Conquer the Great Dividing Range and get the bigger picture Extend your Cairns rainforest scenic helicopter flight to 30 minutes and start this experience by climbing quickly with a clearance to 2,500 feet over the City of Cairns headed West for the Great Dividing Range. Ascending the lush eastern slopes, they arrive over beautiful Lake Morris the remote water catchment that supplies fresh water to Cairns and attracts an abundance of birdlife to its pristine waters. Passing over Copperlode Dam we’ll track along the range and down over the bubbling rock pools of Crystal Cascades before overflying the Kuranda Scenic Railway at Stoney Creek. They continue on, flying into the mighty ‘Instagram’ worthy Barron Gorge. Here they’ll gently climb, passing through 1,000 feet over the Skyrail Rainforest Cableway and then circle over the Barron Falls and Kuranda rainforest village where the famous Skyrail and Kuranda Scenic Railway begin their return journey back to Cairns. From Kuranda, your Cairns helicopter tour turns east for the coast and descend over the lush eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range with views of Double Island, Palm Cove and panoramic views over Cairns city and out to the Reef on the return leg.