There are 8 ways to get from Boston to Great Barrier Reef by ferry, plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Ferry to Boston Logan Airport, fly to Cairns
best- Take the ferry from Long Wharf to Logan Airport Ferry Terminalferry
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Cairns (CNS)plane BOS - CNS
29h 40m$905–3,214Bus to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, fly to Cairns
cheapest- Take the bus from Boston to Montrealbus
- Fly from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) to Cairns (CNS)plane YUL - CNS
36h 37m$781–2,628Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Cairns
- Take the train from Boston to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Cairns (CNS)plane EWR - CNS
33h 8m$957–4,059Ferry to Provincetown Municipal Airport, fly to Cairns
- Take the ferry from World Trade Center Pier, Boston, MA to MacMillan Pier, Provincetown, MAferry
- Fly from Provincetown Municipal Airport (PVC) to Cairns (CNS)plane PVC - CNS
33h 56m$1,927–4,653Bus to Barnstable Municipal Airport, fly to Cairns
- Take the bus from Boston to Barnstable Airportbus
- Fly from Barnstable Municipal Airport (HYA) to Cairns (CNS)plane HYA - CNS
33h 5m$820–2,635Ferry to Boston Logan Airport, fly to Townsville Airport, train
- Take the ferry from Long Wharf to Logan Airport Ferry Terminalferry
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Townsville Airport (TSV)plane BOS - TSV
- Take the train from Townsville to Cairns Central Stationtrain
37h 32m$1,052–4,816Ferry to Boston Logan Airport, fly to Cooktown Airport, bus
- Take the ferry from Long Wharf to Logan Airport Ferry Terminalferry
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Cooktown Airport (CTN)plane BOS - CTN
- Take the bus from Cooktown to Cairnsbus
36h 51m$1,525–3,684Bus to Lebanon, fly to Cairns
- Take the bus from Boston South Buses to Lebanonbus
- Fly from Lebanon (LEB) to Cairns (CNS)plane LEB - CNS
36h 24m$1,306–3,128
Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Cairns (CNS) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Boston to Great Barrier Reef is to bus and fly which costs $800 - $2,700 and takes 33h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Boston to Great Barrier Reef is to ferry and fly which takes 29h 40m and costs $900 - $3,300.
The distance between Boston and Great Barrier Reef is 15539 km.
It takes approximately 29h 40m to get from Boston to Great Barrier Reef, including transfers.
Great Barrier Reef is 13h 30m ahead of Boston. It is currently 8:41 AM in Boston and 10:11 PM in Great Barrier Reef.
What companies run services between Boston, MA, USA and Great Barrier Reef?
There is no direct connection from Boston to Great Barrier Reef. However, you can take the ferry to Logan Airport Ferry Terminal, walk to Boston-Airport-BOS airport, fly to Cairns (CNS), walk to Cairns Airport, then take the shuttle to Cairns Central Shopping Complex. Alternatively, you can take the train to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station, walk to Penn Station, take the train to Newark Airport Railroad Station, walk to Newark Airport Railroad Station, take the vehicle to Terminal B, walk to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) airport, fly to Cairns (CNS), walk to Cairns Airport, then take the shuttle to Cairns Central Shopping Complex.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Cairns via Los Angeles, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,000
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Cairns via San Francisco, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–7,500
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Cairns via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Cairns via Los Angeles, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 18m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–7,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Cairns via Los Angeles, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,800
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Cairns via San Francisco, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–7,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Cairns via Vancouver, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–7,000
Flights from Barnstable Municipal Airport to Cairns via New York JFK, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Townsville Airport via Los Angeles, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,500
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Townsville Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 3m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,700
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Cairns via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Cairns via San Francisco, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Cairns via Los Angeles, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–6,000
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Cairns via Vancouver, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Cairns via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Cairns via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,000
Flights from Provincetown Municipal Airport to Cairns via Boston Logan Airport, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,800–4,500
Flights from Barnstable Municipal Airport to Cairns via Boston Logan Airport, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,200
Flights from Barnstable Municipal Airport to Cairns via New York JFK, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Cairns via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Lebanon to Cairns via Boston Logan Airport, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Cairns via San Francisco, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 59m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,200
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Cairns via Los Angeles, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,200
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Cairns via San Francisco, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,000
Flights from Barnstable Municipal Airport to Cairns via Chicago O'Hare, San Francisco, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Townsville Airport via San Francisco, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Townsville Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Cairns via San Francisco, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Cairns via San Francisco, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 59m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,200
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Cairns via Los Angeles, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,200
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Cairns via San Francisco, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,000
Flights from Barnstable Municipal Airport to Cairns via Chicago O'Hare, San Francisco, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Townsville Airport via San Francisco, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Townsville Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Cairns via Vancouver, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
- Website
- fijiairways.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Cairns via San Francisco, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–7,500
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Cairns via Los Angeles, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–7,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Cairns via San Francisco, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–7,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Cairns via Vancouver, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–7,000
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Cairns via San Francisco, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Cairns via Los Angeles, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–6,000
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Cairns via Vancouver, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,000
- Website
- hinterlandaviation.com.au
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Cooktown Airport via Tokyo Narita, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–3,500
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Cooktown Airport via Los Angeles, Nadi, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 2m
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–8,500
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Cooktown Airport via San Francisco, Nadi, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–8,500
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Cooktown Airport via Vancouver, Nadi, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 1m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–9,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Townsville Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Townsville Airport via Los Angeles, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,500
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Townsville Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 3m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,700
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Cairns via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,000
Flights from Barnstable Municipal Airport to Cairns via New York JFK, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Cairns via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Cairns via Vancouver, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–3,000
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Cairns via Vancouver, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
- Website
- airniugini.com.pg
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Cairns via Tokyo Narita, Port Moresby
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Boston to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $180–280
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Boston to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $75–1,100
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $75–700
- First Class
- $290–1,100
- Phone
- 1800 872 467
- Website
- Queensland Rail Travel
Train from Townsville to Cairns Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–1,267
- Book at
- Queensland Rail Travel
- Website
- Queensland Rail Travel
- Schedules at
- Queensland Rail Travel
- BQuick
- $45–70
- AChoice
- $60–80
- Gold Class
- $1,012
- Heritage Class
- $1,267
- Phone
- 1-800-343-9999
- Website
- Peter Pan
Bus from Boston to Barnstable Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Website
- Peter Pan
- Phone
- (07) 3036 2070
- Website
- Trans North Bus & Coach
Bus from Cooktown to Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $75–110
- Website
- Trans North Bus & Coach
- Book at
- Trans North Bus & Coach
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Boston to Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $80–120
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Boston to Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Phone
- +1-800-637-0123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Dartmouth Coach
Bus from Boston South Buses to Lebanon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–65
- Schedules at
- Dartmouth Coach
Ferry from Long Wharf to Logan Airport Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–14
- Website
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- Website
- MBTA: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $5–14
Ferry from Long Wharf to Logan Airport Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–14
- Website
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- Website
- MBTA: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $5–14
Ferry from Long Wharf to Logan Airport Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–14
- Website
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- Website
- MBTA: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $5–14
- Phone
- +1 617-748-1428
- Website
- Provincetown Fast Ferry
Ferry from World Trade Center Pier, Boston, MA to MacMillan Pier, Provincetown, MA
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $124
- Website
- Provincetown Fast Ferry
- Phone
- +1 866-307-2469
- Website
- City Experiences
Ferry from World Trade Center Pier, Boston, MA to MacMillan Pier, Provincetown, MA
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $103
- Website
- City Experiences
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