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Sunlover Reef Cruises Cairns Great Barrier Reef Experience

Duration: 8 hours
Destination: Australia, Queensland, Cairns & the Tropical North
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  • 8 hours
  • Cairns & the Tropical North
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

Travel by air-conditioned catamaran from Cairns Marina to our Moore Reef Pontoon 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, an kid's enclosed ocean pool, all snorkelling equipment, underwater observatory, fish feeding presentation and a buffet lunch.
The pontoon also features a sundeck to relax in the sun and look out over the turquoise waters in between activities. That's also where you'll find the waterslide - the only theme park waterslide on the reef!

Dial up the adventure and add on optional extras like include Introductory or Certified diving, Seawalker Helmet dive, Guided Snorkel Safari or even a Scenic helicopter flight.

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Great Barrier Reef, Cairns, Queensland Australia

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.

Duration: 4 hours

Inclusions
  • Snorkeling equipment
  • Glass bottom boat tour
  • Sunlover waterslide and spacious sun deck
  • Great Barrier Reef and fish feeding presentations by our marine experts
  • Underwater observatory and ocean enclosed pool
  • Lunch - Buffet. Please advise of any Nut or Seafood Allergies (separate meal prepared)
  • Coffee and/or Tea - While the vessel is stationary
  • WiFi on board
  • Fresh water showers and change rooms
  • Environmental Management Charge (EMC)
  • Entry/Admission - Great Barrier Reef

Exclusions
  • Additional cost: Wetsuit and prescription snorkel mask
  • Snacks - Additional cost: food & drink from the bar
  • 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
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Most travelers can participate
  • Minimum age is 12 years for SCUBA diving and Seawalker Helmet dive
  • Please ensure you bring your dive certification for Certified SCUBA dives
  • All dives are subject to an on board medical checklist, please contact us for more information.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 335 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Departure Point

Sunlover Reef Cruises, Reef Fleet Terminal (Bottom floor, 1 Spence St, Cairns City QLD 4870, Australia


Departure Time

10:00 AM


Return Details

Returns to original departure point

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

8 hours


User's Reviews

Justyna_K

25 Mar, 2024

Amazing from start to finish! Everything was organised very well. Staff was friendly, helpful and informative.

Lacresha_F

04 Mar, 2024

What an amazing experience! We arrived around noon to the pontoon. We enjoyed the glass bottom boat and submarine tour. The lunch was super delicious but our favourite part was a private tour with marine Biologist Chris. This was an extra cost but worth every penny! We seen turtles and parrot fish. Snorkeling in the ropes was just as amazing and not necessary to pay the extra but it was really Awsome extra. The amount of fish and coral was crazy and we seen so many different species!

Aundrae_F

21 Feb, 2024

I booked a day trip flight and no tours started after my scheduled landing time of 8:30a except this one and finished perfectly on time for me to reach the airport and make my afternoon flight of 6:30pm on time. I did the guided snorkel with Chris, he took us beyond the tours limited barriers and showed us all kinds of cool things surrounding the reef. Overall I have told people I would do it again!

HikingDoc

20 Feb, 2024

Let me start by saying several things. First I have done over 30 Trip Advisor reviews and have given only 1 3star review. All others were 4-5 and I rarely criticize, so this is my first 2. We took this excursion from our Royal Carribean Cruise ship. When you do this you pay a premium to be picked up at the cruise ship and delivered to and from your destination only with your fellow passengers and returned on time. At your destination you may share the location with multiple other tourists which is perfectly acceptable and understood. We were to be on the Sunlover's catamaran and sailing by 8:30 with 1.5 hours traveling to Great Barrier Reef. Then 4 hours at the reef leaving at 2 and back to ship by 3:30. We were returned to our ship at 5:45 and missed our dinner reservation. So where to begin to outline the multiple problems. Let's start with incompetence. Within 15 minutes of sailing the crew discovers 4 passengers who are on the wrong excursion. This problem could have been avoided by simply checking our tickets when boarding, which was NOT DONE. It necessitated a stop at Cairns to let these unfortunates off the catamaran. An unnecessary stop you think, BUT NO! Crew realizes they do not have enough food for the passengers at lunch, so they have to bring on more food. How efficient of them. Instead of counting the number of tickets sold in advance and planning appropriately we maximized our waste of time by stopping at Cairns for 2 unnecessary reasons. Despite this by 2:30 they had run out of soda for sale. We next stop at Fitzroy Island for reasons unexplained at the time. It turns out Sunlovers picked up passengers not associated with our RC Cruise. We arrive at the snorkeling pontoon 1/2 hour late at 10:30. The Captain promptly announces we are 30 minutes EARLY! He either assumes we are incapable of elementary school math or is deliberately misleading us. It turns out to be the latter as the published schedule on the pontoon has events going until 3:30 (when we should have back to the cruise ship). Clearly they catered to the other tourists from Fitzroy. RC is already aware of this & I can only hope they contract c another snorkeling company in the future. The problems continue below. No one has an issue c a tour company making a profit but keep in mind we already paid hundreds of dollars for the excursion. Ideally, company profits are the sideline to what, for the tourist should be a memorable day. Once on board there is an almost constant barrage of sales pitches for (IMO) overpriced add on such as guided snorkeling/helicopter rides etc. Perhaps most disturbing though just as we approached open water, which had a very mild chop, the crew not very subtly distributes barf bags while wearing latex gloves. By this point I was not shocked to find Sunlovers has anti sea sickness meds conveniently for sale; accompanied by dire warnings that it won't help if taken when already ill feeling (true). They fail to mention it takes 30 minutes to be fully effective; time we did not have (Yes I am a physician). Lunch was served promptly and to be fair the food was adequate in quantity and taste given our location. However, keeping in mind what we paid for the excursion and ambient temperatures approaching 90 F. there was NOTHING TO DRINK FOR FREE. I have no problem c a charge for wine/beer. But Sunlovers could not find the means to provide complimentary ice tea/lemonade or even water! On returning I realize my cell phone and I did not capture the underwater photos I desired. Reluctantly, but with the help of staff, I located one professional photo of myself snorkeling taken by Sunlovers that I agreed to have printed for a fee of $20 US. For security I had left my credit cards on the ship but I was assured that contactless payment via smart phone and Google pay would work. Sunlovers accepts payment c one of those portable hand held charge card devices. Trepidation began when watching persons cued ahead of me charged via card only to have salesperson take said device, lift it over her head, and begin to vigorously wave the machine until the charge went through somehow. When my turn comes the charge will not process due to no internet connection. Sunlovers has a prominently displayed user ID and password for WIFI. As I began to enter it the clerk informs me not to bother because it doesn't work! So we all wasted our time again. In general, few things annoy me as much as when a company makes it difficult to GIVE THEM MY MONEY! I left without the photo. In closing I gave this review a 2. Reef Snorkeling is a wonder. The young staff works hard and tries to be pleasant. The equipment at the pontoon was adequate for the number of people and was in good shape. Management is fortunate to have an attraction such as the REEF that demands attention and keeps them operational. IMO, their business management style is very off putting. Look elsewhere.

Kami_M

19 Feb, 2024

Staff was great and very informative. They provided a lot of activities. Captain was wonderful. Would highly recomend it

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A MUST DO EXPERIENCE !! FOR ALL AGE GROUPS!! ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR QUEENSLAND HOLIDAY!!

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Great Barrier Reef Experience

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100% Amazing Trip

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Must see

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Great way to view the Barrier Reef.

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Dangerous wind an oven conditions

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Best adventure in Cairns

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View of a Lifetime

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Amazing Day Out

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Great family day out! Highly recommend!

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Good experience and friendly staff

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Our Stuuning Reef

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Fantastic Experience

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Amazing Experience Along the Great Barrier Reef with Andy!

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Nice experience

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Awesome trip

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Beautiful Reef - Amazing for Families and Non-Swimmers

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Everything we expected done very well.

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Impressive trip overall

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Amazing experience with amazing crew.

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Nice team . And helpful . Thanks Mark,Ted and A Chinese lady for the sea walk translator 😘😘😘

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Absolutely stunning day out, the reef brought tears to our eyes!

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Fabulous the best in Cairns

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