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Cape York - one of Australia's last great wilderness regions extends 1000 kilometers north of Cairns. There's a magic here, spun by its vastness and amazing variety. You'll see animals, plants, huge termite mounds and more on this camping tour to Cape York. This trip is quick but you will still get to feel the emotion and pride when you stand at the very Top of Australia!

• Cairns to Cape York Scenic Flight
• Thursday Island
• Lockerbie Scrub
• Torres Strait
• Cape York - Most Northern Tip of Australia
• Eliot (Indian Head) and Twin Falls
• "The Telegraph Track"
• Wenlock River
• Moreton Telegraph Office
• Archer River, Coen, Musgrave
• Lakefield National Park
• Laura
• Split Rock "Quinkan" Aboriginal Rock Art
• Palmer River

Legend; B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner

DAY 1 CAIRNS - CAPE YORK (D)

This morning you will need to make your own way to Cairns Domestic Airport, a taxi will cost approximately $25 from most Cairns accommodation property's to the Cairns airport. Your adventure begins when you board your aircraft to fly over the Great Barrier Reef to Horn Island (Cape York). Transfer by ferry to Thursday Island, commercial and administration hub of the Torres Strait Islands. Free time to explore the island (you may wish to take a guided bus tour at your own expense and arrangements). After lunch (own expense) transfer by ferry to the northern-most settlements of mainland Australia to be met by your guide. We overnight at our beachfront campsite on the tropical shores of Torres Strait.

This morning enjoy a fascinating visit to the beautiful “Lockerbie Scrub”, an isolated pocket of monsoon rainforest before an emotional walk to the very top of Australia – CAPE YORK. After a fitting celebration we head south across the mighty Jardine River and travel through Cape York's wilderness. This afternoon you'll be enchanted by the magic of Twin Falls - swimming here, in pristine spring-fed pools landscaped by nature, will be a life long memory. We camp here tonight in the company of millions of stars.

DAY 3 TELEGRAPH TRACK - MORETON TELEGRAPH OFFICE - ARCHER RIVER (BL)

4WD adventure and fun on Cape York's rugged Telegraph Track this morning. Cross rivers and creeks, see prehistoric cycads, giant termite mounds and carnivorous plants. This afternoon we cross the Wenlock River at historic Moreton Telegraph Office before traveling on to our overnight camp at the Archer River. Dinner is at your own expense this evening.

South to Coen then on to the historic telegraph station of Musgrave. Travel on into Lakefield National Park, Queensland's second largest at 537,000 hectares (1.25 million acres) and a great wildlife spotting opportunity. Enjoy the peace of this remote outback location. In the evening relax around the campfire. We camp in the National Park tonight.

DAY 5 LAKEFIELD NATIONAL PARK - ROCK ART - CAIRNS (B)

Rise to the morning chorus of the many bird species in Lakefield. We travel on to "Quinkan Country" near Laura, an outback landscape of termite mounds and cattle stations. Here we climb (suitable footwear and reasonable fitness required) the sandstone escarpment at Split Rock to view ancient Aboriginal rock art, dated in excess of 13,000 years old, depicting traditional activities and culture. Now we head south and east via the Palmer River, site of one of Australia's greatest gold rushes. Lunch (own expense) along the way. Now over the Great Dividing Range to the coastal plain and Port Douglas or Cairns completing your fascinating adventure of discovery and fun in Australia's far north. The tour ends with a drop off at your Cairns accommodation.