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Cape York Air Safari Horn Island Northern most tip of Australia Photo by TEQ Thursday Island Cape York Air Safari Horn Island Cape York. One of Australia’s last frontiers. A place every Australian should visit at least once in their lives. Lizard Island The stunning 13-day Cape York Air Safari takes you to Laura Cooktown the very tip of Australia, as well as outback Queensland, Sweers Island the Gulf of Carpentaria, Torres Strait Islands and the Karumba Great Barrier Reef. Lawn Hill NP It’s an incredible way to see so many iconic locations: magnificent vistas from the air and ground level, Longreach interesting characters, unique birds and wildlife. Join us Carnarvon Gorge for the adventure of a lifetime! Highlights Birdsville • Spectacular flightseeing over the Great Barrier Reef and Dig Tree Torres Strait Islands Charlotte Plains Station • Outback Dig Tree and Birdsville • Picturesque Adels Grove • Bucket List helicopter to the very tip of mainland Australia Broken Hill • Exclusive and luxurious Lizard Island • Photogenic Carnarvon Gorge 24 May, 14 Jun, 26 Jul 2021 $15,980 per person twin share Melbourne $17,980 single ALL INCLUSIVE PRICE Cape York Air Safari 13 days | 12 nights | All Inclusive | Private Aircraft | ex Melbourne Day 1: Melbourne to The Dig Tree to Birdsville (L,D) Day 3: Lawn Hill to Sweers Island to Karumba (B,L,D) It’s an action-packed first day of the Cape York Air Kick off with breakfast at Adels Grove before a Safari as you depart Moorabbin Airport at 8.00am. 45-minute flight to Sweers Island, about 30 km off the Fly over NSW and into South Australia, landing at coast in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Take a short tour of the Dig Tree, where the explorers Burke and Wills this island with long stretches of golden beach, blue famously set up camp. Learn more about this waters, and a wealth of history. Lunch is in the open- pioneering pair and their ill-fated expedition. air restaurant overlooking the waters of the Gulf. Over the border into Queensland to Birdsville, where Back to the mainland, the next stop is Karumba, home sunset drinks are at Big Red, the first of 1,140 parallel to prawn, mud crab and barramundi fishing fleets sand dunes marking the edge of the Simpson Desert. working in the Gulf of Carpentaria. It’s also known for Look out over the vast expanse of not very much and fabulous sunsets. End the day with a camera in one you’ll truly know you’ve made it to the outback! To hand and a glass in the other on a sunset cruise, then end the day, stay and dine in one of Australia’s most spotlight for crocs on the way back. iconic pubs — the Birdsville Hotel. Overnight: End of The Road Motel or Gee Dee’s Family Overnight: Birdsville Hotel Cabins Day 2: Birdsville to Lawn Hill (B,L,D) Day 4: Karumba to Horn Island and Thursday Island (B,L,D) Flying north towards the Gulf of Carpentaria, your aircraft will land a short walk from your room or cabin Continue north up the west side of Cape York, past at Adels Grove, in Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) National the tip of Australia, to Horn Island in the Torres Strait. Park, overlooking the stunning Lawn Hill Creek. Local history experts and tour guides Liberty and Vanessa will meet you on arrival. They’ll take you to Lawn Hill Gorge is one of the most spectacular the Torres Strait Heritage Museum to view exhibits gorges in the Gulf Country, with luscious tropical from the pearling industry, myths and legends of vegetation, sheer red cliffs and enchanting green Torres Strait, artwork, artefacts and the World War II water. A solar-electric-powered pontoon boat will history of the area. take you on a cruise through the gorge to its summit, where you’ll find yourself in a small oasis with a On the In Their Steps WWII tour, visit gun beautiful waterfall. Swim at the falls and nearby emplacements, an underground command post, slit bubbling spa, subject to conditions, then it’s back trenches, an aircraft wreck with an unbelievable story, to Adels Grove for pre-dinner drinks in the open-air the WWII airstrip, dispersal bays and taxiways. Walk restaurant. in the steps of the indigenous and non-indigenous soldiers who served in the area, with insightful and Overnight: Adels Grove, room or cabin entertaining commentary. Transfer by ferry across to Thursday Island and your accommodation. Overnight: Island Villas (2 bedroom, 2 bathroom) “Thanks to the professional operations of Kirkhope Aviation, everything was first class and seamless - memories to saviour for a long time.” - Helen, August 2019 Lawn Hill Gorge Photo by TEQ Green Hill Fort Thursday Island Photo by TEQ Cape York Air Safari Day 5: Thursday Island and the Tip of Australia (B,L,D) Day 7: Lizard Island (B,L,D) Today it’s time for a bucket list adventure – a Enjoy a leisurely day relaxing in the island paradise helicopter to the tip of Australia. that is Lizard Island, with activities at your discretion. Fly by chopper from Thursday Island to the tip of Take advantage of the complimentary snorkelling Cape York Peninsula, the most northern point of equipment and lessons, stand up paddle boards and mainland Australia. Landing nearby, it is an 800m walk sea kayaks and it’ll be hard to stay out of the water. to the coastline where you can snap a photo of the tip The local reef life will leave you spellbound. of Australia for the memory vaults. If you’re feeling energetic, a walk to Cook’s Lookout, A tour of TI (Thursday Island) reveals how its history the highest point of the island with a 360° view, is well helped to create today’s dynamic, multicultural worth the effort. Optional tours (at your own expense) community and the tropical lifestyle it offers. include a boat trip and diving on the outer reef. Overnight: Island Villas (2 bedroom, 2 bathroom) Overnight: Lizard Island Resort Day 6: Thursday Island to Lizard Island (B,L,D) Day 8: Lizard Island to Cooktown (B,L,D) Ferry back to Horn Island to rejoin your aircraft for the Cooktown is your next destination, where Captain flight south to Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef. Cook sought refuge when his ship, The Endeavour, Take in the breathtaking coastline en-route and fly sustained severe damage during his 1770 expedition. over some of the world’s most spectacular scenery on Tour the many historical sites and learn how the reef. Cooktown prospered in a gold rush, dwindled, and then rose again to become an important base in As the most northern resort on the Great Barrier Reef, World War II. Lizard Island is truly secluded from the rest of the world. Exceptional service, facilities, touring and food A sunset cruise makes for a wonderfully peaceful way are the perfect complement to swimming off the to end the day. Nibble on a gourmet cheese platter, beach into the wonders of the largest coral reef in the sip on a drink and listen to stories about Cooktown. world – very hard to beat. Overnight: Sovereign Resort Hotel, deluxe room Overnight: Lizard Island Resort, Garden View Tip of Cape York Photo by Helen Jones Lizard Island Photo by Delaware North Carnarvon Gorge Photo by TEQ Cape York Air Safari Day 9: Cooktown to Laura to Longreach (B,L,D) along Carnarvon Creek in the Carnarvon Gorge National Park, is the perfect base for touring in this Fly to Laura for a private tour of various Quinkan rock magnificent region. You have the chance to join a art sites — spotted by a pilot in the 1960s while flying private guided walk this afternoon. A walk to Mickey’s over the area. Quinkan Country contains a large and Creek and Warrumbah Gorge will offer you one of the dramatic body of rock paintings. These galleries, few opportunities to get into a side gorge so narrow at least 15,000 to 30,000 years old, are listed by that you can touch both walls at the same time. The UNESCO as being among the top 10 rock art sites in sunlight only reaches the floor of these gorges for a the world. very short period each day, and they have a micro- climate all of their own. After lunch in Laura, fly over the vast Queensland countryside, arriving at Longreach in the late Later, cast your eyes upwards for a tour of the stars. afternoon. Explore the historic homestead at Camden The night sky is incredibly clear out here, allowing for Park Station, enjoy the expansive view from the some pretty spectacular viewing. The combination verandah, visit a circa 1920 shearing shed and gain an of sky, state of the art observatory and tour guide insight into the history of grazing in the outback. expertise make for an experience as brilliant as the Carnarvon night sky. Overnight: Saltbush Retreat Overnight: Takarakka Bush Resort, Kookaburra Suite Day 10: Longreach (B,L,D) Day 12: Carnarvon Gorge (B,L,D) Your day in Longreach begins with the fascinating Stockman’s Hall of Fame, where the Australian The second day takes you on a long, guided walk. Stockman’s Experience will take you on an adventure The Moss Garden, one of the best known sites at that depicts the rugged, harsh and sometimes Carnarvon Gorge, is a great example of how the humorous antics of life in the bush. spring systems work and is nestled amongst one of the best patches of remnant rainforest in the National Spend some time at the Qantas Founders Museum Park.
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