Great Barrier Reef - Cairns

What's On

  • MV Taka on a refit from 14 February through to 1 March, 2012. 5 Day /4 Night Coral Sea Trips operating again from 2 March.
  • Cairns 5 Day/4 Night Accommodation and Dive Packages now available

MV Taka on a refit from 14 February through to 1 March, 2012. 5 Day /4 Night Coral Sea Trips operating again from 2 March.

MV Taka  Refit from 14 Feb to 1st March.  5 Day/4 Night Coral Sea Trips start again on 2nd March 2012. 4 Day/3 Night trips start again from 2 April, 2012.
Don't miss the chance to swim and snorkel with the Minke Whales during the months of June and July.

Cairns 5 Day/4 Night Accommodation and Dive Packages now available
We are offering the Cairns 3 Day/2 Night Outer Reef Trips in conjunction with a minimum of 2 nights accommodation.   These 5 Day/4 Night Packages are scheduled to depart daily except Mondays. Your departure date will coincide with your day of travel to Cairns and you will board MV Scuba Pro the next day. Please note there is a price change from 1 April and will be uploaded shortly.

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Cairns offers you the Adventures of a Lifetime

Cairns is the international gateway to Tropical North Queensland.With easy access to two of the worlds great treasures, the World Heritage Listed Great Barrier Reef and fragile rain forests of the Daintree and Cape Tribulation,  Cairns has become one of the world's favourite tourist destinations.

Easy to Get To:  Cairns has a busy airport servicing international carriers as well as welcoming passengers from all the states and territories of Australia. The airport is just 20 minutes from the centre of Cairns and the many 5 Star Hotel and Resorts, popular hotel chains and motels as well as the many travellers accommodations. For those who enjoy life on the road, there are several quality Camping Grounds and Caravan Parks to pull into, to make Cairns your temporary home.  There are also Coach and Rail services arriving and departing each day.

Cairns offers easy access to one of the world's most renown diving locations - the Great Barrier Reef  and the Coral Sea- by providing the most popular departure point for  the specialist live aboard dive vessels offering multiple night stays out on the Reef , directly off Cairns as well as exclusive diving and snorkel tours cruising north from Cairns along a series of Reefs known as the Ribbon Reefs to Lizard Island and out to dive the deeper coral sea reefs.  For many you can choose to learn to scuba dive and spend several nights out on the reef to complete your training and to do some fun dives at the same time. Opportunities are available to everyone to experience the Great Barrier Reef including snorkelling and doing an introductory scuba dives from the popular boats offering day trips.

More Adventures provided by professional  Cairns operators include white water rafting, hot air ballooning, parachuting, fishing, sea kayaking helicopter trips to the outer reef.

Seasonality:  Cairns is a 12 month of the year destination and as with all tropical destinations has a wet season (from December through to the end of March).  During this time, the climate is hot and humid and can be subject to cyclones.  Cyclones are unpredictable and fortunately not an every day event.  During the wet season, it is not a windy time of year and most days sea conditions are moderate and the visibility reaching the local average of 10-15 meters.





   

 

Calendar

Below is a Calendar of all the Trips and Course that can be found for Great Barrier Reef - Cairns.

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