Please adhere to road signs and speed limits as the area is home to a number of endangered species. 2. The views switch between rainforest and beach until you come to the Daintree Ferry that takes you across to the mainland. Cairns to Cape Tribulation self-drive Itinerary. The Bloomfield Track is quite short, only about 30km, joining up with the recently sealed road at the Bloomfield River, that then continues up to Cooktown. We went to Cape Tribulation before the Discovery Centre to beat the tour buses. I advise to the Daintree ferry as early as possible to avoid long queues. Is the road to Cow Bay sealed? It is suitable for 4WD only. It worked, and we had the beach pretty much to ourselves. After crossing the Daintree Ferry you travel through lowland and tropical rainforest passing road junctions for Cape Kimberley and Cow Bay. After crossing the ferry, make your way into the rainforest on the sealed road giving easy access to 2WD all the way up to Cape Tribulation. The trail is narrow and meandering, so take your time to do the drive carefully. The Cape Tribulation Road is partly sealed and runs from Wujal Wujal to Cape Tribulation. The remote headland is known worldwide for its pristine beaches and untouched rainforest. Daintree Coast to Cape Tribulation The Daintree Rainforest is estimated at 140 million years old and is the oldest living tropical rainforest on earth. Port Douglas to Cape Tribulation, 85km (via Mossman Daintree Rd and Cape Tribulation Rd) On your way to the cable-operated Daintree Ferry and access to the acclaimed Daintree World Heritage National Park check out the bucolic but charming sugar town of Mossman and spectacular Mossman Gorge. No, the road is sealed all the way to Cape Tribulation, if you want to go further up the unsealed Bloomfield Track then you will need a fourwheel drive. The area is easy to find, and easy to explore. The road to the tip/Bamaga, branches off the PDR and continues for another 330 km, which is mostly dirt with some bitumen stretches in between. Road Conditions sealed. Hi there, Can anyone please let me know whether the road between Port Douglas and Cape Trib City Centre are sealed? Anini-y, Hamtic, San Jose Day Tour - June 2009 - Ambot-ah . The tourist town of Port Douglas is slightly closer, with the cape found 50 miles to the north. The road is sealed to Cape Tribulation along which you can Despite many tourism businesses closing their doors, the gift was to the rainforest and its neighbouring fringing reef . Getting to Cape Tribulation is easy nowadays since the road has been sealed all the way, and several door-to-door bus services run daily between Cairns, Port Douglas, Daintree village and Cape Tribulation. An alternative to the inland road via the sealed Mulligan Highway, this 4WD route travels through the heart of the Wet Tropics and features world-heritage listed rainforest . It is a partly sealed dirt road which is passable to conventional vehicles in good weather. The ones with a 4WD can continue the adventure by travelling onwards to Cape York via the Bloomfield Track . About 3/4 of the way up, we had to stop and pull over to wait for the car to cool down (not ideal, as we were basically half on the road, on a curvy bend). Rainforest Hideaway - June 2000 saw the opening of Rainforest Hideaway, the best place to stay in Cape Tribulation. A walk down the street could yield a cassowary or a Ulysses butterfly. Daintree Ferry to Cape Trib Camping 45 minutes Inland route: See the Australian Outback and stunning rainforest vistas from smaller sealed roads and dirt tracks. See But beyond that it's all clay based and to drive there, you will need a 4WD vehicle.

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