Sunlover Reef Cruises: An Incredible Great Barrier Reef Experience from Cairns

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Cairns City

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Experience the incredible Great Barrier Reef with Sunlover Reef Cruises. Explore the vibrant coral and marine life, enjoy free inclusions, and add on thrilling optional extras for an unforgettable adventure.

Duration: 8 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Great Barrier Reef - Sunlover’s pontoon at Moore Reef on the Outer Great Barrier Reef is teeming with colourful coral and abundant marine life in every colour of the rainbow.

What's Included

Snorkeling equipment
Sunlover waterslide and spacious sun deck
Glass bottom boat tour
Underwater observatory and ocean enclosed pool
Fresh water showers and change rooms
WiFi on board
Great Barrier Reef and fish feeding presentations by our marine experts
Tea and coffee
Lunch

What's Not Included

Additional cost: Wetsuit and prescription snorkel mask
Snacks
Additional cost: Guided Snorkel Tour, Intro or Certified Diving, Seawalker Helmet Dive, Heli Filghts
Additional cost: professional photos or camera hire
Additional cost: Secure lockers
Additional Cost: Hotel Transfers can be added directly with Sunlover

Additional Information

Travel by air-conditioned catamaran from Cairns Marina to our Moore Reef Pontoon located on the Outer Great Barrier Reef, perfectly positioned and equipped for you to explore this reef that is teeming with colourful coral and fascinating fish.
Spend 4 hours exploring the reef by taking advantage of the free inclusions such as glass bottom boat tours, all…

Location

Sunlover Reef Cruises

Spence Street

The Sunlover reservations desk is inside the Reef Fleet Terminal on the ground floor. All guests must check in and collect their boarding pass between 8:45 am and 9:45 am. (CHECK-IN CLOSES 09:45 - Late check-in may result in the tour being missed with no refund).

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

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Andrew_m

May 15, 2025

Great day & experience. Unwanted extra fees - Greta day our and amazing sights on the reef. This was one of our highlights of an entire Australia trip and is highly recommended. My one complaint is that you need to ay for everything over and above the ticket outside of your lunch. Soft drinks, snacks, even a locker for valuables (this one was most frustrating) and a guided snorkel tour along with any photos. It just felt like we had to pay additional fees for anything

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Escape558817

Apr 6, 2025

Great Barrier Reef - Loved this experience. Lots to do and the staff were very helpful. They explained everting well and we got to snorkel in the Great Barrier Reef. What an adventure

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Narelle_w

Apr 3, 2025

Wonderful chance to see the Great Barrier up close - A wonderful day out, with so much to see and do and enjoy for every member of the family. The boat ride out and back from the reef was very relaxing. The glass bottom boat ride was also very enjoyable. We had a lovely lunch sitting on the pontoon. We loved snorkelling and were lucky enough to see the sea turtles up close as well as all the other colourful fish and coral. We will going back to Cairns in the future and will redo this amazing day on our next trip. So much still to see and do and experience.

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Davigeta

Mar 24, 2025

The Great Barrier Reef! - This tour took us by boat to Moore Reef. The company has a pontoon boat in this area. We spent 4 hours on the reef. We did not go snorkeling, but the glass-bottom boat tour was fantastic. We saw giant clams, and beautiful coral formations and fish. They had a submersible craft as well, but on the day we went it was very disappointing. We saw almost nothing and boiled in the heat for 20 minutes. They have an observatory area as well. This was very good, but hot. A good buffet lunch was served. Overall, a great experience.

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Mardinj

May 10, 2025

Very good with a few caveats - I gave this a very good rating because the crew was diligent about counting us before and after the water activities, they were honest about the water conditions (and recommended dramamine for the boat ride), they were always helpful, the lunch offerings were excellent, the glass bottom boat marine life that we saw was well described by the staff member, and the equipment for snorkeling: stinger suits, mask, snorkel and flippers were very good. The Moore Reef is beautiful and has many corals and fish. BUT I didn’t like snorkeling with so many people! The boat holds 200 and it seemed like 100 were in the water. This made getting into the water and out of it somewhat unpleasant and required patience. Also you may be kicked by someone when snorkeling. I was. And it takes over an hour to arrive at the reef.

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Josephine_b

Apr 9, 2025

Great Day Out! - We had a great day out today, Sunlover were super organised and made it easy to get tickets and board. The seas were a bit choppy today, but have to say the way the crew handled this was amazing. Special mention to Chelsea who was so attentive and a very caring person. Despite all that she was doing to help many people all at the same time - she kept a smile on her face, nothing was too much trouble. Thank you Sunlover and Chelsea..

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Paul_s

May 4, 2025

This is one of the few... - This is one of the few ways for people to see the reef; if you’re an experienced scuba diver, you might try a different tour. This is a very large group of people, the instructions over the loudspeakers were barely audible over the noise of most people not paying attention, and I suspect many of the guests didn’t understand English anyway. As a result, the experience on the platform was quite chaotic trying to collect and don equipment, and return it afterwards. The area of reef we were allowed to swim was fairly restricted. That being said, the reef was in surprisingly good shape, with numerous fish.

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J_s

Apr 21, 2025

Be prepared for crowds - It was an overcrowded and unpleasant experience being crammed with 300 other people on the pontoon. That number of people on a single pontoon meant mad rushes for everything - whether stinger suits, masks or the buffet lunch. The toilets on board were not too clean at the start of the excursion and positively disgusting by the end. There were signs of lack of maintenance visible everywhere, from the thick algae on the underwater glass viewing windows to the broken toilet door locks.

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Karima_d

Apr 26, 2025

Awful - The worst cruise I’ve ever been on. The staff were unfriendly and rushed, mothers were spoken to rudely because their children were walking around, and one staff member even tried to speak badly to me, almost ruining an already expensive day. Save yourself the trouble and choose something much better.

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