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Tropical and enchanting, Green Island is a unique part of the Great Barrier Reef. With plenty of options, Green Island boasts boardwalks through the lush National Park, sheltered beaches, Marineland Melanesia Nautical Muesum, Green Island Resort, shops, facilities including fresh water showers, change rooms, restrooms and lockers. We have been operating Great Barrier Reef Cruises for over 30 years! We pride ourselves on our fantastic team of people that make our business the success it is. With a staff of approximately 65 people, we are proud to have 14 staff members that have been at Big Cat for more than 10 years, with 4 people that have seen more than 20 years in the company.

Host Experiences
Half-day Green Island with a Glass-bottom Boat tour
From $55
Half-day Green Island with a Glass-bottom Boat tour

Cairns City, QLD 4870

Half-day Green Island Tour with Snorkelling
From $75
Half-day Green Island Tour with Snorkelling

Cairns City, QLD 4870

Half-day Green Island Cruise with a Semi-submersible tour
From $70
Half-day Green Island Cruise with a Semi-submersible tour

Cairns City, QLD 4870

Half Day Green Island Reef Experience
From $55
Half Day Green Island Reef Experience

Cairns City, QLD 4870

Full-day Green Island Cruise, Lunch & Snorkel Safari
From $121
Full-day Green Island Cruise, Lunch & Snorkel Safari

Cairns City, QLD 4870

Green Island Day Cruise with Snorkelling Tour
From $105
Green Island Day Cruise with Snorkelling Tour

Cairns City, QLD 4870

Green Island Cruise & Snorkelling Tour with Lunch
From $111
Green Island Cruise & Snorkelling Tour with Lunch

Cairns City, QLD 4870

Green Island Cruise & Snorkelling Tour
From $95
Green Island Cruise & Snorkelling Tour

Cairns City, QLD 4870

Full-Day Green Island Semi-submersible Cruise with Lunch
From $84
Full-Day Green Island Semi-submersible Cruise with Lunch

Cairns City, QLD 4870

Whole Day Green Island Reef Experience
From $55
Whole Day Green Island Reef Experience

Cairns City, QLD 4870

Full Day on Green Island with Buffet Lunch
From $71
Full Day on Green Island with Buffet Lunch

Cairns City, QLD 4870

Half or Full Day Cairns Reef Cruise
From $55
Half or Full Day Cairns Reef Cruise

Cairns City, QLD 4870

Customer reviews

4.1

400 reviews
Jessie Purvis
Jessie Purvis
4 months ago

So glad I booked this! No wait time getting onto the boat. Plenty of equipment. Plenty of seats. Aircon inside was nice. The weather was perfect. Mostly blue skies. The trip wasn’t too long there and back. Partner and I did the glass boat tour and semi submerged tour and it was pretty amazing. Saw turtles, an eel, reef shark and plenty of fish. The snorkel spots were really amazing and we swam along side a turtle. Would book with these guys again!

Michael “The Camp Oven Cook” Viller
Michael “The Camp Oven Cook” Viller
6 months ago

What a great day for the family while visiting cairns, the weather was great and the visibility was fantastic. The whole process from boarding, getting snorkelling equipment, disembarking on to the island, was so polished, all the staff were fantastic. We chose green island for the three kids as we didn’t know how they would go on a boat tour, but they had a ball and we’re snorkelling for 3 hours, best snorkeling was halfway past the jetty lots of fish and coral 🪸 Lunch was delicious and glad we paid the extra for it. Worth the visit!

Katherine Cutler
Katherine Cutler
2 months ago

What a great way to celebrate a birthday! The family loved the experience snorkelling with a black reef tip shark, stingrays, an octopus and cute nemos! The Marine Bio onboard the semi sub was so knowledgeable and had some great information for the children onboard, pointing out all the marine life and making learning about the GBR fun! We enjoyed the healthy lunch and the crew onboard, thank you team Big Cat. See you again very soon :)

Graham Hertz
Graham Hertz
7 months ago

Lovely island with great snorkeling experience. We did the half day cruise and that was enough for the experience. If you want more and time to sunbathe etc take the full day. The sea colours are amazing and the coral and fish great to see. There's also turtles further out which will really make your day if you see one. Wish we had an underwater camera.

Bavya
Bavya
8 months ago

Booked the full day green island tour with snorkel gear and vest included. There were locker facilities on the boat. We upgraded to sea safari snorkel after chatting with the Marine Biologist on boat. It was a great experience and could see the corals, fishes and tortoise. The sea was rough and caused a bit of motion sickness. Suggest the ginger pills, we were offered free ones on the boat. The safari tour guide was friendly and she even showed us the Sea cucumber during our snorkel. The safari lasted an hour. Island is small and easy to cover the full trek in short time. The food on the island is expensive and would recommend packing if required. We didn’t find snorkelling at the shallow water appealing(2 adults) since it was majority sea grass. Instead , the sea safari with the crew was indeed impressive.

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