Port Douglas Holiday Accommodation Apartments

Below are the best tours and activities for you while exploring Port Douglas and the Daintree Rainforest. Please book or enquire about these with our tour desk. Ph. +61 7 4099 4555 or enquire below.

All prices are subject to change without notice. Please check with our tour desk for latest prices. 

Poseidon's high cruising speed takes you to the VERY OUTER EDGE of the Great Barrier Reef, to superb, completely unspoilt reefs at the Agincourt Ribbon Reefs - DEPARTS DAILY at 8:30am returns 4:30pm.
Poseidon caters for Snorkellers, Introductory & Certified Scuba Divers,GUIDED SNORKEL TOURS are offered - small groups, LIMITED PASSENGER NUMBERS with high crew/passenger ratio for personalised service and individual attention, Reef interpretation talk by a Marine Biologist , EASY ACCESS to WATER: 8m wide level duckboard, Spacious air conditioned bar/saloon area, Large sun & covered deck areas, Superb TROPICAL BUFFET LUNCH, morning & afternoon teas, Multilingual staff - assistance in German, French, Italian & Spanish.

A $6.00 per person Environmental Management Charge is payable on check in.

Ocean Safari offers an exhilarating ride to snorkel the pristine untouched Great Barrier Reef off the Daintree Coast at Cape Tribulation.  This half day eco tour visits two different snorkel destinations, each with an extraordinary array of marine life and coral species.  After a fast ride of approximately 25 minutes, guests are ready to snorkel two fabulous locations at Mackay and Undine Reefs.  On most days the rainforest can be seen along the mainland beach whilst snorkelling the Great Barrier Reef, home to an abundance of marine life as well as beautiful hard and soft corals.

Travel with Australia's most awarded reef cruise company. With a choice of day trips or extended cruising options, it's the ultimate way to see nature's finest in absolute comfort and style. Quicksilver has become a highly sophisticated company with a fleet of eleven of the most advanced Australian made cruising vessels. Quicksilver Connections has been voted Australia's best tour operator, but we can only take half the credit. Nature provides the reef and we're proud to take you to where the very best of nature's work is found.

Agincourt Ribbon Reef - Daily Outer Reef Cruise ...
For your experience of a lifetime, Quicksilver's friendly crew will take you to a reef at the very edge of Australia's Continental Shelf, to an underwater world that is a dazzling kaleidoscope of colour and brilliance.

Low Isles - Daily Great Barrier Reef Island Sailing ...
Sailing aboard 'Wavedancer' to the Great Barrier Reef island of your dreams, lying under a palm thatched umbrella, then slipping into the water to drift over coral gardens alive with brilliantly coloured fishes.

An additional $5.50 per person Environmental Management Charge is payable directly on check in.

Outer Barrier Reef Cruise For your experience of a lifetime, Quicksilver's wavepiercing catamarans and friendly crew will take you to a reef at the very edge of Australia's Continental Shelf, to an underwater world that is a dazzling kaleidoscope of colour and brilliance. Choose to dive, snorkel, or stay dry and explore the stunning reef from the comfort of a Quicksilver semi-sub, just one metre underwater.

no.     Adult $AUD 219.00 Child (4-14) $AUD 109.50 Family (2A + 2C) $AUD 547.50

Snorkelling and Diving Trip - Silver Series -including cruise Silver Series offers day snorkelling and diving trips, with daily departures from Cairns and Port Douglas to the Great Barrier Reef. Explore stunning outermost Great Barrier Reef locations in superb style and comfort with the Silver Series, custom-designed for the thrill of diving and adventure snorkelling. Choose from Port Douglas-based Silversonic or Cairns-based Silverswift.

no.     Adult - Introductory Snorkelling Tour our with Marine Biologist $AUD 54.00 Child - Introductory Snorkelling Tour our with Marine Biologist AUD$ 27.00 Adult - Introductory Snorkelling Tour our with Marine Biologist AUD$ 155.00 Child - Advanced Snorkelling Tour our with Marine Biologist AUD$ 42.00 Introductory Dive $AUD 155.00 Certified Diving - 1 dive $AUD 110.00 Certified Diving - 2 dives AUD$ 155.00

Ocean Walker Now as a non-swimmer, you can see the reef up close during a helmet `dive`. Breathing fresh air delivered from the surface into your helmet, you will walk underwater on a reef platform - you can even wear your glasses if you wish!

no.     Adult or child (equipment provided) $AUD 155.00

Scenic Helicopter Flight ... 10 minute Reef Scenic Flight For an even more spectacular perspective of the jewel like ribbon reefs, a ten minute helicopter flight is available from platforms moored at Agincourt Reef.

no.     Person $AUD 148.00

Scenic Helicopter Flight ... Outer Barrier Reef Experience Fly between Cairns, Beaches, Port Douglas and Agincourt Reef - the perfect finishing touch to your total reef experience. Helicopter one way and Quicksilver cruise one way.

no.     Person (from Port Douglas) $AUD 390.00 Person (from Cairns and resorts) $AUD 460.00

Cruise on The Silversonic - the fastest vessel to the reef, you'll enjoy over 5 hours exploring the delights of this underwater world. At Agincourt ribbon reef, you'll have access to exclusive dive and snorkel sites, Visiting 3 different sites so you can choose 3 certified dives 2 introductory dives or 3 different adventure snorkel locations.

With numerous reef locations available, each site offers a new experience, selected for its unique variety of marine life and corals. In between water activities, relax on the expansive sundecks overlooking the Coral Sea.

Imagine sailing aboard Wavedancer to the Great Barrier Reef island of your dreams, lying under a palm thatched umbrella, then slipping into the water to drift over coral gardens alive with brilliantly coloured fishes... Low Isles

Set like a jewel in a Great Barrier Reef lagoon, Low Isles is an idyllic, unspoilt coral island that appeals to everyone. And why not, when this is everyone’s idea of a secluded tropical paradise! The wide, sandy beach and clear, calm lagoon waters are ideal for swimming, snorkelling and families.

Visitors are limited to protect the reef’s ecology, so you’ll experience this island heaven with a select few. So Relax - the whole of this beautiful, palm fringed island beach is yours to explore and enjoy.

Experience the ultimate in luxury sailing and snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef with an Aquarius reef cruise from Port Douglas to Low Isles.

Aquarius is a 62ft vessel carrying a maximum of 23 guests on a unique and personalised reef experience daily from Port Douglas.

Guests enjoy swimming and snorkelling amongst spectacular marine life including green turtles, parrotfish and fusiliers in the tranquil waters of the Low Isles lagoon.

For a unique holiday experience in tropical North Queensland, watch the sun setting over the mountains of the Daintree Rainforest while indulging in pure relaxation on an Aquarius Sunset Cruise from Port Douglas.

Departing from Meridien Marina Mirage at 4.45pm, our 1.5 hour sail over the Coral Sea creates a memory that will last a life time.

Sailaway IV is a state-of-the-art luxury sailing catamaran.  Built in France, this Lagoon 500 is the ideal vessel to experience the thrill of sailing and snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef.

Sailaway moors in the sheltered blue lagoon of Low Isles for over 5 hours.  Guests can explore this protected Coral Cay, with white sandy beaches and coconut palms, surrounded by magnificent coral gardens and the Coral Sea, and history dating back to 1878.

The lagoon is alive with fragile corals and marine life, making it the ideal place to snorkel.  A Guided Snorkel Tour with our Marine Naturalist is offered along with a Guided Glass Bottom Boat tour with reef interpretation from the Skipper.  Guests can choose to swim or relax and laze on the deck after a superb gourmet buffet luch, before sailing back to Port.

Enjoy Low Isles - Our Special Place.

Synergy Reef Sailing offers a FULL DAY LUXURY SAIL & SNORKEL CRUISE for a maximum of twelve pampered passengers on board Synergy II. Departing daily, this is a spectacular and memorable day with a difference. Synergy is also available for private charter seven days a week.

This exclusive, luxury boat will whisk you off to a dynamic reef ecosystem bursting with a huge variety of exciting marine life including over 1500 species of fish and 460 varieties of coral.

Situated on the magnificent coastal drive between the popular destinations of Palm Cove and Port Douglas. Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures is located on the Captain Cook Highway, 40 km north of Cairns and 25 km south of Port Douglas.Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures is the best place to see crocodiles and native wildlife in Tropical North Queensland. Set in the foothills of the MacAlister Range, in a World Heritage listed area, Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures is home to a range of habitat types including melaleuca wetlands, riverine rainforest and eucalypt woodland.

Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures provides an innovative approach to viewing and interacting with wildlife, enabling visitors to become immersed in a natural environment with safety. A series of timber boardwalks provide elevated viewing of wildlife as visitors journey through a range of natural habitats.

Skyrail Rainforest Cableway, Cairns Australia, is a world first in environmental tourism taking you on an amazing experience over Australia’s World Heritage listed Tropical Rainforest canopy and deep into the forest.

The Skyrail experience, spanning 7.5kms over pristine rainforest, allows you to explore the wonders of an ancient tropical rainforest and learn about one of the most botanically fascinating and diverse areas on earth.

A leader in its field of wildlife immersion exhibits, the award winning Rainforest Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary provides visitors with a chance to observe up close a huge range of flora and fauna. Visitors can wander the 8 acres of the sanctuary through 3 different, unique environments with around 1200 animals & over 120 species of the surrounding rainforest, wetlands and grasslands. Hand feed kangaroos, wallabies & ducks, hold a koala or a snake and get up close to crocodiles. View the endangered Southern Cassowary, the rare Lumholtz’s tree kangaroo, frogs, turtles, lizards and so much more. Interact with an array of water birds, cockatoos, kookaburras, emus, pelicans, parrots and a multitude of bird species.

A great way to explore not only Port Douglas Australia but also the region surrounding it.  The rainforest, beaches, tablelands and of course the village of Port Douglas itself.

Hire a scooter or motorcycle and explore, more fun than a rental car and the freedom to tour wherever.  The latest models of motor bikes & scooters available from PORT DOUGLAS Motor Bike & Scooter Hire.

Only a car licence is required fo 50cc scooters - helmets supplied.

Bike licence is required for all bikes over 50cc - helmets and gloves required.

SUNPALM TRANSPORT moves people. It operates a seat-in-coach service transferring people primarily to and from airport, shipping, train and bus terminals to their hotels or accommodation houses between Cairns, Palm Cove, Port Douglas and Cape Tribulation.
SUNPALM TRANSPORT also operates local shuttle services around
Port Douglas at 15 minute intervals throughout the day between the hours of 0700hrs to 2300hrs. In addition, it operates Limousines and Coach Charters from Mission Beach to Cape Tribulation. 
 
AIRPORT DESK
SUNPALM AUSTRALIA COACH is the only licensed operator at Cairns International Airport. The company’s three airport desks are attended by competent, friendly staff for all major arriving flights 7 days a week. The desk is well signed with exclusive kerbside pickups providing passengers with seamless travel from the aircraft to their holiday destinations.

Located in beautiful Port Douglas, the gateway to Tropical North Queensland. Sea Temple Golf & Country Club offers an opportunity for people to relax and enjoy the magnificent rainforest backdrops and the traditional game of golf.

The course has been voted in the top 50 public access courses in Australia (The Golf Course Guide) and been ranked in the Top 6 Links-style Golf Courses in the country.

The Sea Temple Golf & Country Club is a true tropical links-style course, featuring the wonderful contrast of the Great Barrier Reef and the World Heritage listed Daintree Rainforest.

Tony`s Tropical Tours offers the best in luxury day touring to the Daintree Rainforest, Mossman Gorge, Cape Tribulation and Bloomfield Falls.

Be guided in the privacy of a small group in a luxury vehicle visiting this world heritage listed area with exclusive Daintree Rainforest and Cape Tribulation locations.
We assure you of an inspiring Daintree Rainforest eco experience, whether you
travel as far as Cape Tribulation via Mossman Gorge or venture north to the
Bloomfield Falls.

De Luxe Safari drivers .. your hosts .. have extensive naturalist experience in this amazing area. They ensure you really do enjoy and relax on your VIP safari. Rated as the most successful personalised safari services operating out of Port Douglas, your safari drivers look forward to showing you the rainforest and outback of Australia.

Cape Tribulation, Mossman Gorge and the Daintree National Park.
Operating within the Wet Tropics World Heritage area of the Daintree rainforest, Super Deluxe : a custom built luxury 4WD - offers the ultimate nature based adventure.

Simple the best day tour out of Port Douglas. 

The name Norseman is a household name in Port Douglas and with a brand-new vessel they are expanding their reputation and the opportunity to catch quality fish on the Great Barrier Reef.

Norseman is a second generation family-owned business, now in its 23rd year of operation.

2005 saw the launch of the 'new' Norseman, a purpose-designed and custom-made vessel which has revolutionised fishing in the far north due to its high-tech and superior fitout, comfort and speed. 

Norseman specialises in reef fishing for all of the top quality table eating fish found in the Coral Sea, and boasts the well-founded reputation as the best reef fishing charter in the region.  Come and see what even the locals are talking about!

Foaming Fury operates white water rafting tours near Cairns in Far North Queensland, Australia.

This mountainous coastline has fast, wild rivers that plunge through deep rainforest gorges on their way to the Coral Sea, and provides an ideal location for white water rafting.

We offer something for everyone, from full day trek/raft tours on grade 3-4 rapids to half day family trips on the gentler grade 1-2 rapids.

Foaming Fury also provides a number of rafting packages for the extreme sports junkie. Combine your rafting experience with skydiving, ballooning, ATV's and others to pack more excitement into your day!

Come with us for a day of fun and excitment you wont forget. We are a vibrant, innovative and highly professional company utilising the latest in white water technology and we are world leaders in training and safety standards.

From our friendly and efficient booking and administration staff to our entertaining and highly qualified guides, Foaming Fury strives to give you the best day of rafting you can get.

Reef and Rainforest Connections is a 100% locally owned and operated, well-established and respected day tour operation, which has been operating day tours out of Port Douglas since 1989.

Our wide range of products include highlights such as Cape Tribulation, Kuranda Scenic Rail, Skyrail Rainforest Cableway, Rainforest Habitat, Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park, Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures and Cairns Tropical Zoo. We also have a selection of packages available which combine some of our more popular destinations!

We are dedicated to giving you personalised and professional service – the best of touring and cruising in the tropics! You can be assured of courteous and personal attention, together with renowned Aussie humour and friendliness. We keep it light, but are serious about interpreting our special place. All of our guides have a wide knowledge of flora, fauna, reef biology, history, local geography and geology and will be pleased to share it with you.

Raging Thunder offers a unique flying conditions which provides us with 98% tour reliability. This statistic is unmatched anywhere in the world within the Ballooning industry. Raging Thunder remains at the forefront of ballooning from our in-house pilot training programs to our state of the art equipment, thus ensuring a high level of service and product quality.

The mood of our trips is informal; the emphasis is on team work and sharing. The pioneering of our tours and equipment, safety procedures, and highly trained adventure guides, have made Raging Thunder Adventures the leaders in Adventure Tourism.