🏙 City Pickup

Cairns City to Port Douglas Transfers

Spending a night or two in Cairns first? We collect you from your hotel in the CBD and drive you straight to Port Douglas.

✅ From $180, whole vehicle 🏨 Any Cairns CBD hotel 🚢 Cruise terminal pickups 🧳 Luggage included
Private transfer van at a Cairns City hotel before the drive to Port Douglas
~70 kmDistance
70–80 minJourney time
From $180Whole vehicle
6am–7pmPickups, 7 days

Operating 6:00am–7:00pm daily · Pre-6am pickups by arrangement (+$50) · Book at least 48 hours ahead

From the Cairns CBD to Port Douglas, door to door

No need to go back out to the airport to find a ride north.

Cairns City to Port Douglas is about 70 km and takes 70–80 minutes by road. We pick up from the lobby of any Cairns CBD hotel or apartment, along the Esplanade, at the Reef Fleet Terminal after a reef trip, and at the Cairns Cruise Liner Terminal on ship days.

From the city we head north through the Northern Beaches and join the coast road at Palm Cove. If you would like a quick photo stop at Rex Lookout on the way, just ask your driver; there is no charge for a short stop.

This is the transfer to book if you are breaking the journey in Cairns, finishing a cruise, or arriving by train or coach at Cairns Central. You choose the pickup time, so you can have breakfast and check out without watching a shuttle timetable.

Cairns City → Port Douglas

🚗Private (up to 6)$180
👑Luxury (up to 6)$240

Included in every city pickup

Same service as our airport transfers.

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Free flight tracking

We watch your flight and move the pickup if you land early or late.

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Meet & greet

Your driver waits in arrivals with a name board and helps with the bags.

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Door to door

Straight to your hotel, resort or holiday house. No other passengers, no other stops.

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Free child seats

Infant capsules, child seats and boosters fitted before we arrive. Tell us ages when you book.

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Fixed price

One price for the whole vehicle, agreed before you travel. No meter.

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7 days a week

Pickups 6am–7pm every day. Pickups before 6am by arrangement (+$50).

Cairns City to Port Douglas — questions we get asked

How far is Cairns City from Port Douglas? +
About 70 km by road. Allow 70–80 minutes from the Cairns CBD, a little longer in peak-hour traffic through the northern suburbs.
How much is a transfer from Cairns City to Port Douglas? +
From $180 for a private vehicle or $240 for a luxury vehicle. That is for the vehicle, not per person.
Do you pick up from the cruise terminal? +
Yes. We meet you at the Cairns Cruise Liner Terminal when you disembark. Tell us the ship name so we can follow its arrival time.
Can we stop on the way? +
A short photo stop at Rex Lookout is no problem. For longer stops, such as lunch in Palm Cove, let us know when booking so we can quote it.

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Book your Cairns City to Port Douglas transfer

Fixed price for the whole vehicle. Book at least 48 hours ahead.