Enjoy a self-guided day to Fitzroy Island on this return catamaran transfer from Cairns. Experience a national park covered in lush tropical rainforest, boasting granite outcrops, open woodlands, mangroves, and coral beaches.

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Duration 8 hours: Check availability to see starting times.
Driver: English

Highlights

Explore Fitzroy Island at your own pace
Enjoy a short travel time of just 45 minutes to the island
Lounge on the beach or participate in thrilling activities
Spend a day enjoying the island
Enjoy self-guided rain forest walks to the summit, lighthouse, secret garden, and beach

Full description

Depart from Cairns Marina and visit Fitzroy Island, a national park covered in lush tropical rainforest and boasting granite outcrops, open woodlands, mangroves, coral beaches. Walk to the lighthouse, dine at the restaurant, or relax at the famous Nudey Beach, voted the best beach in Australia. With up to 6 hours of free time, you will be able to explore the island through self-guided rainforest walks. Soak in the magic of the Great Barrier Reef by snorkeling, diving, and kayaking. At Fitzroy Island, you can snorkel the fringing reef only meters from the beach.

You also have the option to bring a picnic lunch or purchase a casual lunch from the Fitzroy Island cafe. Extra activities include Foxy's Bar & Café, Pacific Island Store, snorkel hire, dive, and activities center - all available on the island at an extra cost.

Includes

Return catamaran transfer to Fitzroy Island from Cairns
Tea and coffee onboard

Optional activities on Fitzroy Island
All meals and refreshments

Covid-19 precautions

Safety measures in place

All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
You must keep social distance while in vehicles

Traveler requirements

All participants who are over 16 years old must present proof of full vaccination or lawful exemption. All participants under 16 years old must be accompanied by a fully vaccinated adult from their household

Meeting point

Meet at the Sunlover Stand, located inside Cairns Marina.

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Important information

What to bring

Comfortable shoes
Swimwear
Towel
Food and drinks
Credit card
Water
Cash

Know before you go

Minors must travel with a parent or guardian over 18 years old
All times are approximate
Should a cruise or package tour not operate for any reason, then an alternative date will be offered to the passenger.
On the rare occasion where bad weather prohibits a tour from operating the scheduled itinerary, an alternate itinerary will be offered to the passenger. If the passenger accepts this alternate itinerary then no further refunds will be given

Customer reviews

Overall rating

4.4 /5

based on 102 reviews

Review summary

Guide
4/5
Transportation
4.4/5
Value for money
4.1/5
Safety
4.9/5

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Sun lovers boat was really good Staff excellent The activities were explained on the trip for people going to the reef From a previous experience we did not get this but has been added to teach how to snorkel which I would have loved to have done but I was just going to fitzroy island for a visit New things had been added to do on the reef so if doing the reef tour this would all be excellent I went in June last year and the day was perfect to the reef Early May we had rain and very overcast

May 10, 2022

Everything is good Just when we return we all stay under the sun for 30 minutes but just not able to get aboard. Don’t know what we are waiting for. If you really need us to wait. Please let us know and so we don’t need to stay on the ferry for that long time.

April 10, 2022

Staff were amazing. Super friendly. Lots of them. All bubbly and enthusiastic. Boat was super comfortable and roomy. Great range of good on board considering it was a boat. Fitzroy island great place to stay, only bad thing i can say was how unpleasant dome of the staff at the Fitzroy resort were. I felt they didn't appreciate day trippers yet the day trippers i feel contribute a lot if money to the island in tourism dollars etc. would definitely travel wity company again and visit Fitzroy island.

January 13, 2022

From Cairns: Fitzroy Island Return Catamaran Transfer

From Cairns: Fitzroy Island Return Catamaran Transfer

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