3 Nights From Cairns to Townsville

Coral Princess: 3 nights

Coral Princess Cruises - Great Barrier Reef Cruise

Includes breakfast, lunch and dinner; use of snorkelling equipment; guided glass-bottom boat and snorkelling excursions; introductory dive experience for first time divers.

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Departure Dates

Weekly on Saturdays from Cairns

Kuoni Info

Coral Princess I and II **** Small and personal, these sister catamarans have been purpose built to explore the reef. With a maximum of 50 passengers they are small enough to provide access to areas unreachable by larger vessels. Buffet style meals are

DAY 1
Embark this morning and cruise to the Outer Barrier Reef visiting Thetford Reef and Sudbury Cay. Join the Marine Biologist for a glass bottom boat tour over the teaming coral gardens. After taking part in a fish feed up on deck, the remainder of the afternoon can be spent snorkelling in the shallow waters. Enjoy a beautiful sunset (weather permitting) before sitting down to dinner.


DAY 2
Enjoy a cruise through the Hinchinbrook Channel witnessing impressive cliffs and mangrove ecosystems. There are opportunities to spot an array of Australian wildlife including crocodiles, dolphins, turtles and dugongs before sailing towards the tropical paradise of Pelorus Island where you can join a beach barbecue. Take a guided nature hike through the island's forest interior, snorkel in the Pelorus' fringing reef, take a trip on the glass bottomed boat or join the dive instructor on a guided scuba dive.

DAY 3
Visit Dunk Island where you can relax on the beach or partake in a guided rainforest. After lunch discover Nathan Reef which boasts some of the most colourful coral gardens found on the Barrier Reef, with amazing living creatures displayed in the on-board tank by the resident Marine Biologist. Spend the rest of the afternoon at leisure enjoying the on board facilities.


DAY 4
Step ashore on Fitzroy Island offering bush walking opportunities and idyllic white sand beaches. Cruise back towards Cairns where you will disembark.


NB
Due to weather, tides or mechanical reasons itineraries may be subject to change without notice.

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