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Journey to the very "Tip" of Australia with this small group 4wd Cape York tour. Join 12 other travelers as they visit all the "must see" places on the "Tip", east plenty of tasty meals and stay in some of the best accommodation places in Cape York!

• Cairns to Cape York Scenic Flight
• Thursday Island (Tour Included)
• Lockerbie Scrub
• Historic Somerset
• Cape York - Most Northern Tip of Australia
• Telegraph Track
• Fruit Bat Falls
• Wenlock River
• Moreton Telegraph Office
• Weipa
• Musgrave Telegraph Station
• Lakefield National Park
• Split Rock "Quinkan" Aboriginal Rock Art
• Cooktown
• Black Mountain
• Lions Den Pub
• Bloomfield Track
• Cape Tribulation
• World Heritage Daintree Rainforest

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 Cape York. Transfer by ferry to Thursday Island, commercial and administration hub of the Torres Strait Islands. Time now to enjoy a guided tour of the island. After lunch (own expense) transfer by ferry to the northern-most settlements of mainland Australia where we stay for two nights.

A fascinating visit to the beautiful “Lockerbie Scrub”, an isolated pocket of monsoon rainforest, on our way to historic Somerset on Albany passage where you can ponder the past, our explorers, pioneers and the Cape's traditional owners. Now, an emotional walk to the very top of Australia - CAPE YORK!

DAY 3 FRUIT BAT FALLS - MORETON STATION (BLD)

Across the mighty Jardine River we travel through Cape York's unique wilderness of gigantic termite mounds, crystal clear creeks, carnivorous pitcher plants and prehistoric cycads. Visit pristine Fruit Bat Falls, a great chance to swim it its cool spring-fed waters. Continue on to the Wenlock River where we overnight in Moreton Stations delightful permanent tent safari camp

This morning time for exploring, bush walking, bird watching or simply relaxing. Later we travel through Batavia Downs as we head for the west coast of the Peninsula and Weipa, our overnight stop. An opportunity to learn about this bauxite mining town this afternoon. Dinner is your own expense this evening.

DAY 5 WEIPA - COEN - MUSGRAVE (BLD)

Meet some locals at classic outposts today. Cross the picturesque Archer River on the way to the old gold mining town of Coen. Later we arrive at Musgrave, the century old Musgrave Telegraph Station and now working cattle station, our overnight stop.

Explore Lakefield National Park, Queensland's second largest at 537,000 hectares (1.25 million acres). Water lily covered billabongs, wildlife and a great variety of bird life makes for a memorable morning. We then enter "Quinkan Country" near Laura. 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. Travel through the agricultural district of Lakeland on our way to Cooktown, our overnight stop.

DAY 7 COOKTOWN - BLOOMFIELD TRACK - CAPE TRIBULATION - CAIRNS (BL)

Walk where Captain Cook walked and enjoy the spectacular views from atop Grassy Hill on a tour of Cooktown. Leaving Cooktown we visit the quaint Lion's Den Hotel for lunch before crossing the Bloomfield River near the Aboriginal community of Wujal Wujal. 4WD action on the rugged Bloomfield Track (weather permitting). We travel on gravel roads, cross beautiful rainforest creeks and are afforded the most spectacular views from the steep climbs and descents traveling on into the primeval jungle. Here you will walk with your guide to experience some of the intriguing plants and animals of this wonderful region. Further south we cross the Daintree River on a cable ferry. Now we return to Port Douglas and Cairns ending your fascinating safari of adventure and discovery in Australia's far north. The tour ends with a drop off at your Cairns accommodation.