This 70-minute glass bottom boat tour allows you to explore the best of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park without getting wet! Book Now! Running reguarly throughout the day, our 20 minute glass bottom boat tour features full commentary and is FREE with your Great Barrier Reef trip. All inclusive Great Barrier Reef day tour in Cairns. Stay dry while you explore the Great Barrier Reef on a fun, safe tour for non-swimmers of all ages. Night glass bottom boat tours are another popular option thanks to special ultraviolet lights that allow visitors to see the coral polyps awaken after dark. Some glass bottom boat tours also include scuba diving or snorkelling excursions for those wishing to get even closer to the Great Barrier Reef’s coral and marine creatures. First launched back in the early 1900s on Green Island, glass bottom boat tours revolutionised visiting the Great Barrier Reef. This day tour will take you out to two magnificent sites on the Great Barrier Reef from Cairns. Glass bottom boat tours were invented on Cairns' Great Barrier Reef! Our Cairns glass bottom boat tour allows you to have an up close and personal coral and marine life viewing experience without even entering the ocean. Glass bottom boat, snorkeling, a FREE scuba dive on the outer reef and refreshments are included. Glass bottom boat tours are a great way to see the reef from Cairns without having to get in the water. This day tour will take you out to two magnificent sites on the Great Barrier Reef. Glass Bottom Boat Tour Plan. What is a Glass Bottom Boat tour? Guests can get up close and personal with the beautiful fringing reef situated just outside of Airlie Beach. View the diversity of the reefs coral gardens and their wonderful array of sea life with the added fun of lively fish feeding. Glass bottom boat tours are included in the Green Island Discovery tour. Guests can get up close and personal with the beautiful fringing reef situated just outside of Airlie Beach. The prices listed … Go on an exciting Airlie beach Glass bottom Boat discovery tour and witness the most spectacular coral reefs of the area as you explores the valuable ecosystem that lives within the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef. View the Great Barrier Reef off Green Island with it’s beautiful coral gardens and amazing marine life while keeping dry in one of our modern Coral Explorer glass bottom boats. FREE scuba diving, FREE glass bottom boat, FREE city shuttle bus, great lunch and great value! Prior to glass bottom boat tours, visitors would take a square glass box and float it on top of the water, looking down at the corals beneath. This 70-minute glass bottom boat tour allows you to explore the best of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park without getting wet! Experience Green Island’s underwater world, part of the Great Barrier Reef on a 30 minute Glass Bottom Boat tour. Glass Bottom Boat Tour Plan. Guests board a boat fitted with either a thick, clear floor or transparent walls that sit below the waterline. Cairns glass bottom boat tours are available on all the Cairns reef tours listed below and operate at Green Island, Fitzroy Island and the outer barrier reef. The glass bottom boat is a great way for non-swimmers to enjoy seeing the wonderful things that the Great Barrier Reef has hiding under the water’s surface as is the semi-submersible submarine which is also another way to see the Great Barrier Reef if you are a non-swimmer and do not wish to get wet.