Safari in Far North Queensland & Cape York
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Far North Queensland & Cape York Parks Map
Explore safari parks across Far North Queensland & Cape York
Far North Queensland & Cape York Safari Parks
Explore safari parks in Far North Queensland & Cape York
Alwal National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
Alwal National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) is a protected area in Australia.
Annan River (Yuku Baja-Muliku) National Park
Annan River (Yuku Baja-Muliku) National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Apudthama National Park Aboriginal
Apudthama National Park Aboriginal is a protected area in Australia.
Barnard Island Group National Park
The Barnard Island Group is a protected area in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. These are islands with a fascinating geological past, dating back 420 million years. Six species of terns have been found nesting in the southern Barnard Islands, and twenty-three species of forest birds have a habitat here.
Barron Gorge National Park
Barron Gorge National Park is a protected area in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It lies predominantly within the locality of Barron Gorge.
Basilisk Range National Park
Basilisk Range National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Batavia National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
Batavia National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) is a protected area in Australia.
Biniirr National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
Biniirr National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) is a protected area in Australia.
Blackbraes National Park
Blackbraes National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Black Mountain National Park
Black Mountain National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Bladensburg National Park
Bladensburg is a national park in Shire of Winton, Queensland, Australia. It includes an area once occupied by a sheep station called Bladensburg Station.
Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) National Park
Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Boodjamulla National Park Aboriginal
Boodjamulla National Park Aboriginal is a protected area in Australia.
Bowling Green Bay National Park
Bowling Green Bay is a national park in the City of Townsville and Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia, 1,103 km northwest of Brisbane, and 28 km south of Townsville and 59 km north of Ayr. It is a Ramsar Convention listed site. The park protects diverse range of habitats including the rugged, forested landscape surrounding Mount Elliot and Saddle Mountain as well as coastal estuaries between Cape Cleveland and Cape Bowling Green.
Bromley (Ampulin) National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
Bromley (Ampulin) National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) is a protected area in Australia.
Bromley (Kungkaychi) National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
Bromley (Kungkaychi) National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) is a protected area in Australia.
Brook Islands National Park
The Brook Islands National Park is a national park in Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia, 1246 km northwest of Brisbane, with an area of 0.9 km2. It was established in 1994 and comprises three islands (North, Tween and Middle) which lie off the coast 7 km north-east of Cape Richards on Hinchinbrook Island and 30 km east of the nearest mainland town of Cardwell. The fourth island of the Brooks group, South Island, is not part of the national park but is protected by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.
Bulleringa National Park
Bulleringa is a national park in Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia, 1,448 km northwest of Brisbane. The park protects a unique array of vegetation communities and wildlife. The average elevation of the terrain is 325 metres. 170 different species of animals and 360 species of plants have been recorded in the park.
Cape Melville National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
The Cape York Peninsula is located in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is the largest wilderness in northern Australia. The land is mostly flat and about half of the area is used for grazing cattle. The relatively undisturbed eucalyptus-wooded savannahs, tropical rainforests and other types of habitat are now recognised and preserved for their global environmental significance.
Cape Upstart National Park
Cape Upstart is a national park in the locality of Guthalungra in the Whitsunday Region local government area of North Queensland, Australia, 1,016 km northwest of Brisbane. The Juru Clan of the Birri-Gubba Tribal Group lived on Cape Upstart for thousands of years.
Chillagoe-Mungana Caves National Park
Mount Etna Caves is a national park in The Caves, Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia, 544 km northwest of Brisbane. The park's caves are the roosting site for more than 80 percent of Australia's breeding population of little bent-wing bats. It is also one of the few places in Australia supporting a colony of the endangered ghost bat.
Claremont Isles National Park
Claremont Isles National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Clump Mountain National Park
Clump Mountain is a national park in Far North Queensland, Australia, 1,287 kilometres (800 mi) northwest of Brisbane. It is part of the Coastal Wet Tropics Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for the conservation of lowland tropical rainforest birds. Here is an important habitat of the endangered southern cassowary, a large flightless bird, which has been recorded only in the tropical rainforests of Queensland and New Guinea.
Coral Sea National Park Zone
Coral Sea National Park Zone is a protected area in Australia.
Crater Lakes National Park
Crater Lakes National Park is a protected area in Far North Queensland, Queensland, Australia, 1,367 km northwest of Brisbane. The park contains two volcanically formed lakes, Lake Barrine and Lake Eacham (Yidyam). Both lakes have walking trails around each lake; boat tours are also given at Lake Barrine.
Curtain Fig National Park
The Curtain Fig National Park is a national park on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, Australia. The National Park is located near Yungaburra. Its most valued features are its once regionally common, now endangered Mabi forests including a huge strangler fig which attracts up to 100 000 visitors per year, locally known as the Curtain Fig Tree, plus a near threatened, locally endemic tree-kangaroo species i.e.
Daarrba National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
Daarrba National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) is a protected area in Australia.
Daintree National Park
Part of the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area, the Daintree is the world's oldest continually surviving tropical rainforest, meeting the Great Barrier Reef. It's a biodiversity hotspot, home to cassowaries, tree-kangaroos, crocodiles, and countless endemic plant species, offering unique rainforest and coastal wildlife viewing.
Dalrymple National Park
Dalrymple National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Danbulla National Park
Danbulla National Park and State Forest is a national park and state forest complex in Queensland, Australia, around 60 km west of Cairns. The forest is spectacular and covers an area of 12,000 hectares, including eucalyptus, acacia and pine plantations. The elevation of the terrain is 737 meters.
Davies Creek National Park
Davies Creek National Park is in Far North Queensland, Australia, 1,392 km northwest of Brisbane, 20 km south west of Cairns. The park is located on the Atherton Tableland within the Barron River water catchment. It lies within the Einasleigh Uplands and Wet Tropics of Queensland bioregions. It is picturesque with its granite outcrops, the Davies Creek Falls and open eucalypt woodland.
Denham Group National Park
Denham is the administrative town for the Shire of Shark Bay, Western Australia. Located on the western coast of the Peron Peninsula, 831 kilometres (516 mi) north of Perth, Denham is the westernmost publicly accessible town in Australia, and is named in honour of Captain Henry Mangles Denham of the Royal Navy, who charted Shark Bay in 1858. Denham is the gateway for tourists who come to see the dolphins at Monkey Mia, which is 23 kilometres (14 mi) north-east of the town.
Diamantina National Park
Diamantina National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Dinden National Park
Dinden National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Djiru National Park
Djiru National Park is a protected area in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It is within the world-heritage-listed Wet Tropics of Queensland.
Ella Bay National Park
Ella Bay National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Endeavour River National Park
Endeavour River National Park is a national park in Queensland, Australia, gazetted to protect and preserve some of the natural and cultural resources in and around the mouth of the Endeavour River, immediately north of the small town of Cooktown. The park is located 1,561 kilometres (970 mi) northwest of Brisbane. Naturalists Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander collected specimens of local 'Australian' flora in 1770 from this area which were taken back to the Royal Botanic Gardens in England.
Errk Oykangand National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
Errk Oykangand National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) is a protected area in Australia.
Eubenangee Swamp National Park
Eubenangee Swamp is a national park in Eubenangee in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia, 1332 km northwest of Brisbane. It is part of the Coastal Wet Tropics Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for the conservation of lowland tropical rainforest birds. It plays home to over 190 species of birds.
Family Islands National Park
Family Islands National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Fan Palm Conservation Reserve
Fan Palm Conservation Reserve is a protected area in Australia.
Finucane Island National Park
Finucane Island National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Fitzroy Island National Park
Fitzroy Island National Park is a gazetted protected area covering Fitzroy Island, in Far North Queensland, Queensland, Australia. Fitzroy Island (also called Koba or Gabar) is a continental island located 22 kilometres (14 mi) east of Cairns on the mainland. The Aboriginal people particularly connected to this Island are the Kobaburra (or alternatively Gaba:ra) from within the Gungganyji language group.
Flinders Group National Park
Flinders Group National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Forty Mile Scrub National Park
Forty Mile Scrub is a national park in Queensland, Australia. It is a 224 km drive southwest of Cairns. Ancient volcanic streams, grass forests, springs, streams, and a preserved isolated pocket of semi-evergreen vines are just some of the contents of this beautiful national park. Many species of animals have found refuge here, some permanently, and some come occasionally, like koalas.
Frankland Group National Park
Frankland Group National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Gadgarra National Park
Gadgarra is a rural locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Gadgarra had "no people or a very low population".
Girramay National Park
Girramay is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 1,269 km northwest of Brisbane. The national park is part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. The park protects part of the coastline between the mouths of the Tully River and Meunga Creek at Rockingham Bay. Waters adjacent to the park belong to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
Girringun National Park
Girringun National Park is a national park in Queensland, Australia, approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) southwest of Ingham, 110 kilometres (68 mi) north of Townsville and 1,290 kilometres (800 mi) northwest of Brisbane. The park is one of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area series of national parks, and is a gazetted World Heritage Site.
Goold Island National Park
Goold Island is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 1,250 km (780 mi) northwest of Brisbane. The island is close to the northern tip of Hinchinbrook Island off the coast from Cardwell in Rockingham Bay and is part of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Covering 8.3 km2 (3.2 square miles) the island is located 17 km (10.6 mi) from shore.
Great Basalt Wall National Park
Great Basalt Wall National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Green Island National Park
Green Island National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Grey Peaks National Park
Moogerah Peaks is a National Park in the Fassifern Valley of South East Queensland, Australia, located approximately 70 km south west of the state capital Brisbane. The 676-hectare park consists of four separate protected areas which surround volcanic peaks and rocky cliffs near Moogerah Dam.
Gulf of Carpentaria National Park Zone
Gulf of Carpentaria National Park Zone is a protected area in Australia.
Gulngay National Park
Gulngay National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Halifax Bay Wetlands National Park
Halifax Bay Wetlands is a national park at Halifax Bay in Queensland, Australia, 1179 km northwest of Brisbane. The one island in the park is Pandora Reef. This place is known as a spawning ground for many species of fish, such as barramundi, mangrove jack, grunter and salmon.
Hann Tableland National Park
Hann Tableland National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Hasties Swamp National Park
Hasties Swamp is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 1,371 km northwest of Brisbane. The swamp is located several kilometres south of the town of Atherton in Far North Queensland. The main feature of the park is a seasonal wetland. Part of the swamp was first declared a national park on 5 April 1980.
Herberton Range National Park
Herberton Range National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Hinchinbrook Island National Park
Hinchinbrook Island National Park is Australia's largest island national park. It is situated along the Cassowary Coast in Queensland, Australia, with the state capital of Brisbane approximately 1,240 km to the south. Lucinda is 135 km or approximately 1.5 hours' drive north of Townsville, being the closest North Queensland provincial city.
Holbourne Island National Park
Holbourne Island National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Hope Islands National Park
Hope Islands National Park is a national park in Queensland (Australia) 1,521 km north-west of Brisbane. The park consists of four islands: East Hope and West Hope, Snapper Island and Struck Island. The Hope Islands are situated approximately 37 km south-east of Cooktown and about 8 km offshore (15.73889°S 145.45222°E / -15.73889; 145.45222 (Hope Islands)) and officially part of the mainland locality of Rossville.
Howick Group National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
Howick Group National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) is a protected area in Australia.
Hull River National Park
Hull River is a national park in Queensland (Australia), 1275 km northwest of Brisbane. GIS mapping data from Queensland Department of Natural Resources (2002) showed an area of 3,240 hectares, of which about 2,100 hectares are estuarine mangroves, with the remainder being swamp forests dominated by Melaleuca and specialist Eucalypt species. Rainfall averages 3,600 mm per year.
Japoon National Park
Japoon National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Juunju Daarrba Nhirrpan National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
Juunju Daarrba Nhirrpan National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) is a protected area in Australia.
Kalkajaka National Park
Kalkajaka National Park, also called Black Mountain National Park, is a 781-hectare (1,930-acre) protected area in Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia.
Kinrara National Park
Kinrara National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Kirrama National Park
Kirrama National Park is a national park in Minnamoolka, Tablelands Region of Far North Queensland, Australia. The park protects rugged mountain landscapes, lush tropical rainforest and open eucalypt forests. It forms part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. The park lies with the water catchment area of the Burdekin River.
Koombooloomba National Park
Koombooloomba National Park is a protected area mostly within the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. The park is within the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area and is known for its endangered wet schlerophyll forests and for unique animals and plants. It has an area of 29,258 hectares (72,300 acres).
Kulla (Mcilwraith Range) National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
Kulla (Mcilwraith Range) National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) is a protected area in Australia.
Kuranda National Park
Kuranda National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Kurrimine Beach National Park
Kurrimine Beach National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) is a protected area in Australia.
Lama Lama National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
Lama Lama National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) is a protected area in Australia.
Little Mulgrave National Park
Little Mulgrave National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Littleton National Park
Littleton National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Lizard Island National Park
Lizard Island National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Maalan National Park
Maalan National Park is a national park in the Tablelands Region of Far North Queensland, Australia. There are two sections to the park. The largest section occupies the western third of Beatrice and the eastern fringe of Ravenshoe on the Atherton Tableland. The smaller section is in the north of Maalan.
Ma'alpiku Island National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
Maʼalpiku Island National Park is a national park at Iron Range in the Shire of Cook in Far North Queensland, Australia. It lies 1,928 km (1,198 mi) northwest of Brisbane and a few hundred metres (yards) from Cape Weymouth and the Kutini-Payamu National Park. The park includes part of Maʼalpiku Island, also known as Restoration Island, and nearby Restoration Rock.
Macalister Range National Park
Wondul Range is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 209 km west of Brisbane. It is located in the Toowoomba Region local government area of the Darling Downs. The park aims to conserve open woodland species typical of the Western Downs. It lies within the water catchment area of the Macintyre River and Weir Rivers in the Brigalow Belt South bioregion.
Magnetic Island National Park
Maʼalpiku Island National Park is a national park at Iron Range in the Shire of Cook in Far North Queensland, Australia. It lies 1,928 km (1,198 mi) northwest of Brisbane and a few hundred metres (yards) from Cape Weymouth and the Kutini-Payamu National Park. The park includes part of Maʼalpiku Island, also known as Restoration Island, and nearby Restoration Rock.
Malbon Thompson Range National Park
Malbon Thompson Range National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Maria Creek National Park
Maria National Park is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 341 kilometres (212 mi) northeast of Sydney. Part of the Hastings-Macleay Important Bird Area lies within its boundaries. The park is at an elevation of 33.48 metres.
Marpa National Park
Marpa National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Melsonby (Gaarraay) National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
Melsonby (Gaarraay) National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) is a protected area in Australia.
Michaelmas and Upolu Cays National Park
Michaelmas and Upolu Cays National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Millstream Falls National Park
Millstream Falls National Park is located just west of Ravenshoe, Queensland along the Kennedy Highway in Far North Queensland, Australia, 1,341 km northwest of Brisbane. Big Millstream Falls is reputedly the widest single-drop falls in Australia. The park is small, at only 3.72 km2 (1.44 sq mi).
Mitirinchi Island National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
Mitirinchi Island National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) is a protected area in Australia.
Moorrinya National Park
Moorrinya is a national park in North Queensland, Australia, 1,061 kilometres (659 mi) northwest of Brisbane.
Moresby Range National Park
The Main Range is a mountain range and national park in Queensland, Australia, located predominantly in Tregony, Southern Downs Region, 85 kilometres (53 mi) southwest of Brisbane. It is part of the World Heritage Site Gondwana Rainforests of Australia (formerly known as the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves). It protects the western part of a semicircle of mountains in South East Queensland known as the Scenic Rim.
Mount Aberdeen National Park
Mount Etna Caves is a national park in The Caves, Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia, 544 km northwest of Brisbane. The park's caves are the roosting site for more than 80 percent of Australia's breeding population of little bent-wing bats. It is also one of the few places in Australia supporting a colony of the endangered ghost bat.
Mount Cook National Park
Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park is a national park located in the Canterbury Region in the central-west of the South Island of New Zealand. It was established in October 1953 and takes its name from the highest mountain in New Zealand, Aoraki / Mount Cook. The area of the park is 707 km2 (273 mi2), and it shares a border with Westland Tai Poutini National Park along the Main Divide of the Southern Alps.
Mount Hypipamee National Park
Mount Coolum is a hill in Mount Coolum National Park in a suburb of the same name in Queensland, Australia. Mount Coolum is located on the Sunshine Coast, 101 km north of Brisbane. It lies between the Sunshine Motorway to the west, the shoreline to the east, Coolum Beach township to the north and Marcoola township to the south.
Mount Lewis National Park
Mount Etna Caves is a national park in The Caves, Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia, 544 km northwest of Brisbane. The park's caves are the roosting site for more than 80 percent of Australia's breeding population of little bent-wing bats. It is also one of the few places in Australia supporting a colony of the endangered ghost bat.
Mount Mackay National Park
Mackay ( mə-KYE) is a city in the Mackay Region on the eastern or Coral Sea coast of Queensland, Australia. It is located about 803 kilometres (499 mi) north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is described as being in either Central Queensland or North Queensland, as these regions are not precisely defined.
Mount Spurgeon National Park
Mount Etna Caves is a national park in The Caves, Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia, 544 km northwest of Brisbane. The park's caves are the roosting site for more than 80 percent of Australia's breeding population of little bent-wing bats. It is also one of the few places in Australia supporting a colony of the endangered ghost bat.
Mount Windsor National Park
Mount Windsor National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Mount Zero - Taravale Private Nature Reserve
Mount Zero - Taravale Private Nature Reserve is a protected area in Australia.
Mowbray National Park
Mowbray is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 1441 km northwest of Brisbane. The park forms part of the Wooroonooran Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because it supports populations of a range of bird species endemic to Queensland's Wet Tropics.
Muundhi (Jack River) National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
Muundhi (Jack River) National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) is a protected area in Australia.
Ngalba-bulal National Park
Ngalba-bulal National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Ngaynggarr National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
Ngaynggarr National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) is a protected area in Australia.
Olkola National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
Olkola National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) is a protected area in Australia.
Orpheus Island National Park
Orpheus Island National Park is a national park on Orpheus Island, in North Queensland, Australia. The Aboriginal (possibly Nyawaygi) name for the island is Goolboddi. It is a continental island, and is one of the Palm Islands group, 1,189 km (739 mi) northwest of Brisbane, as is Pelorus Island 800 metres (2,600 ft) to the north.
Oyala Thumotang National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
Oyala Thumotang National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) is a protected area in Australia.
Palmerston Rocks National Park
Palmerston Rocks National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Paluma Range National Park
The Main Range is a mountain range and national park in Queensland, Australia, located predominantly in Tregony, Southern Downs Region, 85 kilometres (53 mi) southwest of Brisbane. It is part of the World Heritage Site Gondwana Rainforests of Australia (formerly known as the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves). It protects the western part of a semicircle of mountains in South East Queensland known as the Scenic Rim.
Pinnacles National Park
Pinnacles National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Piper Islands National Park
Piper Islands National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Porcupine Gorge National Park
Porcupine Gorge National Park is a national park in Porcupine, Shire of Flinders in North West Queensland, Australia, 1,174 km northwest of Brisbane and 60 km north of Hughenden. Established in 1970, the national park has an area of 54.10 km2 and is managed by the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service. It is an IUCN category II park.
Possession Island National Park
Possession Island National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) is a protected area in Australia.
Rungulla National Park
Rungulla National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Russell River National Park
Russell River is a national park in North Queensland, Australia, 1352 km northwest of Brisbane. The park protects a coastal strip between the sea and the Russell River. It is part of the Coastal Wet Tropics Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for the conservation of lowland tropical rainforest birds.
Sandbanks National Park
Sandbanks National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Staaten River National Park
Staaten River National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Three Islands Group National Park
Three Islands Group National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Topaz Road National Park
Topaz Road National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Tully Falls National Park
Tully Falls National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Tully Gorge National Park
Tully Gorge is a national park in Far North Queensland, Australia, 1,338 km northwest of Brisbane. The park forms part of the Wooroonooran Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because it supports populations of a range of bird species endemic to Queensland's Wet Tropics.
Tumoulin National Park
Tumoulin National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Turtle Group National Park
Turtle Group National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Undara Volcanic National Park
The Undara Volcanic National Park is a national park in the Shire of Etheridge, Queensland, Australia. It is situated 275 kilometres (171 mi) southwest of Cairns just off the Gulf Developmental Road. The park was established in 2009 to protect Australia's longest lava tube and the unique fauna and flora found of the area.
West Cape York National Park Zone
West Cape York National Park Zone is a protected area in Australia.
White Mountains National Park
White Mountains is a national park in Queensland, Australia, approximately 1156 km northwest of Brisbane and 140 km southwest of Charters Towers and 80 km northeast of Hughenden. On National Parks Day 2010 (Sunday, 28 March 2010), the Queensland State Government announced the addition of 4,200 hectares to the park.
Wiliyan-Ngurru National Park
Wiliyan-Ngurru National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Wooroonooran National Park
Wooroonooran National Park (Aboriginal for "Black Rock") is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 1,367 km northwest of Brisbane, between Innisfail and Cairns. The park is one of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area series of national parks, and is a gazetted World Heritage Site. Declared in 1988, the World Heritage area stretches from Townsville in the south to Cooktown in the north, and contains some of the oldest surviving rainforests in the world.
Wuthara Island National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
Daarrba National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) is a national park in Queensland, Australia. It is 1,602 km northwest of Brisbane. The national park was previously named Mount Webb National Park until it was renamed on 28 November 2013.
Wuthathi (Saunders Islands) National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
Wuthathi (Saunders Islands) National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) is a protected area in Australia.
Wuthathi (Shelburne Bay) National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
Wuthathi (Shelburne Bay) National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) is a protected area in Australia.
Wuthathi (Sir Charles Hardy Group) National Park
Wuthathi (Sir Charles Hardy Group) National Park is a protected area in Australia.
Compare Parks in Far North Queensland & Cape York
Side-by-side comparison of safari parks in Far North Queensland & Cape York
| Park | Area | Wildlife | Lodges | Crowds | Malaria | Airport |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daintree National Park | 116,350 km² | 281 | - | Very Quiet | Moderate | BFC (38km) |
| Alwal National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) | 428 km² | 205 | - | Very Quiet | Moderate | YKLN (23km) |
| Annan River (Yuku Baja-Muliku) National Park | 87 km² | 201 | - | Very Quiet | Moderate | HLV (12km) |
| Apudthama National Park Aboriginal | 3,213 km² | 92 | - | Very Quiet | Moderate | HAT (43km) |
| Barnard Island Group National Park | 0 km² | 259 | - | Very Quiet | Moderate | IFL (23km) |
| Barron Gorge National Park | 28 km² | 291 | - | Quiet | Moderate | CNS (10km) |
| Basilisk Range National Park | 22 km² | 259 | - | Very Quiet | Moderate | IFL (15km) |
| Batavia National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) | - | 158 | - | Very Quiet | Moderate | BVW (15km) |
| Biniirr National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) | 295 km² | 201 | - | Very Quiet | Moderate | HPE (19km) |
| Black Mountain National Park | - | 201 | - | Very Quiet | Moderate | HLV (4km) |
| Blackbraes National Park | 506 km² | 154 | - | Very Quiet | Moderate | AU-0775 (9km) |
| Bladensburg National Park | 843 km² | 181 | - | Very Quiet | Moderate | WIN (33km) |
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126 species recorded in Far North Queensland & Cape York8 threatened
We love the sheer raw beauty of Far North Queensland. Standing beneath the canopy of the Daintree, you can almost feel the ancientness of the place, the air thick with humidity and the calls of unseen birds. Then, venturing towards the coast, the blues of the Coral Sea are simply breathtaking, a stark contrast to the emerald green of the rainforest. The sunsets here are sensational, painting the sky in fiery hues over waters teeming with life.
Terrain & Altitude
A dramatic landscape of ancient volcanic mountains, rolling hills, and coastal plains meeting the Coral Sea.
Sea level to 1,622m above sea level
Vegetation
Dominated by dense, ancient tropical rainforests, eucalyptus woodlands, and mangrove-lined coastlines.
Water Sources
Fed by numerous rivers, including the mighty Mitchell and Bloomfield, and dotted with freshwater lagoons and extensive coral reefs offshore.
Unique Features
The Daintree Rainforest, the oldest continuously surviving rainforest on Earth, and the Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef system.
Getting to Far North Queensland and Cape York is an adventure in itself. While Cairns is the main international gateway, reaching the truly wild parts of Cape York demands careful planning. We love the sense of remoteness you achieve, but be prepared for long drives on challenging roads, especially outside the dry season. Flying into a regional airstrip like Bamaga or Weipa can save considerable time and hassle for exploring the northern reaches.
Nearest Airports
Cairns Airport (CNS)
Varies widely depending on destination within the region
Daily direct flights from major Australian cities like Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth. International connections are also available.
Bamaga Airport (ABM)
Serves the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula
Limited scheduled flights from Cairns and other regional hubs; often requires booking well in advance.
Bush Airstrips
Driving Routes
From Cairns
The drive north along the coast is scenic, but venturing into Cape York requires serious preparation. The iconic Cape York Peninsula Development Road is largely unsealed and can be impassable in the wet season. We strongly recommend a 4WD vehicle and carrying ample supplies, or better yet, joining a guided tour for the more remote sections.
From Townsville
Similar to driving from Cairns, this route involves significant distances and varying road conditions as you head north. Accessing the more remote parts of Cape York from Townsville is a considerable undertaking; consider flying into a regional hub like Cairns or Bamaga to shorten your driving time.
Temperature
26°C
79°F
Rainfall
364 mm
Heavy rains
Humidity
79.8%
Sunshine
9.5 hrs/day
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