CairnsAirportShuttle.Net Private Transfer Booking
May - September 2025

  • This form exclusively for private transfers: no other passengers.

    • 1. Cairns CBD/ Esplanade? Yes, see options in form.
    2. T2 Domestic: Driver meets you at baggage carousel 3 with your name on a sign.
    3. T1 International: Driver meets you in the arrivals hall with your name on a sign.
    4. Private transfers 1-5 pax use white 2022 Hyundai iMax or white 2023 Kia Carnival. Larger groups use 13 seater Toyota HiAce, 22 seater Coaster /Yutong D7, or 53 seater luxury liner.
    5. NIGHT TIME CLOSURE UPDATE: Starting 1 July 2025 we cannot service any private transfers commencing after 6:00pm.

    • Please book more than 24 hours before travel. If we have no availability we will not process your booking and instead contact you to advise options.

      All fields with (*) are compulsory. Please review all fields in this booking form.
    • Please include the mobile number contactable at Cairns airport on Australian phone network. If number is outside Australia, please add the country code eg +44

    • Private transfers between Cairns and Port Douglas with no other passengers. Flights scheduled to arrive at Cairns Airport between 6am and 6pm daily.

      Add $50 one way night fee transfers leaving Cairns Airport after 6pm OR transfers departing Port Douglas before 6am.

      PORT DOUGLAS <> CAIRNS / CNS AIRPORT*

      1 to 2 passengers: One way $228 or $429 return

      3 to 5 passengers: One way $270 or $499 return

      6 to 13 passengers: One Way $340 or $649 return

      14 to 20 passengers: One way $550 or $990 return

      21 to 25 passengers: One way $590 or $1090 return.

      26 to 38 passengers: One way $670 or $1250 return.

      39 to 53 passengers: One way $750 or $1420 return

      *One way only transfers 1-2 pax and 3-5 pax from Port Douglas to Cairns Airport select $35 for private driver and vehicle relocation fee below. All return transfers, 6-13 pax+ transfers and all Cairns to Port Douglas transfers not affected.



      CAIRNS AIRPORT <> CAIRNS CITY, FERRIES AND CITY ACCOMMODATION


      1 to 5 passengers: One way $65 or $100 return

      6 to 13 passengers: One way $80 or $130 return



      CAIRNS AIRPORT <> PALM COVE


      1 to 5 passengers: One way $80

      6 to 13 passengers: One way $150



      PALM COVE <> PORT DOUGLAS

      1 to 5 passengers: One way $150

      6 to 13 passengers: One way $220.



      CAIRNS AIRPORT <> SILKY OAKS

      1 to 5 passengers: One way $279

      6 to 13 passengers: One way $349


      CHILD SEATS AVAILABLE TO BOOK:

      $15 one way or $30 return. Select booster, front or rear seats below. Available all transfers except 1-2 person limousine.

    • CairnsAirportShuttle.net private transfer service selection

    • This enables Trip 1 and Trip 2 options
    • Default is Cairns Airport. If Cairns accommodation instead? Book Cairns Airport <>Port Douglas service and add $20 Cairns accommodation pick up or drop at Trip 1 or 2 below. Palm Cove? Select from the drop down.

      1-5 passengers 2022 Hyundai iMax or 2023 Kia Carnival

      Limo 1- 5 passengers select 2022 Black Mercedes-Benz Valente or choose limo form for c200 series sedan.

      6-13 passengers Toyota HiAce, with luggage trailer.

      14-22 passengers Toyota Coaster or Yutong D7 Series, or

      23-53 passengers Bonluck Luxury Liner.
    • This helps us allocate the best private transfer vehicle.
    • Please let us know so we can allocate space.
    • Strollers, prams and wheelchairs are oversize items which are carried at no charge.

      Oversize are $20 each one way: golf bag, fishing gear, guitar, bike or bike bag, keyboard piano. Surfboards are only permitted on our private transfer service 6-13 pax or more.
    • Prams, wheelchairs and strollers are no charge, but please advise so we can allocate space.
    • Buy a weekly local Port Douglas shuttle pass now for UNLIMITED use and start using it as soon as you get to Port Douglas! SAVE 15% if you buy now compared to buying after arrival in Port Douglas. Local Port Douglas shuttle service runs 7am to midnight daily. Collect your pass from your driver at Cairns Airport. Valid all of Port Douglas up to Captain Cook Highway including IGA and Wildlife Habitat. For reference a single adult trip in Port Douglas costs $6-$7 one way. Child is 12 and under. Children 3 and under are free.
    • Child seats are available all transfers but are not compulsory on Queensland buses 13 seats and over. Our child seats are not baby capsules, they are standard child seats with harness for rear facing (RFR) or front facing (FFR) installation.
    • EG 1 x B, 2 x FFR.

      B = booster, FFR = front facing child seat, RFR = rear facing child seat.This ensures your seats are installed for your transfers. Passengers may bring their own child seat at no charge (but must be installed by you if electing this option).

    • Trip 1

    • NIGHT TIME CLOSURE UPDATE: Starting 1 July 2025 we cannot service any private transfers commencing after 6:00pm due to Captain Cook Highway closures at night starting. We apologise for the inconvenience.

      Are you arriving on Sunday 14 September 2025?

      Port Douglas Gran Fondo Bike Race closes the highway 5:30am to 1:30pm. If you are arriving on 14 September 2025 between 6:00am and 1:00pm then please use       this form here during the road closure to Port Douglas.

      Passengers arriving at Cairns Airport after 1:30pm can book on this form you are on now :)
    • Enter nil if no flight.
    • Please enter 24 hours time format. EG 13.15.

      Enter arrival flight time, or departure flight time.

      Flights scheduled to arrive after 6pm and before 6am add after hours below. Flights arriving after 6pm include JQ950, JQ964, VA1423, QF2362.

      Enter nil if no flight.
    • After hours? Private transfers for flights scheduled to arrive after 6pm or depart before 8:30am select 'after hours' here which adds $50 night fee. Drivers earn extra for late night work. Thank you.

      Smithfield stop? We can allocate 15 mins for click and collect diversion. Please select this option for $25 per 15 mins.

      More than two pick ups or drop offs? We can drop off or pick up from maximum two locations in Port Douglas. A extra pick up or drop off is $15.

      Public holiday? Please select yes here. We apply $20 per booking (flat rate per group) to pay our drivers a fair rate to work on Queensland gazetted public holidays.
    • One way private transfers 1-2 pax or 3-5 pax from Port Douglas to Cairns Airport require us to move a private transfer driver and your selected vehicle to Port Douglas. Thank you for your understanding.
    • All Cairns City, ferry and accommodation pick up costs $20. Please select your Cairns accommodation from the list OR option "Others Cairns" if not on list and add details in notes at the end of the form. EG. Pick up from Cairns 1234 Lake Street at 10am. See map for Cairns pick up area.
    • All Cairns City, ferry and accommodation drop off costs $20. Select last option "others" and add details in message or notes below for Cairns accomm. EG. Pick up from Port Douglas at 10am. Going to Hilton Cairns. See map for Cairns drop off area.

    • Trip 2

    • Are you departing on Sunday 14 September 2025?

      Port Douglas Gran Fondo Bike Race closes the highway 5:30am to 1:30pm. If you are flying out of Cairns on 14 September 2025 between 6:00am and 4:00pm then please use       this form here during the road closure to Port Douglas.

      Passengers departing Cairns Airport after 5:00pm can book on this form you are on now :)
    • Enter nil if no flight
    • Please enter 24 hours time. EG 13:15. Enter the time your flight is scheduled to leave Cairns.

      You will leave Port Douglas 2.5-3 hours before departure. The exact time will be confirmed by email 1-2 days before your departure.
    • Select last option "others" if you cannot find your accommodation in this list, and add details in message box below.
    • All Cairns City, ferry and accommodation drop off costs $20. Select last option "others" and add details in message or notes below. EG. Pick up from Port Douglas at 10am. Going to Hilton Cairns. See map for Cairns drop off area.

    • Payment

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    • Terms and Conditions including cancellation
    • Cancellations - We offer your choice: 100% credit for 12 months or refund less standard cancel fees. See details.

      If we have no availability (eg last minute booking) we will not charge your card and instead advise options.

    • Other (Optional)

      Enter any other details here to help us deliver your transfer.
    • We meet you at Cairns Domestic Airport baggage carousel 3 inside A/C seated area near the doors to the shuttle bus parking bays.