Cairns Aquarium Tours and Tickets

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.

The ultimate experience! Imagine hand-feeding gentle Cownose Rays on a privately escorted behind-the-scenes tour including viewing of our food preparation, research and quarantine areas.

On the combination tour in Cairns, you’ll be able to explore the Cairns Aquarium at your leisure and see 16,000 animals from the Wet Tropics Rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef. Your visit includes a two-course lunch at the on-site restaurant that features a stunning sea life backdrop. From there, head out on a guided sightseeing tour that includes stops at the Cairns Flecker Botanical Gardens, Lower Barron Gorge National Park, Palm Cove Beach, and more.

Gain exclusive after hours entry to Cairns Aquarium and embark on a Ecologist guided tour. Learn how animals behaviours adapt from day to night and come face to face with over 16,000 animals.

Get an exclusive pre-opening guided tour with one of our passionate wildlife educators to witness and learn about life on the reef and rainforest, as seen within the Cairns Aquarium at first light of day.