Reef Magic Cruises luxury fast catamaran travels direct from Cairns to the spacious, stable Marine World activity platform in less than 90 minutes. Guests have privileged access to one of the most pristine, accessible & versatile Outer Great Barrier Reef sites available on a day trip from Cairns.
Unmatched in value, Reef Magic Cruises provides the complete reef experience with 5 full hours at a private patch of reef & the smallest pontoon passenger numbers. 
The Marine World platform has a spacious lower deck, with ample undercover seating, large easy access snorkel decks, Underwater Reef Viewing Observatory and children’s safety swimming enclosure, a spacious upper sundeck with sun lounges (including shaded areas for summer), and constant access to fresh water showers & change rooms. Refreshments & a licensed bar are available on the air-conditioned vessel. Morning and afternoon tea plus an extensive hot/cold buffet lunch is also included in the day.  

Enjoy a great day touring the naturally air-conditioned Tablelands. Combine the Kuranda Scenic Train or Skyrail and travel to Kuranda village, a quaint little township in the rainforest. Famous for its arts, crafts and Aboriginal artefacts, Kuranda also boasts attractions such as the Butterfly Sanctuary, Koala Gardens and Bird world. Both The Original Kuranda Markets and the Heritage Markets now open daily. Beyond Kuranda, are the amazing Tablelands - an elevated plateau of diverse beauty, contrasting scenery and fertile farmlands producing a wide range of crops - such as coffee, macadamia nuts, tropical fruits, peanuts, maize, sugar cane and boutique wineries! Learn the history of European settlement, rural development and wildlife. Visit Skybury - North Queensland’s oldest and largest coffee plantation - enjoy The Coffee Indulgence Tour and Coffee Cupping set amidst beautiful scenery with native gardens and wildlife. Enjoy a fabulous quality lunch at the Plantation Restaurant. In the afternoon visit Granite Gorge where past volcanic activity has pushed up huge granite boulders. This breathtaking wilderness is home to many unusual native animals including the Mareeba Rock Wallaby. There is time for a quick dip in the swimming holes created by Granite Creek, feed the wallabies or a walk through the stone wilderness!
 

Reef Fishing - Fishing for the delicious bottom dwelling fish of the Great Barrier Reef can be lots of fun. Superb eating fish such as Coral Trout, Red Emperor, Nannygai, Sweetlip head the list of dozens of species likely to be caught while fishing the deep holes around the reefs. Not knowing what you're going to pull up next certainly adds to the anticipation and many of these fish pull hard enough to be more than worthy quarries even on the heavy hand lines necessary for this style of fishing. For the sportsfishing enthusiast, rod and reel fishing can be arranged. A typical day starts at 07.00 and returns 17.00. Night trips, weekends and extended charters also available by special arrangement. 

Experience our Great Barrier Reef in all its natural beauty on-board the evolutionary T5. Custom-built for ultimate comfort, the T5 features air-conditioned interiors with lounge style seating, picture windows and flat-screens, open-air sundecks, and water level platforms for easy access to the water. T5 departs daily from Cairns.  A 90-minute journey to the outer reef will see you arriving at the first of the day's two sites. Tusa Dive have a choice of 16 reef sites, changing daily to take advantage of the best sites for the conditions of the day.   Activities include guided snorkel tours, introductory dives, and certified diving with up to 3 dives in the day available. You will enjoy nearly 5 hours of diving and snorkelling magical coral reefs, where you will be amazed by the colour and diversity of marine life.