WELCOME TO
TROPICAL NORTH QUEENSLAND
Run away from winter and into the adventure, culture and lifestyle you’ll never want to give up in Australia’s tropical gateway, Cairns.
PLAN YOUR
TRIP TODAY
The modern and picturesque city of Cairns is tucked between two World Heritage-listed natural playgrounds - the Great Barrier Reef and Wet Tropics Rainforest. One of the most unique and diverse regions in Australia, Cairns & Great Barrier Reef offers visitors an incredibly diverse must-do list of eco-certified touring experiences, local breweries and distilleries, fresh local produce and a relaxed, tropical lifestyle only found in the north!
Whether it’s a gentle run along the 2.5km Cairns Esplanade, a kick start to the day on one of four Red Arrow tracks only 10 minutes from the CBD, or a serious Sunday hike up Queensland’s highest peak, you’ll be spoiled for choice on the hiking and walking trails of the tropical north after testing your mettle at the 7Cairns Marathon Festival!
WHAT TO DO
Snorkel or dive the Great Barrier Reef, laze on a palm-fringed island, or explore the Wet Tropics rainforest with an Indigenous guide and learn about bush medicine and native foods. See the world's oldest living rainforest from a glass gondola, or go bigger: skydive, bungee jump, drift over the Tablelands in a hot air balloon, ride a jetboat or raft the white water.
Then get close to Australia's wildlife. Breakfast with koalas, hand-feed kangaroos, hold a python or watch a crocodile launch out of the water at feeding time.
WHERE TO STAY
Whether you prefer an international hotel in the city, a beachside resort, a retreat in the rainforest, or a tropical island escape, Cairns & Great Barrier Reef has an accommodation option to suit.
Only a 10-minute drive from Cairns Airport, the city centre boasts over 8,000 accommodation rooms including four and five-star hotels and resorts. Those seeking apartment life will enjoy the diversity of self-contained apartments boasting incredible views of the city, water and mountains. The city also features a range of hostels and motels all within walking distance of the marina, local restaurants, bars and night spots.
HOW TO
GET HERE
Cairns & Great Barrier Reef welcomes over 2.4 million visitors each year. Cairns Airport is Australia’s northern gateway and only 10 minutes from the CBD, 25 minutes to the relaxed enclave of Palm Cove, and 55 minutes along the stunning, scenic, Great Barrier Reef Drive to the seaside village of Port Douglas.
The world’s warmest welcome is waiting for you – fringed by the reef, enveloped by rainforest and ringed by the red-dirt of the Outback, Cairns & Great Barrier Reef invites you to escape the southern winter, and run north to the tropics in Australia’s Tropical Gateway.
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