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Student Summer Holiday Campaign Additional Activity Options Our Team Can Assist with Arranging Additional Optional Tours Student Summer Holiday Campaign Additional Activity Options Our team can assist with arranging additional optional tours. Gross prices for tours are provided and a 10% discount applies (campaign price) if you book your tour through Banora International Group. Kuranda Classic Tour Gross Campaign Operates: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday Price Price The Kuranda Classic Day Tour provides you with a full day adventure to Kuranda, located in World $235.00 $211.50 Heritage Rainforest. Your tour includes a visit to the award-winning Rainforestation Nature Park, where you can take a tour on a historic World War II Army Duck, as well feed a kangaroo and meet a Cassowary in the Wildlife Park. Visit the Pamagirri Aboriginal Experience including boomerang and spear throwing and traditional Aboriginal dances. You will enjoy the Kuranda Scenic Railway and the Skyrail Rainforest Cableway as part of your transfers. Tour Highlights • Kuranda Scenic Railway • Kuranda Village • Rainforestation Nature Park • Army Duck Rainforest Tour • Pamagirri Aboriginal Experience • Lunch at Rainforestation • Koala & Wildlife Park • Skyrail Rainforest Cableway • Return Coach Transfers from Accommodation (pick up & drop off) Skydiving Gross Campaign Operates: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday Price Price Tandem skydive and experience the thrill of freefall with Australia's largest and most trusted skydiving $219.00 $197.10 operator. You will jump from 7,500 ft directly over Cairns, so you'll freefall for up to 40 seconds. Once your canopy opens, soak up the stunning views and even steer the parachute if you’re feeling brave. Inclusions: • 1 Tandem Skydive from 7,500 feet • 3-month membership of the Australian Parachute Federation. • Personalised certificate of achievement • Return Coach Transfers from Accommodation (pick up & drop off) Banora International Group PO Box 2827, Cairns, QLD 4870, Australia Tel: +61 7 4041 7990 | Email: [email protected] | Web: www.banoragroup.com ABN: 42 010 744 582 | © 2020 Outer Reef Cruise Gross Campaign Operates: Thursday, Saturday Price Price Your Outer Barrier Reef Tour includes up to 5 hours free time on the Great Barrier Reef Marine World $239.00 $215.10 pontoon where you are able to engage in a full range of activities and facilities onboard. Included activities on your cruise include snorkeling equipment including buoyancy vests, underwater observatory with panoramic viewing windows built into lower 'underwater' level of the pontoon, semi-submersible submarine tours with full commentary, glass bottom boat tours as well as a delicious buffet lunch with selection of hot and cold dishes! The pontoon is stable in the water with plenty of room to enjoy activities, there is even a sundeck with sunlounges for sunbathing and entry stairs that lead from the pontoon, straight out onto the coral bombies of Moore Reef. Tour Inclusions • Equipment • Wet suit/Lycra suit • Informative commentary • Non-swimming activities • Deck amenities • Fish Feeding • Gourmet buffet lunch Fitzroy Island Gross Campaign Operates: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday Price Price Fitzroy Island is one of the most unspoiled islands on the Great Barrier Reef. The majority of Fitzroy Island $105.00 $94.50 is a National Park, this includes mangroves, open woodland, tropical pristine rainforest and coral beaches with fringing coral reef best experienced by the walking trails around the island. Some of the activities you can participate in while visiting Fitzroy Island include walking and hiking trails, snorkelling, swimming, sea kayaking, ocean trampoline, viewing the reef by glass bottom boat or simply relaxing to take it all in. Spend up to six hours to explore its many stunning natural offerings, taking part in a range of activities on both land and water. Tour Highlights • Up to 6 hours to explore Fitzroy Island • 45-minute ferry to Fitzroy Island return • Depart Cairns 9am – Depart Fitzroy 4pm • More time to explore, relax and play! • Lunch • Walk through the rainforest • Picture perfect scenery Banora International Group PO Box 2827, Cairns, QLD 4870, Australia Tel: +61 7 4041 7990 | Email: [email protected] | Web: www.banoragroup.com ABN: 42 010 744 582 | © 2020 Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures Gross Campaign Operates: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday Price Price Hartley's Crocodile Adventures is also reputed as one of Australia's longest running and most successful $83.00 $74.70 crocodile shows, having operated since the late 1930s. With over 2100m of easy boardwalks and pathways to follow you can discover the five distinct wildlife zones. Take a boat cruise on the wetlands and try and spot the crocodiles lurking in the murky waters below. See them leap from the Hartleys' Lagoon to jump up and grab the chicken being dangled from a pole on the side of the boat. Just make sure you keep your arms inside the boat at all times as crocodiles do not discriminate on what is being offered in this lagoon at feeding times. Tour Highlights • See one of the biggest reptiles in the world up close! • See other Australian native animals such as koalas, kangaroos, cassowaries and more. • Enjoy a croc cruise and watch crocodile feeding • Return Coach Transfers from Accommodation (pick up & drop off) Cairns Aquarium Gross Campaign Operates: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday Price Price The Cairns Aquarium is the only aquarium in the world dedicated exclusively to the habitats and species for $44.00 $39.60 Tropical North Queensland. Visitors are connected to the natural wonders of the Great Barrier Reef and The Wet Tropics regions. You will have the opportunity to get up close to some of the world’s most fascinating and deadly creatures that live in the ocean and in our waterways. Tour Highlights • Enjoy an all-day admission to the Cairns' Aquarium • See the animals and habitats endemic to Tropical North Queensland and learn about the Wet Tropics Rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef. • Enjoy daily ecosystem talks, animal presentations, live diver feeds, marine and reptile touch ‘n talk shows. • See Australia's only 10m Deep Reef Tank, 360-degree Oceanarium, 20m underwater tunnel, mangrove boardwalk and Australia's largest freshwater exhibit • Get up close to freshwater fish, pythons, emerald tree monitors, crocodiles, colourful reef fish, sharks, rays and more Banora International Group PO Box 2827, Cairns, QLD 4870, Australia Tel: +61 7 4041 7990 | Email: [email protected] | Web: www.banoragroup.com ABN: 42 010 744 582 | © 2020 Hot Air Ballooning Gross Campaign Operates: Friday, Saturday, Sunday Price Price Hot Air Ballooning is considered by many to be one of the best ways to see Tropical North Queensland at $249.00 $224.10 sunrise. Experience the fun & unique sensation of being in a Hot Air Balloon, flying gently high above the Atherton Tablelands, Australia. The hot air balloons gently rise from the ground at daybreak as the silence of night is interrupted by the first birds of the morning. The view from the balloon basket is undoubtedly spectacular, and the experience is one you will remember as enchanting and uplifting. Enjoy the picturesque landscape at dawn, floating in your Hot Air Balloon, time to really breathe in the wide-open spaces! Tour Highlights: • Spectacular Hot Air balloon ride • Expert interpretive commentary • Cross Country Hot Air Balloon Chase • Hot Air Balloon Ride Commemorative Certificate • Return Coach Transfers from Accommodation (pick up & drop off) Atherton Tablelands Food and Wine Tour Gross Campaign Operates: Thursday, Friday, Saturday Price Price This boutique food and wine experience from Cairns will be tasting some of the best food and wine that the $210.00 $189.00 Atherton Tablelands has to offer. We will take you through a variety of contrasting landscapes, from lush rainforest to stunning ochre savannah plains. The rich volcanic soil allows farmers to grow many and diverse crops from Bananas, coffee, sugar cane, avocados, mangoes, macadamia nuts, citrus and more which you will learn about as we taste our way around the regions 'Food Bowl.' Take in the beautiful views as we take you on a fascinating and tasty journey through another gem of Far North Queensland. Tour Highlights: • 7 unforgettable stops through Far North Queensland ‘Food Bowl’ • Experienced guide • Return Coach Transfers from Cairns • Lunch included • Wine, cheese, coffee and chocolate tastings included *Maximum 11 passengers Banora International Group PO Box 2827, Cairns, QLD 4870, Australia Tel: +61 7 4041 7990 | Email: [email protected] | Web: www.banoragroup.com ABN: 42 010 744 582 | © 2020 Bungy Jumping Gross Campaign Operates: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday Price Price Get ready to push your limits and defy gravity! Located in the beautiful, lush rainforest is the only Bungy $99.00 $89.10 towner in Australia. It is a must do when in Cairns! Inclusions: • 1 Bungy Jump • 1 Bungy Jump e-certificate • 1 AJ Hackett International Membership • Return Coach Transfers from Accommodation (pick up & drop off) Daintree Rainforest Tour Gross Campaign Operates: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday Price Price Your Daintree Rainforest tour from Cairns will explore all the Daintree Rainforest and Cape Tribulation $220.00 $198.00 region has to offer! Sit back and relax while listening to informative and entertaining commentary by your local naturalist guide. Group size is limited for a more personalised experience.
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