Want to see Cooktown and more in a 3 Day Tour with everything taken care of? This very small group tour takes you on an exclusive guided 4WD tour to the Daintree National Park, Cape Tribulation, Cooktown and the Atherton Tablelands. This tour ticks all the boxes in terms of showing people the best of Far North Queensland! Visit Cooktown and its many surrounding attractions as you learn about this truly amazing ancient area of the world from our tour guide and from Aboriginal elder, Willie Gordon in Cooktown.

This tour operates with a maximum of 9 passengers, so you are assured of a personalised and comfortable journey.

• Attention to detail ensuring passenger satisfaction, comfort and safety
• Small Groups – Minimum 4, Maximum 9 guests
• Modern Air-conditioned 4WD vehicle
• All Breakfasts and Evening Meals
• Morning teas and Light Lunches
• 2 Nights - Cooktown & Cape Tribulation (private facilities)
• All National Park, Site and Ferry Fees
• Attractions as per itinerary
• Experienced driver guide
• Coral Coast Sea Drive
• Port Douglas
• Daintree River Cruise
• Alexandra Lookout
• The Boardwalk
• Cape Tribulation
• Bloomfield track
• Cowie Bay
• Lion's Den Pub
• Guided Tour of Cooktown
• Willie Gordon Aboriginal Guided tour at Cooktown
• Palmer River Road House
• Mysterious Black Mountain
• Mareeba Wetlands
• Jacques Coffee Plantation
• Clohesy River and it's giant strangler fig
• Lake Morris
• Copperlode Dam

DAY 1 - CAIRNS TO COOKTOWN VIA WET TROPICS & ATHERTON TABLELANDS

Lunch, Dinner

Departing your accommodation, we start our journey by ascending the Lamb Range above Cairns with amazing views over the city and beyond. We arrive at Copperlode Dam and Lake Morris, an extremely picturesque lake surrounded by rainforest-covered mountains; this is Cairns water supply catchment. Our exclusive permit allows us to continue beyond this point and 4WD through the rainforest and river crossings; we see spectacular plant life in this area including rare King Ferns, one of our earliest vascular plant forms dating back 325 million years. Away from the crowds and in a World Heritage Rainforest area, we’ll visit our Clohesy Boardwalk where you’ll view amazing plant life including giant Strangler Fig Trees. Venturing  on to the northern Tablelands, we visit a local working coffee plantation. Here we’ll learn all about the growing of coffee with a presentation and tour before a delightful morning tea of coffee (grown on site of course) and scones. Through the township of Mareeba and heading north, we’ll stop at the Mareeba Wetlands, a sanctuary for local flora, fauna and culture. Continuing north into the historic gold-fields area we’ll stop for lunch at the Palmer River Roadhouse. The vegetation changes at each stage of our journey and we get a real taste of outback as we continue on towards Cooktown to the mysterious Black Mountain National Park. We’ll visit Archer Point with its working lighthouse and Quarantine Bay before a refreshing drink stop (own expense) at the Lions Den Hotel - a classic Aussie Icon. We then make our way to our accommodation.

Overnight: Cooktown - Single/ Twin/ Double (ensuite)

DAY 2 - EXPLORE COOKTOWN

Includes Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner 

After an early breakfast, our tour visits the famous "Willy Gordon Guurrbi Tour" a truly amazing experience. Willy’s Aboriginal tours are recognized as one of Australia's ‘must-do’ experiences andhis small business has received a host of accolades, both here and overseas. In 2007 he received the Gnunkai Best Indigenous Tour Guide Award, and in 2008 was particularly proud to be named Cook Shire’s Citizen of the year. After Willy’s tour, we enjoy a light lunch in Cooktown before heading up Grassy Hill to the lookout for fantastic views over Cooktown and its famous "River of Gold". It’s then onto the Historic Captain James Cook Museum. Travelling south, we head towards Cape Tribulation and the Daintree Rainforest. Engaging 4WD we travel the famous Bloomfield Track enjoying many scenic spots including Bloomfield Falls, Cedar Bay National Park, a boardwalk and more. After arriving at Cape Tribulation, you can stretch your legs on the beach or head up to Kulki Lookout. We overnight in the Cape Tribulation region.

Overnight: CapeTribulation. Single / Twin/ Double (ensuite)

DAY 3 – CAPE TRIBULATION TO PORT DOUGLAS/CAIRNS VIA THE CAPTAIN COOK HIGHWAY

Includes Breakfast and Lunch

After a leisurely breakfast, we continue our journey toward Thornton Beach, this sits adjacent to Queensland's third highest mountain, Thornton Peak. We offer an optional stop at the famous Daintree Ice Cream Company to sample some of their homemade tropical fruit ice creams (own expense), then we continue along the Cape Tribulation road to Alexandra Lookout for spectacular views over the Daintree River mouth and beyond to Low Isles, Snapper Island and Port Douglas. We arrive at the famous Daintree River for our cable ferry crossing and on to the Daintree Tea House for a special lunch at one of the Daintree region’s oldest established restaurants with a choice to try their delicious Barramundi (fish) specialty served with exotic tropical fruits (other menu items are available). After lunch, we’ll experience the Daintree River close up when we take our river cruise with a local, naturalist guide. You never know what you’ll see with a variety of flora and fauna and of course, crocodiles. Finally, we head south along the scenicCaptain Cook Highwaywith an optional stop at Mossman Gorge (the south-east corner of the Daintree World Heritage area). Further on we travel through Mossman’s sugar cane fields to drop you back at your Port Douglas or Cairns accommodation by the early evening.

This tour departs from Cairns or The Northern Beaches & Port Douglas on demand with a minimum of 4 passengers any day of the week (subject to availability)

Cairns - 7:00am
Nth Beaches - 7:30am

Arrival Details:
Cairns late afternoon

What’s included:

• All breakfasts, morning tea, light lunches and evening meals as per itinerary
• National Park entry fees and permits
• Experienced local driver guide
• Luxury late model, well appointed vehicles
• Quality accommodation with private facilities
• Bottled water supplied on tour

Small group numbers offering unrivalled, friendly and personalized service

- Camera
- Comfortable walking shoes
- Wallet - Cash for personal expenses
- Hat, Sunglasses
- Sunscreen 30+
- Small overnight bag with changes of clothes and any personal items