Green Island Full Day Trip From Cairns With City Transfers

Big Cat ferry is good GBB ride is good Semi-submarine is good. The tour guide knows a lot about the Reef, very helpful to visitors.

Fantastic experience. It was a great idea to book both vehicles to see the reef if you don’t swim or snorkel. Surprisingly the small crocodile park was also good due to the training/demonstration. Highly recommend to anybody

Fantastic trip, crew was great but wish the weather was better and water was warmer to snorkel but overall a must

This tour has been so bad I actually emailed the operator while on the tour. The staff were disorganised and didn't even seem to care about how disorganised they were. The tour was clearly overbooked and very much focussed on having guests spending time on the island's aggressively over capitalised central resort which seems to undermine the whole message of sustainability and the environment. We could not wait to get off this tour, away from their hapless staff and perhaps their management will care a little more when they see that a guest who was actually on a tour at that time took the time to contact them about how bad it was and will follow up. Based on my contact with their front line staff, I am not entirely hopeful about that but I will give Big Cat tours management that chance given that I am now also writing this review while actually on the tour.

Blockbuster trip. Brilliant from start to finish. The full day trip allows you to really look around Green Island as well as doing other activities. The guides on the Big Cat were excellent as was the buffet meal. We did the submersible and glass bottomed boat trips and both were unbelievable with expert marine biologists to help identify fish and corals. We started at 9am and arrived back at 5pm. An experience we’ll never forget. Outstanding.

This was a great experience! We were blessed with good weather and visibility. The crew did a great job explaining about the reef and were very friendly and polite. I loved the glass bottom boat and semi-submersible experience. I was able to see everything, and the pilots were very good at pointing out features of interest. The ship was very comfortable.

Excellent service by staff. Being vegetarian we were worried but lunch had excellent and tasty spread. Snorkel gear was in best shape and hygienic. Glass bottom boat and semi sub experience was amazing and recoemmneded.

Takes about an hour and 15 min to reach the island. You collect all your snorkeling gear on the boat so you are ready to go once the boat docks. If you going on the glass bottom boat or submarine they are by times and you enter these boats from the back of the boat you came on. You get to see mostly fish. Island has beaches and is great to explore.

Had an amazing day yesterday, the day was well organised, the buffet lunch was nice and there was so much to see and do. Highly recommend!

Brilliant trip, we both really enjoyed it. Weather wasn't so good in the morning, but it didn't stop you from seeing the fish on the reef

Have been to other islands and parts of the reef. All have been excellent. However, this company and their trip was exceptional and the best so far. Plenty of staff - all very helpful. Free tea and coffee and a very cool, comfortable cabin if you don't want to be out in the sun for the transfer. So many people on the return trip were smiling and laughing having had a great day. Highlight was the optional ocean safari, where you take a small launch from the main catamaran to the edge of the reef to snorkel and the accompanying qualified marine biologist takes you around the various corals talking about and showing various marine life. Slightly choppy that day which actually really added to the excitement! Lovely, clear, water - we saw turtles, 'dorys', nemos etc etc. The island itself is nice too and there are large areas to paddle, swim and snorkel. Nice to have shops on the island, although some things were more expensive than they should be - with a ferry so frequent, there's no excuse - just some basic profiteering going on (nothing to do with this company mind you, just consider bringing your own snacks and water). My only improvement feedback to Big Cat is to have a couple of more extreme prescription masks on-board. I'm as blind as a bat with a -6/-7 prescription and they only had -5.5. The other companies we've used in the past all have masks to -8. (Very easy to fix and won't affect most people.) Overall, we'll be back and will repeat the exact trip - loved it!

This is a tough review to write. The natural beauty of Cairns and the islands of the barrier reef are stunning and I was glad to get out on the water. This island has a nice little nature walk and some aboriginal history. However, the day was full of challenges. I was sent a voucher by Viator that stated I was to be picked up at the Cairns Plaza Hotel at 9am. However, as I read the details of the itinerary, I sensed that the boat actually left the dock at 9. I called the tour operator to verify and was told that they don’t do pick ups and I had to get to the dock on my own. I explained at length using the hotel phone but was told no. The hotel reception witnessed the call. Luckily it was early enough and the distance was reasonably walkable. I went to my room to pick up my things and got a call from the hotel reception saying the tour operator had called back to say they were in error and would pick me up at 8:15. However, at the hotel around the corner. Not terrible Again, I was lucky it was early enough to get to the pick up. I was told my boarding pass would be e-mailed to me but they listed the wrong address, so I knew I wouldn’t receive it. Upon arriving at the dock I had to wait about 15 minutes at reception to get a boarding pass in print. I just didn’t feel like the tour operator did much to alleviate the problems and expedite the boarding pass. I was very stressed that I might miss the boat. In the end I made the trip and enjoyed what I previously described. It is a busy boat so somewhat hectic

Service was attentive hand some crew member's were brusquement while others were every friendly. The semi submersible was disappointing, at least when we went out. Lunch was good enough. Green Islands is small land even with snorkeling, a day is just enough.

Not the wow factor seeing the reef but instructif.enjoy the crock and turtale show and seeing a turtale on the jetty working back to the cat

Thomas is a great bus driver! Big Cat Green Island staff is wonderful. I would highly recommend booking with them.

The glass bottom boat seeing the coral and tropical fish up close ! The Buffet lunch was excellent also .. a great day out to Green Island ! Helpful staff on board highly recommend

The snorkling at Green Island is far superior to other locations we went, and there's no need to go far to get to the good places. The semi-submersible is worth doing because of the clarity and abundance of fish to see. The transfer was easy and on time. Great experience all-around.

We had a good time at Green Island, but this wasn't the highest quality trip. You're essentially handed snorkle gear and told a general area to go snorkle on your own. The designated areas did have some great corals, fishes, etc., but they were fairly crowded. The semi-sub tour was cool, but I don't think the value of the trip matched what we paid. I'd probably research other options.

We had a lovely family day out. The weather was amazing so the ocean was clear. We spent hours snorkelling seeing lots of fish, plants and other sea life, sadly no turtles. The crew were friendly and helpful and the buffet lunch was delicious, a nice variety of cold and warm dishes. We would do this day trip again!

Amazing to swim with a turtle and see the giant clam shells. Slight mix up with the booking department not telling the boat we had lunch included but all sorted in the end.

Good vibes all way long! Green Island is a perfect place for a day trip - walking around the island and the semi-submarine boat ride was a nice combo. Extremely friendly and helpful crew, nice food. I loved every minute of it!

The Big Cat Green Island Reef Cruse was an excellent tour. The island itself is beautiful, and when we got there for the day there was enough time to walk all the way around the island before our glass bottom boat tour, which I thought was really well timed. The glass bottom boat tour is an absolute must! It's so different to snorkeling, I saw so many different fish that I didn't see during the snorkel tour. I would definitely recommend doing both if you want to see as much flora and fauna as possible on your trip to the reef. The staff were lovely, very helpful and informative, especially the woman that did the snorkel tour, she was amazing. The included buffet lunch was delicious and the bar on the island served lovely drinks as well. Over all an incredible day, well worth the money.

Had a great day out with this tour. Staff were friendly and helpful. We did the beginners snorkelling with Amber who was fantastic. Kept me calm and was very informative about the sea life we were observing, got to see sting rays, turtles, clams, plenty of fish including Nemo! Also did the semi sub and glass boat tours. Both were good fun. Had lunch on board which was surprisingly good considering just how many people they needed to cater for. Lots of free time if you want it to just swim, snorkel, dive or take a helicopter ride.