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You’re all set to have the best, most awesome backpacking holiday adventure ever and with pumping parties every night, the best backpacker hostels and backpacker accommodation in the southern hemisphere, plus two World Heritage listed beauties – Great Barrier Reef and Daintree Rainforest kissing - we’d have to slap you silly if you didn’t come up to Cairns and experience some Great Up Top, Fun Down Under.

Whether you’re keen to party, get your heart pumping to the tune of adventure, see wildlife, earn some cash or just have fun and hang out, Cairns and Great Barrier Reef has got you covered.

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Click on the experiences below or visit www.uptopdownunder.com to get a few ideas of how you can get your fun on and have an unreal backpacking holiday in Cairns and Great Barrier Reef.

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White Water Rafting
Get ready to wet yourself in front of your mates on a rafting thrill adventure down some of the fiercest white water rapids in the world.

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Bungy Jumping
Love life on the edge? - Wait until you jump off! Home to the world’s first ever purpose built bungy tower with 16 different jumping styles - get off in your favourite position in Cairns and Great Barrier Reef.

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Snorkelling/Scuba Diving
Discover a whole new world underwater on the Great Barrier Reef. Swim, snorkel, scuba dive, helmet dive or ride a scuba-doo and reach the ocean floor without getting your hair wet!

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Skydiving
Leap from 14,000ft then spin, flip and glide like an eagle over the stunning Great Barrier Reef. Make sure you packed spare undies…you might need em!

 

 
Cairns & Great Barrier Reef Attractions – Backpacking

Diving, Snorkelling, Sightseeing, Shopping, Skydiving, Wilderness, Bush walking, Nature Park, Guided Tour, Wildlife spotting, Cruise, World Heritage,

Checkout our tropical islands
Green, Fitzroy, Dunk, Hinchinbrook, Double, or Frankland - these Islands are just some of the places you can work on your tan, explore national parks and have some Great Up Top Fun Down Under!

ATV Riding
Ready, set, GO! Race your mates through the bush, down gullies, up hills and across rivers on a motorised ATV.

Smile at a crocodile
Meet our mate Bruce – or one of his cousins in a wildlife park or on the banks of the Daintree or Endeavour Rivers.


Shop up a storm at the Cairns night markets
Local wines, soap, jewellery, souvenirs, food and friendly faces at the Cairns night markets.

Sexy time!
Head to the Great Barrier Reef at night and see the spectacular coral spawning – a very special, annual event totally dependent on the moon!

Great up top Pubs & Clubs
Warm up for a big night out with a massive meal and some liquid gold at one of the region’s favourite pubs then head for the big sexy dance floor and get your groove on at a Great Up Top club like The Woolshed, The Pier Bar or Gilligans.