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4WD Adventure to Cooktown Drive Itinerary
From Cairns to Cooktown

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  • Trip Length: 3 days  Total Distance: 453 km  Road Conditions: Some unsealed roads
       
    Cairns Mareeba Cooktown

    This short trip will take you a long way back. As the rainforest changes to savannah you will visit the site of ancient aboriginal rock art dating back 15,000 years before arriving at the town named after Captain James Cook, the 18th Century Pacific Explorer who circumnavigated the globe and added Australia to the British Crown.

    Note: Peninsula Developmental Road is subject to flooding during periods of heavy rain.


    Day to Day Outline


    Drive SegmentDurationDistance
    Cairns to Mareeba1 hr 64 kms
    Mareeba to Cooktown5 hrs 389 kms