Cairns Aquarium Marine Life Encounter Ticket

Such a great experience! So much more than just an aquarium. The turtle rehabilitation was really interesting and the information about the ecosystem in the tropics was also a bonus! Very worthwhile to do - highly recommend.

The marine life encounter tour was the highlight of our week in Cairns, Sharlee and Jenny we're so passionate about the sea life and provided an amazing tour, which included hand feeding stingrays and turtles. We would highly recommend including a tour such as this with your aquarium visit.

Attending the turtle rehabilitation Centre. This was an an amazing experience to learn more about the turtles found around Cairns and the surrounding islands. We listened to the work being done to sick and injured turtles to get them well enough to return to the wild again and was very heart warming. The staff are volunteers and are knowledgeable and enthusiastic.

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.

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

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.

Had a last minute ideal to book the lunch in the aquarium, really glad we did. Great experience overall. Setting was really nice, pleasantly surprised with the food - great with good portion sizes. The ambience would probably be nicer for the twilight setting but overall still a lovely time. The aquarium visit was great, beautifully designed and really informative layout. Would recommend and go again.

If you are in Cairns, you NEED to visit the aquarium. We did the marine life encounter tour and would highly recommend it if you can afford it - our tour guide Shania did an incredible job, was highly enthusiastic, knowledgeable and great all round, and being able to feed some of the animals was the most amazing experience. If you want to really make sure you see everything, I would actually recommend 3-4 hours rather than 2-3, as we arrived 3 hours before closing time and had to hurry along the last part because they were closing. And besides all of that, their work helping and rehabilitating animals (particularly the turtles) is worth supporting them alone. I couldn't imagine a better experience.

I would highly recommend this experience with the Aquarium. I have visited there before with my granddaughter on our own however the Marine Life Encounter with the Ecologist Christine and Irelend was exceptional. We also have great photos for our memories. They are very Professional, Welcoming, Friendly and ensured we were provided with all the information to provide us with a Great Experience. Ily was also Fantastic providing very interesting information in regards to the Cow Nose Stingrays, we loved feeding them and meeting Jessica in the Freshwater pool. So Special. Thank you Christine Ireland and Ily you ensured we had a Wonderful, Memorable day.

Wonderful restaurant service. And we got to feel new laid shark eggs! Some of the seahorses were ready to "birth" too. You go guys!

This was amazing! the staff are next level amazing and the experience is equally as good! DO THIS if you are able you will not regret a sec of it - also have good shoes and be happy to get wet.

This is an absolute must do whilst in Cairns. The behind the scenes workings of the aquarium are simply amazing. The staff, Christine and Alex were incredibly knowledgeable and couldn’t do more to make our experience fantastic. Highlights of feeding the baby stingray and seeing the turtle hospital were only topped off by a superb lunch

Lunch at Dundee's in front of a huge fish enclosure it was amazing and the lunch was A grade food. Well done on the feel of a real aquarium the tanks inside were amazing and the baby croc was so cute. The dangerous water creatures enclosures were a nice touch. Very recommended even if your heading to the great barrier reef.

We visited at lunch for the aquarium and 2 course lunch. It was fantastic. Absolutely beautiful venue and displays. Staff were all helpful and friendly. The lunch at Dundee’s was generous and delicious and the staff were fun and friendly. Totally worthwhile seeing this.

The museum is organized in such a way that it is easy to visit, as it displays freshwater and marine fish by area. There are also several spaces to sit and listen to explanations, and a well-designed aquarium where you can enjoy various angles, including from below. The overall scale is small, and about two hours is enough, and there are no fish or creatures to be featured, so it is not very spectacular.