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The tour starts with a boat ride, maybe an hour and a half, to a fixed pontoon at the Great Barrier Reef. Then you have five hours on the pontoon, then the ride home (unless you spring for a helicopter). At the pontoon, there is snorkeling in a marked area, observation windows below water, tours in a glass-bottom boat and a semi-submersible (a boat seating at window below the water), a buffet, some science talks, and whatnot.
There are plenty of companies offering tours, so it can be troublesome to evaluate the options. I was happy with Reef Magic.
Cairns. |
Cairns. |
Reef Magic boat. |
Leaving Cairns. |
Leaving Cairns. |
Underwater view from pontoon. |
Underwater view from pontoon. |
Underwater view from pontoon. |
Underwater view from pontoon. |
Other vessels. |
View from pontoon. |
View from pontoon. |
View from pontoon. |
View from pontoon. |
View from semi-submersible. |
View from semi-submersible. |
View from semi-submersible. |
View from semi-submersible. |
View from semi-submersible. |
View from semi-submersible. |
View from semi-submersible. |
View from semi-submersible. |
View from semi-submersible. |
View from semi-submersible. |
View from semi-submersible. |
View from semi-submersible. |
View from semi-submersible. |
View from semi-submersible. |
View from semi-submersible. |
View from semi-submersible. |
View from semi-submersible. |
View from semi-submersible. |
View from semi-submersible. |
View from semi-submersible. |
View from semi-submersible. |
View from semi-submersible. |
View from semi-submersible. |
View from semi-submersible. |
Cairns. |
Banyon. The bats (see yesterday) were said to roost around here. |
Banyon. |
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