North Queensland Self-Drive Travel Itinerary

• Driving Time: Bit over 4 hours
• Duration: 5 to 7 Days

You could use Cairns or Port Douglas as a base or perhaps Palm Cove or Trinity Beach in between. Take your time, there’s a lot to do in TNQ. In Cairns you can get out to a couple of accessible islands (Fitzroy and Green), hop into some soft adventure, check out attractions like Skyrail and then get out and about.

Accommodation suggestion: Cairns/Port Douglas/Trinity Beach

Head south to Mission Beach (2 hours 10 mins), and then back up to explore the Atherton Tablelands.

Accommodation suggestion: Atherton or back to the above base.

To Port Douglas if you’re not already there – there are excellent attractions like the Rainforest Habitat and it’s a cosmopolitan coastal town. Take a day trip to the Outer Barrier Reef.

Accommodation suggestion: Port Douglas

Head to Mossman Gorge and/or the Daintree Rainforest and on to Cape Tribulation. Spend the night or two up here – there’s nowhere like it.

Accommodation suggestion: Daintree or Cape Tribulation Beach.

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