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3 days
Australia, Oceania

3-Day Cairns itinerary guide

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Top stops to prioritize

  • Skyrail Rainforest Cableway
  • Cairns Night Markets
  • IMM THAI CAFE
  • Cairns Central Shopping Centre
  • Tamarind Restaurant
  • The Australian Armour & Artillery Museum
  • Rainforestation Nature Park
  • Barron Gorge National Park

Day 1: Most popular attractions

For day 1, we strategically grouped the most popular attraction, Cairns Botanic Gardens., with surrounding point of interests to start your trip off with a bang.

  • Skyrail Rainforest Cableway
  • The Australian Armour & Artillery Museum
  • Rainforestation Nature Park
  • Barron Gorge National Park
  • Barron Falls

Day 2: West side of town

For day 2, we recommend exploring the west side side of town.

  • Cairns Night Markets
  • Cairns Esplanade Lagoon
  • Night Markets
  • Cairns Aquarium

Day 3: Proximity is everything

For day 3, we bundled attractions like Cairns Central Shopping Centre and Rusty's Markets and other places within a close range, so that the time it takes to travel between all of them is less than one hour.

  • Cairns Central Shopping Centre
  • Rusty's Markets
  • Cairns Art Gallery
  • Cairns ZOOM and Wildlife Dome
  • Hemingway's Brewery Cairns Wharf

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