TOUR Horn Island HIGHLIGHTS Friday Island 1 „ Daintree Rainforest and Daintree Discovery Centre 2 „ Bana Yirriji Art & Cultural Centre „ and 2 Daintree Coast 11 DAYS „ James Cook Museum „ Cooktown Botanic Gardens 1 Musgrave „ Guided tour of Split Rock, CAPE YORK & TORRES STRAIT Quinkan Centre 2 Cooktown DISCOVER THE WILD UNSPOILED BEAUTY OF THE „ Weipa Bauxite Mine Tour Daintree AND THREE „ Gulf Eco Cruise „ Moreton Telegraph Station 2 Bloomfield Falls „ Fruit Bat Falls (swimming opportunity) „ Cape York Walk to ‘The Tip’ „ Endeavour Strait Cruising intriguing story of a fair skinned woman Day 1 | TUESDAY | CAIRNS known as the “Normanby Woman” who „ Kazu Pearl Farm Tour Your adventure begins with a Welcome was sightedQUEENSLAND living with Aborigines back „ Horn and Thursday Island Dinner at our tour hotel. Please check-in in the 1800s. Visit James Cook Museum Touring after 2.00pm. Meet fellow travellers and in the magnificent 19th century Sisters of hear all about the adventures ahead with „ Torres Strait Cultural Mercy Convent. Gain an insight into the Heritage Experiences a comprehensive tour orientation by your grounding of the Endeavour and the most Savannah Guides Operator driver and host. significant land based stay of Captain Overnight Rydges Esplanade, Cairns Cook’s east coast expedition. Wander the beautiful heritage-listed Cooktown NORTHERN TERRITORY Day 2 | WEDNESDAY | COOKTOWN Botanic Gardens and see the Vera Scarth- We travel north along one of ’s Johnson collection of original regional most scenic coastal drives to Mossman, botanical illustrations. Enjoy some free nestled in the World Heritage-Listed time to stroll downtownLONGREACH Cooktown and Daintree Rainforest. We’ll board the a late afternoon tour of Grassy Hill with Ferry for a short cable 360-degree views of Cooktown, the crossing of the famous Daintree River. BirdsvilleEndeavour River and the Great Barrier Visit the Daintree Discovery Centre, Reef. Windorah Charleville an award-winning interpretive facility. Roma Join a guided tour of the rainforest Day 4 | FRIDAY | MUSGRAVE boardwalks. Follow the Bloomfield Track Travel to LakelandInnamincka and Laura viaCAPE the YORK & BRISBANE on a spectacular scenic journey hugging mysterious Black Mountains, TORRESa special STRAIT the Daintree Coast. Visit the Bana Yirriji story place for the Kuku Yalanji people. Art and Cultural Centre in , a World-class Aboriginal rock art and small coastal Aboriginal community on the wonderful locally grown coffee are two Stanthorpe banks of the Bloomfield River. big drawcards for theseNEW small towns. SOUTH WALES 2 nights River of Gold Motel, Cooktown CameronBest known are the Quinkan Rock Art Galleries,Corner consideredTibooburra to be some of the most significant Aboriginal art sites in the world. We’ll join a guided tour of the Split Day 3 | THURSDAY | COOKTOWN Rock Galleries. Travel along the Peninsula Discover Cooktown’s colourful history Developmental Road to the Hann River today. Join our guide on a tour of the Cassowary Roadhouse for a short break before Cooktown Cemetery and hear the continuing on to Musgrave Roadhouse. Overnight Musgrave Roadhouse INCLUSIONS Day 5 | SATURDAY | WEIPA SYDNEY We continue along the Peninsula Wollongong „ 10 nights en suite accommodation Development Road to the old mining „ Travel by luxury 4WD coach from Cairns community of Coen. The town was „ Touring with Savannah Guides Operator originally created around a repeater driver & host station in the Overland Telegraph Line to the Tip of Cape York Peninsula. We’ll „ All meals (10 buffet breakfasts; 9 lunches; 10 dinners) arrive in time for lunch at the Archer River Roadhouse. Located on the banks All entries/activities as per itinerary „ of the crystal clear Archer River, the „ Ferry transfers between Cape York, Thursday Roadhouse is famous for the massive Island and Horn Island Archer Burger, best served with an icy „ One way economy flight Horn Island to Cairns cold drink under their shaded patio. Last Medium level of stop for the day is Weipa, the Barramundi Cooktown fitness required Kazu Pearl Farm, Friday Island capital of . Originally an

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Aboriginal mission, Weipa grew to free), a perfect swimming spot and one become a township after the discovery of the most special places on the Cape. Day 10 | THURSDAY | CAIRNS Scan the QR code below to view itinerary Join local guides on a tour of the World of bauxite. Late afternoon relax at your Cross the Jardine River by cable ferry to and deals on our website accommodation with sweeping views of Bamaga, the closest settlement to the Tip War II sites. See gun emplacements, an Albatross Bay. of Australia. This evening enjoy a relaxed underground command post and an aircraft wreck with an epic tale. Walk in the 2 nights Albatross Bay Resort, Weipa dinner overlooking tropical gardens. steps of traditional owners, the Kaurareg 2 nights Cape York Peninsula Lodge, People, and learn their stories. Following Bamaga the tour you will have time to wander the Day 6 | SUNDAY | WEIPA Torres Strait Heritage Museum. Enjoy an Day 8 | TUESDAY | BAMAGA Learn about Weipa’s mining operations Asian buffet lunch on Horn Island before on a morning tour of the world’s largest Experience the highlights of Cape York Fruit Bat Falls transferring to Horn Island Airport for bauxite mine, operated by Rio Tinto. Get Peninsula, one of Australia’s last great your QantasLink flight to Cairns. Tonight up close and personal to the 190 tonne wilderness areas. We begin with a drive we’ll celebrate the end of our adventure Belly Dumper Haul trucks while touring to Pajinka. The 45-60 minute walk over Smithy at ‘The Tip’ Thursday Island with a Farewell Dinner at the Coral Hedge 2022 DEPARTURES the working mine site and follow the rail rocky headland to ‘The Tip’ of Cape York Brasserie Restaurant & Bar. 24 May; 07 June; and conveyor belt system as the bauxite requires a good level of fitness. Take that 05, 19 July; 02, 30 August; makes its way to the loading dock. Join ‘bucket-list’ photo as you stand at the Tip Overnight Rydges Esplanade, Cairns 13 September 2022 an Eco Cruise on the Gulf of Carpentaria of Australia; then savour a picnic lunch for a chance to spot local birdlife on Sommerset Beach with breathtaking and crocodiles. Relax with drinks and views to Albany Island. Visit the iconic Croc Day 11 | FRIDAY Tent then enjoy some free time back at nibbles as you learn about the incredible Your Cape York and Torres Strait your accommodation. ecosystems and local culture. Witness a adventure concludes after breakfast at stunning sunset in one of the few places in Rydges Esplanade. Own arrangements HURRY Queensland where the sun sets over the Day 9 | WEDNESDAY | for your connecting flight or rail home. BOOK EAR LY! ocean in the west. TORRES STRAIT ISLANDS Alternatively you may like to extend your Cruise the beautiful turquoise waters of This is a very popular tour. stay in Cairns with one of our Post Tour the Endeavour Strait to Thursday Island; Day 7 | MONDAY | BAMAGA packages – please contact us for further just one of 274 islands which lie between Follow the Old Telegraph Track to information. Moreton Telegraph Station on the banks the northern tip of Queensland and Papua of the Wenlock River. Part of the historic New Guinea. Discover Thursday Island’s Overland Telegraph Line, Moreton hidden past, including Green Hill Fort, on Telegraph Station was completed in a guided history tour. Join a special tour 2022 TOURS to Friday Island and the Kazu Pearl Farm CAPE YORK & TORRES STRAIT 1887 and ceased operations in 1987 Twin Share Single with the introduction of microwave for a fascinating demonstration on the telecommunications. Spot giant termite cultivation, seeding and harvesting of the 11 Day Cairns – Cairns $7399pp $8779pp mounds as the country changes to the pearl. Time also to visit the Pearl Farm Shop. open plains of Heathlands Resources Transfer to Horn Island late afternoon. 11 Day Brisbane – Brisbane* $ *pp $ *pp Reserve. Cool off in the lush Fruit Bat Overnight Gateway Torres Strait Resort, with return economy flights 8199 9579 Gulf Eco Cruise Falls with its crystal clear water (croc Horn Island

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