Cairns Day Trips
There are so many things to do locally. You can spend a day or a whole week around town.
From good food to go-carts. There is something for everyone in Cairns.
2025 Dates Now Available on Selected Tours
New Tour for 2025 – Enjoy a Signature Cape York Experience
2025 Dates Now Available on Selected Tours
New Tour for 2025 – Enjoy a Signature Cape York Experience
Explore the rugged beauty of Cape York, with its stunning national parks, pristine waterways and secluded beaches. Discover the rich history and culture of this unique region, and experience all that it has to offer. From camping and fishing to bushwalking and birdwatching, there’s something for everyone in this incredible part of Australia. Make the most of your time in Cape York and create unforgettable memories that will last a lifetime.
Cape York has it all – rugged national parks, pristine waterways, and secluded beaches. Mixed with history and culture it is a destination worth the time.
With 1200 km of roads connecting Cairns to Cape York. Visit places like Cooktown, the Lockhart River, Weipa, Chilli Beach, remote campsites, and vast cattle stations. Swim in crystal-clear waters at Jardine National Park or visit the extensive wetlands of the Rinurru (Lakefield) National Park. See termite mounds and carnivorous plants. Stand at the top of Australia.
The area is rich in culture, with a mix of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and traditions.
Visit the Laura Dance festival with more than 500 artists and 20 communities in the region attend this biennial Aboriginal performing arts festival
Visit Cooktown, a small coastal town 330 km north of Cairns. For a slice of history, Cape York Tours visit the site of Captain James Cook’s first interactions with Indigenous people. After 48 days here Cook had records of native fauna and the Aboriginal language.
Tours to Cape York visit locations such as Wenlock River where you will find the richest diversity of freshwater fish in Australia. An anglers’ paradise with 48 know species, barramundi, saratoga some rare rainbow fish, fimbriate gudgeon, Buffon’s River garfish, and freshwater sawfish. You do need to be alert in the Cape for both freshwater and saltwater crocs. Only swim in areas that are known to be croc-free.
The best time to visit Cape York is June through to October. The school holidays are busier but there is plenty of room for everyone. Approximately 60000 people visit ‘The Tip of Australia’ every year.
There are so many things to do locally. You can spend a day or a whole week around town.
From good food to go-carts. There is something for everyone in Cairns.
Surrounded by the world’s oldest living tropical rainforest, is”Kuranda”, the Village in the Rainforest.
Enjoy for a few hours or spend the day here. Just 25km northwest of Cairns.
The Daintree covers 1200 sq km between the Mossman Gorge and Bloomfield River.
Cape Tribulation is where the Wet Tropics Rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef meet.
Visiting the Reef includes: snorkelling, scuba diving, aircraft or helicopter tours, glass-bottomed boats, semi-submersibles and educational trips, cruise ship tours, whale watching and swimming with dolphins.
Located just south of Cairns, the cooler-climate of the Atherton Tablelands has variety of landscapes and attractions – waterfalls, national parks and coffee plantations. Markets, food and wine.
The ultimate self-drive location – Cape York. You will find more 4WDs here than anywhere else in the country. A 1200km strip of road connects Cairns with Cape York allow at least 7 to 10 days.