SCENIC FLIGHTS
There is another way to enjoy Tropical North Queensland and all its beauty, and it is from the air. Scenic flights provide a great opportunity to really understand the vastness of the Great Barrier Reef, the grandeur of North Queensland's National Parks and the magnificence of the many islands scattered around its waters. It's an experience not to be missed and that you will never forget.
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Ready to take off on a Microlight, Atherton Tablelands, Tropical North Queensland.Join a scenic flight with Cairns Adventure Microlights and discover the Cairns Higlands from the air.CAIRNS ADVENTURE MICROLIGHTS
PO Box 608, Kuranda
Phone (Dave) 0408 064 682 / (Tracey) 0418 963 796

www.cairnsadventuremicrolights.com.au

Adventure Microlights is an exciting new Cairns Highlands business offering trial instructional microlight flights over the beautiful Atherton Tableland.

Dave Keough, an experienced HGFA (Hang Gliding Federation of Australia) Chief Flying Instructor and an Atherton Tableland local, has been flying hangliders for 20 years. Turning his attention to microlights, he has been introducing people to this wonderful sport for the past 5 years.

Microlighting is a strictly regulated aviation sport which comes under the supervision of CASA, Australia’s Aviation Safety Authority. All Cairns Adventure Microlights aircraft are certified to CASA requirements and meticulously maintained.

Kestrel Aviation Services offer a choice of services ranging from half hour scenic flights and full daytrips.Kestrel Aviation Services offers scenic flights on demand, a perfect way to discover Tropical North Queensland.KESTREL AVIATION SERVICES
Cairns General Aviation Terminal, Cairns
Phone / Fax (07) 4045 1372

www.kestrelaviationservices.com.au

Kestrel Aviation Services is an aircraft charter, tour & scenic flight company based in Cairns, Far North Queensland. As a family owned company, they are committed to providing a personalised service to all their guests that fly with them.

Kestrel Aviation Services offer a choice of services ranging from half hour scenic flights and full daytrips, which showcase the best locations in Far North Queensland, through to freight charter, general charter and support services for mining & industry. They also have tropical island escapes, where you can get away from it all for a day and recharge those batteries. Scenic flights are available on demand, and are the perfect way to see a lot of the local area in a short time. Everyone has a window seat and the aircraft has recently been fitted with all new windows enabling clear, distortion free photos.

Barrier Aviation offers tours leaving from three bases in Australia: Cairns, Torres Strait and Darwin.Choose Barrier Aviation for your scenic flight in Tropical North Queensland and visit the Great Barrier Reef, Port Douglas or Cooktown among other destinations.BARRIER AVIATION
81 Sir Robert Norman Street, Aeroglen, Cairns
Phone (07) 4035 9359 / Fax (07) 4035 9624
Mobile 0405 759 764

www.barrieraviation.bigpondhosting.com

To take you anywhere anytime!

You haven’t really seen the Great Barrier Reef before you have seen it from the air. Barrier Aviation offers several scenic flights to the reef for a very affordable price. Prices starting at $69 pp, when booking 3 people, for a 30 minutes flight to Green Island.

Our most popular scenic flights are going to the reef, but we do also offer Scenic Flights to other destinations like Port Douglas, Cape Tribulation, Daintree and the Tableland. Our Scenic Flight aircrafts have the wings positioned above the cabin, to give the best possible view. Everyone gets a window seat and one of our aircrafts has a photo window which we will keep open on request to give you excellent photos without shadows and reflections. Welcome on board !

Cairns Seplanes offer tours to many different destinations, from half day tours to Green Island to scenic flights overlooking the Great Barrier Reef.Scenic flights are a great way to discover the secrets of the Great Barrier Reef and the islands of Tropical North Queensland.CAIRNS SEAPLANES
Shop 2/21 Sheridan Street, Cairns
Phone (07) 4031 4307 / Fax (07) 4041 2540

www.cairnsseaplanes.com

Truly admire the Great Barrier Reef and Cairns!

Cairns Seaplanes have been conducting scenic flights for the past 15 years. Specialising in scenic tours of the Great Barrier Reef by air, the wonders of the World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef Marine Park are so much more incredible flying over the reef in one of their comfortable and safe seaplanes.

Cairns Seaplanes offers flights to island and cay destinations as well as reef scenic flights for spectacular views you will always remember. At an altitude of 500 feet enjoy the view of reefs, islands and coral cay's as well as marine life – whales, manta rays, schools of tuna and turtles being a regular treat. This magnificent 45 minute flight will provide you with memories lasting a lifetime. With only a small number of guests on each flight, you will enjoy personal attention from Cairns Seaplane's crew of experienced and safe pilots, who will make sure your scenic flight will be luxury personified.

Savannah Aviation offer scenic flights to some of the most beautiful Tropical North Queensland outback destinations.Savannah Aviation will organise your perfect Far North Queensland vacation for you, whatever your taste. SAVANNAH AVIATION
Phone (07) 4745 5177 / Fax (07) 4745 5211
Tollfree 1800 455 445

www.savannah-aviation.com

Let Savannah Aviation fly you away!

Don't miss our spectacular outback locations. Take the weekend off and go fishing at Sweers Island, Burketown or Karumba. All you need to do is pack your rods and Savannah Aviation will organise the rest.

Or perhaps you would prefer to go bushwalking at Lawn Hill and Hell's Gate, finishing the day with a relaxing paddle in a canoe, or a fully guided tour. Your favourite Camel Races are on and you don't feel like driving, or you just feel like getting away for a couple of days and have somewhere else in mind. Contact Savannah Aviation and they will organise a trip for you, no matter how small or large your group is.

Join Air Whitsunday on one of their scenic flights and discover pristine Whitehaven Beach or enjoy a panoramic view of the magnificent Great Barrier Reef.AIR WHITSUNDAY
Whitsunday Airport, Airlie Beach (MAP)
Phone (07) 4946 9111 / Fax (07) 4946 9100

www.airwhitsunday.com.au

Experience the wonder of the Whitsundays!

Air Whitsunday offer a wide range of scenic flights over the Whitsunday Islands and the Great Barrier Reef. Some of Air Whitsunday scenic flight tours also offer snorkelling inside Hardy Reef and this is what makes Air Whitsunday's tours unique. Hardy Reef is a convenient location for both the first time snorkeller and the more experienced, thanks to the coral lagoon it creates.

Along with their snorkelling tours to the reef, Air Whitsunday also provide day trips to island resorts, picnics at Whitehaven Beach, scenic flights with the added bonus of a water landing and with the Whitsundays being so well known for its yachting compatibility, what could be more romantic than being picked up from your yacht by seaplane for any of their amazing scenic flights tours.

With Skysafari you can discover solitude and snorkel on an exclusive air tour to a Great Barrier Reef sand cay or perhaps take a scenic flight over the Daintree Rainforest.At Skysafari, they not only conduct scenic flights and air touring but can also offer cost effective charters to most destinations by helicopter or aeroplane throughout Tropical North Queensland.SKYSAFARI
Phone (07) 4099 3666 / Fax (07) 4099 1669

www.skysafari.com.au

Life changing experiences await!

Through these incredible helicopter flights we present for you the wonders and beauty of Tropical Australia.

Such exciting opportunities will increase your appreciation for the vastness and diversity of this world renowned region. Departing abeam Cairns, experience the Great Barrier Reef, World Heritage class rainforest and the most powerful of all outback locations in Australia. Take in the city, Lake Morris, Barron Falls, surrounding Islands and the Northern beaches or the islands of our most massive living structure from directly overhead. Welcome to your Skysafari.

Ahoy Plane Sailing Seaplanes offer reef, scenic or combined flights for the best of everything.AHOY PLANE SAILING SEAPLANES
Cooktown
(MAP)
Phone (07) 4069 5232 / Mobile 0434 848 232

www.ahoyplane-sailingseaplanes.com.au

Reef, Scenic or combined flights!

Don't expect reef as above when viewed from the surface, you'll be disappointed.....The only way to experience Nature's true beauty and spectacular splendour lies from the air.

Rainforest, Coastal and Outback savannah can look great from a far but get in amongst it and you don't see the wood for the trees! To appreciate the breathtaking beauty and perspective of nature's wonders, many world heritage listed, is from the air and what the high winged amphibious aircraft facilitates perfectly.

Flights include: REEFS: Offshore Reef - Cooktowns nearest reef - (55kms 20 mins), Offshore Reefs - 3 of Cooktowns nearest reefs - (70kms 25 mins);
SCENIC: Coastal North - Gorgeous Coast, amazing coloured sands - (120kms 40 mins);
REEF & SCENIC Combinations: Cook's Tour - Retrace Endeavour's journey averting tragedy - (120kms 40 mins) Wonders of Nature - Reefs, Islands, Sandhills, Coast and Rainforest - (185kms 1hr). Customised flights can be arranged.

AVIATION ADVENTURES
2927 Shute Harbour Road, Whitsunday
Phone (07) 4946 9988 / Fax (07) 4946 9787
Aviation Adventures fly from the Whitsunday airport. They operate scenic flights over the Whitsunday Islands, transfers to some islands after a scenic flight, picnic packages on the Whitsundays, a combo of a scenic flight and snorkel and stopovers at Whitehaven Beach.

CAPE YORK HELICOPTERS
Phone (07) 4093 0250 / Fax (07) 4093 0251
Leaving from Cairns, spend from two to six days exploring Cape York, where you can find reef, rainforest and outback experiences only accessible by helicopter. Tours depart from Cairns.

CAIRNS HELI SCENIC
Cairns
Phone (07) 4031 5999
Cairns Heli-Scenic presents a range of scenic flight tours from their base at the "Pier Marketplace", in Cairns. Choose from a Green Island scenic flight, a deluxe outer reef one, or a 60 minute reef and rainforest scenic flight to observe the wonders of both the Reef and the Rainforest.

DAINTREE AIR SERVICES
Shop 2 Calypso Plaza, Shields Street, Cairns
Phone (07) 4034 9300 / Fax (07) 4034 9400
Departing from Cairns airport, Daintree Air Services 60 minute Reef Scenic Flight will show you over 100km of the Outer Barrier as well as many inner islands, reefs and sand cays. They also fly over Port Douglas and the Northern Beaches, Green Island and Low Isles.

DOWN UNDER HELICOPTERS
Cairns
Phone (07) 4034 9000 / Fax (07) 4034 9001
Down Under Helicopters offers exciting scenic flights over the reef and rainforest departing from Cairns. Fly to MV Osprey V for an afternoon of snorkelling. Appreciate from the air the beauty of Vlassof Cay. Or, put on your pilot's cap and fly your own helicopter!

FLY SCENIC TOWNSVILLE
Townsville
Phone (07) 4725 5884 / Fax (07) 4779 3033
Fly Scenic Townsville conducts scenic flights, day trips and aerial tours over some of Australia's most picturesque locations, including Townsville and Magnetic Island, Hinchinbrook Island, Dunk Island, Undara Lava Tubes, Cairns, Hamilton Island, etc.

JAQUES AUSTRALIAN COFFEE PLANTATION
137 Leotta Road, Mareeba
Phone (07) 4093 3284 / Fax (07) 4093 3368
Jaques Coffee Plantation offer a trial trial instructional flight, TIF, over their coffee plantation, located in Mareeba. For the real thrill seekers, or those who would like to see the capabilities of the aircraft, a longer TIF is available, taking you to a magnificient lake.

NORTH QUEENSLAND AERO CLUB
Captain Cook Highway, Cairns
Phone (07) 4035 9438 / Fax (07) 4035 9891
NQAC has a range of scenic flights that take in the more popular destinations, from half hour joy flight to full day trips. From Cairns you can visit destinations as varied as Fitzroy Island, Cooktown, Undara Lava Tubes and Undara. Chartes also available.

PORT DOUGLAS MICROLIGHTS
Port Douglas
Phone (07) 4099 3046
The best way to enjoy spectacular aerial views of Port Douglas and Four-Mile Beach is by joining Port Douglas Microlights. Keep an eye open for the beautiful scenery and the wildlife you will see from the air. And you will even be allowed to control the microligh.

QUICKSILVER HELICOPTER TOURS
Sunbird Centre, Sheraton Mirage, Port Douglas
Phone (07) 4099 6030 / Fax (07) 4099 6034
Leaving from Port Douglas pontoon, Quicksilver Helicopter operate different scenic flights over the Great Barrier Reef and the Rainforest. The scenic flight vary in lenght and a minimum of two passengers is required. Also offer specialty flights and resort transfers.

REEF MAGIC CRUISES
Phone (07) 4031 1588 / Fax (07) 4031 3318
Reef Magic Cruises offer introductory scenic heli flights over the Great Barrier Reef, a vertical Magic Heli Adventure, an adrenaline rushing climb to 3,000ft, and a picturesque heli flight from Cairns over tropical rainforest, the Great Barrier Reef to enjoy a cruise later.

REEFWATCH AIR TOURS
Cairns
Phone (07) 4035 9808 / Fax (07) 4035 9552
From Cairns, Reefwatch Air visit diverse and interesting places such as historical Cooktown, Undara Lava Tubes, Cobbold Gorge and Tyrconnell Outback Experience. Also the operate a 60 minute Discovery Scenic Flight over the Rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef.

UPDRAUGHT HANG GLIDING ADVENTURES
Port Douglas
Phone (07) 4055 3343
Experience the beauty of Port Douglas like birds do. Updraught Hang Gliding Adventures offers tandem trainee flights, one and three day courses or hang glider hire (for licensed pilots).

SUNLOVER HELICOPTER TOURS
Cairns
Phone (07) 4035 9669 / Fax (07) 4035 9414
Sunlover offer a wide range of scenic flights for you to explore Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef. The tours vary in lenght and each one of them offer a different option, whether it's a fly over the Great Barrier Reef, the Rainforest, Cairns city or Green Island.

A scenic flight will offer you many photo opportunities to remember your vacations.
The Daintree River winds lazily through the world's oldest tropical rainforest, as seen from a Tropical North Queensland scenic flight.
Only from a scenic reef flight can you really appreciate the true grandeur and scale of the Great Barrier Reef, in Tropical North Queensland.