Cape York Air Tours – 3 Day Scenic Explorer

Cape York Air Tours – 3 Day Scenic Explorer

Cairns to Cooktown Scenic Flight

Day 1:

Leave Cairns in the morning on a scenic flight that takes us over the magnificent Great Barrier Reef. See Endeavour Reef, where Captain James Cook's ship ran aground in 1770, and then the Hope Isles, where Cook and his men stopped, hoping they could repair their damaged ship. Continue over Cooktown and hear about the Gold Rush days that attracted miners from around the world.

We show you all of Cooktown’s primary points of interest, including the spot where Captain Cook's ship was rebuilt, his monument, and a cannon from his ship. Visit the Cooktown Museum (open seasonally) and enjoy views from Grassy Hill Lookout, then walk through a cemetery before lunch and free time to explore town.

Depart Cooktown in the afternoon and fly past Lizard Island, with its magnificent Blue Lagoon, and Cape Melville, renowned for massive boulder formations, underground rivers and origin of the Fox Tail Palm.

See Princess Charlotte Bay, Lockhart River, and fly around Cape York Australia's northernmost point.

Continue over the Torres Straits to Horn Island, where you stay overnight at Gateway Resort, with time to explore its Heritage Museum and Art Gallery.

Included: Lunch & Dinner

Horn Island and Thursday Island

Day 2:

Enjoy breakfast before a ferry cruise to fascinating Thursday Island, once a remote outpost of the British Empire and vital port serving the valuable pearling industry. Travel past the historical Customs House and a variety of other landmarks.

After lunch, head back to Horn Island Airport and fly south over the Torres Straits, down the west coast of the cape to Weipa.

This remote region is marked by continuous beaches and numerous river deltas. Arrive at the magnificent Albatross Bay and enjoy dinner with wine while watching the beautiful sun sink into the Gulf of Carpentaria Sea.

Included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Weipa to Musgrave Station

Day 3:

After a relaxing evening and breakfast in the morning, tour Weipa and see a vast bauxite mining operation. After tea at the shopping centre, fly over Coen, in the centre of the cape, to Musgrave Station for lunch. On the way back to Cairns over Laura, look down on the inland river systems and homesteads of Cape York, and pass over Daintree River Valley and Port Douglas.

Included: Breakfast & Lunch

Cape York 3 Day Air Tour Visiting The Top end Of Australia

• See select highlights of Cooktown, Cape York & Australian Outback in 3 Days
• Local Pilot Guide conducting tour for duration of tour
• All meals as coded including Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
• Two night's accommodation Horn Island & Weipa
• Tours of Cooktown including Museum Entry
• Tours of Horn Island including time for Heritage Museum & Gallery
• Tour of Thursday Island and township
• Tour of Weipa Township and Weipa mine
• Stop at Musgrave Station for lunch

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