June 11-16 – Darwin to Cairns via Lost City & Savannah Way – Eastbound – Darwin to Cairns via Top End & Savannah Way incl. Katherine Gorge, Mataranka Hot Springs and “We of the Never Never” homestead Daly Waters, Cape Crawford, Lost City, Borroloola, Riversleigh Dinosaur Fossil Fields, Lawn Hill National Park, Adel’s Grove, Bourke & Wills Roadhouse, Normanton, Cobbold Gorge, Undara Lava Tubes. Then Cairns. Optional Katherine Gorge &/or Kakadu Extend for Laura Dance Festival 3 days and optionally Cape York Peninsula 7 days.

Depart-Finish Dates – 6 days/5 nights Starts alternate Tuesdays ie – June 11-16  Start a day earlier or 2 earlier for extra time in Kakadu National Park or Katherine Gorge Tour Code
DCL6 or DCL 7 (7day) OR 8 Book Tour 

or REVERSE DIRECTION  – Tour Code CDL6  ie

June 27- July 2 – Cairns to Darwin via Lost City & Savannah Way  –  Westbound – Walk in the stunning Undara Lava Tubes, swim & marvel at Cobbold Gorge, Normanton,
Bourke & Wills Roadhouse, Lawn Hill National Park, Adel’s Grove, Riversleigh Dinosaur Fossil Fields, Borroloola, Lost City, Cape Crawford, Daly Waters famous pub, Mataranka Hot Springs and “We of the Never Never” homestead,  Katherine Gorge option of extra night for cruise or heli flight over Gorge, Alligator River, to Darwin. –   Book Tour 

Depart-Finish Dates – 6 days/5 nights Starts alternate Mondays ie – June 27- July 2.  Finish a day or 2 later for extra time in Kakadu National Park &/or Katherine Gorge  Tour Code CDL6 or CDL7 (7day) Meet Darwin to Broome tour departure July 3.
Book Tour 

(meets Darwin to Broome tour departure 28 June)

Darwin to Cairns itinerary shown below. Cairns to Darwin is reverse.

Days Prior 0 – Kakadu and Katherine Gorge options –  Ask for details

Day 1 – Depart from Darwin travel via Adelaide River to arrive Edith Falls for lunch and a swim or relax at this beautiful waterhole with picturesque waterfall. We arrive Katherine – the NTs 3rd largest town, and in the afternoon can take a river cruise in spectacular Katherine Gorge, in Nitmiluk National Park. Options also for helicopter ride here too ! Overnight Katherine.

Day 2 – Visit Mataranka Hot Springs and connect with the famous classic outback Australian story of “We of the Never Never” and Elsey’s homestead from the film. We lunch at Daly Waters, and check out the amusing Daly waters Pub and township adornments (including old helicopters, and the thong tree) and visit the WWII airfield & museum. We then leave the Stuart Highway and head east for Cape Crawford, for our comfortable overnight stop.

Day 3 – Walk in the eerie Lost City and see Aboriginal art work, a cave and the mysterious towers, or choose an optional flight over by helicopter. We travel on after morning tea to  Barkly Homestead and arrive Tennant Creek for the evening.

The Laura Festival occurs every 2 years and is a celebration in Northern Queensland of Aboriginal dance from around the country. Join us on this rare opportunity to experience this special event, with 3 nights camping at the venue, after exploring the Daintree rainforests
and the lava Tubes

Lava Tubes – Volcano Valley

Dinosaur Trail

We visit Richmond home to the Award winning Kronosaurus Korner museum. Inside Kronosaurus Korner you will find the only centre in Australia primarily dedicated to displaying marine reptiles, as well as a very special dinosaur. Minmi, with impressions of its fossilised skin, is considered to be Australia’s best-preserved dinosaur skeleton. The Richmond Pliosaur is Australia’s best vertebrate fossil and one of the world’s best Pliosaur skeletons is also housed here.Australia’s Dinosaur Trail in Queensland’s Outback is an exciting new adventure highlighting the world-class fossil discoveries in the towns of Winton, Hughenden and Richmond.  Here you can meet Hughie, a Muttaburrasaurus skeletal replica and Mutt, his full-bodied mate.

Rock Art Walks   The Quinkan rock art at Jowalbinna is Queensland’s premier rock art site and includes – Giant Wallaroo – “The Cycle of Birth and Death”: Spectacular landscapes and paintings on a walk into Pine Tree Creek valley and up to the opposite escarpment wall. The Brady Creek Escarpment – “Many Clans, Many Totems”: Includes Death Adder, Honeymoon Cave, Red Lady, Garfish Sorcery and Tent Shelter rock art sites, near refreshing Brady Creek. Emu Dreaming – “The Emu Ancestor enters the Land”: An accessible site featuring  ancient abstract engravings and occupation evidence. Yam Dreaming – “The Archaeologists’ Choice”: A fascinating archaeological dig site on fertility ceremonial grounds, involving a challenging walk and climb into the site (available for exclusive touring only).

The Daintree Rainforest encompasses an area of approximately 1,200 square kilometres, from the Daintree River north to Cooktown and west to the Great Divide, representing the single largest block of tropical rainforest in Australia.

The area protected under World Heritage listing covers an area of approximately 12,000 square kilometres, stretching from Townsville to Cooktown 75 per cent of which is tropical rainforest, an area equivalent to about the size of Sydney.

Explore and discover the magic of
rainforests on our Daintree Rainforest Discovery centre walk.

Critters
of the rainforest