Kuranda Scenic Railway & Skyrail Gondola Day Trip from Cairns | Things to do in Kuranda, North QLD

[@AquariusTraveller]

Hi All and thanks a bunch for watching todays video on our Kuranda Scenic Railway & Skyrail Gondola Day trips from Cairns and helping you to find the things to do in Kuranda! I appreciate the support , thanks for watching and don’t forget to Subscribe ! Check out more in-depth videos from around Queensland here: kzbin.info/aero/PLtDsuclgH938F6PCEUc99LeAhnyzSj6Ep

[@AquariusTraveller]

Any question please don't hesitate in asking :)

[@PaulStewartAviation]

Great video, thanks.

[@AquariusTraveller]

Your welcome 😀👍

[@astroe-store2403]

Very nice video. Enjoyed every moment of it like I was there.

[@AquariusTraveller]

@@astroe-store2403 that's so sweet, really appreciate the comment ❤️

[@James-pi5ub]

I can't believe how beautiful it is there because I've done it before and I was speechless

[@AquariusTraveller]

It is an awesome area for sure 💖

[@wondersinmotion]

Wow! What a beautiful trip in the train, boat and skyrail! Thanks for this beautiful video! 😍😍😍

[@AquariusTraveller]

Your very welcome and so glad you enjoyed it. Thanks a bunch for watching 😁👍

[@PerthSoftware]

We did this tour May 2023. Had a wonderful outing.

[@AquariusTraveller]

It's a lovely day out this one... I've had friends talk to me about driving up on their own but I'll convince them the train and the skyrail make the journey 😁😁👍

[@LetsGoExploringWorld]

Sister , I came again to watch the video. I couldn't get up after watching the video. I enjoyed watching the whole video very much.

[@AquariusTraveller]

That's so sweet and really glad you enjoyed this addition and the first video of my north Queensland series. Thanks a bunch for watching 😁👍

[@_sg843]

AWESOME VIDEO WE ARE IN CAIRNS NOW GOING TO TRY THIS TOMORROW KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK AND VLOGS!!!

[@AquariusTraveller]

Glad you liked it and have fun at Kuranda :)

[@trevorwaninara7570]

Oh yes, recall going on the Kuranda Train from Cairns To Kuranda and back to Cairns and also the Gondola where you can see the rainforest above. This was in April, 2001 during school holidays while visiting PNG families who were living in Redlynch. 😊🌞👍💪🎊

[@AquariusTraveller]

I think it was around 2002 when I first found out about the Gondola and couldn't wait to try it, which I think happened about 2005. I have a friend that's worked there for years!

[@traveldiarieswithadi496]

wow. Awesome vlog, the train journey looks so impressive with scenic views. The boat cruise looks so much much. Cable car ride is fascinating, specially the view from the top looks awesome.

[@AquariusTraveller]

Hi there Adi... thanks so much for watching and really glad you enjoyed this episode. It's a brilliant little forest area and I loved exploring it

[@vishwanathjagdale1984]

Very nice and to the point information... Will definitely help in planning my trip with family... Thanks for sharing such beautiful video..

[@AquariusTraveller]

Hey there and thanks for stopping by. So glad you liked the information and that It will help planning your trip. Appreciate the nice comment 👍😁

[@nategordon]

Really nice adventure, Chris! Awesome that they serve up some food and drink on the train. That colourful bird was super cool. I don't know how much I'd like the glass bottom of the gondola. :P Really nice flow to this video. I enjoyed it. Thanks for bringing me along! Cheers!

[@AquariusTraveller]

Glad you enjoyed the ride Nate... it was a nice addition to my collection and loved putting it together. This was my second time up the mountain but first time filming. Great that I saw even more this time too.... the photos were from last visit 👍

[@nettiherawati8451]

Good job.enjoy to watch it. Thank you🙏🙏

[@AquariusTraveller]

I'm so glad you enjoyed watching it 😁

[@scubavery]

Very helpful and useful tips we are going to cairns in 11 day and thought of doing this glad I watch your video 🙏

[@AquariusTraveller]

So glad you liked it... I have a whole series in cairns and north...even green island and other things to do in cairns...make sure you check them out 👍

[@celiatawora1263]

Beautiful place to see n also u get to see the waterfall n see animals like cassowary but wouldn’t mess around with it( couldn’t dangerous)

[@AquariusTraveller]

Kuranda is s love it place to visit and I really loved seeing the cassowary in the wild too... not many places you can do that

[@stalacko]

Thanks for sharing. i am planning a trip to Austrália. Cheers from Portugal 🇵🇹

[@AquariusTraveller]

So glad you liked it and thanks for the comment. I have plenty of blogs to help with booking and other details, but feel free to ask if you have questions. 👍👍 I have about 10 or so videos from this area, so check them out if you looking for more things to do. Hope you have a blast here in Queensland 💖

[@Explorcation]

Hi Chris, great work on the episode 🙌 it is full of really great suggestions...and footage of the animals. I would want to do and see it all! The views from the Skyrail were gorgeous 😍 I really like that the bottom was glass.

[@AquariusTraveller]

Only every 10 gondolas has a glass floor and was part of our gold class experience...so that was really awesome to get and a lovely addition. The whole day was amazing and we managed to do different things to last time Thanks for watching guys 😁👍

[@Explorcation]

@@AquariusTraveller Ahh i must have missed that part, it was cool to see the glass floor from you experience :)

[@AquariusTraveller]

@@Explorcation :)

[@trevorwaninara7570]

Hi there love this video of Kuranda Train and sky rail. Was last in Cairns in April 2001 visiting some family members from PNG and went one train and sky rail. Scary experience.

[@AquariusTraveller]

Sounds like you had a lovely day trip with the family ... so glad you loved the video 😁👍💖

[@trevorwaninara7570]

@@AquariusTraveller Thanks. The videos are awesome!!

[@AquariusTraveller]

@@trevorwaninara7570 I think 2001 was the first time I went on it too

[@trevorwaninara7570]

@@AquariusTraveller oh ok interesting.

[@RichieAndVanessaTravel]

This looked like such a fun outing! Gold Class, sounds fancy! 😝 That turn on the train where you can see the entire train looks so cool! The town of Koranda looked very cute, I’d buy some indigenous art for sure. That flightless bird reminds me of something that would have been around in Jurassic Park for some reason… lol. Loved this episode Chris! Ooh! The butterflies 🦋 the glass bottom on the gondola would be both awesome and scary for me!

[@AquariusTraveller]

Hey guys...how are you going? Thanks a bunch for watching the start of my north Queensland series and my last road trip. We were having a very spoiled day with gold class and the glass bottom gondola... it's all about the journey and it's a lovely day out for sure. The cassowary do look like something our of a Jurassic movie...in fact they get very agile when provoked and attack... but that's like most the Aussie animals I guess...🤣🤣... KZbin is bound to have some of those videos...lol.

[@AquariusTraveller]

There are so many animal experience to see up there and it's always a huge hit for overseas tourists. Your able to see almost everything at once 👍

[@Techno-Universal]

I did that exact trip as a kid in 2010 and also visited the butterfly house and Birdworld up in Kuranda! :)

[@AquariusTraveller]

Kuranda is definitely a nice little spot to visit and a brilliant day trip from Cairns. I hope you had fun!

[@Techno-Universal]

@@AquariusTraveller Yup while I also had a really funny experience at the Kuranda wildlife sanctuary in 2005! :)

[@AquariusTraveller]

@@Techno-Universal Sounds intriguing - Do tell?

[@Techno-Universal]

@@AquariusTraveller Pretty much the koalas were itching and shaking which I found really funny while the lizards were also really funny to look at! :)

[@AquariusTraveller]

@@Techno-Universal I held a koala years ago, but smelled really bad and never done it again...LOL. Lizards are anyway funny :)

[@jigneshpatel5301]

Good information

[@AquariusTraveller]

I'm glad you found it useful...thanks for watching 👍😁

[@Techno-Universal]

The glass bottom gondolas originally had metal grid grating inside of glass back in the day in the floor! :)

[@AquariusTraveller]

Wow, that cool to know - I don't think there was glass bottom ones when I first did it :)

[@Techno-Universal]

@@AquariusTraveller Yeah that’s probably around the time when some of them or all of them had their floor grills you could see through but still loose very small items through! My dad also was looking down through the grills in his holiday videos of the gondolas! :)

[@AquariusTraveller]

@@Techno-Universal My partner Matt can't even look down, has a small issue with heights. I can't even remember when I first went on, but my school friend has been working there since the late 90s

[@Techno-Universal]

@@AquariusTraveller They are probably an original employee from when it first opened to the public! :)

[@AquariusTraveller]

@@Techno-Universal Could Be - She is still working there today :)

[@nyomnyom72]

Hello! Did you book the tickets for the scenic rail and skyrain in advance or can you do it when you get there?

[@AquariusTraveller]

Yes we booked it in advance,which I think is more needed for the train. But paying when you get there would depend if it's a busy season and having the tickets available

[@liliesandroses]

Thank you for this - you are the ONLY person I have come across after a lot of searching to state the *actual* travel time from start to finish (my husband was panicking a little about how much actual time you spend inside the cable car, and this helps us tremendously in planning our travel!). So if you took the cablecar both ways and didn't want to go exploring on one of the directions, do they still make you get off and then line up again or can you just stay out, do you know? Thanks again and will check out your other videos :-)

[@AquariusTraveller]

Hi there and thanks so much for the lovely comment. 😀 There is a midway station where you are forced to get off and change tracks... this is where the rainforest walk is. Apart from that, I would allocate extra time to line up, and bookings to ride are made within an hourly period.... so I'm expecting they will force you to get off and line up again. That and they give the cart a wipe down and sanitise before the new people get on. With that said... if your visiting in a slow period, I'm sure they would get you stay on, but only if others aren't lined up waiting..... But you will still need to get off midway and line up to change tracks.

[@AquariusTraveller]

Definitely quicker on the cable car than the train and I hear of plenty of people going up and back on skyrail.

[@anguscovoflyer95]

For the port Douglas reef tour you mentioned going to marine world off cairns but there is no video of it

[@AquariusTraveller]

@@anguscovoflyer95 marine land is on green island and while I do have a video on that...the croc show was booked out when we got there and only filmed the outside and the reception shop. I do mention the largest croc in Australia being housed there and a picture

[@xry3097]

Take the public bus which is right next to the overpaid one at the ground of the skyrail

[@AquariusTraveller]

Interesting... thanks for that - I never knew that option was available

[@xry3097]

@@AquariusTraveller name of the station is „Brinsmead Kamerunga Road at Skyrail Base Station“

[@AquariusTraveller]

@@xry3097 really appreciate that 😁👍

[@welltravelledlife]

Gold class sells out fast - but I’d pay the extra to get the better seats and views.

[@AquariusTraveller]

The extra things did make it worth it...more comfy seats on the train and the glass bottom gondola. The service was nice too and some really helpful staff. I did the general class last time but can't remember being too squashed in... we might have visited at a less busy time though

[@welltravelledlife]

@@AquariusTraveller general class was really busy - especially on the afternoon train back to Cairns. At least half the people can’t get a window seat. New subs here.

[@AquariusTraveller]

@@welltravelledlife did you go on the gondola on the way up then? The three times I've done the kuranda trip I've always done the train up and gondola back .... I have a friend working for skyrail and always told that was the best way. Sad the train was so busy for you... I did see the seats on the general clas and can understand your frustrations. Although the only difference on skyrail is no glass... you'll almost all the time get a gondola witb your group and it's so much quicker to get back down...plus the different view to Barron falls. Did you see the falls in full flood? ..amazing site but only saw that once myself in March

[@welltravelledlife]

@@AquariusTraveller yes, I did the gondola up and the train back. Barron falls was really full and you can see in our video how brown the water was because there had been quite a bit of rain , so there was a fair amount of sediment. My sense was that the views were pretty similar whether you went up on one or back on the other - but I’d trust your friend who works there - she’s got the low down!

[@AquariusTraveller]

@@welltravelledlife Thats great you got to do the Skyrail and saw Barron in full flood - After two visits with my partner - he is still yet to see it with water...LOL. I just looked up my photo from general class on the train and we were the only ones on the whole row of seats - I guess it was a slow period and everyone could spread out.

[@Ful-OGold]

Is there like a tour guide app that can plan all this out for me? I get overwhelmed easily and stressed when I don’t know where I’m going or doing 😢

[@AquariusTraveller]

Hi and thanks for the comment. I have the tour links attached to my blog page here that can help you out with that, some are fully guided which is probably what your after. 😁 aquariustraveller.com/is-kuranda-worth-visiting/

[@Ful-OGold]

@@AquariusTraveller thanks heaps that is what I was looking for. I would benefit greatly if there was a interactive map of a town or city that can offer suggestions and maps like Siri maps and ranging from a full do to a few hours depending on how much time you have available. That would be great!

[@AquariusTraveller]

@@Ful-OGold I'm an Android girl so don't know what the siri maps are like. I usually put maps with pins on my things to do blogs , but don't seem to have this for my cairns itinerary post yet(I'll add to the list...lol)... but also not sure how interactive they are for your needs either. Sorry.

[@nevillemignot1681]

As soon as seen that one of the people traveling had tatoo's all over, i switched off!

[@AquariusTraveller]

@@nevillemignot1681 thanks for watching 😀👍