Billy Tea Safaris
Includes Reef, Daintree Rainforest, Cape Tribulation, 4wd Bloomfield Track, Chillagoe, Mareeba, Australian Outback & Skyrail
Award-winning vessel EVOLUTION departs Cairns daily offering a fast, comfortable and affordable cruise, with five hours spent visiting two spectacular Outer Great Barrier Reef destinations. This large modern vessel provides a superior ride in all weather conditions, no big crowds and exclusive protected Reef locations. Professional, friendly and attentive staff ensure a safe and enjoyable fun filled experience.
Highlights of your day on the Reef
- Five hours of snorkelling or diving at two outer Great Barrier Reef locations.
- FREE guided snorkelling tours.
- FREE scuba diving lesson so you can try it first.
- State of the art snorkel and dive equipment and flotation devices.
- Live musical entertainment.
- Delicious Aussie BBQ lunch including prawns, fish, steak, sausages, vegetarian, tropical salads and pastas.
- Exclusive, protected, sheltered reef locations back local!
Day 2: Daintree, Cape Trib & Bloomfield
Billy Tea Safaris is a small locally owned Advanced Eco Accredited Tour Operator, which operates small personalised tours with custom built 4WD vehicles, maximum 16 passengers per vehicle, and your naturalist guides have extensive knowledge of flora, fauna, history of the area and aboriginal culture, which will ensure you day will be a memory of a lifetime.
Highlights of your day in the Daintree
- See crocodiles & birdlife on the 1 hour Daintree River Cruise
- Spectacular views where the world heritage rainforest meets the Great Barrier Reef - recently named the BEST drive in the world!
- Spot rare animals like a Cassowary or a Boyd's Dragon
- Walk through the Daintree Rainforest on an elevated boardwalk with our amazing guides and learn about Aboriginal culture and rare flora & fauna
- Hand feed wallabies at our exclusive rainforest lunch setting
- Enjoy a Aussie BBQ lunch
- Get up close to Eclectus Parrots, Pythons & other native wildlife at our lunch location, animal sanctuary in the rainforest
- Go for a freshwater swim in the rainforest at pristine Emmogen Creek -
- Try a traditional Aussie 'Billy Tea' with damper
- Share an exotic local tropical fruit platter
- Spend time at the famous Cape Tribulation Beach enjoy a stroll to the photographer's lookout for spectacular views
- Visit the tropical fruit ice-cream company
- Cable Ferry crossing across the mighty Daintree River
Billy Tea Safaris is a small locally owned tour operator, which operates small personalised tours with custom built 4WD vehicles, and your naturalist guides have extensive knowledge of flora, fauna, history of the area and aboriginal culture, which will ensure your day will be a memory of a lifetime.
Your day begins when your accredited guide meets you at your accommodation Cairns CBD around 6.45am, Holloway’s Beach and Yorkey’s Knob will be approximately 7.00am, and after introductions all round We’ll ascend the McAllister Ranges and head west through to our first stop for morning tea at Skybury Coffee Plantation, looking for many different species of bush birds, including Emus, Wedge Tail Eagles, Squatter Pigeons and Kangaroos, Frilled Neck Lizards, before reaching our first stop.
Please note: If you're thinking of driving to Chillagoe in your hire car you need to check with your company that you can take your car on a dirt road. The road to Chillagoe is not sealed all the way. If you can't drive... come on our tour! We do not pick up from Port Douglas for the Chillagoe tour but arrange a transfer to the pick up point at the bottom of the Karanda Range , return for $95.00p.p.
Highlights of your day in the Outback
- Travel off the beaten track down exclusive 4WD backroads
- Morning Tea at Skybury Coffee Plantation
- Spot kangaroos, emus, wallabies, wedge-tail eagles (wildlife galore!) all day in the Outback
- Drive past diverse dry tropical farmlands
- Pass through historic mining ghost towns and small outback communities
- Find fossils in ancient limestone casts at Chillagoe
- Explore the famous Chillagoe Caves
- View the once booming Chillagoe smelter ruins
- Eat a Outback Aussie lunch in 100-year-old pub
- Visit Aboriginal Rock Drawings and Balancing Rock
- Small-group tour in a luxury 4WD
- Visit Granite Gorge feed wallabies
Travel by historic train to Kuranda, the village in the rainforest, with free time to explore the markets and speak with the locals.
Skyrail then takes you on an amazing experience over Australia's World Heritage listed Tropical Rainforest. Gliding just metres above the rainforest canopy in comfortable six-person gondola cabins, the Skyrail journey immerses you in an intimate rainforest experience where you’ll see, hear, smell and become part of the tropical rainforest environment.
Highlights of your day on Skyrail
- Travel by historic train.
- Explore the Kuranda markets.
- Speak with the locals.
- Glide over the rainforest.
| Adult | $709.00 |
| Child (0-14 years) | $502.00 |
| Family (2 adults + 2 children 0-14 years) | $2160.00 |
Billy Tea Safaris will provide Baby Seats or Booster Seat please advise upon booking, all children up to the age of 7 years.
Please be aware there is a 24-hour cancellation policy of 100% cancellation fee. No exceptions.
If you fail to load there is also a 100% cancellation fee applies. No exceptions.
Please check our Terms and Conditions for Cancellation Fees.
PRIVATE CHARTER RATES ARE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.
Prices valid from 27 February 2018 to 31 March 2019.
