Cheap and Effective ways to get to Port Douglas to visit the Great Barrier Reef.

Port O'Call Lodge has a complimentary courtesy bus which picks up guests from Cairns City/accommodation houses every day except Sunday. Conditions apply - guests must stay for a minimum 2 nights. Bookings are essential with details of pick-up point in Cairns. Guests can also return to Cairns accommodation houses on the same days leaving Port O'Call Lodge at 8:45am.

From Cairns Airport you have the following choices of transport:

Port O'Call Lodge is ten minutes from everywhere...Four Mile Beach, the Marina Mirage, supermarkets, the village centre, shops and restaurants.

From Australia:
  • New Queensland Railways fare: Brisbane to Cairns: Book a return fare and only pay 1 way. (i.e. 50% fare)
  • From Europe:
  • Qantas - London to Sydney/ Melbourne and use free side trip return to Cairns
  • Thai Airways - Bangkok to Brisbane and then use discount Jetstar Airways/ Virgin at around AUD $99
  • Air Asia - Kuala Lumpur to Gold Coast and then Jetstar Airways direct to Cairns
  • Malaysia Airlines - Kuala Lumpur to Brisbane and then Jetstar Airways/ Virgin to Cairns
  • Cathay Pacific - Hong Kong and then direct to Cairns (Not always cheap but is direct)
  • Japan Airlines - Tokyo/ Osaka and then direct to Cairns via Jetstar Airways.
  • From North America:
  • New Qantas US$898 return fare from USA with free stopover in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane or Auckland. Available from Los Angeles or San Francisco.
  • V Australia to Brisbane and then Virgin to Cairns
  • Air New Zealand Auckland to Cairns
  • From Asia:

    BANGKOK:

  • Thai Airways - Brisbane (as above)
  • Air Asia - Kuala Lumpur/ Gold Coast to Cairns
  • HONG KONG:

  • Cathay Pacific direct to Cairns
  • SEOUL:

  • Korean/ Asiana to Sydney/ Brisbane and then Virgin/ Jetstar Airways to Cairns
  • SINGAPORE:

  • Jetstar Airways - Darwin to Cairns. Tiger/ Jetstar Airways to Perth and then Jetstar Airways to Cairns
  • BALI:

  • Air Asia - Indonesia to Darwin and then Jetstar Airways to Cairns.
  • KUALA LUMPUR:

  • Air Asia to Gold Coast and then Jetstar Airways to Cairns
  • TOKYO/ OSAKA:

  • Jetstar Airways direct to Cairns
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    Port O Call Lodge, Cnr Port Street & Craven Close, Port Douglas 4877.
    Free call: 1800 892 800 (from Australia only)
    Ph: +61 7 4099 5422 Fx: +61 7 4099 5495. Email: