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Cape York Tours 2025

Cape York tours are the pinnacle of Australian outback adventures! These tours visit the best of Cape York and are designed to have strong cultural aspects and brilliant insights into the region’s history and ecology.

Enjoy two weeks of camping, relaxing, exploring the outback and observing wildlife. Swim in pristine water, bird watch, fish and stare blankly into a campfire!

Our job is to ensure each Cockatour’er has a true and unique Cape York outback experience so our aim is to create unique and exclusive adventures that are relaxed, a little more flexible and exciting.

We are proudly recommended by the Regional Tourism Organisation, Tourism Tropical North Queensland .

See our tour dates in an easy to read calendar here.

Please note: all Cape York tours from 2019-2024 booked out!

Best of Cape York Tour

4WD Bus-Truck Guide is an Ecologist & Cape York local BBQ at Tip of Australia Secret camps & incredible food Laura Split Rock, Aboriginal Art Site Welcome to Country & Culture Thursday Island Tour Weipa Croc & Bird Boat-Tour Cooktown Fruitbat Falls & Taste of Tele Track Rinyirru (Lakefield) NP Wildlife Day Cape Tribulation & Daintree Bloomfield Track 2025 Dates: T5: 31 Aug – 14 Sep, 2025 Fully booked! T6: 21 Sep – 5 Oct, 2025 Fully booked! Please email us if your ideal tour is fully booked and we can let you know when seats free up due to cancellation. Click above image to see more details!

>>> Or...go on a Private Cape York Tour with Rossy!

How we release tours.

Unlike the big companies, we generally don’t announce tours 2 years in advance. We like to review the year past and do our best to improve our itineraries.

If you are wanting to go on a tour that is not yet released, we have a waiting list which you can put your name on. When tour dates for that season are finalised, we contact people on the waiting list in the order they contacted us.

2026 tours have not been released yet, but will likely be ONLY Cape York tours, between May-October.

If you would like to be put on the waiting list for a future tour please email us and provide:

Preferred tour & month of tour
A contact mobile phone number
Full names of all travellers
City and state of all travellers

Top Reviews 2022

“A wonderful experience and tour. Everything is well thought out and it all runs so smoothly. Joe and Kody our guides were professional, knowledgeable and very friendly. They made the trip so enjoyable. We are asked to choose a highlight, but everyday had a new one. If you like the great outdoors then don’t hesitate to book your tour with Cockatours. The tour is excellent value and you won’t be disappointed.” Charlene, 2022

“Rossy takes so much care to ensure you are going to have a great trip! I went to Cape York on the MAN truck with Joe and Kody and you can just tell that Rossy chooses his guides and cooks with such thought and care to know you will have a great time! Yes it is real camping, yes there are mattresses and good linen, yes they really do have everything on the truck! Highly recommend pre-buying the souvenir shirt, they keep you warm in the water and cool in the sun!” Catherine, 2022

“A trip to The Tip with the amazing Joe and Kody was definitely a life changing and very memorable experience. They were fun, knowledgeable guys who made every day exciting and different to all the other days. Joe handled the 12-ton truck admirably, so that, coupled with his knowledge of the tricky road conditions and the comfort of the truck, made our travel something we could eagerly anticipate each time we boarded. Kody’s main role was to cook our meals, which he did superbly. Each meal was delicious, different every day, and served hot and plentifully. But he also took great care of us in many other ways, and had a fantastic sense of humour. Nothing was too much trouble for these chaps and they made every day a true delight.

The trip itself was superb. I’m sure we saw many sights, and heard much information that other travellers might not, especially if they did the trip on their own. I can’t recommend Cockatours highly enough and have put my name on the wait list for next year’s Gulf Savannah trip. There were too many exceptional experiences and places visited to pick a favourite, so I’d prefer to leave that for future travellers to discover for themselves.” Brodwyn, 2022

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Discover the historic Cooktown and Lakeland farm district on a 7 day guided holiday from Cairns

Travel Director, Driver Guide and local Guides

7 days, 1 country and 8 cities

Accommodation

6 Full Breakfasts, 5 Lunches, 6 Dinners

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Australia is blessed with unpeopled wilderness areas and quirky towns. You’ll find both in spades on the Cape York Peninsula. Arriving at the tip of country on this Far North Queensland tour, you’ll feel like you’re on top of the world, far away from the rigmarole of daily life. And this is just the start of your Queensland short break adventure; expect waterfalls, rainforest, wetlands and outback cattle stations.

*Please note, this tour is operated by a third-party*

Trip Details

What's included

Specialist highly experienced Travel Director/Driver
Basic hotels
National Park entrance fees

Fitness Requirements

Heritage Tours - High level of fitness required

If you have any mobility issues or over 80 years of age, it is a requirement to complete the "Fit to Travel & Mobility Questionnaire" and return these to Heritage Tours. A doctor’s clearance may be required before booking can be confirmed.

Flight Information

Flights to and from the start/end of your trip are not included in the trip price.

Day Prior – flights to arrive anytime into Cairns Airport Day 7 – We recommend that guests fly out the day after the tour returns to Cairns, as it may be delayed getting back into Cairns.

What to bring

Warm layers in cooler months
Comfortable walking shoes
Sunglasses, sunscreen and hat
Water bottle

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7 Days Guided Holiday | Cairns to Cairns

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If you can’t get enough of wildlife, sign up for an Eco Cruise from Weipa, the largest town on the Cape York Peninsula.

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At the very tip of Australia, Cape York is the largest unspoilt wilderness area in the country. Few people get to see this magical part of the world.

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Visiting Quinkan Country, sacred Aboriginal land, is a spiritual experience. The rock art here dates back tens of thousands of years, revealing Dreamtime stories.

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