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Down Under Heli
Escape to Lizard Island
Thursday 15th March 2012 ONLY
$489 per person
Includes:
- Scenic 60minute Reef Flight to Lizard Island
- Gourmet picnic lunch with sparkling wine and all accompaniments
- Snorkelling Equipment Over 5 hours at the exotic jewel of the Great Barrier Reef “Lizard Island”
- Return Scenic 60minute Cape Tribulation Flight
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Get High Up Top & Dive Down Under
Get High up Top & Dive Down Under!
Includes:-
-2 Outer Reef locations
- Intro or Cert Dive
- Guided Snorkel tour
- Glass bottom boat tour
- 10 min scenic heli flight
from $209 p/person
**SAVE $100**
*reef levy of $20/person extra
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Reef Experience
Reef Experience
visits 2 Outer Reef locations with six hours to enjoy snorkelling and diving and relaxing!
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FREE INTRO DIVE, Guided Snorkel Tour, or Cert Dive
-On-board marine naturalist presentation
-FREE Cairns city transfers
-Breakfast
-Wine & Cheese on way home
ONLY $164
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Tusa T6
Tusa 6 holds a roving permit. The skipper chooses the BEST 2 Outer Reef locations.
Dive Special
3 Certified Dives - Full Gear - $225
3 Certified Dives - Tanks & Weights - $195

+ $10 EMC payable on board
NEW BOAT - JUST LAUNCHED!!
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Down Under Heli
FLY/CRUISE COMBO
- Visit 2 reef destinations
- 5 hours at the Reef
- Snorkelling equipment
- Glass bottom boat tour
- BBQ Lunch inc. prawns
-25 min scenic helicopter flight from Cairns over Reef and Sand Cays
ONLY $299pp
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Raging Thunder Ballooning
Your balloon flight is only the beginning of your adventure...
Romantic Hot Air Ballooning!
from $195 / Adult
(plus $30 p/person aviation levy)
Personalised Flight Certificate
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Kuranda in a Day!
Kuranda
TRAIN & SKYRAIL
The most popular day tour including Freshwater Station & Return transfers from your hotel.
from $107 per person
(Cancellation conditions apply)
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Daintree Walkabout
Daintree Walkabout
-Kuku Yalanji Dreamtime Walk at Mossman Gorge
-Tea and damper
-Lunch at Silky Oaks Lodge
-1 hour Daintree River Cruise
-Exotic Fruit Tasting
-Short tour of Port Douglas
from $155 per adult
Departs: Mon, Wed, Fri
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Barron River Rafting
Barron River Rafting
Half day afternoon, 2 hours of white water rafting. No experience necessary.  Up to Grade 3 rapids.  Minimum age 12.
$99 per person
including hotel transfers
+ $25 National Park levy
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Ultimate 3 Day Reef Pass
Cairns & Port Douglas
Ultimate Reef Pass
The award winning Quicksilver and Great Adventures offer the widest range of reef cruises on the Great Barrier Reef.
Choose 3 reef cruises from either Quicksilver or Great Adventures on this pass.
$410/adult
SAVE UP TO $175!
Departs from Cairns and Port Douglas
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River Tubing
River Tubing Tours
- Half day mornings available
- Pick up in Cairns approx 7.45am
- Pickup in Northern Beaches approx 7.15am
- Returning 12.00pm
- Approx 2 hours of tubing!
$59 + $10 levy = $69 Adults (12 years & older)
$39 + $10 levy = $49 Children (5 to 11 years)
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Rainbow Serpent Tour - Cairns

Rainbow Serpent Tour

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One of Australia’s Ultimate Must-Do Experiences
  • Genuine Aboriginal Elder
  • Award winning Rock Art tour
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ABORIGINAL ELDER WILLIE GORDON

This magical, award-winning tour with Aboriginal Elder, Willie Gordon, is now listed as one of Australia's Ultimate Must-Do Experiences!

Willie will take you to his ancestral rock art sites, set in stunning countryside high in the hills above Hope Vale. Here he shares the stories behind the art - stories which can only be told by Elders of the Nugal clan - and explains how the paintings speak of the essence of life and the lores of his people.

With his great smile and infectious laugh, Willie gives you an amazing insight into Aboriginal society and will have you thinking about your own relationship with the land and how the lores of his people can apply to us all.

The Aboriginal rock art sites of the Nugal-warra are about 40 minutes drive from Cooktown, travelling along the Endeavour Valley. It’s a very beautiful area surrounded by hills – six of which mark the boundaries of the Nugal lands.

The road is predominantly unsealed, but passable except in very bad weather. We then leave the road and travel on a small track, climbing through woodlands to the area known as Wangaar-Wuri, which is the location of the rock art sites.

This is a stunning area with giant rocks, sandstone escarpments and spectacular views. It’s a beautifully peaceful place, and we walk on tracks which have been used by the Nugal people for centuries.

Rainbow Serpent Tour:
This tour takes you through a dramatic landscape to six rock art sites, including the Rainbow Serpent cave and an ancestral Birth Site where Willie's father and grandfather were born.

You'll gain an understanding of the spiritual meanings and stories behind the paintings, and along the way learn some of the survival techniques of the Nugal-warra people - and maybe taste a green ant or two!

Includes an estimated 30-minute bush walk; there is a short climb to two of the sites, but generally the terrain is easy.

The Rainbow Serpent Tour operates out of Cooktown - a beautiful, unspoilt, coastal town and one of Australia's most historic townships.

Getting There:
Options are available to self drive to Cooktown, take the Country Road Coachlines or travel with Adventure North Australia in conjunction with The Bama Way Aboriginal Journeys.

Departures:
Daily except Sunday
Cooktown at 7:45am, returns 1:15pm

Child policy: Child Rates Apply 3 - 14 yrs

 
All prices shown in Australian Dollars
Prices valid from now until 31 March 2012
Aboriginal Rock Art Tour Adult Child Family
Rainbow Serpent Rock Art $120 $75 n/a
TERMS
Child Age = 4-14 years
Family = 2 Adults & 2 Children
CURRENCY CONVERTER
WE DO NOT CHARGE BOOKING FEES OR CREDIT CARD SURCHARGES

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