Cape York Peninsula

Cooktown at the base of the peninsula has an average daily maximum temperature that ranges from 25°C in June to 32°C in February.

The prominent, wedge-shaped Cape York Peninsula, thrusts up towards New Guinea. It was the last region of Australia to be developed.

For 60,000 years aboriginal tribal groups have roamed the broad savannah and pristine coastal regions of Cape York Peninsula.

Flora and Fauna the most spectacular examples are the dense rainforests of the Jardine River and Iron Range national parks.

1860’s Cape York was a wild, trackless expanse of rock, scrub & impenetrable rainforest, government saw the need for an outpost supply station

Settlement of Cooktown is nestled on the banks of the Endeavour River, at precisely the spot where Captain James Cook came ashore in 1770.

The great tapering Cape York Peninsula thrusts into Torres Strait, enclosing the vast brown mudflats of the Gulf of Carpentaria.

Access to the Iron Range Park is via a branch road north of Archer River, running east for 155km to the Lockhart River & Portland Roads.

Close to the remote northern tip of Cape York Peninsula lies a boundless wilderness of tall rainforest straight out of Jurassic Park.

The Cape’s most accessible wilderness reserve has enough variety and interest in its 50,000 sq.km of savannah and fertile riverine flats.

The relative isolation of the Cape York Peninsula does not mean that they lack facilities and interesting attractions for adventurous travel.