With the choice of three daily departures from Cairns, this Green Island cruise is perfect for visitors with limited time, offering a half or full day experience (up to 7 hours). You will have the choice of a glass bottom boat coral viewing tour or snorkelling equipment.
As a Great Adventures guest, you’ll also be able to enjoy many exclusive inclusions such as the use of the island swimming pool and a self guided eco island walk to discover some of the island’s unique rainforest flora. The island’s well appointed day visitor facilities include a pool bar, plus restaurant and retail outlets. A delicious range of lunch and snacks can be purchased from the island’s food and refreshment outlets. Advanced Ecotourism Certification.
Posted By : Georgie1706
This review is for the Great Barrier Reef Adventure and Green Island Combo.
Early start with departure from the Cairns Reef Fleet Terminal with a 7.30am checkin. Coffee and tea is provided prior to departure to Green Island.
We had two hours on Green Island to wonder around, and swim - there are a couple of shops/cafes but not much else. We then departed for the Outer Barrier Reef platform and enjoyed 3 hours here, with hot and cold buffet included, semi-submarine ride, underwater observatory and time to snorkel.
We headed back to Cairns via Green Island to collect more passengers, returning approx 5.30pm.
Very enjoyable day, learning about the Great Barrier Reef and seeing the amazing amount of marine life.
Highly recommend.
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Posted On : 2024-06-27 05:29:21 
Posted By : Llew_S
A fantastic tour of green island, crocodile feeding time a must see experience. Glass bottom boat trip was a must, an excellent informative guide on boat trip. Nice friendly and informative crew on shuttle journeys between mainland cairns and green island. A well worth and must do experience.
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Posted On : 2024-06-25 15:22:14 
Posted By : Julie_M
The snorkelling was great and we got close to so many amazing fish and turtles - although we had to go pretty far out to see them. Unfortunately the coral was not great but I would still highly recommend. You can hire a life vest if conditions are choppy as you do not have guides that go in to the water with you. Food options are not great and quite pricey so it is best to bring your own. Also the 'morning tea' on the boat is just tea and coffee so make sure to eat beforehand.
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Posted On : 2024-06-15 00:36:07
Posted By : pandsblanck
An amazing day snorkelling with a huge variety of fish and a turtle. Being a solo traveller I chose to swim where the beach had lifeguards. Trip over was rather rough but staff were helpful as the situation allowed. Hopefully can return one day soon
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Posted On : 2024-06-04 04:19:21
Posted By : Mishayla_H
We had the 5 hour day trip booked for snorkeling at green island and by the time to leave rolled around we wished we’d booked the whole day we were having so much fun! Definitely check out the croc feeding too
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Posted On : 2024-05-24 18:39:20
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 20:06:02
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 02:00:00
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 17:59:51
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 20:41:58
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 05:26:57
