Atherton Tablelands, Waterfalls and Rainforest Tour from Cairns

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Duration:10 hours to 12 hours (approx.)
Location: Cairns & the Tropical North, Queensland

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Take a full day tour, and explore the very best of North Queensland. From lush tropical rain-forests and cascading waterfalls, to natural rock-slides come visit this beautiful part of Tropical North Queensland. Filled with fun, full of laughter and music with just the right amount of interesting local commentary. Your guide is the most knowledgeable and passionate in the region. We'll provide you with morning tea and lunch is included along with loads of information and to keep you entertained on the bus.

This is a group tour with a maximum of 27 people per bus.

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1. Waterfall Wanderers
A full day tour for the young and the young at heart! Swim and explore the numerous stunning waterfalls of the Atherton Tablelands including morning and afternoon tea and lunch.
2. Babinda Boulders
Our first stop for the day is Babinda Boulders, this is a very well-known location as it is a significant place for the local indigenous people. During the 45 minutes here we will show you around the amazing site and tell you the history and legends of the boulders - there are a few spooky stories! This is considered one of Cairns' must visit spots especially during times of heavy rain the strength of the water passing through the boulders has to be seen to be believed!
3. Josephine Falls
Next stop (and our first swimming spot!) is Josephine Falls! A short walk on an even pathway will bring you through the rainforest to the crystal clear waters and natural rock slide of the falls! Slip and slide down, cool off in the blue water or take advantage of the stunning scenery and take a few photos.
4. Millaa Millaa Falls
Next we will head up the Palmerston Highway onto the Atherton Tablelands to the most photographed waterfall in Australia! Millaa Millaa Falls are known worldwide for it's inclusion in the Herbal Essences and Qantas adverts. Here is the place to try the iconic hair flick or get a natural massage from the water cascading over the falls. World Famous and a must see on the Tablelands!
5. Malanda
A well earned rest is coming up next, with lunch at Top Rail. Lunch is included but you can also purchase additional drinks if you like and take a break from the swimming.
6. Curtain Fig National Park
See this magnificent Strangler Fig Tree and perhaps be lucky enough to see the eluisive Lumholtz Tree Kangaroo
7. Lake Eacham Crater Lakes National Park
Our last swim for the day is at Lake Eacham. Lake Eacham is a beautiful volcanic Crater Lake-heated from within and maintaining a steady 27 degrees water temperature all year round! Deep blue waters will certainly tempt you in for one last swim. Spot turtles in the shallows or just lay back and enjoy the last golden sunlight of the day. Your Guide will also serve afternoon tea here before starting the trip back down the Gillies Range to Cairns.

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Posted By : Phoebe_H
Very good trip. Do think it’s slightly weather dependent. Our guide was lovely and very informative and I felt reassured with her safety knowledge but quite expensive for what it is.
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Posted On : 2024-06-29 17:34:39

Posted By : hetc2024
We got the best guide ever. Jabyn i guess was his name lot of great views and falls brief knowledge about plants location such an awesome trip.
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Posted On : 2024-06-21 10:28:50

Posted By : RooKev
Fabulous day trip with Oscar as our guide. His knowledge and enthusiasm in sharing was hugely entertaining, we had the best day out of our whole trip.
All the sites we visited were outstanding in their own way, with just enough time to walk and/or swim.
Bus was well appointed and everything ran to time. Highly recommend!
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Posted On : 2024-06-21 06:12:15

Posted By : Bixuan_L
Great experience - would recommend to friends. Our tour guide Orion did a great job during the day. The ride to the falls was long, but he filled it with his knowledge of local areas and his personal stories interacting with the wild lives here. He made sure everyone feel comfortable to go into the water and offered support and encouragent to me, a not very confident swimmer, to have a swim in one of the falls. It worthed it. And that became the highlight of my multiple days tour in Cairns. Thank you :)
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Posted On : 2024-06-14 00:35:54

Posted By : 906becca
O'Brien was an amazing guide! The sites were fabulous, his narrative interesting, the activities were fun. We were entertained the whole time. Even though we had many stops, it did not seem rushed. Overall a spectacular, must do tour.
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Posted On : 2024-06-12 11:25:52

Posted By : Shivangi_S
Give it a go if you love swimming in clear water. I am not a swimmer but I enjoyed the tour since I would not have been able to visit all the places on my own.
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Posted On : 2024-06-10 17:14:20

Posted By : IAN_S
The tour guide made the trip very enjoyable and she drove safely. Fortunately it was a sunny day which made the scenery very good for photography.
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Posted On : 2024-06-06 23:31:31

Posted By : Wendy_M
Beautiful waterfalls, impressive rainforest, nice lunch.

Guide Carlos wants to entertain the group and with that loves to talk about himself which might be a bit too much. But I have to admit, they are good stories and beside that he also knows a lot about the indigenous and the rainforest. So it was a nice day!
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Posted On : 2024-05-29 21:13:39

Posted By : D73SKphilj
We went with the company Wait a While and enjoyed an excellent afternoon and evening nature exploration walk. The tour was in a minibus, had a maximum number of 9 (I think - but we were only 6 ;0) and included an evening meal in a typical ‘pub’ (as hotels are called in Australia!?). A short walk in the rainforest was excellent and we all learned a lot including why a fairly common plant is nicknamed ‘Wait a While’! During the afternoon we spotted quite a few animals in the wild including the famous and rare duck billed platypus (yay!). Good binoculars - a pair each for everyone in the party - were provided for the whole day as well as umbrellas when it rained. We didn’t see as much as we had hoped for in the evening but think the rain may have caused some animals to shelter!?
The overall view of everyone - including some people we didn’t know from other countries - was excellent and well worth doing.
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Posted On : 2024-05-21 09:02:15

Posted By : zooploop42
Really incredible. The tour guides were fun and stopped at each spot depending how long the people on the tour wanted to stay, maximizing what everyone wanted to do. I forgot their names, but the guides working on May 08th were loads of fun, we even got an opera solo. Definetly bring your swimmers!
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Posted On : 2024-05-15 10:34:53