Cairns - Cooktown (Coastal)
This service operates with a 4WD vehicle each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Cairns to Cooktown and returns the same day from Cooktown to Cairns.
- Leaving Cairns you travel north to Port Douglas and Mossman with stunning coastal scenery along the way.
- Soon after leaving Mossman you will cross the Daintree River on the ferry and continue north through the world renowned Daintree Rainforest
- After travelling through the Cow Bay and Cape Tribulation area you arrive at the coastal community of Wujal Wujal located beside the Bloomfield River
- Further on you will travel through Ayton, Rossville and Helenvale, home of the famous Lion’s Den Hotel
- You will then pass by the mysterious Black Mountain to complete the journey to Cooktown.
Timetable (Current 2024)
Bookings
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Bookings — Cairns to Cooktown (coastal)
Timetable
| Cairns to Cooktown (Coastal) - Inbound | Cooktown to Cairns (Coastal) - Outbound | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same Day Return Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday | |||||
| Location | Arrive | Depart | Location | Arrive | Depart |
| Cairns | 6:30am | Cooktown | 1:00pm | ||
| Smithfield | 6:50am | Mungumby | 1:15pm | ||
| Trinity Beach | 6:55am | Helenvale | 1:20pm | ||
| Cairns Tropical Zoo | 7:00am | Rossville | 1:25pm | ||
| Palm Cove | 7:05am | Ayton | 1:50pm | ||
| Port Douglas IGA | 7:40am | Wujal Wujal | 2:10pm | ||
| Mossman | 7:45am | 8:00am | Cape Tribulation Ocean Safaris / PK's |
3:15pm | |
| Wonga | 8:10am | Masons | 3:16pm | ||
| Daintree Ferry | 8:30am | Crocodylus | 3:38pm | ||
| Cow Bay | 8:50am | Cow Bay | 3:40pm | ||
| Crocodylus | 8:52am | Daintree Ferry | 3:55pm | ||
| Masons | 9:15am | Wonga | 4:15pm | ||
| Cape Tribulation Ocean Safaris / PK's |
9:17am | Mossman | 4:30pm | 4:45pm | |
| Wujal Wujal | 10:17am | Port Douglas IGA | 5:00pm | ||
| Ayton | 10:27am | Palm Cove | 5:20pm | ||
| Rossville | 10:45am | Cairns Tropical Zoo | 5:25pm | ||
| Helenvale | 11:00am | Trinity Beach | 5:30pm | ||
| Mungumby | 11:08am | Smithfield | 5:35pm | ||
| Cooktown | 11:30am | Cairns | 6:00pm | ||
