8 DAY CAPE YORK

Combination Drive/ Drive

DAY 1

Cooktown to Old Laura Homestead, through Lakefield National Park and Kalpowar Crossing. Accommodation at Lotus Bird Lodge, with breakfast & Dinner. Great birdwatching & wildlife spotting opportunities, private timber cabin accommodation & wonderful hosts!

DAY 2

Kalpowar Crossing to Moreton Telegraph Station. Camp at Moreton. Vast open spaces and an ever changing landscape.

DAY 3

Moreton Telegraph Station to Punsand Bay, travel the Southern Bypass and cross the mighty Jardine River on the Ferry. Accommodation at Punsand Bay Private Resort (B/D)
You’re at the top of Cape York!!

DAY 4

• Thursday Island tour & free time (included in tour cost)
• OPTION: 2 Island Tour (Horn & Thursday Islands)
• Accommodation at Punsand Bay Private Resort (B/D)
  

DAY 5 Punsand Bay to Moreton Telegraph Station
Camp at Moreton

Day 6

• Moreton to Weipa optional Town & Mine Tour
• Camp at Weipa
• Explore this mining town & Western Cape culture

DAY 7

• Weipa to Musgrave
• Camp at Musgrave

DAY 8

Musgrave to Cooktown, visit the fantastic Quinkan & Region Cultural Centre, Split Rock Aboriginal Art Site, then Lakeland Downs before arriving in Cooktown in the late afternoon

COST: Please contact us.

Inclusions: National Park access fees, 1 night accommodation with dinner & breakfast at Lotus Bird Lodge, 2 nights accommodation & catered meals at Punsand Bay.

All camping & Jardine River ferry fees, breakfast, lunch & evening meals except where stipulated or at guests request, air conditioned Toyota Landcruiser GXL, own tent sleeps 2 people & bedding, camping gear, resource & reference material on board, Thursday Island Tour.

Exclusions: personal items, snacks, alcoholic beverages, photographic gear, souvenirs, batteries, torches. If you like to try a spot of fishing as opportunities arise, bring small fishing rods/breakdown rods. We can supply hand lines, cast net & bait bucket on a replace if lost basis – please advise when booking.

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Cape York Sunset

Pitcher Plant on Cape York