Cairns Travel Guide
Cairns accommodation, Cairns activities and attractions, Cairns maps, transportation to and around Cairns - the ALL NEW Jasons Cairns Destination Travel Guide is your complete visitor guide for Cairns.
With its balmy year-round climate, great facilities and charming lifestyle, it’s easy to see why Cairns is one of
Australia’s top visitor destinations. This modern cosmopolitan city sits on the shores of a natural harbour with a backdrop of rainforest-clad mountains, and provides front-door access to the World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef, rainforest regions of
Cape Tribulation and
Cape York and the
Outback. West of Cairns lie the cool tropical wetlands of the
Atherton Tablelands; while south are the mountains, rainforest and waterfalls of Wooroonooran National Park, part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage area. Cairns is an international tourist mecca with a superb range of accommodation, shopping at malls or markets, multicultural cuisine and a nightlife that can be sophisticated or casual. Hundreds of tours, including cruises, fishing charters and dive excursions to the Great Barrier Reef and day tours or safaris to coastal and inland regions depart daily from here. Between September and November, Cairns hosts the annual black marlin season, a signature gamefishing event on both the local and international scene.
Geographic Location
1700km NW of Brisbane