22 days in Cairns Region Itinerary

A neat, cosmopolitan city of shaded plazas and laid-back neighborhoods, Cairns serves as a popular base for exploration of the surrounding region and the Great Barrier Reef, as well as a center for watersport activities like surfing or waterskiing.

Get outdoors at Scuba & Snorkeling and Palm Cove Beach. You'll enjoy a bit of beach vacationing at Trinity Beach and Yorkeys Knob Beach. Venture out of the city with trips to Palm Cove (Spas & Wellness, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, & more). Spend the 13th (Sun) wandering through the wild on a nature and wildlife tour. Spend the 24th (Thu) exploring nature at Barron Gorge National Park. There's much more to do: trek along Esplanade Boardwalk, take in the architecture and atmosphere at St Monica's Cathedral, view the masterpieces at Underart Gallery, and relax and float downstream with a rafting and tubing tour.

To see where to stay, more things to do, photos, and more tourist information, refer to the Cairns travel route builder website .

London, UK to Cairns is an approximately 23.5-hour flight. The time zone difference moving from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) to Australian Eastern Standard Time (Queensland) (AEST) is 10 hours. Traveling from London in January, expect Cairns to be much hotter, temps between 37°C and 28°C. You'll set off for home on the 29th (Tue).