Experience the best Reef Boat in Cairns with Down Under Dive's Great Barrier Reef tour, and travel onboard the most luxurious super-yacht, EVOLUTION, to the Outer Great Barrier Reef.
Experience the best day at the Outer Great Barrier Reef from Cairns. The large modern vessel provides a superior ride to protected reef locations. Discover the magic of the Great Barrier Reef and explore two outer reef sites snorkelling. Down Under Cruise and Dive have selected their outer reef locations based on variety and bottom contours, to provide the best experience for experienced snorkelers, beginners and children of all ages.The outer reef locations, Norman Reef or Saxon Reef, are usually visited in the morning, before making our way to North Hastings Reef in the afternoon to explore this second reef site.
Enjoy snorkelling at both reef sites with all snorkelling equipment and tuition provided or add some adventure to your day with a variety of our optional activities including up to 3 introductory or certified scuba dives, semi-submarine or marine biologist tours and helicopter scenic flights.
You will be treated to a generous full BBQ lunch with prawns, steak, fish and a variety of salad options (special dietaries also catered for), and a complimentary glass of wine with cheese and biscuits on the return journey as you cruise back to Cairns.
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Departure Location: Reef Fleet Terminal Building (1 Spence Street Cairns) at the Down Under Dive check-in counter. You can make your own way there or book transfers.
Transfers: Please arrange with the operator after booking - $23pp from Cairns City and $34pp from Outer City and Northern Beaches and $99pp from Port Douglas (min 2 passengers required).
All prices are shown in AUD ($)
We headed out on Evolution for our second time yesterday and had an amazing day! Weather was rough but it didn’t matter, scuba intro dive was magic and the staff were awesome 😎 snorkeling was so much fun with so many different beautiful fish and coral to see. Lunch was delicious and enough that no one could possibly go hungry and then there were the photos taken by the onboard photographer… absolutely incredible and the best souvenir for a day at the reef
Great crew, incredible yacht that’s well maintained and clean. Lunch and some snacks provided.
For someone how has never been snorkeling, it was probably the most terrifying experience ever. From the get go, so many passengers were throwing up. The anti nausea pills did absolutely nothing for us. 4 hours after the pill we were still throwing up multiple times. Once in the water, tour instructor was not too engaging or encouraging at all. Both of us were given the wrong gear and were drowning in our own mask. 2nd time was the charm were we could actually see under water with our mask.and it was absolutely beautiful.The coming back part was the worst ,the yacht kept tilting from one angle to the other. It was even hard to walk without tripping over.
If you are looking for a nice trip to the outer Great Barrier Reef then I would suggest you to book with a different company. Staff is not really friendly and tries to sell you everything for half an hour straight. Diving was also not the best experience due to the instructor. Way too many people (160+) and unfunny jokes from a wannabe comedian asian worker running around the boat to annoy the customers. Really really disappointing and expensive for what you get so book a smaller, cheaper and better experience with someone else that is not like „hey we have the biggest and coolest and most luxurious superyacht in the entire Great Barrier Reef“ and then at the end of the trip „yeah it is a big boat but still locally run so please make advertisement for us🤡“
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Matthew Limbert from New Zealand wrote on 06 September 2022
Great reef experience
A very well organised company with great crew.