Tropical Horizons Tours

Lot 4 Elphinstone Close Portsmith, Cairns, Queensland 4870, Australia

07 40 356445

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Ranked #25 of 66 tours in Cairns

31 Reviews

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Owner description: Tropical Horizons Tours has been established for over 20 years, is committed to quality touring. Our tours have been Eco Tourism Australia accredited....... more » Owner description: Tropical Horizons Tours has been established for over 20 years, is committed to quality touring. Our tours have been Eco Tourism Australia accredited. In addition, the majority of our guides are either trained to Certificate 4 in Guiding, or Eco-Tourism Accredited. Tropical Horizons Tours has one of the most diverse range of touring experiences offered in the region, visiting most of the icons of Tropical North Queensland. Using small personalised vehicles , we tour to The Daintree region , to Cape Tribulation, Kuranda , The Outback Northern Tablelands , The Waterfalls & Paronella Park , The Wooroonooran National Park and Misty Mountains

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Ime P

Porec, Croatia

2 reviews

Reviews in 2 cities

“A Terrible Trip to Kuranda”

Reviewed 23 May 2012 NEW

The only thing that this company was supposed to do was take us by bus and drive us there and back. It failed both times. The bus came 45 minutes late and we barely managed to arrive in time for the Kuranda train. The driver barely knew English so it was really hard to get information from him. When we... More

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Adele H

Gosford, Australia

1 review

“Paronella park”

Reviewed 6 May 2012

You have a gold mine in Frank and Gabbie. Pick up at hotel greeted with afirm handshake by Frank Introduced to Gabbie tour explained . Felt really welcome so important .(The hand shake did it)Fantastic tour with loads of commentry with lots of funny anecdotes all questions answered . tea in the teahouse on the lake looovely scones on to... More

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danym_1981

Montreal, Canada

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13 reviews

Reviews in 5 cities

3 helpful votes

“Great tour company - Kuranda and Daintree tours”

Reviewed 28 April 2012

We had two tours with this company, both booked via a third party. The first tour was the Kuranda scenic railway and Skyrail. The second tour was the Daintree rainforest cruise and Cape Tribulation with lunch in the rainforest (these attractions will be reviewed separately if possible). Both were all day trips. Tour 1: The driver was on time at... More

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Linda V

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

1 review

“5 waterfalls and Paronella Park tour”

Reviewed 26 April 2012

Hi, I went on the 5 waterfalls and Paronella Park tour on the 21/4/12. I would just like to say how wonderful Joe was in conducting the tour. I felt totally safe with his driving and he was very warm and friendly and gave us heaps of information and conversation. He's great. Linda Verrall More

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worsttravellingbuddy

Sydney

1 review

“Cape Tribulation / Daintree tour”

Reviewed 12 April 2012

had an absolute ball on this trip with the tour operator Franck who was well and truly in charge. warm, charming, friendly and insightful, it had everything a tour needs without beating you over the head with it. i particularly liked how you could get as much or as little involved as you liked and in the end it felt... More

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Thank you for your review, all of the team at Tropical Horizons Tours, are very pleased that you experienced a wonderful day on tour with us . Franck is a professional guide and certainly likes meeting people from all over the word to our tropical region He is one of our senior trained certificated guides . I have passed this... More

FraserCarrie

Vancouver, Canada

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66 reviews

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30 helpful votes

“awful experience - turned me off of Cairns - would give this a zero if I could”

Reviewed 10 April 2012

-I booked the Kuranda / Atherton Tablelands tour from Canada. -The week before the tour I emailed to confirm. -On arriving at my hotel in Cairns we had a receipt from the tour company for the next day. -We booked two days in Cairns to accomodate the tour - day 1 we arrived and got sorted - day 2 for... More

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Dear Intending Guest , Thank you for your feedback. However I have to regrettably say that you are not being at all fair to us with your very confronting headline comment. You indeed never travelled with us on our tours. Additionally our tour cancellations were and are only ever taken in the rarest of occasions, (you acknowledge this is not... More

LovelyluluBaby

2 reviews

“Waterfall&paronella park tour”

Reviewed 22 March 2012

I really enjoyed this wonderful tour. we traveled in a heavy rainy day but nothing disturbed us. We had a great lakeside morning tea and a fantastic waterfall side lunch. Our tour leader Jason is very enthusiastic for his job. He is really helpful and humorous person. I highly recommend this tour!!! More

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Dear Guest Thank you for taking the time to provide a review on our tour to the Waterfalls . I am very pleased that despite the day being a at times rainy, Jason our guide gave you an excellent time on tour. If I may say it does not surprise me - he is an excellent guide as you identify... More

anny s

Sydney, Australia

2 reviews

3 helpful votes

“excellent tour guide”

Reviewed 22 March 2012

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We joined the 2CNS tour and the tour guide was very friendly and helpful. My family and I had a enjoyable experience. Highly recommend to anyone. More

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Dear Guest Thank you for your review of our Daintree Northern Delights Tour ( 2CNS) . We keep our group sizes to a level we think you will enjoy ( always nice meeting new people) and so that you still have an ability to relate to the Guide . It seemed to work for you when you toured with us... More

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Denver

1 review

1 helpful vote

“Great trip, knowledgeable tourguide”

Reviewed 11 March 2012

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Did the Daintree/Mossman/Hartleys trip and was a great sized group with a very courteous and knowledgeable tour guide, Franck. Would absolutely recommend for others. It's a big day but well worth it, so rest up. More

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trinitymelbourne

melbourne

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6 reviews

Reviews in 3 cities

5 helpful votes

“loved it.”

Reviewed 18 January 2012

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I went on the Paronell Park tour this January , coming up to Cairns for the last 10 years ,it was the only tour I hadnt done. I thoroughly enjoyed it, the tour guide Frank who was french , was fantastic, nothing was too much trouble for him, it makes a difference when the guide is friendly and helpful. I... More

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Dear Guest , Thank you for your review- we all at Tropical Horizons Tours, are so pleased that you experienced a great day in the Tropics . Franck is a great professional guide (and a perfectionist) and he has been recommended for monthly Cairns Tourism customer service award prizes many times. He is one of our senior trained certificated guides... More