Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 07-4081 8888;
www.gbrhelicopters.com.au
; flights from $159-599)
Huge range of helicopter flights,
including a 10-minute soar above Cairns city ($159), a 15-minute flight from Green Island
($239) and an hour-long reef and rainforest trip ($599, ex-Cairns).
SCENIC FLIGHTS
Cairns Seaplanes
( 07-4031 4307;
www.cairnsseaplanes.com
; 2/3 Abbott St; 30-minute flights from $269)
Scenic reef flights,
including to Green Island.
White-Water Rafting
The thrill level of white-water rafting down the Barron, Russell and North Johnstone
Rivers is hitched to the season: the wetter the weather, the whiter the water. The Tully
River has rapids year-round.
Trips are graded according to the degree of difficulty, from armchair rafting (Grade 1)
to white-knuckle (Grade 5).
Foaming Fury
( 07-4031 3460, 1800 801 540;
www.foamingfury.com.au
)
Full-day trips on the Russell River ($200)
or half-day on the Barron ($124); family rafting options available.
RAFTING
Raging Thunder
( 07-4030 7990;
www.ragingthunder.com.au
;
adult/child from $74/47)
Full-day Tully trips (standard trip
$199, 'xtreme' trip $229) and half-day Barron trips ($133).
RAFTING
Ballooning & Skydiving
Hot Air Cairns
( 07-4039 9900;
www.hotair.com.au/cairns
; 30-minute flights from $235)
Balloons take off from
Mareeba to take in dawn over the Atherton Tablelands. Prices include return transfers
from Cairns.
BALLOONING
Skydive the Reef Cairns
MAP
SKYDIVING
GOOGLE MAP
( 1800 800 840;
www.skydivethereefcairns.com.au
; 51 Sheridan St; tandem jumps 14,000ft $334)
See the reef
from a whole new perspective.
