Everything - Rainforest Coast

Hinterland Aviation

Hinterland Aviation specialises in personalised air charters throughout Australia and the South Pacific. With over 20 years' experience, we are one of North Queensland's most experienced charter companies.

Home Rule Falls

The moderate, 2.6 kilometre return walk through rainforest to Home Rule Falls takes 35 to 45 minutes each way.

Hope Islands National Park

Two low lying coral cays, West Hope is a shingle cay dominated by mangroves and East Hope is a sandy cay.

Hope Vale Arts and Cultural Centre

The Hope Vale Arts & Cultural Centre is at the heart of Guugu Yimithirr culture and actively involves Aboriginal people of all ages in passing on the cultural traditions and promoting the use and teaching of the Guugu Yimithirr language, which is alive and spoken daily by many local people.

Iron Range National Park - Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) National Park (CYPAL)

This remote coastal park in northern Cape York Peninsula protects the largest area of lowland tropical rainforest in Australia. Rainforest and heath shrouded hills provide the backdrop to long sweeping beaches, mangrove forests and rocky outcrops.

Jardine River National Park and Heathlands Resources Reserve

A huge wilderness area at the tip of Cape York Peninsula which includes much of the catchment of the Jardine River, the largest perennial river in Queensland. Heath, rainforest and woodlands cover low sandy ridges separated by swamps and shrublands and vine thickets cover massive coastal dunes.

Jarramali Rock Art Tours

Join us for a unique Aboriginal cultural experience exploring the Quinkan Rock Art sites near Laura.

Keatings Lagoon (Mulbabidgee) Walk

The Mulbabidgee (Keatings Lagoon) walk has been developed in conjunction with the local Gungarde Aboriginal Corporation who worked on the 1.5 kilometre boardwalk and walking track on the edge of this important bird sanctuary.

Kitesurfing near Cooktown

One of the kite surfing community’s best kept secrets is starting to spread and the Cooktown region is now gaining a reputation as one of the southern hemisphere’s premier kite surfing hot spots.

Lizard Island

Located 93 km north of Cooktown and 27km from the coast these 6 islands are part of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Public moorings are provided for private boats and there is an airstrip for small aircraft.

Lockhart River Arts Centre

The Artists at the Lockhart River Arts Centre create a contemporary response to the environment, culture and traditions of this isolated Aboriginal Community through their art work expressing some of the realities of being Indigenous and the strong influences of traditional culture and values. .

Lockhart River Car Hire

Lockhart River Car Hire can assist with vehicles for all your touring requirements in the local region. Bookings preferred to ensure we can meet your requirements. Ph: 07 4060 7309 Email: paulpiva72@gmail.com

Loyalty Beach 4WD Tours

The Loyalty Beach Cape York Tour tour takes you to the northern-most point of Australia and beyond

Maaramaka Walkabout Tours

Learn from one of the world's most ancient civilisations as they take you walkabout through the country of their ancestors.

Mary Watson

Mary Beatrice Watson, nee Phillips, was born in the Cornish town of Truro, England. During the mid 1870's, her family emigrated to Queensland. While working in Cooktown, Mary met Captain R.F. Watson, a beche-de-mer fisherman. The couple married in Cooktown on 30 May 1880. They moved to Lizard Island where their son, Ferrier, was born in 1881. Their homestead was apparently built on an Aboriginal sacred site. It is widely believed that this provoked the attack on the holding.

Mount Cook Hiking Trail

An exhilarating walk requiring a good level of fitness which provides fantastic views over the Great Barrier Reef

Mount Cook National Park

Rising to 431m Mount Cook provides a scenic backdrop to Cooktown. The rainforest clad granite hill is known as Waymbuur by the Aboriginal Traditional Owners.

Mungkan Kandju National Park

A wilderness park of open woodlands, melaleuca swamps and rainforest the park is a living cultural landscape rich in cultural significance for the Traditional Aboriginal Owners.

Mungumby Lodge Tours

APL operate experience package departures to and from Cairns 7 times per week to Cooktown, Palm Cove & Port Douglas as well as the Atherton Tablelands.

Mungumby Safaris and Tours

A registered tour operator offering trips to the fascinating aboriginal rock art galleries at Laura, to Bloomfield, our magnificent coastline, specialist bird watching tours and Kings Plain.

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