
Down Under Tours Australia

Information about Down Under Tours Australia
Opening hours
- Monday: 6:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Tuesday: 6:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Wednesday: 6:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Thursday: 6:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Friday: 6:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Saturday: 6:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Sunday: 6:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Down Under Tours are the premium touring and coach transport experts. Through our people, destination and experiences, we connect guests to Cairns and Tropical North Queensland.
Our comment from TraTraTravel about Down Under Tours Australia:
Down Under Tours Australia is dedicated to providing unforgettable experiences in and around Cairns. Customers have raved about the knowledgeable and entertaining guides who make every tour enjoyable. Many guests have highlighted specific guides, such as Scott, Daniel, and Bridget, for their expertise and sense of humor, adding a personal touch to the journey.
Popular tours such as the Daintree Rainforest, Mossman Gorge, and the Cape Tribulation tour have received enthusiastic recommendations. Travelers have appreciated the well-organized itineraries, the comfortable transportation, and the spectacular scenery throughout their adventures.
- Excellent service: Many guests have remarked on the prompt pickup and friendly staff.
- Informative tours: Guides share fascinating insights about the local fauna, flora, and the area's history.
- Fun experiences: The entertaining nature of the guides and the unique stops along the way make each trip memorable.
However, there have been some reports of communication issues and cancellations that could improve the overall experience. Customers have expressed frustration when facing lack of notice on tour changes or cancellations. It is clear that the management values feedback, and they are keen to address any concerns raised after tours.
In summary, Down Under Tours Australia offers exciting and educational excursions led by amazing guides, making it a fantastic choice for exploring the natural beauty of Queensland.
Down Under Tours Australia: Reviews
Negative experience: We booked a complimentary tour through Ignite for Skyrail & Train. Due to the flood, the train has been closed but the skyrail remain operating. Rather than allowing us to pay additional single way trip down (in lieu of train), this idiot business rather shut down the entire tour without any notice or communication and expect us to pay full price instead with Skyrail. It is understandable because of the train but we waited a week for them to say they are planning a detour. Skyrail company said this is possible but they haven’t been in contact with Down Under ever since the train has stopped operating. It has been a back and forth game with Down Under and Ignite telling me to contact each other. This was meant to be our getaway holiday and so far it’s been a nightmare dealing with this issue. ** this has been resolved and we were able to change.
Hi Ney, I invite you to email me so we can look into this further for you. Email sales:downundertours.com and make sure to include your booking number into the email and booking name. You can call if you prefer and ask for the sales team +61 7 4047 9066
Negative experience: Literally a tour for retirees. We did Cape Tribulation and Daintree Forest with a minibus of about 25 people. Out of 12 hours of the tour, more time was spent on the minibus (trying not to vomit from the discomfort): we saw the forest on foot for about half an hour, nothing exciting. The lunch wasn't bad, but having it at 11:30 seemed too early. Cape Tribulation is basically a nice beach, we stayed for 10 minutes. We ate the ice cream on the minibus, not even time to stretch our legs and sit comfortably at a table. The river tour was truly useless, saw only 1 crocodile from afar towards the end of the tour. I wouldn't do it again, it's not worth the price.
Fantastic experience: Awesome commentary, bus drivers are super funny..make you laugh. Highly recommend
Fantastic experience: Highly recommended . I didn’t know how to swim at all but staffs helped me to see the corals under water. I don’t feel like I have missed anything. I enjoyed the most. Thanks to all the staff
Fantastic experience: Highly recommend these guys they are a small locally owned company. We had two tours with them. Firstly, we did Kuranda, and it was amazingly organised. Andrew was very friendly, professional, and super knowledgeable about Cairns. He kept engaging with everyone on the bus their and back it was a lovely day. Secondly, we went on the cruise and dive tour. We snorkelled, this was also very well organised plenty of time to snorkel, lunch was great plenty of food for everyone beautiful local produce it was a fantastic day could not fault the crew at all. Thank you all for the amazing experiences.
Fantastic experience: Day tour to kuranda was easy and efficient thanks to the pick up service. They also let us stay more after the train was more than one hour late. Would definitely recommend!
Fantastic experience: Cape Tribulation, Daintree and Mossman Gorge taken by my wife and I on the 22nd August 24. We are in our 70 tees and found the trip absolutely well planned and well worth the booking. Our thoughts go to our driver and guide Uta, who was full of energy all day and an absolute delight all throughout the entire trip. (360 klm) Highly recommend she receive a pay rise.
Fantastic experience: Daniel, our guide, was concerned about accompanying us with professionalism, passion, and enthusiasm. I 100% recommend visiting the Daintree Forest and Cape Tribulation. The services are truly of high quality.
Fantastic experience: Every one I delt with at DUT were helpful and went out of their way to make my trip on Skyrail easy and enjoyable. Thank you
Thank you Lisa for your review!
Fantastic experience: It was a really interesting day thanks to our very informative guide- Bridget. We enjoyed it a lot and would highly recommend the Mossman Gorge, Cape Tribulation tour to others.
Thank you Rebecca, for recommending us!
Fantastic experience: We had a brilliant day with this company on our Daintree Day tour. Driver and tour guide Adrian was professional, well organised with an extensive knowledge of all things relating to this part of the world. Highly recommend
Positive experience: Very interesting visit to Mossman Gorge Daintree and Cape Tribulation. We miss that the walking routes were a little longer. The guide, Scott, simply amazing!
Fantastic experience: Bridget was so knowledgeable. Has an awesome experience. Highly recommend
Thanks for the review Michelle, we will pass your feedback on to Driver/Guide Bridget.
Fantastic experience: Incredibly professional, funny, and accommodating tour group. They showed us some incredible sights at the Daintree Rainforest, Mossman Gorge, and Cape Tribulation and loved it. The food was great, and the tour guide was hilarious and friendly.
Hi Jordan, thanks for the 5 stars and review.
Fantastic experience: Highly recommend our tour guide Bridget. Excellent local knowledge and very friendly. Had an awesome time. will book again next visit
Hi Susanna, looks like you spotted a crocodile, great photo! Thanks for the review.
Fantastic experience: Our tour guide Uta was excellent, friendly, very knowledgeable and excellent driver. Food on the tour was all inclusive and very good. Would recommend this tour as driving it by yourself would be awful given road and traffic conditions.
Thank you Vanessa for your glowing review. We will be sure to pass this on to Driver/Guide Uta.
Positive experience: Rob our bus driver was so lovely and knowledgeable with local history facts. Afternoon at Hartley’s crocodile park felt a little rushed as we arrived on the bus later than planned. I had my five children including a 7week old baby so needed regular feed and change breaks that limited what tours we could join.
Hi Stephanie, we will be sure to pass on your lovely feedback to Driver Guide Rob. We are sorry to hear your afternoon was impacted. If you wish to reach out to us to discuss further, you can email [email protected]
Fantastic experience: Did the sky car and train trip - Perfect
Thanks for the review Rachel and the 5 stars. Awesome to hear you had the perfect day!
Fantastic experience: We went to Mossman Gorge Daintree and cape tribulation with Joe from down under tours. I don't know how Joe managed to talk through the whole trip. Very informative and friendly. Hubby and Joe had a catch up about their days in Opunake New Zealand.
Hi Jillian, thanks for the review! We will pass on your thanks to Driver Guide Joe
Fantastic experience: I had a great day out with friends and family at Kuranda on Thursday. The Skyrail and the train are amazing and have spectacular views. Kuranda village is very nice, the markets are good and have plenty of food options. We brought some opal and really unique clothes. The team at down under tours, skyrail, and kuranda scenic rail were amazing. They really created such a nice atmosphere. 100% recommend!!!!
Thank you for your recommendation. Happy to hear you had a great day travelling with us.
Fantastic experience: We had a wonderful day tour visiting Mossman Gorge, Daintree and Cape Tribulation. Our guide Joe was friendly, helpful and a wealth of knowledge about the area, with lots of fun facts along the way. Joe is passionate about the region and it shows and was greatly appreciated. We hoped off our tour at the end of the day suitably tired and very happy! Thank you!
Thank you for your review, we will be sure to pass on your feedback to Driver Guide Joe. thank you for travelling with us.
Fantastic experience: Scott was our guide through Mossman Gorge, Daintree rainforest, and to Cape Trib. He was absolutely phenomenal. We had questions about native species of every plant, insect, mammal, everything , and he had an educational and genuine answer for each. After I showed interest in entomology he went out of his way to spot a katydid for me that we don’t have in the USA and showed me personal photos he has acquired! A very engaging and insightful guide paired with the beautiful scenery of the tour made for a delightful day. A fair bit of walking is done so if you’re older take stabilizing shoes and bring water. It is great for all ages. Highly recommended tour.
Thank you for your glowing review. We will be sure to share this with our wonderful driver guide Scott.
Fantastic experience: We had a truly wonderful day with Downunder Tours in Cairns today. Coach pick up was spot on time with hotel to the rail station. Great train ride to Kuranda. Spectacular stop to view Barron Falls on the way. Headed back to Cairns on the Spectacular Cablecar ride . Met by Downunder Coach at the Smithfield Termial at end of our Skyrail trip above the beautiful Daintree Rainforest. Greeted warmly by charming Mitch our driver back to our city hotel. Thank you Mitch for your cheerful and safe 3.15 pm coach trip today. You were truly awesome and took great care of us and all on board your coach today. Michael & Cathy McRae Perth , Western Australia.
Thank you for the review Michael. It's great to hear you had a wonderful day.
Fantastic experience: We took the down under reef tour and it was fantastic. The ship was brand new (and huge), the staff were very friendly and helpful, the food was decent and amazingly all the extra items available for purchase were reasonably priced ($5 beer, $2 sea sickness tablets, $35 rented underwater camera, etc...). The refs we went to were awesome. Tip- go during bad weather and there will be less people on the boat and apparently it is more likely you will see giant turtles if the weather is bad. Of course the seas will be rougher, but that didn't bother me. All in all, it was a great tour!
Fantastic experience: Down under tours transfers from hotel to activity locations was excellent, props to driver Glynn.
Hi Brock, thanks for the review. We are very proud of the work our driver guides do.
Fantastic experience: The Great Barrier Reef tour was EPIC! All of the staff on-board were really nice, funny and great with their service. The equipment was all very good, the team were professional in their approach and we saw so many amazing things! Thank you to the team for getting us to some epic spots, underwater photographer and good food! We will certainly be back again!
Hi Coby. Thanks for the review. You've placed this review on a land based company with a similar name. So the valuable feedback gets to the right people, please reach out to Down Under Cruise & Dive.
Fantastic experience: We did the Mossman Gorge, Daintree, Cape Tribulation tour in July and cannot recommend it highly enough. It was brilliant!!! Scott was our guide and was extremely informative at the stops as well as pointing out highlights and history along the way. We had a terrific morning tea and the lunch was excellent quality ( I had Barra and the others had perfectly cooked steak) in lovely surroundings and of course, the fruit sorbet ice creams for afternoon tea were also very yum. The sights and the river cruise ( we saw 2 crocs) really exceeded our expectations, only disappointed that the cassowaries were in hiding. Fabulous day and would love to even do it again, the scenery is so beautiful and interesting. Scott, you are a treasure and your knowledge and funny stories really made the day for us, thank you.
Hi Antoinette. Thank you for the 5 star detailed review. We are so pleased you enjoyed your Cape Tribulation tour with us!
Fantastic experience: Paul was a very funny and informative driver, we went to Hartley's Crocodile Adventures with him. Recommend
Hi Robyn, thank you for the 5 star review! We are so pleased you enjoyed your Hartley's Experience with Paul.
Fantastic experience: Down Under Tours can be congratulated on a fantastically 'designed' tour to Cape Tribulation, Daintree & Mosman Gorge, Queensland! The tour began in a very comfortable 4WD 'bus' to Cape Tribulation & a wonderful guided tour through the Daintree rainforest; a cruise along the Daintree River; morning tea at Mosman Gorge & a delicious tropical lunch ( we had the barramundi ) served at a restaurant amongst the backdrop of the rainforest! We also had a guided walk on the cape Tribulation Beach.... & finished off with a yummy tropical fruit icecream! We cannot speak highly enough about our bus driver/tour guide; Scott! He was very knowledgeable, interesting, witty & also managed to keep our group safely together throughout the tour! We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.....
Thank you Barbara for such a wonderful, detailed 5 star review! We love our Cape Tribulation, Mossman Gorge Daintree tour and are so pleased you loved it too.
Positive experience: Was a mix up as one of the experiences cancelled . Didn't re-book it properly for the day after so caused some issues, almost missed out. Full refund still pending. Have used them previously so will give them 4 * this time around .
Hi Daryl. if there is anything I can assist you with your booking, please feel free to reach out to [email protected]
Fantastic experience: We thoroughly enjoyed our Daintree forest/river, Mossman Gorge tour with our fantastic driver and guide Scott. We were promptly picked up from our accommodation in the bus, which was very clean, cool and comfortable for our day's travelling. Scott's commentary and knowledge was first class throughout a wonderful day exploring the natural beauty of the area. HIs knowledge of the plants/wildlife/area was great and he was able to spot things that we wouldn't have seen otherwise! We were unable to get to Cape Tribulation due to damage caused by the recent cyclone but enjoyed our stop at Thornton beach. The lunch at Heritage lodge was delicious and was a lovely area to explore post lunch. The damper and tea at Mossman Gorge and icecream at Daintree Ice cream company were outstanding. A memorable day!!
Hi Karen, thanks for the in-depth and wonderful review and thank you for choosing our company and supporting businesses in our region. It's so awesome to hear you had a memorable day in the Daintree!
Fantastic experience: Excellent guide/driver on the Cape Tribulation tour. His passion for the area the wildlife and the indigenous peoples really came across. Thank you Scott.
Thank you for the fantastic review! We are so pleased you enjoyed your Cape Tribulation Mossman Gorge Daintree Tour!
Negative experience: Avoid, avoid, avoid!! Left us waiting for 45 minutes at the pick up spot before we reached out to our travel agent and found that the tour was cancelled! Zero effort or attempts were made by down under tours to tell us that the tour was not going ahead and we booked 4 days prior! I’m also glad we reached out as I don’t think they would have contacted us and they still haven’t contacted us to apologise! To leave customers waiting at a pick up spot and waste a day of their holiday is unforgivable when we have such limited time here. So many better alternatives for tour groups, such as Cairns adventure group who prioritise the customer.
Hi Lara. Please feel free to reach out to with with your booking number so I can look into this further for you. [email protected] +61 7 4047 9066
Fantastic experience: Perfect! Picked us up and dropped us off - very organised and throughly on time. Loved
Thank you Mads for the review
Fantastic experience: We did the Cape tribulation, mossman gorge, and daintree River tour. An amazing day with our wonderful and informative guide Uta. Saw 2 crocodiles, and gained plenty of knowledge about the locations and wildlife!
Negative experience: I only got to the phone to book and ask for help, the person who answered the phone was far from friendly or helpful. So much for ringing the company directly.
Hi John. Sorry to hear your experience wasn't to be as expected. I'd like to invite you to contact me with your booking number so I can look into things further for you. You can call or email. +61 7 4047 9050 or [email protected]
Positive experience: Did train to Kuranda, it was fantastic. Got skyrail back,that was fantastic too. But waited from 4.45pm for bus at 5.20pm. Was sitting at bus station and obviously bus didn't do head count and we were left to get cab at 6pm. Not impressed
Hi Leonie. I would like the opportunity to investigate into what happened for you if you would like to email or call me with your booking number. +61 7 4047 9050 or [email protected]
Fantastic experience: FIRST CLASS TOUR Thank you Uta! Daintree Rainforest and River trip. An amazing day out.
Thanks Jane, so happy you enjoyed your tour.
Positive experience: If you're under 50 years old, this tour is not for you (Daintree forest + Gorge Masson + Cape Tribulation). There is nothing amazing to see: we saw two crocodiles, two dragons something (like a chameleon) and some spiders. It takes all day, it's a lot of travel if you leave from Cairns and it's really not worth it. Besides, it's very expensive for how little appealing the destinations are. I don't rule out that it might be a good tour for older people; the guide is good, the transfers are super clean and punctual, the food is good... But it doesn't stand out either.
Negative experience: too expensive, better to book directly with Kuranda Railway
Fantastic experience: Beautiful experience with the train and cable car. Super professional and enchanting route.
Thanks for your opinion
Fantastic experience: The driver was lovely and friendly.
Thank you for the 5 star review!
Positive experience: Good tours with very knowledgeable driver/ guides.
Hi Trudy. We are very proud of our driver/guides here at Down Under Tours. Thank you for recommending us!
Fantastic experience: very accommodating group. they helped us make last minute changes to our itinerary. very pleasant
Hi Danae, we always try to make sure your experience is memorable with Down Under Tours. Thank you for the 5 stars!
Fantastic experience: Very well organised touring business with professional staff who were informative, entertaining and safety conscious.
Hi Susan, thank you so much for the review. I will make sure I pass this lovely feedback to all staff.
Fantastic experience: We are in WOW of the fantastic day we had with Mark!! The tour was wonderful but Mark really made it exceptional.
Hi Liliana, Mark is an exceptional guide and we are pleased you had a "WOW" of a day with Down Under Tours.
Negative experience: Sad experience, booked a package of sky-rail, train and hotel pick up. Unfortunately due to bad weather sky rail got cancelled. Charged us good amount for the package but when there was a time for refund, had to wait for a while and check continuously for the amount with this agent many times. Ended up getting a low amount of refund of $37.29 which was not even a bit of $158 which was paid for the total package. They ended of saying $37.29 is the most we can do as we keep the rest as commission. Will not recommend to book through them. Better to book through the sky rail directly.
Fantastic experience: Great experience with them. Our tour guide/ driver of the bus Peter was such a fun person. He is hilarious and made sure everyone was comfortable and not stressed . Highly recommended!!
Negative experience: Today during our tour with another company a Down under tour bus overtook our bus with no consideration for the wildlife signs at all. Signs everywhere saying slow down, watch for cassowaries, so we were doing the 60km speed limit slowing down for the 20km speed humps when the tour bus overtook us and was gone out of sight. So dangerous where and how he passed us. Only to see him 5 minutes later at the icecream place where he abused our driver for going 'too slow' at the speed limit and proceeded to raise his voice at our driver saying if he called the company he would tell them that our driver stopped in the middle of the road. Completely untrue. Very dangerous and rude driver. I would not recommend for your safety and the safety of the wildlife using this company at all.
Hello Rachel, I would kindly like to follow up on this, can you please email me at [email protected].
Negative experience: If I could give a negative rating I would. Booked and paid for tour to Daintree, Mosman & Tribulation 2 months previous just to get an email a couple days before saying that a tour the day b4 ours was cancelled then on the morning of our tour to be told by the office that there was a typo in the email SOO SORRY (NO YOU ARE NOT!!) as it was meant to be my tour that was cancelled. How can you be overbooked for over 2 months and NOT have the decency to discover it until 2 days b4 a tour and not even be able to check that the cancellation email is correct. You picked up other people from my motel so the bus was not cancelled, just my booking. Absolutely useless management, wonder how long this refund is going to take...... if we ever see the refund....
Hi Mini. Sorry to hear about your negative experience. If you would like to, please contact me on [email protected] and from there we can speak in person.
Positive experience: The tour was excellent. It would have been five stars if not for the train being late causing us to not have alot of time in Kuranda. However it was excellent and ended with the funniest bus trip back to hotel thanks to Paul our bus driver. He was 10/10 and made us laugh so much
Hi Annalisa. Sorry to hear the delayed train impacted on your time in Kuranda. Paul is an excellent driver and part of the Down Under Tours team and we are pleased to hear you were well looked after and had a good laugh!
Negative experience: This tour company could not run a bath. Staff have no idea of their product, schedules or activities paid for. Paid for a full day tour from 9am and the bus does not get our family to the first activity until well after 12pm. We asked if there is a pickup from trinity Beach area and was told your tour only has one pickup which is now later. We then call on the day and was told the 9am was still happening but asked if there was a local pickup and only gave this option. We asked if they could taxi to Cairns for pickup to be told the 11.25 was the only shuttle for pickup. This was found to be also and truly misguided. Our family travelled from overseas and had on their list to do. They only had 90 mins to explore instead of the paid for 5 hrs.
We hope all our guests have a positive experience with Down Under Tours and wouldappreciate the opportunity to talk with you. Please contact us on +61 (07) 4047 9066
Fantastic experience: brilliant tours and guides, buses comfortable and aircon. Beautiful area, military museum largest in Southern Hemisphere, skyrail, Kuranda railway tour. Beautiful put together, pick up and drop off to accommodation.
Hi Petryce, thanks for the 5 star review and sharing your photos. It's great to hear you had an awesome day with us!
Fantastic experience: We went on the Cape Tribulation, Daintree & Mossman Gorge Tour. We were picked up from our hotel in Cairns by a lovely driver called Daniel. He was so knowledgeable, friendly & helpful. He went out of his way to make our day special. Thank you Daniel and Down Under Tours, a great day out and Daniel is a great ambassador for your company.
Thank you Bron for your 5 star review. We are very proud of our driver/guides at Down Under Tours. They truly do make the day special!
Fantastic experience: Went on the Mossman Gorge/Daintree/Cape Tribulation day trip today and it was fantastic. Daniel, our guide, was brilliant - gave us loads of information, answered all questions with ease, threw in some Aussie humour, pointed out wildlife we’d completely missed and was all round the best tour guide I have ever had, and I’ve done a lot of trips!
Hi Janet, awesome review! I will make sure to pass this on to Daniel. Great to hear you had a fantastic day.
Fantastic experience: What a great tour. Cairns to Cape Tribluation. So much beautiful scenery . Great food. Lovely clean and comfortable transport. Our tour guide Scott was fantastic. Made the tour informative and fun. If you are in Cairns make sure you do this tour. Unforgettable experience.
Thank you Lyn & Gavin for your 5 stars and lovely review.
Fantastic experience: We had a fun day out in The Daintree Rainforeat, Daintree River and Cape Tribulation! Scott was amazing! Incredibly educational! We have learnt so much about Australia's history.Only sorta buzzkill were the roadworks but we couldn't have predicted that. Scott's horrible yet funny dad jokes distracted us from that. Would definitely go again. Thank you Scott!!
We are so pleased you enjoyed your day with us in the Daintree, thank you for leaving a review. We will be sure to pass it on to our driver Scott.
Fantastic experience: Our day tour to Mossman Gorge, Daintree River and Cape Tribulation was an excellent experience all round. The vehicle was very comfortable , super clean and felt very safe and in good hands. We were so lucky to have a fantastic guide Scott who shared so much interesting information and we saw so much of that part of FNQ including the wildlife.
Hi Beverley. Thank you for the 5 star review! We have passed on your feedback to your driver/guide Scott. Thank you for choosing Down Under Tours
Fantastic experience: Spent the day with Mark from Down Under Tours, visiting the Janbal art gallery for an art lesson and a guided walk through the Mossman Gorge. The tour guide can either make or break your experience, and Mark definitely made it. Thank you Mark for a wonderful day!
Hi Gee, Mark is a fantastic guide who will definitely make your day! Thank you for choosing Down Under Tours for your Indigenous Experience to Mossman Gorge and Janbal Art Gallery.
Fantastic experience: We had Scott for our tour guide with a full day of Mossman, Daintree and Cape Tribulation. Bloody awesome, couldn’t have asked for a better day. Scott is very knowledgeable with all the facts, so glad we chose this company. Highly recommend this tour and having a great tour guide was a bonus!
Fantastic experience: Our driver Daniel was amazing he is full of knowledge as well as jokes and he can also speak German. Our tour to the Daintree, Mossman Gorge and Cape Tribulation was informative and fun. Our morning tea and lunch was super yummy especially the ice cream at the end of our day. Highly reccomend getting on a tour with Daniel.
Thank you so much for your 5 star rating and review for Down Under Tours. We will give Daniel your feedback and let him know that you enjoyed his commentary and your day in Cape Tribulation with him. It is lovely to receive your comments. Thank you.
Fantastic experience: On Wednesday the 3rd of August we visited Kuranda by booking a scenic train and sky rail tour with this company. They are very professional,well organised and most of all friendly and welcoming. On the way back to Cairns we had a driver who s name is Paul: he was simply amazing and made our day with his humour!Such an interesting person. Thank you Paul!
Thank you for your fantastic 5 star review. We are thrilled you had such a great day. We are very lucky to have Paul as one of our great driver guides, he does add a lot to the tour with his humour. We will pass on the great comment to him.
Fantastic experience: We had DUT plan a full day for us with train, skyrail and Heartly's. Everything went smooth, from pick-up to the ride back, and it was cheaper than it wouldve been if we had tried to plan it all ourselves. Special shout-out to Neil, who is the most natural tour guide I've ever met!
Fantastic experience: We booked a SkyRail combo to the Kuranda mountains with hotel transfers for a family of 5 and unfortunately I didn’t realise I missed one person until we were about to board the bus. The company was brilliant and sorted everything for us on the spot, got me a seat on the train despite it being full and printed out new passes for us which we were truly grateful for as I was worried one of us might miss out. The gondola ride was stunning with Barron waterfalls being the highlight of our trip. The train ride from Kuranda to Cairns was quite uncomfortable and I don’t they should be squashing 4 people onto what should be a 3 seater bench but the scenery and the breathtaking beauty of the area definitely makes up for it. You can book a Gold Class Cabin which I think would be more comfortable but it is $99 per person which is a little bit excessive. It’s an amazing day out and you can save some money by skipping the hotel transfer ($120 with or $179 without) it would have been more value for money if the driver provided some information about the area he was driving through but minor issue. Absolutely incredible day out and by far the best tour I’ve ever been on
Thank you so much for our 5 star rating and your review. We are thrilled you had a great day on your Kuranda experience.
Fantastic experience: We did the Daintree / Cape Trib / Mossman Gorge tour and Daniel was our guide. He was amazing! Full of knowledge and jokes to keep us informed, yet laughing the whole day. Beautiful locations and lots of gorgeous photo opportunities! Leaving from Cairns makes it a long day so if you have the choice, book from Port Douglas!
Thank you for your feedback and our 5 star review. We are thrilled that Daniel entertained you with his humour and knowledge. Mossman, Daintree and Cape Tribulation are beautiful locations, aren't they.
Fantastic experience: Fantastic tour with a great driver and guide - thanks Tony. We were picked up and dropped off at our hotel. I recommend tours if you're in the Cairns area as they are informative, cost effective and you can relax to and from in a great big bus.
We are thrilled you had a great day with Down Under Tours. Thank you for our 5 star review.
Fantastic experience: My wife and I experienced the Kuranda rail and Skyway and the Cape Tribulation tours. Both were handled in a very professional and caring manner. The Cape Tribulation tour started out well and got better as the day went on. People were missing from pickup, but the driver handled it all with ease. Daniel was our driver/guide and his sense of humour coupled with extensive environmental knowledge greatly enhanced the tour. We have been on tours all around the world and this was as good as the best, if not the best. Thanks Daniel.
We are thrilled to get your very special review of our company, Down Under Tours, thank you so much. Our company prides ourselves on our staff, especially our driver guides, and our vehicles. We are thrilled you enjoyed your tours so much. Thank you so much for such a wonderful 5 star review.
Fantastic experience: Great touring company for an excellent reef experience! The crew were helpful and friendly, the boat was secure (the number of head counts and checks on equipment were impressive), and the locations and time on the reef were great.
This review belongs to a different company, I am assuming it is Down Under Dive that you are referring to. They would appreciate receiving your 5 star review.
Fantastic experience: Our bus driver Paul he is the best tourist guy we had. Not only he had great sense of humor but also he is very considerate he dropped off at hotel front because of rainy day.
Fantastic experience: First trip to Cairns and I can't rate them highly enough. From the first phone call to enquire to the final door to door drop off, there was not one hitch in the whole day. Efficient, friendly staff and comfortable transport.
Down Under Tours is happy that we provided you a wonderful service and a great day. Thank you for our 5 star rating.
Fantastic experience: Great tour to the Daintree and Cape Tribulation had a wonderful tour guide in Bridget would recommend do it
Thank you Maria for our 5 star review and great comments about our tour guide Bridget. We are happy you enjoyed your experience in Mossman, Cape Tribulation and the Daintree rainforest.
Fantastic experience: Great experience with them. Our tour guide/ driver of the bus Peter was such a fun person. He is hilarious and made sure everyone was comfortable and not stressed . Highly recommended!!
Fantastic experience: We have just finished the Cape Tribulation, Daintree and Mossman Gorge tour with Down Under Tours. It was an awesome day, even though the weather was not friendly. Our tour guide and driver Scott was excellent at is job and was very informative through out the whole day, his dad jokes were really funny as well. He was also very good at working with the rain during the day. The whole day went like clockwork and was very well organised. Morning tea and lunch were very nice indeed and so was the ice cream before the trip back to our accommodation. Even though the weather wasn't the best all the spots we went to the scenery was amazing. This tour was very good value for money and I would have no hesitation in recommending Down Under Tours. Thankyou very much Scott for a wonderful day indeed.
Thank you Peter for your amazing review! We are very proud of our Cape Tribulation Tour, particularly our driver/guides. We will make sure we pass on your feedback to Scott. Thank you for choosing Down Under Tours! We look forward to welcoming you back on your next visit to our region.
Fantastic experience: Just been on the Daintree Rainforest and Cape Tribulation tour , it was. Fabulous experience Scott the driver very informative and funny ,sorted everything out during the day, couldn’t have looked after everyone any better. Food supplied during the day fantastic. Ps Chris on boat also brilliant. Cathy and Wayne Shaw UK
Hi Cathy & Wayne. Thank you for taking the time to write such a lovely review. I will be sure to pass on your feedback to your diver/guide Scott. We are pleased you enjoyed your experience to the World Heritage Listed Daintree Rainforest.
Fantastic experience: We did the Mossman Gorge, Cape Tribulation and Daintree Rainforest trip with Down Under Tours and the experience was great. Greg was our tour guide and he was friendly, knowledgeable and approached the day with a great sense of humour. The tour was well organised and scheduled, allowing time at each place to explore a little before moving on. Being on the bus with the large windows allowed you to see the rainforest travelling in and out. Greg's commentary was informative and we really enjoyed being on his bus!
Thank you Kiara for leaving such a lovely 5 star review. I am pleased you had such a wonderful day in nature and that Greg was such a wonderful asset to your experience. Our driver guides are very important to our business and it's great to get positive feedback that we pass on to them.
Fantastic experience: Daniel our tour guide was very knowledgeable about the local fauna and flora and animals. Well-paced walks, delicious morning tea, lunch and local Daintree icecream as our final treat! Very enjoyable tour made more so by Daniel's skills and ability to relate to everyone! High recommended!
Fantastic experience: My partner and I did the Kuranda tour! They provided us a transfers, ticket for Skyrail and the Kuranda Train. We had the best day in Kuranda. Everything was so peaceful and perfect❤️ We could do our own things and visit wherever we wanted to go in Kuranda. The freedom we had! Oh the best feelings!! Really enjoyed our day! Our bus driver was such a friendly person and gave us some tips when we go on a Skyrail Highly recommended!!
Fantastic experience: Had an amazing day travelling on the Skyrail and Kuranda Train. Tony our bus driver was very pleasant, informative and entertaining. He gave us very clear instructions about our trip and where to meet him for the return bus trip home. Very impressed. Would highly recommend.
Thank you for our high recommendation and the 5 star review for Down Under Tours!
Fantastic experience: It was amazing! Highly recommended day tours while you are visiting Cairns.
Hi Orathai. Thanks for the 5 stars and recommending Down Under Tours!
Fantastic experience: We went on the Daintree Dreaming Tour and loved it. Bridget, our tour guide was extremely informative, knowledgeable and personable. A pleasure to spend the day with. Our 14 year old teenager was totally engaged all day and had a great time. We highly recommend this tour.
Hi Leanne, thank you for the review and photos. Great to hear you both loved your day on Daintree Dreaming
Fantastic experience: Fantastic tour with a great driver and guide - thanks, Uta. We were picked up and dropped off at our hotel far from the city. I recommend tours if you're in the Cairns area as they are informative, cost-effective, and you can relax to and from a great bus with AC services. Ice cream, great Lunch in a Heritage hotel. Uta, you are the best, thank you Down Under Tours Australia
Thank you so much for your wonderful review and photos. We are thrilled that you enjoyed your day in the Daintree Rainforest and at Cape Tribulation so much.
Fantastic experience: Bus driver was on time and very funny and informed us of what to do.
Thank you for our 5 star rating and review. We are happy you enjoyed your time with us.
Positive experience: Neat and tidy coaches with a fun and informative driver.
Negative experience: Dodgy Management
We would be interested to know why you feel this way, we are not sure what transpired for you to make this comment and would like to look into the situation.
Fantastic experience: Fantastic tour guide with Greg! Had an amazing aboriginal fishing tour and daintree rainforest..
Down Under Tours is thrilled that you had a wonderful day on our Daintree Dreaming tour with the traditional fishing component in the afternoon. It is an exceptional tour, isn't it. Thank you for our 5 star review and your comments about Greg, our wonderful driver / guide.
Fantastic experience: Amazing experience with the crew, very energetic and also feel safe on this ship
This review belongs to a different company, I am assuming it is Down Under Dive that you are referring to. They would appreciate receiving your 5 star review.
Fantastic experience: Lost my sunglasses in the bus and got it back next day from the office. Really nice fellas.
Fantastic experience: Great experience- staff are all out there and help you as soon as you need them! Highly recommended!
Wonderful review and thank you for the 5 star rating!
Fantastic experience: Have just completed 4 days of tours around cairns all of our drivers were knowledgeable and polite and tours were well put together
Negative experience: Very poor paid and was waiting for our pick up in the morning at 7:40 it was 7:50 and they were still not here so I called them up and found out that both bus drivers drove past our hotel and thought it was another hotel and got no way of turning around to come get us so now we miss out on the whole thing cause of them and there’s no compensation or anything or no way for them to even get us there so angry and so pathetic, wouldn't recommend them to anyone.
Fantastic experience: Excellent driver. Friendly, professional, knowledgeable. Loved every minute of the tour. His name was Joe.
Fantastic experience: Easy to book online, pick up and drop off at hotel, a well-oiled machine. Train trip to Kuranda was beautiful, cable car trip back was spectacular.
I am so pleased you had a wonderful experience travelling with Down Under Tours and that you enjoyed your time in Kuranda - the little village in the rainforest.
Fantastic experience: Absolutely great company. Plans everything for you, the guides are very knowledgeable and will go far out of their way to make sure you are looked after in an unknown town. Will definitely use again! Thank you bus driver Andrew.
Fantastic experience: Really professional and good value for your $. We were both really happy with our experience with Down Under Tour's and will be return customers. Easy to recommend
Thank you for your great review and kind words. We appreciate our 5 star rating.
Fantastic experience: We had the best tour driver Pete, he was fantastic, all the local knowledge and so much great information we ever he took us. He is a great asset to the company.
Thank you for the fantastic review for our wonderful driver / guide, Pete and the 5 star rating for us, Down Under Tours!
Fantastic experience: Well organised tour. Excellent itinerary. Very comfortable bus and we had a very warm hearted and humorous bus driver .
Down Under Tours is very grateful for our 5 star rating and your kind comments. Thank you for your review.
Fantastic experience: Both our drivers were great, on time both pickups. Buses clean and cool. Will use you guys again when we come back up.
We are thrilled that you had a great tour, thank you for your review.
Negative experience: Found the experience very enjoyable and staff young and fun . However food was prepared by young staff and meat and fish were overcooked and variety was extremely limited . The food let this trip down big time, wouldn't visit them again.
I don't believe this review was meant for Down Under Tours, as we are a transport company where our driver / guides are great fun and knowledgeable, mature aged and we do not work with food in any way. All our tours that have food included are prepared by professionals at a cafe situation.
Negative experience: Kuranda tour was cancelled without notice (despite claim of sent text message). Down Under Tours not responsible for cancellation, but surely responsible to tell its clients. Waited 30+ minutes at pickup location, unable to reach anyone via phone („not operational“ at 10am…). Refund within 3 days, but absolutely unacceptable service.
This was an unfortunate cancellation and Down Under Tours are sorry that the unexpected process broke down and not handled in the most timely of manners. It is frustrating and disappointing when a tour gets cancelled, we are sorry for the inconvenience to you, especially when you are holiday.
Negative experience: Yesterday I booked a tour for Kuranda for 2 adults and I received a text that my booking was done and pick up from my hotel. Today morning when the coach did not come, I called them and I was told that I cancelled the booking by a lady named Kristy. She said that the cancellation was made at 7:10am. I told her that I received a message at 7:19 am to be picked up at a different hotel. These useless people cancelled some one elses booking by just looking at the surname and mixed up with mine. She did not apologize and was being very stupid when I confronted her. Luckily the bus driver named Paul picked us up and said that since they started digital booking recently, they had messed up many bookings. If the bus driver wasn't cooperative, this booking service deserves negative feedback.
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