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Cape York
12 DAY Cape York tour
Top of
Australia
This 12 day tour takes you
to the tip of Australia.
Day 1, 2 Fly via
Innamincka and the Cooper
Creek to the Birdsville Hotel
for the first night and to Adels
Grove with a great boating
afternoon at the Lawn Hill
Gorge on the second afternoon.
Accommodation: Birdsville
Hotel & Adels Grove
Day 3 A short flight out to
Sweers Island in the Gulf. Here
you stay in cabins next to the
beach, eat great seafood in an
open air dining area and fish
or just enjoy the beaches and
history of the island.
Accommodation: Sweers
Island Resort
Day 4, 5 Fly via the tip
of Australia to Horn Island. A
full day boat trip down to the
tip of Australia’s mainland and
also a boat trip across to the
interesting Thursday Island,
known for its Military history
and pearling.
Accommodation: Thursday
Island
Day 6, 7, 8 Fly to
Cooktown then drive to
the working cattle station,
Alkoomie. Stay overnight then
a 30 minute flight to Bloomfield
Lodge, a luxury boutique
hideaway on the shores of the
Coral Sea and in the pristine
World Heritage Daintree Rain
Forest for the next two nights.
Accommodation: Alkoomie
Station and Bloomfield
Lodge
Day 9 The flight this
morning is 3 hours via Charters
Towers. At Longreach after
lunch, a cattle station visit, a
tour of the Stockmans Hall of
Fame and a sunset cruise on
the Thompson River.
Accommodation:
Longreach Motel
Day 10, 11, 12 Land at
Ingelara on a grass strip and be
transferred to Carnarvon Gorge
Lodge in Queensland. Stunning
walks through limestone cliffs,
rock art and lots of kangaroos.
Enjoy 2 nights at Carnarvon
Lodge. On Day 12 fly south
to Eulo for lunch at the Eulo
Queen Hotel before the last leg
to Melbourne.
Accommodation: Carnarvon
Gorge Wilderness Lodge
Horn Island
Cape York
Lotus Bird Lodge
Laura
Bloomfield
Lawn Hill
Mt Isa
Alice Springs
Birdsville
Melbourne
Carnarvon Gorge
Top of the Cape
Courtesy Sarah Martin, Joe Pics Photography
