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Cairns City Sights and Surrounds Tour: Small-group Historic Exploration with Local Guide
4.8
217 Ratings
Cairns
Discover the historical background of Cairns by touring the city, harbor, beaches, and renowned landmarks in a small group during the afternoon. Encounter unique vistas unavailable on other tours, guided by a local expert.
Discover the historical background of Cairns by touring the city, harbor, beaches, and renowned landmarks in a small group during the afternoon. Encounter unique vistas unavailable on other tours, guided by a local expert.
Duration:
5 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Cairns Region - Begin a delightful small-group tour of Cairns and its surroundings in the afternoon. Travel in comfort by air-conditioned minivan through the city center to the waterfront, where an experienced guide will lead an exploration of the wharves and harbor.
- Cairns Museum - Enjoy a guided tour of the Cairns Museum, with the added…
- Cairns Region - Begin a delightful small-group tour of Cairns and its surroundings in the afternoon. Travel in comfort by air-conditioned minivan through the city center to the waterfront, where an experienced guide will lead an exploration of the wharves and harbor.
- Cairns Museum - Enjoy a guided tour of the Cairns Museum, with the added benefit of complimentary re-entry throughout your stay in Cairns.
- NOA Eat Drink Share - Savor a delightful Devonshire Afternoon tea, complete with tea and coffee.
- Cairns Botanical Gardens - Discover Cairns’ tropical environment on a guided walk through the Flecker Botanical Gardens.
- Lake Morris Road - Keep your camera ready as you visit a breathtaking lookout offering views over the city of Cairns and the Coral Sea.
- Barron Gorge National Park - Experience the city from a hillside lookout with fantastic photo opportunities. Enjoy a walk past the ravines, rugged mountains, and Surprise Creek Waterfall at the Lower Barron Gorge National Park. Currently closed due to Cyclone Jasper’s return in December 2025.
- Palm Cove Beach - Conclude the tour by the water with a stroll along Palm Cove Jetty or the beach. Simply stunning.
What's Included
- Local guide
- Afternoon tea
- Cairns CBD Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Transport by air-conditioned minivan
- Local guide
- Afternoon tea
- Cairns CBD Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Transport by air-conditioned minivan
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks, unless specified
Additional Information
- Motor scooters not permitted
- No Wheelie Walkers permitted
- Motor scooters not permitted
- No Wheelie Walkers permitted
Location
Cairns
Complimentary Cairns CBD hotel transfers included
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(217 Ratings)
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Janet
Oct 5, 2025
Great introduction to Cairns the day after our arrival from the USA! - Our guide Steve was personable, professional, and knowledgeable. Communication regarding the trip was excellent. The bus was comfortable. This tour gave us a good overview of the history of the area and ideas of where we would like to spend the rest of our short stay in Cairns. Thank you!
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Euani
Oct 1, 2025
Fantastic Tour in Cairns - I had a fantastic time with Cairns City tours. Beautiful sights, with a friendly, knowledgeable and experienced tour guide in John. Really fantastic tour.
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Peter
Sep 30, 2025
Impossible guide - Very comfortable ride in smaller electric bus. The guide was an unparalleled older lifepiece of a gentleman with a long white beard and a whistle in the neck without being a former hippie, with good humor and great interesting storytelling when he first started. Very recommendable trip to learn about Cairns.
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Dan1969lim
Sep 18, 2025
A brief and interesting introduction to Cairns. - I enjoyed this tour despite the fact that it was short. It's a great introductory tour to the main places around Cairns. While it was slightly rainy towards the end of the tour, it was still good to see the main places. Our tour guides were great, and their added commentary and humour added to the fun. Definitely go for it if you'd like a quick introduction to the city.
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Linda_b
Sep 4, 2025
Great Cairns Sites Included - Dom and Steve provided a wonderful, entertaining tour including humor and wonderful sites and information. Especially loved St. Monica’s windows and the overlook from high outside town. Highly recommend!
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S6711sssharonc
Aug 28, 2025
Great way to learn about Cairns - Great tour, Chris our driver & guide was excellent, lots of information and also great sense of humour. Would recommend this tour
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Ethel_r
Sep 27, 2025
Great overview of Cairns - Great sampler tour of some of Cairn's lesser known sights. Not a lot of time at each place, but enough to leave you wanting to come back and explore further. Good half day tour if you're short on time.
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Margaret_p
Sep 27, 2025
Our tour leader was good at providing relevant content to the different nationalities - In my case it was a small group which made the trip very interesting. Good friendly vibes meant for a relaxed trip & since the places on tour were very different eg Cathedral, beautiful beaches & a botanical garden the afternoon passed quickly
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J1304qkkathrynh
Sep 12, 2025
City Sites. - Great trip. Saw things I would not see just walking around. Transport was comfortable. Guide/Driver (Geoff) knew a lot about these sites and was very helpful.
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Toycp
Sep 7, 2025
Nice for a short break away. - A nice clean city, easy to get around .
Public transport is very reliable and cheap.
As a tourist with no car, getting around with a bus is very easy, with $5 a wk, transport fee to use as many time as you want and even go out to Palm Cove which is over 25 kms away..
Many tours are also available as well; can be picked up from your hotel for the extra convenience.
Not a congested area as most big cities and found it safe to walk alone at night .
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