Cairns Aquarium Tours and Activities

To visit the Cairns Aquarium without the crowds, get special after-hours access. You can take your time without jostling with others for the best views of the sharks, rays, and tropical fish. The glass viewing tunnel is a highlight. Learn more about the creatures you see from your personal guide. After the tour, top off your night with dinner at Dundee’s Waterfront, with beautiful views.

Guarantee your entry to Cairns Aquarium, by booking your admission ticket in advance. Family-friendly and fun, Cairns Aquarium is home to 71 different exhibits that house marine life from Tropical North Queensland.

Explore the Cairns Aquarium with this convenient, advance-purchase, family-priced ticket. Marvel at an educational exhibit that traces the journey of a drop of rain from mountain to sea. Check out rare marine life like Gray Reef Sharks, Freshwater Sawfish, and Humphead Maori Wrass. See the Deep Reef Tank, travel deep underwater at the massive oceanarium, and enjoy a behind-the-scenes tour of the research facility.

Visit the Cairns Aquarium independently and at your leisure to meet 16,000 animals from Tropical North Queensland’s two world heritage listed areas - the Wet Tropics Rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef. See live shark and ray feeding, marine and reptile touch n talk show and from river to reef eco-system presentations. Complete your experience with a 2 course lunch at Dundee’s Restaurant with a stunning sea life backdrop. You will be collected from the Cairns Aquarium by Cairns Discovery Tours for your afternoon city sights and surrounds guided tour. Enjoy Devonshire afternoon tea, prior to visiting the Cairns Flecker Botanical Gardens, Lower Barron Gorge National Park, beautiful Palm Cove beach and more

Exciting dive experience in the Cairns Aquarium Reef Tank. Come face to face with reef sharks, large stingrays, Queensland groupers and lots more!

Exclusive after hours entry to Cairns Aquarium, accompanied by VIP guided tour, drink, and appetiser served by Dundee's Restaurant.

The ultimate experience! Imagine hand-feeding gentle Cownose Rays on a privately escorted Aquarium tour! Learn how we care for and rehabilitate sea turtles at the Turtle Hospital. Go behind-the-scenes to see fish food preparation and enjoy a River monsters scatter feed. Finish with an optional 2 course lunch at Dundee’s.