Cairns travel guide

Cairns is ideally located within striking distance of two stunning UNESCO World Heritage sites: the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rainforest, and its excellent transport links make it an easily accessible base from which to explore these sites. Australia's most popular tourist destination also boasts a new lagoon, an attractive addition to the city's landscape.

Cairns is a bustling tourist centre with countless excursions to the Great Barrier Reef, one of the world's most popular diving sites, and Daintree Rainforest departing daily. While the beach no longer exists, locals and travellers congregate in and around the central man-made lagoon on The Esplanade, which has room for 1,000 swimmers and is surrounded by pleasant grassy areas perfect for relaxing on.