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Coral Sea Dreaming
Coral Sea Dreaming offers 2 Day/1 Night Sailing Trip with Maximum 12 passengers. Dive, snorkel or simply relax.
Includes 3 Intro dives
from $460 per person
(private double cabin)

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from $440 per person
(share cabin)

Includes levies & city hotel transfers
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Raging Thunder Ballooning
Your balloon flight is only the beginning of your adventure...
Romantic Hot Air Ballooning!
from $235 / Adult
Including levies
- Personalised Flight Certificate
- Return Cairns hotel transfers
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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 $110 /person
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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 $170 per adult
Departs: Mon, Wed, Fri
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Sunlover & Fitzroy Is Combo
2 Day Package - Sunlover Outer Great Barrier Reef + Fitzroy Island Day Package
Sunlover Reef Cruise
- 4 hours on reef pontoon
- Sumptuous buffet lunch including fresh seafood
- All snorkelling equipment
- Complimentary glass bottom boat and semi-submersible vessel tours
Fitzroy Island
- Over five hours to explore the great barrier reef and island
- All snorkelling equipment
- Self-guided rainforest walks
$199 per adult
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Jungle Surfing & Wildlife
Go Jungle Surfing
Visit Wildlife Habitat, see the endangered Cassowary, then onto Cape Tribulation for Jungle Surfing! 
Fly through the ancient rainforest!
$199 per adult
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Outback & Tablelands
OUTBACK & ATHERTON TABLELANDS
One of the best Outback Day Tours in Queensland!!
* Reurn Hotel Transfers
* Lake Barrine Cruise
* Morning Tea
* Curtain Fig Tree
* Millaa Millaa Falls
* View Windy Hill Farm
* BBQ Luch
* Woodleigh Cattle Station
* Halloran's Lookout
* Mt Uncle Distillery
Only $160.00 p/a
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Hot Air Ballooning - Cairns

Hot Air Ballooning

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Scenic Flight Over the Tablelands
  • Picturesque landscape at sunrise
  • Accommodation Transfers
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INFLATING THE NEW KOALA BALLOON
Hot Air offer 30 & 60 minute scenic flights over the Atherton Tablelands.

The Atherton Tablelands provides ideal weather and climate conditions for this gentle activity and our beautiful region offers unrivalled panoramic views of the unique Australian landscape.

Enjoy this picturesque landscape at sunrise. Binoculars are on board to capture sightings of the local birdlife and other unique wildlife. Kangaroos are often sighted on this tour.

Hot Air has the widest range of balloons in Australia, including the worlds first Koala Balloon and the Australia Balloon - all innovative state-of-the-art designs with the best operations and safety equipment such as quiet burners, custom designed balloon baskets, heat deflectors and Hot Air's fleet of luxury coaches.

Hot Air offers connecting transfers including reef trips departing from Port Douglas, airport drops off and various adventure and rainforest tours. 

ITINERARY:
4.30-5am:
Pick-up at hotel by a Hot Air Cairns coach for your hot air balloon flight, one hour transfer, pickup times confirmed on booking.
6:30am Experience the fun and unique sensation of being in a hot air balloon in the Atherton Tablelands. The balloon takes off from Mareeba and enjoy the picturesque landscape at sunrise, spend 30 minutes floating in your Hot Air Balloon.
7:50am Return and Landing, hot air balloon pack-up and lots of laughs.
8:00am Return transfers to your accommodation, or other places around town. Just let us know where you would like to go or which tour you would like to connect to (In advance of the day of travel).
Arrive approx 1 hour later.

Tour Features:
  • Choose from 30 or 60 minute flights
  • Coach Transfers
  • Informative and friendly crew
  • Cross country balloon chase
  • Expert interpretive commentary
  • History of ballooning presentation
  • Free Binocular Use in-Flight
  • Personal flight certificate
  • Return to your hotel between 8.30am to 9.30am

Luxury Ballooning, Charter Ballooning and Wedding Ballooning are also available.

PLEASE NOTE:
* Child is 4 - 13 years. 0-3 years olds cannot fly but are welcome to accompany parents on coach.
* A 60 minute flight is 2 x 30 minute flights.
* An Aviation Levy is payable on the day of travel for all balloon flights.

 
All prices shown in Australian Dollars
Prices valid from now until 31 March 2013
30 Minute Flight Adult Child Family
30 min Balloon Flight ex Cairns hotel $235.00
Includes Levies
$160.00
Includes Levies
n/a
Includes Levies
30 min Balloon & Express Return $245.00
Includes Levies
$170.00
Includes Levies
n/a
Includes Levies
30 min Balloon Flight ex Port Douglas hotel $255.00
Includes Levies
$180.00
Includes Levies
n/a
Includes Levies
60 Minute Flight Adult Child Family
60 Minute Balloon ex Tablelands $315.00
Includes Levies
n/a
Includes Levies
n/a
Includes Levies
60 min Balloon Flight ex Cairns hotel $335.00
Includes Levies
$240.00
Includes Levies
n/a
Includes Levies
TERMS
Child Age = 4-13 years
Family = 2 Adults & 2 Children
CURRENCY CONVERTER
WE DO NOT CHARGE BOOKING FEES OR CREDIT CARD SURCHARGES

Cairns Holiday Packages that include Hot Air Ballooning

1 Day Package - Option 1

30 MINUTE HOT AIR BALLOON FLIGHT
BALLOON FLIGHT CERTIFICATE
LOW ISLES CRUISE
GLASS BOTTOM BOAT TOUR
SNORKELLING GEAR
$416
Save $9
/per person inc levies. Valid until 31 March 2013.
 

1 Day Package - Option 2

30 MINUTE HOT AIR BALLOON FLIGHT
RETURN HOTEL TRANSFERS
QUICKSILVER OUTER REEF PONTOON
SEMI-SUB TOURS
SNORKELLING GEAR
$473
Save $10
/per person including levies to 31.03.13
 

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- 1.2hr Kuku Yalanji dreamtime walk
- 1 hour spa treatment/person
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- Continental Breakfast daily
- FREE 5 hours wireless internet
- FREE drink when dining
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only $130 room/night

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