Student Tours Cairns

Blessed with flowing waterfalls, ancient aboriginal culture, and wildlife found nowhere else on earth, Cairns is the perfect place to encounter the natural world on a student trip.

Cairns is blessed with a superb location between tropical rainforest, classic outback and the Great Barrier Reef. Walk in jungle-draped canyons, meet real cowboys (jackaroos) in red rock country and swim in turquoise underwater universe.

Superb national park trails lead you to swimming holes, Kuku Yalanji aboriginal elders share with you secrets of the rainforest, and kangaroos come out to play. On a student tour with Small World Journeys, you discover why Cairns, with its tropical weather year-round, is the best-loved destination in Australia.

Choose from any of these packages or let us create your perfect custom tour!

Kangaroos, Jackaroos & Didgeridoos - 7 Days

An adventure in the outback, highlands and reef

Tour Highlights:
• Making a didgeridoo with an aboriginal family
• Sailing and snorkelling at The Great Barrier Reef
• Staying at an outback cattle station and learning from "jackaroos"
• Service project at an Aussie animal sanctuary
• UNESCO World-Heritage rainforest discovery with naturalist guide

Under The Sea - 8 Days

An intense marine science adventure!

Tour Highlights:
• Earning an Open Water PADI SCUBA certification
• Diving and snorkelling at The outer Great Barrier Reef
• An overnight on a rainforested tropical island
• Great Barrier Reef CoralWatch service project

Raft, Ropes and Reef - 7 Days

An adventure with a focus on team building and personal challenge

Tour Highlights:
• Whitewater Rafting the Tully River
• Abseiling (rapelling) and ropes course for confidence
• Raft-building and other teamwork initiatives
• Highlands rainforest discovery and meeting the wildlife
• Diving and snorkelling at The outer Great Barrier Reef

Your Own Custom Educational Tour - Sydney

Through Small World Journeys’ relationships with naturalists, field guide authors, professors, birding experts and zoologists, we can match the educational objectives of any student group. Contact us to learn more about how your students can benefit from one of our Educational Adventures.