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Thank you for the heads up. That is very disappointing. We will be in Cairns on the Explorer in two weeks. Would you recommend booking with an outside company or do you know if all the pontoon tours to the Great Barrier Reef are pretty much like the one you experienced? Since it coss extra anyway, makes no difference to us to go into town and book a better company.

Thanks!! Will do 😃

Thank you for all the valuable information, we have booked the jungle train and amphibious duck tour in Cairns (extra fee) and the crocodile cruise in Darwin (free), we are open to finding private tours since in the longrun it will be a small added cost to the entirety of the cruise and also open to walking around on our own, finding restaurants in town, etc. I do hope they just reschedule the papa new guinea ports or change at least one of them. Unfortunately they changed Brisbane to Newcastle so I don't think the Australia Zoo is an option on our cruise. But the replies thus far have confirmed that we should be open to booking our own tours, not a big deal since the other things like food, service and room appear to be positive.

Thank you for the detailed review. We are scheduled for Sydney to Singapore January 2024 and this was very helpful. I have been reading about the poor excursions that regent offers and have been planning on a few my own. Do you specifically have any ports that you suggest we skip the regent tours all together? Sounds like Cairns may be one of them. Also our cruise has two ports of call in Papa New Guinea so this is concerning regarding the poor quality of the tours and the safety of the area. Did not plan to do a private excursion. Would you recommend just walking around and not doing a Regent tour?