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The Daintree Coast is the Adventureland of the Far North!
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Rugged 4x4 Tours!4x4 Adventure Tours along the rugged "Bloomfield Track" to historic Cooktown! An exciting and enthralling way to explore the Rainforest, is a guided 4x4 tour along the "Bloomfield Track". This "Track" is steeped in history as it follows the ancient Australian Aboriginal travelling and trading tracks, from the Daintree Wet Tropics to the drier country of Cooktown and beyond! Aboriginies used this trail to move out of the Daintree region, when the "WET" set in. Loggers and gold fossickers later followed this track, and named it the "Bloomfield Track" after the stunning Bloomfield River. The Cow Bay area was extensively used by Australian and U.S. troops as training grounds for jungle warfare and survival tactics. To "do the track" is now one of the highlights of a trip to the Daintree. As a 4x4 is necesary, the track is fairly lightly travelled so the opportunity to see wildlife is great. Experienced 4x4 enthusiast's regularly travers the track as part of their "Goin North" adventures! The track is truly one of the most scenic ways to travel the Daintree Coast! We often get asked do you need a 4x4? You do if you want to "Do the Track" but we suggest to hire a standard vehicle and go on a 4x4 tour with experienced, licenced tour guides. The cost of a tour with a guide is very comparable to hiring a 4x4 with "Off Road" insurance! Several tours are available to "Do the Track" 1/2 day, Full day and 2 Days! Half day Adventures Adults $115.00 Children $60.00 take in such highlights as stunning scenery, Emmagen Creek crossing, Donovan's Lookout, and the very remote Cowie Beach. After crossing the normally deep, fast flowing "Woobadda Creek" you will stop for a refreshing swim and your friendly guide will "Boil the Billy" for a Cuppa! After some photo opportunities you will cross the "Bloomfield River" to go into "Bloomfield falls" where local Aboriginal women will take you for a walk through time, telling you "Dreamtime stories" and show you "Bush Tucker" and "Bush Medicine" you might even get to eat some delicous ants! More photo opportunities await as you traverse the "Track" to return to your lodgings! Your tour guide is there to help you learn all you can about the oldest living culture in the oldest Rainforest in the World! Full day Cooktown Heritage tours! Adults $210.00 Children $120.00 You will take the 1/2 day tour then your guide will take you to past the iconic "Lions Den" pub, an old Aussie pub first operated years ago, to slake the thirst of miners and loggers, now the "Den" is there to slake the thirst of Adventurous Travellers! After a top up you will drive the rest of the "Bloomfield Track" to come out on the Cooktown road, just near "Black Mountain".Your tour guide will enthrall you with stories of why the local Aborigines call this Mountain the "Mountain of Death" or in thier laungage "Kalkajaka" (Mountain of Spears) due to the many missing people who ventured into this Labarynth of huge black boulders! |
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One Day, Ancient Rainforest, Anciant Culture!!
Cape Tribulation, Bloomfield Falls, Cooktown, Cave Paintings, Outback Savanah!
Adults $450.00 Children $330.00 Sorry we cannot take children under 6 for this tour!
This exciting value for money personal tour is the very best way to see the oldest Rainforest in the world as well as experience the oldest culture in the world
Your friendly experienced guide will pick you up bright and early in the morning to start you on this great adventure you will never forget! You will cross many wild rivers and creeks as well as wind you way up to the top of rugged mountain ranges. You will be enthrawled by the views and scenery.
Enjoy the sights of Cooktown and a wonderful fresh seafood lunch from the fishermans wharf! After lunch we wind our way out to meet "Willie Gordon" a Nugal-Warra elder and custodial story teller for his people and their "Dreamtime Stories".
Willie will enthrall you as he drives you out to the birthplace of his grandfather, to share with you the stories handed down to him through generations! You will see Rock Art thousands of years old, as you follow the footsteps back into time. Willie has a special infectious warm personality, and loves to share his love for this land.
Return to your accommodation via the inland road to see the Mitchell and Palmer river valleys and wild Savanah! Scenes of some of the richest gold fields on Far North Queensalnd!!
Bookings are essential for this spectacular full day tour! Prices include, Breakfast, all transport, Home cooked morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea!
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2 day Cultural Experience!
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Those of you lucky enough to go on to the 2 day Indigenous culture experience will be dropped of to your lodgings to relax before dinner at one of Cooktowns prized old "Pubs"
After a well earned sleep you will be picked up by a big beamy smiling "Willie Gordon" a Nugal-Warra elder and custodial story teller for his people and their "Dreamtime Stories". Willie will enthrall you as he drives you out to the birthplace of his grandfather, to share with you the stories handed down to him through generations! You will see Rock Art thousands of years old, as you follow the footsteps back into time. Willie has a special infectious warm personality, and loves to share his love for this land. Feel free to ask questions or to hear more stories as Willie drives you back to Cooktown. Your soul will be touched by this day with someone so unique!
The following day will see you set out on the Endeavour River cruising this wide Estuary looking for some of the largest Crocodiles in the Far North.
After lunch you will be driven back to Cow Bay to commence the rest of your journies. Possibly changed forever!
Bookings are Essential!
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