2-Day Cooktown 4WD Small-Group Tour from Cairns or Port Douglas

Discover Australia's Aboriginal culture and explore the rugged beauty of the Lower Cape on this 2-day Cooktown small-group tour from Cairns or Port Douglas. You'll drive through the World Heritage Listed Daintree National Park and the famous Bloomfield Track by 4WD, take a journey with the traditional Aboriginal story-teller of the Nugal-warra clan and see his ancestral ancient rock art. The tour includes overnight accommodation in Cooktown, Australia's first non-indigenous settlement.

Day 1 - Cairns, Northern Beaches and Port Douglas to Cooktown
You'll be picked up by air-conditioned 4WD to travel north along the Captain Cook Highway, one of Australia's most scenic coastal drives. After crossing the mighty Daintree River by cable ferry, journey through the spectacular Daintree National park, which contains the highest number of rare or threatened plant and animal species in the world. Along the way, your experienced guide will enlighten you with stories and history as you continue on the 4WD-only Bloomfield Track through some of the most incredible scenery in Australia. Stop for lunch at the famous Lion's Den Hotel (established in 1875), one of North Queensland's oldest bush pubs. Continue to the unique geological oddity of Black Mountain, surrounded in mystery and ancient Aboriginal legend. Arriving in Cooktown, have your camera ready for 360-degree panoramic views from Grassy Hill of Cooktown and the Endeavour River. Overnight in Cooktown.

Day 2 - Cooktown to Cairns, Northern Beaches and Port Douglas
This morning you will be collected from your accommodation by Willie Gordon,a Nugal-warra Elder. Willie will take you to his ancestral rock art sites, set in stunning countryside high in the hills above Hope Vale, 40 minutes from Cooktown.You'll travel by road through dramatic landscapes to six rock art sites, including an Ancestral Birth Cave and the Reconciliation Cave. Willie will give you an amazing insight into Aboriginal society and spirituality and will have you thinking about your own relationship with the land and how the lores of his people can apply to us all. (Closed covered shoes must be worn on this tour).
You will have free time to explore Cooktown before returning to Port Douglas or Cairns in the late afternoon. On your return journey, travel via the Mulligan Highway through a diverse landscape of cattle stations and the Palmer Goldfields region, the Outback of Far North Queensland.