There is so much to do in Cairns that it can be difficult to decide how to spend your time. Here are the activities on offer in Cairns that have proved most popular amongst our clients. Whether you’d like to take a scenic ride on the Kuranda Skyrail, get your adrenaline pumping with the AJ Hackett Bungy or explore indigenous history and culture at the Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park, you are sure to find something in this selection of Most Popular Cairns Activities that has received a collective stamp of approval.
What are the most popular things to do in Cairns?
The most popular things to do in Cairns are divided into three segments.
1. The Great Barrier Reef - with so many options we recommend you compare the options on our Cairns Great Barrier Snorkelling page or our Cairns Great Barrier Reef Diving Page which will help you work out which day or overnight boat is the best for you.
2. The historic and world famous Cairns wet tropics Daintree Rainforest which runs right down to the sea. This rainforest is full of amazing native Australia wildlife, waterfalls and world class scenery. There are a number of Cairns rainforest tours which can take you on half or full day cairns rainforest tours.
3. Cairns Action and adventure. Cairns is the perfect location for adventure activities such as Cairns Bungy Jumping, Cairns White Water Rafting and Cairns Skydiving The Bungy Jump in Cairns is the worlds second commercial Bungy and operated by the inventors of modern day Bungy, AJ Hackett. The site is 45m high over water nested in the rainforest. The Cairns Bungy has 16 different jump styles a pumping bar and free transport to and from the site. If you are in Cairns on a Sunday, make sure you head out to their Sunday Session which has live local music.
What is the most popular Cairns Activity & Tour?
According to our customers the most popular tour in Cairns is a Great Barrier Reef company called Deep Sea Divers Den. This company operate Port Douglas Reef Tours and also Cairns Reef Tours, with a number of boats including overnight reef boats and Minke Whale Watching seasonally.
What tours can I do in Cairns that I can’t do anywhere else?
The Kuranda Train and Skyrail experience is very unique to Cairns and will take you over and through the Cairns Daintree Rainforest where you will also see the huge Barron Water Falls. It’s a full day tour that also allows you time to visit and explore the alternative township of Kuranda. This is very popular with families, couples and those wanting to really take in the beauty of the Cairns rainforest. The other uniquely most popular Cairns day tour is the Cairns Jetski Crocodile Spotting Tour. Yes you read right! You can spot crocodiles on Jetski’s and it gets huge positive feedback!
