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Tours from Cairns
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Before exploring locally or around the Atherton Tablelands, Port Douglas and Cape Tribulation, bear in mind that the cheapest day-tours will set you back $65 per person, while car rental comes as low as $50 for the day - though you'll miss out on a tour guide's local knowledge. For Cape York beyond Cooktown, you'll need a tour or your own vehicle. For the
Atherton Tablelands the Daintree and Cape Tribulation
(and possibly Cooktown), the following come highly recommended: Tropical Horizons (tel 07/4058 1244); the backpacker-oriented Jungle Tours (tel 07/4032 5600); Queensland Adventure Safaris (tel 07/4041 2418,
www.qastours.com
); and Uncle Brian (tel 07/4050 0615); also worth trying are Trek North Safaris (tel 07/4051 4328,
www.treknorth.com.au
); the exhaustingly full-on Eco-Mania (tel 07/4031 6171); long-running Wait-a-While Spotlighting Tours (tel 07/4033 1153,
www.waitawhile.com
) for night wildlife hunts; the well-informed Wilderness Challenge (tel 07/4055 6504,
www.wilderness-challenge.com.au
); Australian Wilderness Safaris (tel 07/4098 1766); Northern Exposure (tel 07/4051 5111); and Tropics Explorer (tel 07/4055 4555). For
Cape York
, the following organize trips to the tip by 4WD, boat and plane, and enjoy reliable reputations: OZtours (tel 07/4055 9535,
www.oztours.com.au
); Billy Tea Bush Safaris (tel 07/4032 0077,
www.billytea.com.au
); and Kamp-Out Safaris (tel 07/4031 4862,
www.heritagetours.com.au
). Wilderness Challenge (tel 07/4055 6504,
www.wilderness-challenge.com.au
), visit the
Daintree Cape Tribulation and Mossman Gorge
, and also go to
Cooktown
and the Aboriginal rock art sites around
Laura
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Australia,
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