Green Island Experience from Cairns: Snorkelling or Glass Bottom Boat Tour

Experience the beauty of Green Island with a choice of snorkelling or a glass bottom boat tour. Limited time? Choose a half or full day option and enjoy exclusive inclusions!

Duration: 12 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Green Island - Green Island is a beautiful 6000 year old coral cay. It’s the only coral cay on the Great Barrier Reef with a rainforest! You will have a choice of snorkel equipment to snorkel from the white sandy beaches or to stay dry and see the island’s reef from the glass bottom boat. Enjoy a walk through the lush rainforest.
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What's Included
  • Use of island swimming pool, exclusive to Great Adventures
  • Self guided island walk
  • Return fast catamaran transfers from Cairns
  • Use of island day visitor facilities
  • Morning tea/coffee served onboard until departure from Cairns
  • Choice of snorkelling equipment (mask, snorkel & fins) or glass bottom boat tour
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop off
  • Optional activities
Additional Information

With an assortment of three trip schedules from Cairns each day, this Green Island excursion caters excellently to tourists on a tight schedule by providing a half or full day (up to 7 hours) adventure. Visitors have the opportunity to choose between a coral-viewing journey through a glass-bottomed boat or snorkelling gear.
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Location
1 Spence St
Spence Street
Important: Please check-in & collect your boarding pass at the Great Adventures Counter inside the Reef Fleet Terminal 45 minutes prior to departure.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Sikander_s
Apr 18, 2025
Great service, we booked... - Great service, we booked green island trip through them and had a great experience.staff is very friendly
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Pius_n
Apr 17, 2025
Glass-Bottom Boat offered... - Glass-Bottom Boat offered quite a view and my partner enjoy the snorkeling. We could see lots of tropical fishes, corals, sting rays, and sea turtles. 3-hour would be too short, I think. We did the 5-hour option.
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Anonymous
Apr 5, 2025
Don't miss this trip! Swim with sea turtles!! - Perfect day trip, don't miss out on snorkeling! The variety of fish is amazing, the corals are bountiful, and the probability to swim with sea turtles is very high! the Island also offers fantastic amenities such as restaurants, bar, changing room, bathrooms, and even the use of the onsite pool!
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Jim_s
Apr 4, 2025
Loved snorkeling - We had an amazing time snorkeling. The corals very beautiful as well as the fish. It was more than we expected
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Robin_b
Apr 30, 2025
The Glass Bottom Boat was... - The Glass Bottom Boat was fun and I was able to see the Reef and Fish. Bring towels and a swim suit for the beach.
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Minhha_n
Apr 19, 2025
Good day out. - Well organised boat trip to Green Island. We enjoyed the glass bottom boat tour and saw many turtles and fish. Afterwards we went for a swim and saw many fish.
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Melanie_b
Apr 1, 2025
Snorkelling or glass bottom boat - We had a lovely day out on Green island. However, we were disappointed that on our arrival on the island the snorkelling got cancelled. Someone in the earlier group had been stung by a jellyfish and was poorly. It is good that we were being kept safe. However there were already quite a few people still in the sea. Clearly these people should have been told to get out too, for their own sake. Fortunately we were able to go on the glass bottom boat as an alternative. Nothing like as good as snorkelling would have been to appreciate the colour of the corals and fish. We also walked around the island's rainforest. Also made use of the swimming pool. Watched sharks from the pier as we waited to board the boat for our return.
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Joann_c
Apr 15, 2025
There were not clear... - There were not clear instructions on how to redeem tickets prior to departure. Also timing on Viator tickets was 2 hours prior to departure, when the tour operator said we had to be there 45 minutes prior to leaving.
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Miguel_g
May 12, 2025
Don’t waste your time. - Most of the reviews i write are positive because when i pick one tour i have done the research to match my preferences. This experience was not good. Green island is overhyped, and unless you do scuba diving, not much to do, as the beach is not that good either. Facilities are dirty, no good food. We took the glass bottom boat tour; it’s too short, the fish we got to see are “artificially” attracted by the boat operator feeding them, and the corals are underwhelming. On the positive side the staff of the catamaran are very good, helpful, cheery and with a contagious enthusiasm.
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Linda_b
Mar 30, 2025
Beach closed...no water activity after we took the water shuttle to the island! - There was an incident and they clised all the beaches at green island just as we arrived. So we couldnt snorkel at the Great Barrier reef which is why we took this tour. The Reef shop said there would be no refunds, not even partial refunds. We did take the glass bottom boat ride for 20 mins...not worth the trip out to the island!
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From $78
up to 8 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).