible submarine.
Posted By : delphinium
Very interesting experience. Never did any part of the Great Barrier Reef and this was a good starting point. Boat ride was pleasant and all the crew was helpful and informative. Especially whoever the young men were who gave my girls very good snorkeling areas to go to! Green island was a surprise for us, had no idea the smell would be so horrendous. One of the employees informed us that it was the bird urine that pretty much is everywhere. Beyond bad. But you deal with it for the experience. Next time i will definitely go out of port Douglas to a spot further out. Like i said a great introductory.
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Posted On : 2024-07-01 01:17:45 
Posted By : April_F
This was fun! Especially if you are not really going to snorkel the reef. We went on a beautiful day and did a full day tour. The boat stays at the dock all day so it’s easy to come and go from the island. There is a small shopping area but it was hard to spend time there because there is a smell that is all around that is very unappealing. My understanding is the smell comes from a type of tree that grows on the island. The day we went there was a very low tide so it was difficult to snorkel without hurting the coral or getting cut by the coral. Overall it was a good tour. Everyone was friendly and the service was great. Simi submersible sub allowed use to see the reef and a lot of wonder fish. I saw a sea turtle in the sub and from the boat. The only thing that could have made it better would have been more information on wear to find stuff in the island like beach chairs for hire and island tours etc.
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Posted On : 2024-06-26 22:27:20 
Posted By : Jennifer_M
We enjoyed walking around Green Island. Seeing the fish, turtles & corals. The ferry staff were very friendly and helpful.
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Posted On : 2024-06-25 02:26:58
Posted By : allenpA7060CQ
We went on Fri 31 May 2024.
Big Cat Green Island Reef Cruise - Included Cairns to Green Island on the Big Cat, and we added the Glass Bottomed boat trip at the Island, and we added a meal at the Island Resort into the mix.
Pickup was from a location 50m from where we were staying. Pickup and drop-off were on-time.
Scenery was fantastic views of the islands, with the captain filling in the history and facts.
The glass bottom boat was a real treat - the Captain was local and has deep insight into the reef, the fish, weather influence, and more.
There is a long walk on the island, we did this.
There is also the Marineland Melanesia - Crocodile Habitat & Gift Shop that should not be misses - be in time for the Croc Feeding. The Guide explains a lot about the turtles and the crocs there. Cassius is the largest croc in captivity.
The Emerald Restaurant meal at the Resort was quite acceptable (we were a bit late, they accommodated us, but could only offer the burger on the menu - we accepted graciously and enjoyed it.
A great day outing!!! Worth every cent. Memorable.
Highly recommended!!!
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Posted On : 2024-06-17 06:10:47
Posted By : BMIhonestfeedback
this was my least favourite of all tours I have taken in the past year.
snorkeling was very disappointing. all I saw was green grass basically. not many fish and very little coral. also did recent snorkeling tours in Bali and Okinawa which were significantly better.
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Posted On : 2024-06-16 14:18:17
Posted By : Paul_T
Wow what a tour. Recommend to everyone who comes up here to do this. Was just simply amazing. Did the Snorkel Safari add on with Kayla our lovely guide and was out of this world the views down there. Such a great day. Cheers to Big Cat. Will do again.
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Posted On : 2024-06-07 06:03:22
Posted By : Josephine_S
Everyone was helpful and polite. The staff were extremely knowledgable- Caitlin was brilliant on the glass bottom boat giving us lots of interesting facts about the coral and marine life.
A day never to be forgotten.
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Posted On : 2024-06-05 16:15:44
Posted By : Barry_R
The trip was good but not great - the disappointment was the Great Barrier Reef. Green Island is a truly idyllic place and the trip was very well organised however we opted to snorkel to see the reef and wished we'd opted for the glass bottom boat. We waded out 50m or more from the shore but the sea was only approximately 1.0m deep and the reef at this depth looked like bleached shingle. I accept its climate change causing this but I suggest you have to snorkel where the sea is at least 2-3m deep to see the true colours of the reef.
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Posted On : 2024-05-28 13:13:56
Posted By : ameliebankes
Really cool island- only criticism is that we had a lot of time there- was struggling to find things to do by the end also as a solo traveller snorkelling by yourself can be daunting!
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Posted On : 2024-05-27 03:15:17
Posted By : DEBBIE_H
It rained while we were on the excursion. We wanted to go back early, but there was not a ferry to go back. Sat in the rain for 90 minutes.
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Posted On : 2024-05-07 16:41:45
