CAPE YORK AND TORRES STRAIT SOLOS MIX Best Suited 45 Years and Over 11 DAYS / 10 NIGHTS Discover the stunning Cape York region. Share your Island and then travelling by ferry to Horn Island. Included in your discovery of the natural and cultural beauties of Far adventure is a flight from Horn Island back to Cairns where you can North Queensland on this 4WD fully supported small reminisce over a final farewell group dinner. group tour. Join a local operator with over thirty years of experience showcasing Enjoy an overnight stay in Cairns, and next set off for the Outback and remote areas of Queensland. this unique journey up to the Cape. If you’re looking for something with a difference, this is it! Enjoy enlightenment and education about the far north east corner of Australia. Fellow Travellers From Cairns, travel to Cooktown, along the way You will enjoy this small group experience with a maximum group size visiting the World Heritage-Listed Daintree Rainforest. of 28 travellers. With two nights in Cooktown there’s time to discover the colour colourful history before we continue our adventure north, reaching Musgrave and seeing world-class Aboriginal rock art - just one of the many big drawcards of this region. Staying in Weipa, the Barramundi capital of Queensland and from here joining an Eco Cruise on the Gulf of Carpentaria for a chance to spot local birdlife and crocodiles. Bamaga, the closest settlement to the tip of Australia is our final stay before experiencing the highlights of Cape York Peninsula, one of Australia’s last great wilderness areas. Making it to the top, cruise the beautiful turquoise waters of the Endeavour Strait to Thursday Island and join a special tour to Friday Since 2006, paving the way for solo travellers Tour Inclusions TOP 5 REASONS TO JOIN 1. Age-matched holiday groups 2. Travel with like-minded solo travellers ACCOMMODATION & MEALS 3. Small groups • 10 nights’ accommodation 4. Early bird savings with many tours • 10 breakfasts 5. Roommate matching option • 9 lunches • 10 dinners FIT TO TRAVEL [3 out of 5] About Us SIGHTSEEING & GUIDES Travellers of 70 years or over will be At Encounter Travel we offer holiday • Savannah Guides Operator driver & required to return a Fit to Travel form groups for solo travellers. All trips are host that is completed by their doctor. age-matched so there’s more chance you’ll share your journey with like TRAVEL The trip is not suitable for travellers minded travellers. with mobility concerns, and you must • Luxury 4WD coach from Cairns declare any pre-existing injuries which Visiting destinations across Australia may affect your participation. The and around the globe, choose from • Ferry transfers between Cape York, short escapes to adventure trips and Thursday Island and Horn Island tour includes leisurely walks that can be in excess of 1.5km. Not suitable leisurely touring. • One way economy flight Horn Island to for guests needing wheelie walkers Cairns or wheelchairs. More detail available after the itinerary with this information Contact Us Travel insurance is a mandatory or our website. requirement for joining this tour and is in Encounter Travel addition to the package price. Monday to Friday 9:30am to 5pm (Sydney time) Not included: Tel (AU) : 1300 653 692 • Airfares to/from Cairns (unless Tel (NZ) : 0800 653 692 requested) Tel (US/Canada): 1(800) 683 6031 • Airport transfers unless specified E: [email protected] W: encountertravel.com.au • Travel insurance • Excess baggage PO Box A1088 Sydney South • Visa fees if applicable NSW 1235 Australia • Any tips or porterage at airports, hotels, drivers & local staff ATAS Accreditation: A10439 • Meals and beverages not specified on CATO Accreditation: T1025 itinerary ABN 23 119 642 992 • Items of a personal nature such as laundry & medical expenses • Incidental expenses such as taxi fares, telecommunications Since 2006, paving the way for solo travellers CAPE YORK AND TORRES STRAIT, SOLOS MIX Our website has full trip details and content in this flyer is only a part of the information. For full details please refer to our website. TRAVEL DATES: TUE 25 MAY - FRI 4 JUN 2021 TUE 3 - FRI 13 AUG 2021 TOUR PRICE: CAPE YORK AND TORRES STRAIT $8449 with your own room SHARE & SAVE: Ask us about our share and save option with our roommmate matching option. HIGHLIGHTS • Daintree Rainforest and Daintree Discovery Centre • Bana Yirriji Art & Cultural Centre • Bloomfield Track and Daintree Coast • James Cook Museum • Cooktown Botanic Gardens • Guided tour of Split Rock, Quinkan Centre • Weipa Bauxite Mine Tour • Gulf Eco Cruise • Moreton Telegraph Station • Fruit Bat Falls (swimming opportunity) ITINERARY Daintree Discovery Centre, an award- • Cape York Walk to ‘The Tip’ winning interpretive facility. Join a guided • Endeavour Strait Cruising DAY 1 tour of the rainforest boardwalks. Follow • Kazu Pearl Farm Tour Cairns the Bloomfield Track on a spectacular scenic journey hugging the Dain tree • Horn and Thursday Island Touring Your adventure begins with a welcome Coast. Visit the Bana Yirriji Art and Cultural dinner at our tour hotel. Please check-in • Torres Strait Cultural Heritage Centre in Wujal Wujal, a small coastal after 2.00pm. Meet fellow travellers and Experiences Aboriginal community on the banks of the hear all about the adventures ahead with Bloomfield River. a comprehensive tour orientation by your PRE OR POST TOUR STAY Savannah Guides driver-host. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Why not add an extra night/s in Cairns before or after your tour commences? Ask Meals: Dinner Day 3 THURSDAY Cooktown our travel team about this option, and the Day 2 WEDNESDAY additional costs. Cooktown Discover Cooktown’s colourful history today. Join our guide on a tour of the We travel north along one of Australia’s Cooktown Cemetery and hear the most scenic coastal drives to Mossman; intriguing story of a fair skinned woman nestled in the World Heritage -Listed Dain known as the “Norman by Woman” who tree Rainforest. We will board the Dain was sighted living with Aborigines back tree river ferry for a short cable crossing in the 1800s. Visit James Cook Museum of the famous Daintree River. Visit the in the magnificent 19th Century Sisters of Since 2006, paving the way for solo travellers CAPE YORK AND TORRES STRAIT, SOLOS MIX Mercy Convent. Gain an insight into the on a morning tour of the world’s largest just one of 274 islands which lie between grounding of the Endeavour and the most bauxite mine, operated by Rio Tinto. Get the northern tip of Queensland and Papua significant land based stay of Captain up close and personal to the 190 tonne New Guinea. Discover Thursday Island’ s Cook’s east coast expedition. Wander Belly Dumper Haul trucks while touring hidden past, including Green Hill Fort, on the beautiful heritage-listed Cooktown the working mine site and follow the rail a guided history tour. Join a special tour Botanic Gardens and see the Vera Scarth and conveyor belt system as the bauxite to Friday Island and the Kazu Pearl Farm. -John son collection of original regional makes its way to the loading dock. Join Tuck into a delicious Japanese seafood botanical illustrations. Enjoy some free an Eco Cruise on the Gulf of Carpentaria lunch followed by a demonstration on the time to stroll downtown Cooktown and for a chance to spot local birdlife cultivation, seeding and harvesting of the a late afternoon tour of Grassy Hill with and crocodiles. Relax with drinks and pearl. Time also to visit the Pearl Farm 360-degree views of Cooktown, the nibbles as you learn about the incredible Shop. Return to Thursday Island before Endeavour River and the Great Barrier ecosystems and local culture. Witness a travelling by ferry to Horn Island late Reef. stunning sunset in one of the few places afternoon. in Queensland where the sun sets over Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner the ocean in the west. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Day 4 FRIDAY Day 10 THURSDAY Musgrave Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Cairns Day 7 MONDAY Travel to Lakeland and Laura via the Bamaga Join local guides on a tour of the World mysterious Black Mountains, a special War II sites. See gun emplacements, story place for the Kuku Yalanji people. Follow the Old Telegraph Track to an underground command post and an World-class Aboriginal rock art and Moreton Telegraph Station on the banks aircraft wreck with an epic tale. Walk in the wonderful locally grown coffee are two of the Wen lock River. Part of the historic steps of traditional owners, the Ka ur a big drawcards for these small towns. Overland Telegraph Line, Moreton reg People, and learn their stories. Follow Best known are the Quinkan Rock Art Telegraph Station was completed in ing the tour you will have time to wander Galleries, considered to be some of the 1887 and ceased operations in 1987 the Torres Strait Heritage Museum. Enjoy most significant Aboriginal art sites in the with the introduction of microwave an Asian buffet lunch on Horn Isla nd world. We’ll join a guided tour of the Split telecommunications. Spot giant termite before transferring to Horn Isla nd Airport Rock Galleries. Travel along the Peninsula mounds as the country changes to the for your Qantaslink flight to Cairns. Developmental Road to the Hann River open plains of Heathlands Resources Tonight we celebrate the end of our Roadhouse for a short break before Reserve. Cool off in the lush Fruit Bat adventure with a Farewell Dinner at the continuing onto Musgrave Roadhouse. Falls with its crystal clear water (croc Coral Hedge Brasserie Restaurant & Bar. free), a perfect swimming spot and one Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner of the most special places on the Cape.