Top Things to Do in Cairns for Delegates
From the utterly relaxing to the downright breathtaking, Cairns offers diverse activity options for delegates to mix business with pleasure.
Cairns has over 150 established operators offering a diverse range of amazing experiences on tours departing daily to the Great Barrier Reef, Wet Tropics Rainforest, palm-fringed tropical islands, picturesque tablelands, and the alluring outback. Connect to country with traditional dance, ceremonies, music, and art.
Dive with turtles, swim with whales, and find Nemo among the corals. Get close to wildlife by cuddling koalas or hand-feeding kangaroos. Explore diverse art forms at galleries and boutiques. For thrill-seekers, enjoy skydiving, high-speed jet boating, mountain biking, and canyoning adventures.
The Reef Fleet Terminal is just a five-minute walk from most city hotels, making Cairns the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef with half-day, full-day and extended trips to the Reef and its islands. To find out more about what region can offer delegates visit Tropical North Queensland’s Website
Our region also offers a variety of meaningful Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs that can be seamlessly integrated into your event, helping ensure a lasting, positive impact on the destination.
Indigenous Culture
Venture into the rainforest and enter a world steeped in ancient Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture. Learn the secrets of bush medicine, or try your hand at boomerang throwing.
Food & Wine Trails
Our region offers a smorgasbord of culinary experiences. Enjoy a food and wine experience in the highlands of the Atherton Tablelands. You will find coffee and tea plantations, dairies, tropical fruit wineries and award-winning distilleries.
Adventure
There are numerous opportunities for thrill seekers to get the ultimate adrenaline rush while taking in the views skydiving or on the water on a high-speed jet boat., plus mountain biking and canyoning adventures.
Wildlife
On the reef, dive with turtles, swim with whales and spot Nemo amongst the corals. Get up close and personal with the local residents of one of the region’s wildlife parks by cuddling a koala, hand-feeding kangaroos, or watching a crocodile jump out of the water.
Art
Discover a variety of art forms on show from oil on canvas, ceramics, glassware, sculpture and photography at one of the many art galleries and boutiques in the region.
