Booking fee
The booking fee includes the costs of booking your tickets such as charges for payment processing. It also covers the provision of our customer care center for processing your order, and all charges imposed by our suppliers.
* This tour requires at least one of the following per booking: Adult, Senior
The Ultimate Way to Experience the Cairns Aquarium
Imagine being able to hand feed Cownose Sting Rays on a privately escorted Aquarium tour!
This VIP experience offers you a fully guided tour with a Wildlife Educator through the Cairns Aquarium and also the behind-the-scenes workings, with views and explanations of the fish food preparation room, innovative plant and equipment that filters the millions of litres of water on site, coral propagation facilities and a stop at the onsite turtle hospital to see how we care for and rehabilitate sick and injured sea turtles. You will also enjoy a scatter feed to the outback river monsters and hand feed the gentle Cownose rays as well as a look at the onsite reptile breeding facility.
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Scatter feed Barramundi
Wildlife Educator guided tour of Cairns Aquarium & Behind the Scenes
Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes entry to Cairns Aquarium
Handfeed the Cownose Rays
View onsite reptile breeding facility
Departure Point
Cairns Aquarium, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Cairns Aquarium, Cairns, Queensland, Australia Get the most from your day at Cairns Aquarium with a Marine Life Encounter experience! You’ll be met by one of our passionate wildlife educator guides, who will personally escort you on an exclusive guided tour through the Aquarium and also Behind-the-Scenes. You will see how the Aquarium cares for its marine life and get a look into quarantine section and animal food preparation room. You will also enjoy a exclusive hand feeding session of the Cownose Sting Rays which takes place amidst circling predators of the Coral Sea on a specially designed feeding platform. This is followed by a scatter feed of the Freshwater Rays and Barramundi. You also get to enjoy a visit to the Cairns Turtle Hospital and view the onsite reptile breeding facility.
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
rolfi235
11 Jan 2023
WOW, a great way to spend a few hours in town and a wonderful educational experience. The staff were super helpful and checkout the additional turtle hospital tour where you can get up close to the recovering turtles.
Greg C
07 Aug 2022
Absolutely brilliant. Well worth the money and possibly the best aquarium we have ever visited. The food was plentiful and well presented, the drinks were not expensive and in general I would highly recommend this trip
T8105
06 Aug 2022
Tour very good . Unfortunately the worst steak l have ever eaten very tough even though it was cooked medium Rare . Told the staff but they weren’t interested as we got this trip through a voucher l gave up trying to discuss the matter . Had l paid directly l would have taken it further.
The waitress was not interested and after speaking to hotel staff where l was having dinner that night , they told me it was not uncommon. We had eaten at dundees previously at the waterfront the meal was good but expensive.
This tour in
Queensland
is organized by
Cairns Aquarium
We always double-check the availability with our local partners for each booking. Even though this is usually a swift process, it can take up to 24 hours. Once this process is completed you will receive your voucher or ticket by email. If our local partner is not able to confirm your booking we will offer you the best possible alternative. If the new date and/or time doesn’t fit your itinerary, we will reimburse the full amount paid.
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