Sky high in Cairns
Sky high in Cairns
Posted by Callum Goodall: 23 Apr 2015 @ 12:27:01 - Comments
Whether you are seeking an adrenaline rush or you are looking to get a bird’s eye view of Cairns, there is an air activity that suits you. Hot air ballooning, skydiving, parasailing bungy jumping and what is curiously called jungle surfing tours are all available to you, as well as helicopter and scenic flights.
You really must experience the excitement of soaring over some of the most beautiful scenery in Australia in a helicopter. There are numerous helicopter flight tours available to various scenic attractions and reefs. Heli Charters offer a range of flights to suit all budgets and tastes. These range from a short exhilarating twenty-minute scenic flight to Kuranda rainforest and waterfalls to a sixty minute flight over Green Island, Arlington Reef, Vlasoff Cay, Double Island, Palm Cove, Kuranda and Barron Gorge.
For a change of pace, you might consider hot air ballooning. Raging Thunder’s Hot Air Balloon Flights will project you gently into the heavens and give you an awesome view of the Atherton tablelands. Cairns is particularly suitable to hot air ballooning as the Kuranda Range shields the air from coastal breezes, allowing ballooning to be peaceful and pleasant. Raging Thunder offer a range of packages that allow you to combine hot air ballooning with other activities like Quad biking, Horse riding, taking the Kuranda Skyrail, rafting or travelling to Fitzroy Island. Raging Thunder employ some of Australia’s most experienced balloon pilots and use the biggest commercially flown balloons on earth.
For the more adventurous, tandem skydiving from fourteen thousand feet should get your blood pumping. The team at Skydive Cairns are tandem skydiving specialists and can assist novice and experienced skydivers alike. Prior to your jump, Skydive Cairns will ensure that you get professional instruction from an expert tandem skydiver. The trip itself will take about twenty-five minutes and afford you spectacular views of Cairns, Trinity Inlet, the Rainforest and the Atherton tablelands. When you reach the jump zone, you will be presented with incredible views. You will experience nearly sixty seconds of exhilarating free fall, and then a further five minutes of turns and spirals before landing on Cairn’s largest drop zone.
If daredevil aerial activities appeal to you, perhaps the ultimate thrill is bungy jumping. This test of nerve will have your heart racing as you experience the thrill of falling seemingly unsupported through the air. There are several bungy jumping options and combos around Cairns and tours can be organised to each of them. The AJ Hackett Big Day Out is perhaps the pick of these, offering an unlimited number of bungy jumps, as well as the Minjin jungle swing, which allows you to swing through the jungle at the hair-raising speed of one hundred and twenty kilometres an hour.
Back closer to the ocean, you can experience the special freedom that parasailing brings. NQ Watersports offer packages that allow you to lift off from a deck of a boat built for parasailing. You can soar to a height of three hundred feet and enjoy the views of Trinity Bay before floating back down to the water.
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