Green Island Full-Day Tour, 9am Departure – Big Cat
Depart Cairns at 9:00 am for around 5.5 hours on Green Island. Return transfers are included; choose the relevant package for snorkel hire or a glass-bottom boat tour.
Give yourself the longest island stay of these Big Cat departures, with time to spread beaches, a rainforest walk and optional reef activities across the day.
Your island time
Travel aboard Big Cat catamaran, with an approximate 75-minute crossing each way. The scheduled departure from Cairns is 9:00 am, returning at 5:00 pm, giving you around 5.5 hours on the island.
Once ashore, choose between the beach, a self-guided rainforest boardwalk and snorkelling from the shore. Wildlife sightings vary naturally. The longer stay gives you more flexibility to pause between activities.
Choose your package carefully
The base booking covers return transport. Snorkel equipment and glass-bottom boat tours are included only when the selected package says so. You can bring your own snorkel gear; meals and other activities cost extra. Big Cat does not offer scuba diving on this tour.
- 9:00 am Cairns departure with 5.5 hours ashore.
- Return travel aboard Big Cat catamaran.
- Beach time and self-guided rainforest walks.
- Snorkelling or glass-bottom boat options with the relevant package.
- A longer stay to spread out your activities.
- Return Big Cat catamaran travel between Cairns and Green Island.
- Reef presentation during the outward crossing.
- Snorkelling demonstration during the outward crossing.
- Check in at the Big Cat catamaran at Cairns Marlin Marina from 8:15 am; final boarding is at 8:45 am.
- Departs Cairns at 9:00 am and returns at 5:00 pm.
- Green Island departure is scheduled for 3:45 pm; be at the jetty by 3:30 pm.
- The catamaran crossing takes about 75 minutes each way.
- Snorkelling equipment and the glass-bottom boat tour are included only with the relevant package.
- Meals and other island activities cost extra.
- Bring a towel, hat, sunglasses, change of clothes and sunblock.
- Big Cat does not offer scuba diving on this tour.
- Follow your booking confirmation for final meeting arrangements and timings. Advise any participation or dietary requirements before travel.