It’s very easy to visit the Daintree Rainforest from Cairns and we would suggest you take a full day to see the oldest rainforest on Earth. You can self-drive to the Daintree from Cairns, or you can book a tour. This post covers your options for seeing the Daintree Rainforest and Daintree National Park as …
Cairns
Cairns, Cairns Australia or Cairns Queensland is a city on the northeast coast of Australia. It is a popular holiday destination and one of the gateways to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
Cairns
What is there to do in Cairns?
There are many things to see and do in and around Cairns. The short list is below, see our full posts for more details.
- Visit the Great Barrier Reef or Islands nearby to swim, snorkel or scuba dive.
- Visit many waterfalls, lakes, and fresh water swimming holes in the region.
- Tour the Atherton Tablelands, see wineries, dairies, chocolate, coffee and banana farms.
- Head a little north to Port Douglas, Mossman Gorge, and the Daintree Rainforest.
- Visit Kuranda, a rainforest village accessible by cable car, road, or steam train.
- North of Cairns you will find the Northern Beaches.
- Visit many tourist attractions such as the Cairns Aquarium and Cairns Wakeboarding.
- Fishing and seafood are popular in this region. Even Marlin fishing in season.
- Get to see wild or captive saltwater crocodiles.
The best time to visit Cairns is broadly considered to be Australia’s cooler months, thus avoiding the wet season, tropical cyclones, and stinger season. If you’d prefer to avoid these natural phenomena, you should visit between May and October, these are the months many people consider “ideal” for visiting Cairns. However, you can visit Cairns …
Cairns with kids. Fun things to do in Cairns with kids. In this post, we cover family-friendly things to do in Cairns for a family holiday or vacation. Both in Cairns, and near Cairns. Child-pleasing and family-friendly things to do in Cairns Australia. We already published our guide to things to do in Cairns, now …
What’s it like to learn to scuba dive? Our post covers the basics of scuba certification and follows my son learning to dive in Cairns, Australia and on the Great Barrier Reef with Divers Den, a local dive school and scuba operator. Yes, kids can scuba dive too, but how old do they need to …
Cairns has numerous great attractions within easy reach of the city and CBD but there are also loads of things to do in the surrounding area. We’re local travel bloggers, we live just outside Cairns when we’re not travelling the world, so we really enjoyed putting this Cairns travel blog section together for you. In …
Cairns, Australia, is one of the stepping off points for snorkelling the Great Barrier Reef, but is there a beach in Cairns? No, actually, there’s not in Cairns City itself. There is a pretty esplanade walkway and a narrow strip of sand but mostly Cairns has a busy estuary and salt water crocodiles, big ones. …
Looking for a foodie treat in Cairns or this area of Far North Queensland? I’ve posted about London’s Borough Market before, well this is our local version when we’re at home in Port Douglas. Rusty’s Market Cairns is not to be missed! Rusty’s Market Rusty’s Market is fabulous, every type of fruit and veg you …
Healthy, Delicious Paleo Food In Cairns. We’ve just been on a mission to try the new cafe serving paleo food in Cairns. It’s an hour in the car from Port Douglas to Cairns, a long way to go for lunch, but I was really excited to try out the Paleo Cafe on Grafton St. Cairns. …