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Daintree Rainforest

Cape York Frontier

2025/2026 Season

Everyday Price From

$3,275

7 days

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Overview

Australia is blessed with unpeopled wilderness areas and quirky towns. You’ll find both in spades on the Cape York Peninsula. Arriving at the tip of country on this Far North Queensland tour, you’ll feel like you’re on top of the world, far away from the rigmarole of daily life. And this is just the start of your Queensland short break adventure; expect waterfalls, rainforest, wetlands and outback cattle stations.   

*Please note, this tour is operated by a third-party*

Locations Visited

Cairns, Cooktown, Musgrave Roadhouse, Weipa, Bramwell Station, Seisia, Cape York, Somerset

Countries Visited

Australia

Travel Style

Best Buys

Accommodations

6 nights included

Age Requirements

Minimum age 5

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Itinerary

COLLAPSE ALL EXPAND ALL

Day 1

Cairns - Cooktown

Your Cairns to Cape York tour toward the very top of Australia doesn’t waste any time, immersing you in World Heritage-listed Wet Tropics of Queensland rainforest just moments after departing Cairns. Cross the Daintree River by cable ferry, and you’re well on your way to Cape Tribulation, where the rainforest meets another World Heritage Site: the Great Barrier Reef. But you’re not here to dive into the water – your journey involves going off-road along the rugged, 4WD Bloomfield Track. Steel yourself for this epic ride, which crosses the Bloomfield River near the Aboriginal community of Wujal Wujal. Exploring this outback is thirsty work – quench your thirst at the legendary Lion’s Den Hotel. More legends (and myths) await at Black Mountain, sometimes dubbed the Bermuda Triangle of Australia. We’ll make sure you arrive safely at your next destination, where your Cooktown tour explains how this is the site of Australia’s first colonial ‘settlement’.  

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    Sovereign Resort Hotel


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Nature rules today, your expedition through Lakeland taking you to Quinkan Country – home to one of Australia best-preserved rock-art sites – near Laura. In Queensland, there’s only one expanse of wilderness bigger than Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park, and that’s the Simpson Desert. Rinyirru is big in more ways than one, from its enormous waterlily-covered billabongs to its unfathomable number of birds, it’s a fitting entrée to this northern wilderness frontier.

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    Musgrave Roadhouse


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The historic gold town of Coen may be small in size, but it’s got plenty of country swagger – and lots of cold beer, which is essential in these steamy parts of Australia. More mining (this time bauxite) was the reason the tiny town of Weipa was formed. Today, visitors on Far North Queensland tours come here for the blazing sunsets over the Gulf of Carpentaria.

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    Albatross Bay Resort


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Before you roll out of bed this morning, decide how you want to spend your pre-lunch hours. Perhaps on an optional Weipa Wildlife & Eco Cruise around the harbour and up the Embley River to Hay Point, revealing Indigenous culture and the abundance of animals that call this part of the Cape home. Or dig deep on a bauxite mine tour. How these rocks (the world’s main source of aluminium) are pulled from the ground is head-scratching. As is the size of Bramwell Station, Australia’s northernmost cattle station and your base for the night.

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    Bramwell Cattle Station


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Your early start today, along the Old Telegraph Track, is worth it when you arrive at Fruit Bat Falls for lunch. Dive in, splash about, cool off, unwind. You’ll be happy to hear the waterhole you’re swimming about in is croc free… There’s not much now between you and Cape York; cross the Jardine River and you’re there. Seisia is the departure point for ferries bound for Thursday Island tours and fishing charters. It’s also the gateway to tomorrow’s adventures.

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    Seisia Holiday Village


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Not many people can say they’ve stood at the very top of mainland Australia on a Cape York tour, just a few hundred kilometres of water separating you from Papua New Guinea. Closer to home is Somerset, a long-abandoned settlement of the larger-than-life Australian pioneer Frank Jardine, who came here in 1864. This was the first European settlement on the Cape York Peninsula; all that remains today are bits of masonry, rusted cannons and a handful of tombstones, including that of Jardine and his wife. Lunch is served on palm fringed Anchorage Beach overlooking the Albany Passage. If there are prettier places to soak up the serenity, we’re yet to find them.

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    Seisia Holiday Village


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    Breakfast

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Rich in Aboriginal culture, history and natural beauty, Thursday Island is the capital of the Torres Strait Islands. Time might stand still here, but you won’t – you’re on a guided tour before heading to Horn Island to board your aircraft, flying over the Great Barrier Reef back to Cairns. Wait, how did this week pass so quickly?

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Highlights

Flexible Holidays

  • If you can’t get enough of wildlife, sign up for an Eco Cruise from Weipa, the largest town on the Cape York Peninsula.

Iconic Sites

  • At the very tip of Australia, Cape York is the largest unspoilt wilderness area in the country. Few people get to see this magical part of the world.

Sustainable Travel

  • Sleep soundly knowing your national park fees are helping protect fragile and untouched pockets of wilderness.

Natural Wonders

  • Visiting Quinkan Country, sacred Aboriginal land, is a spiritual experience. The rock art here dates back tens of thousands of years, revealing Dreamtime stories.

Whats included

    • Specialist highly experienced Travel Director/Driver
    • Basic hotels
    • National Park entrance fees

What to Bring

    • Warm layers in cooler months
    • Camera
    • Comfortable walking shoes
    • Sunglasses, sunscreen and hat
    • Water bottle

Flight information

  • Flights to and from the start/end of your trip are not included in the trip price.

    Day Prior – flights to arrive anytime into Cairns Airport
    Day 7 – We recommend that guests fly out the day after the tour returns to Cairns, as it may be delayed getting back into Cairns.

Fitness Requirement

  • Heritage Tours - High level of fitness required

    If you have any mobility issues or over 80 years of age, it is a requirement to complete the "Fit to Travel & Mobility Questionnaire" and return these to Heritage Tours. A doctor’s clearance may be required before booking can be confirmed.

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Trip Notes:

  • ​International Air: Please note that airfares are not included. We will quote you the lowest possible airfare available on the day you book.

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  • ​Prices listed are per person, land only and based on double occupancy. Single room supplements are available. 
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