Full Day Reef Cruise and 10 Minute Helicopter Scenic Flight Down Under Cruise and Dive by Evolution

Experience the ultimate luxury and adventure with a full day Great Barrier Reef cruise on a luxury super-yacht. Enjoy 5 hours of reef time and a scenic helicopter flight over the reef.

Duration: 8 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Reef Fleet Terminal - Check-in at Reef Fleet Terminal between 7.15am - 7.45am. Once checked in, you can make your way down to the boat, Evolution. Be greeted by your friendly crew, who will provide you with masks and snorkel, and then enjoy arrival tea, coffee and muffins before departure.
  • Norman Reef - Evolution departs Cairns at 8 am with a…
What's Included
  • Lunch
  • Glass of wine, cheese and crackers on return journey
  • All Fees and Taxes
  • All equipment and lycra/sun suit hire
  • Spectacular 10-minute Reef Scenic Helicopter Flight
  • Visit two exclusive outer reef locations with 5 hours reef time
  • Personal flotation aids - life jackets and noodles
  • ONLY DIVE PACKAGES: 1 x Introductory Dive (beginner) or Certified Dive (requires qualification)
What's Not Included
  • Private transportation
  • Dive not included in snorkel package
Additional Information

Down Under Cruise and Dive by Evolution, a luxury 35-meter super-yacht. This package includes a full day to the outer Great Barrier Reef at two stunning reef locations, with 5 hours of reef time plus a 10-minute scenic helicopter flight over the reef. Dives are only included in dive package only (not snorkel package). You will experience the reef from…

Location
1 Spence St
Spence Street
Check-in is from 7.15am to 7.45am at Reef Fleet Terminal, 1 Spence Street, Cairns. Evolution departs 8.00am sharp. Return transfers are available for an additional cost. You must contact Down Under Dive to book.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Florance03
Jul 30, 2025
Excellent day out 🤿🪸 - This trip was very well organised with excellent friendly staff. Safety briefings were clear, informative but fun with good humour ( even if some people still put their fins on way to soon and blocked the steps)! Good amount of snorkelling time at the reef 🪸 with staff watching out to make sure people were safe. The food was great and plentiful with one free glass of wine, we were not offered an alternative to wine for my granddaughter but we had brought juice anyway. The highlight of the trip was the helicopter ride which was amazing and shows the reef size, the pilot was fabulous and friendly a very enjoyable day Would definitely recommend this trip for families
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Carlos_a
Jul 29, 2025
A very nice day I recommend - We must bring towels and DE change clothes. A full day and the staff took care of us very well improved it.
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Marianne_b
Jul 23, 2025
Beyond beautiful adventure! - Adventure of a lifetime helicopter ride is totally worth it dive masters are amazing and the photographer underwater is phenomenal
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Kay_n
Jul 18, 2025
Fantastic experience - The boat seems very crowded and cramped at first but that’s just for the safety briefing, which is made fun! The boat actually has lots of space! The crew are great, really helpful and informative. Very professional. Being out on the reef is awesome and the crew are as enthusiastic about being there, as much as we were; even though they go there every day. Lunch was great and very welcome! The helicopter ride was thrilling and it was great to see the reef from above.
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Chase_m
Jul 18, 2025
Excellent Adventure, Excellent Value! - Excellent adventure! The crew was welcoming, kind, helpful, and hilarious! Highly recommend using Down Under for your GBR excursions! Shout out to Eddie for keeping us laughing the entire time!
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Natalie
Jul 13, 2025
Great Barrier Reef - Well what an unbelievable experience we had on the Great Barrier Reef. From the minute we stepped on board the evolution all the staff were so helpful, friendly, approachable, informative, nothing was too much trouble for any of them. They explained in great detail what the days itinerary was making everything simple to understand. We stopped at two reefs and snorkeled for 2.5 hours on the first and 1 hour on the second. We managed to see so many different fish, sea turtles and even a few small sharks which was absolutely amazing and almost took your breath away. We then opted to do the 10 min helicopter flight over the reef which was absolutely unbelievable and the pilot was so friendly and informative. Included in our day trip was tea coffee and muffins at breakfast then a bbq including fresh fish steak and jumbo prawns with selection of salads and bread and then later in the afternoon we had scones, cheese n biscuits and complimentary red or white wine. This is definitely the company and trip to do if you want to see the Great Barrier Reef in all its glory. I promise You will not be disappointed
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Peterb748
Jul 11, 2025
Don’t miss this one - it won’t disappoint - Wonderful day and excellent staff - the opportunity to see this area and be skillfully and professionally catered for was excellent.
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Ramya_r
Jul 11, 2025
Great Barrier Reef with introductory dive and heli ride - The down under team were very helpful, organised and accomodating. Overall the experience was unforgettable. The ticket does not tell who the tour operator is and this caused a bit of panic as we reached close to the time the cruise was to depart. Viator to consider including tour operator name and exact location (not just the address of the pier. One needs to walk to the reef terminal building first to get tickets) or email details for people to be able to go to the right location to check in.
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James
Jul 2, 2025
Few activities in the world were more exciting, beautiful and well-run as this your operator’s helicopter/scuba dive - This was a top-5 trip in all my 70-country travels! I am an almost 60 year old, adventurous and fit American. The parents of this tour operator’s crew members must be so proud of their young adults - 18 attentive, caring, knowledgeable, fun & diligent people, meaning a ratio of less than 8 passengers to 1 crew. I had never had the courage to even snorkel…ever! They got me to SCUBA DIVE (and then snorkel)! The helicopter is a breathtaking view of one of the 7 natural wonders of the world. My wife even chickened out of scuba yet wanted me to tell people how much fun she had with so many other things to do-snorkel, sightsee, helicopter, listen to the naturalist…bathrooms were clean, equipment (including wetsuits, mask and fins) were in good shape. You MUST do this!
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Peterjohnd903
Aug 10, 2025
Trip worth doing, but find a trip with a smaller snorkeling group - Trip was well organised, staff were friendly and efficient. We were there primarily for the snorkeling and the helicopter flight. There were far too many people on board for snorkeling. Lots of great things to see, but you kept bumping into other people snorkeling which made things unpleasant and really spoilt the experience. Helicopter flight was short but fine.
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From $257
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).