great barrier reef tours cairns

Cairns is a well-known destination for tourists wanting to visit the Great Barrier Reef. Travel further down the east coast and tick the Southern Great Barrier Reef and Lady Musgrave Island off your Great Barrier Reef Bucket List! One of Australia’s most remarkable natural gifts, the World-Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef is not to be missed. Covering 344,400 square km, this natural wonder can be seen from space, beginning in Bundaberg and spanning up to north of Cairns. The Great Barrier Reef is bigger than the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Holland combined.

Lady Musgrave Island is a protected island and reef lagoon with pristine clear waters and buzzing coral reefs attracting wildlife with stinger-free swimming all year round! Experience pure nature at it’s best while snorkelling, scuba diving or visiting the National Park of Lady Musgrave Island. Learn more of the history and nature’s lifecycle on our Guided Island Walk. Discover the underwater world while staying dry the whole time on our Glass Bottom Boat tour.

Access our new zero-carbon footprint pontoon, Lady Musgrave HQ which is completely wind and solar powered with an underwater observatory and amazing reef views to enjoy your buffet lunch after working up an appetite. Or enjoy the ultimate Great Barrier Reef experience while spending the night sleeping on the reef in a glamping bed on the pontoon!

Many of the visitors we have to Lady Musgrave Island tell us that the Southern Great Barrier Reef was a different experience to diving the outer reef at Cairns and was worth visiting the Southern Great Barrier Reef to see what Lady Musgrave Island has to offer.