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Lockhart River Car Hire
Lockhart River Car Hire can assist with vehicles for all your touring requirements in the local region. Bookings preferred to ensure we can meet your requirements. Ph: 07 4060 7309 Email: paulpiva72@gmail.com
Tagalong Tours of Australia
Tagalong Tours of Australia offers you the chance to realise your dream of exploring the spectacular diversity of Cape York, in the company of similar minded travellers, whilst enjoying the comfort and convenience of your own 4WD vehicle.
Coen Car Hire
Coen has a car hire company for self driving in the Coen area. Cars can be driven on unsealed roads around Coen, but always check road conditions before driving anywhere in Cape York
Discovery Tours
Discovery Tours Australia operates small group personalised tours from Cairns and Port Douglas
Great Barrier Reef
One of the seven wonders of the world, the Great Barrier Reef is an incredible living ecosystem. Vibrant colours, a myriad of fish species and crystal blue waters, refresh, invigorate and inspire.
Daintree Air Services
Walk on the top of Australia. The Cape York Day Tour is the longest scenic flight in the world.
Daintree 4WD Tours
Mike D’Arcy of Daintree 4WD Tours operates personalised tours from Cape Trib or Cow Bay to Cooktown for a minimum of two adults
Close-Up Birding Adventures
Let locally born and bred David ‘Chook’ Crawford lead you on a trip of a lifetime in Australia’s incredible Far North Queensland.
The Leopard Tank
In 2011 a decomissioned Leopard Tank was donated to the Cooktown RSL Sub branch by The Commonwealth of Australia, one of only 30 tanks donated to RSL Clubs throughout Australia. The tank is located in Anzac Park in the centre of Cooktown
The Story of Mungurru and Wahalumbaal birri
How Mungurru (the rock python) made the Wahalumbaal birri (the Endeavour River) from the book Aboriginal Tales from Queensland's Endeavour River by Tulo Gordon
Grassy Hill - The Radar Station
Just as Captain Cook had found Grassy Hill such a natural vantage point, so the aspect proved a natural option for new communication and detection technologies as they were developed.
H.M.B. Endeavour - Reconciliation Rocks
“It was here on these rocks that a group of eleven Guugu Yimithirr men and James Cook and several of his companions reconciled their differences and restored the peace and friendship that was the defining nature of the European’s seven weeks stay in Endeavour River.”
Cook Shire Airport Information
Details of airports and airstrips in Cook Shire at Cooktown, Coen, Laura and Lakeland
Fairdinkum Motorbike Tours
Fair Dinkum Bike Tours is the premier motorcycle tour adventure company based in Cairns. Owned and operated by a Cairns local for 35 years David Williams will be able to take to areas and private property access that is not available to others. We offer the best that there is to see on our short and extended motorcycle tours to Cape York.
D'Arcy of Daintree
Daintree Rainforest 4WD adventure tours around Cape Trib and Up The Bloomfield Track to Wujal Wujal and to Cooktown.
The Lure Shop
Call into Cape York’s one stop fishing and boating shop for all the info on what’s biting.
Heritage Tours
Heritage Tours offers the best variety and value Cape York Tours, ranging camping, camping in permanent tents, budget accommodated and fully accommodated tours.
Saratoga Fishing and Hunting Adventures
Saratoga Fishing and Hunting Adventures offers a range of Pig Hunting and fishing tours on Australia’s beautiful Cape York Peninsula, one of the world’s largest unspoiled wilderness areas.
Elim Beach Walks
The stunning beach at Elim is home to the famous Coloured Sands, and a popular spot for Hope Vale people, many of whom have a shack here and visit at weekends to go fishing.
Cedar Bay North Walk
Cedar Bay is a very special area of the Wet Tropics. Inaccessible by road, its remote, white sand beaches and calm, blue waters are can only be seen by walkers and those arriving by sea. Supplied with fresh water streams flowing from the upland rainforest, this out-of-the-way paradise is a travellers dream retreat for a few days.