Kuranda Shuttle Service

When planning your visit to this breathtaking location, it’s crucial to ensure your transport is organised prior! Whether you’re catching the SkyRail, Scenic Railway or public transport up, you will need a way back down. Here, we provide you with some important information about transportation.

Explore the Village eateries, boutique stores & markets, wildlife & nature attractions, knowing that your transport is covered with us. Sit back and relax while we ride down the winding mountain range, underneath the tree canopies of the famous World Heritage listed Rainforest.

Getting to Kuranda

We offer private transfers from Cairns and nearby areas to Kuranda. This means a dedicated ride for your group to your selected location, date, and time. For more details on our private transfers, please contact us by email or phone or visit our page here to make a booking. Please note we do not offer a shuttle bus FROM Cairns.

Private Transfers MUST be booked in at least 24 hours in advance.

Returning to Cairns

We proudly stand as the exclusive shuttle bus provider offering a convenient, budget-friendly and reliable transfer solution. Our shuttle bus is the fastest connection to Cairns City, taking approximately 45 minutes. Shuttle Bus tickets can be pre-purchased online (click the book now button below) or at the Kuranda Visitor Information Centre on the day of travel - subject to availability.

If the shuttle bus timetable doesn’t suit your plans, you can book return private transfers here.

Important Information

Kuranda Rainforest Village is out of range for most providers. There is extremely limited public transport options (bus/taxi/rideshare) departing Kuranda. Avoid getting caught out/stranded and get instant confirmation, when you book with us.

Shuttle Bus pickups are from the Kuranda Village Visitor Information Centre OR the Rainforestation Nature Park, Departing at 3:30 PM, Wednesday through Sunday.

Choose your prefered drop off location at the time of booking to either: SkyRail Smithfield Terminal, Yorkeys Knob Cruise Terminal, Cairns Airport, Cairns Night Markets, Cairns Cruise Terminal, or to your Hotel (city only).

For all enquiries, please feel free to contact us via phone or email at contact@coralcoasttransport.com.au

Click the ‘book now’ button for prices, tickets, availability and travel details.