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Departs: Cairns, northern beaches and Port Douglas from 7
am Returns: Port Douglas, northern beaches and Cairns around 4-5 pm on Day 3 2010 Departures Each Monday and Friday - May to November only |
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 Day 1 Cairns to Cooktown
(L)Your adventure begins as you climb the Great Dividing Range into an outback landscape of termite mounds and cattle stations. Lunch along the way to Split Rock where you will climb the sandstone escarpment (suitable footwear and reasonable fitness required) to view ancient Aboriginal rock art depicting life and customs here thousands of years ago. An afternoon visit to Black Mountain National Park before arriving in historic Cooktown. This evening is yours to relax and enjoy this coastal town. Dinner is at your own expense. Overnight: Sovereign Resort, Cooktown Day 2 Cooktown to Daintree Rainforest (BLD) A leisurely morning exploring in Cooktown. Walk where Captain Cook once walked, touch the sand where “Endeavour” was beached, and visit Grassy Hill and the James Cook Historical Museum (optional). Leaving Cooktown you drop in to the Lion’s Den Hotel, a classic outback pub, en-route to Wujal Wujal Aboriginal community.  Meet
the Walker Family, Aboriginal women who share their traditional
knowledge of bush tucker and medicine at the spectacular Bloomfield
Falls, and join them for a picnic lunch at a picturesque riverside site.
Next you cross the Bloomfield River to tackle the controversial 4WD
Bloomfield Track which takes us to the World Heritage listed Daintree
rainforest. At Dubuji you will walk to Myall Beach on the southern side
of Cape Tribulation. Further south cross the Noah Range, pass by
Thornton Beach and arrive at your overnight accommodation in the middle
of the Daintree rainforest. Overnight: Cape Tribulation Resort Day 3 Daintree Rainforest to Cairns (B) This morning we’ll pass a Daintree tea plantation, visit a forest of spectacular “fan palms” which feature in all pictorial works on the rainforest and Cow Bay so named for the Dugong, or Sea Cow. |
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This
excellent 3 day safari takes you across the Daintree River and
along the Bloomfield Track on your way to explore Cooktown.
You will meet Aboriginal women who will share their knowledge of
traditional bush tucker and medicine and see the spectacular
Bloomfield Falls. Travel through World Heritage rainforest and help to conserve the rainforest and the endangered Cassowary.
Bush walk to a world renowned collection of rock art paintings near
Laura known as Quinkan Art. This is a small group accommodated safari, complete with campfire and
stars and a maximum of 13 travellers.
