The Great Barrier Reef Drive

The Great Barrier Reef Drive from Cairns to Cape Tribulation is one you'll never forget. Feel the wind in your hair, the sand between your toes. Breathe deeply in the Daintree Rainforest. Explore curiously on the Great Barrier Reef. Indulge in Port Douglas. Relax in Cape Tribulation. Just follow the road and you'll find paradise.

Cape Tribulation Road Restriction Notices
Please be aware, due to road works on the Cape Tribulation Road visitors should expect delays through sections under traffic management. These sections are between the Daintree River Ferry to Cape Tribulation. Currently, a maximum total length of 12.5m applies to all vehicles, including the combined length of a caravan and towing vehicle.

Currently, visitors are unable to access Cape Tribulation, with access reopening to visitors anticipated to be 29 March 2024, subject to weather conditions.

The Bloomfield Track north of Cape Tribulation remains closed as a result of TC Jasper, with road works underway and anticipated opening in June 2024.

For the latest updates please check with the Douglas Shire Council Dashboard

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Tourism Port Douglas Daintree acknowledges the custodianship of the Daintree Rainforest and Great Barrier Reef by the local Kuku Yalanji and Yirraganydji people whose rich cultures, heritage values, enduring connections and shared efforts protect our natural assets for future generations, and we pay our respect to elders past, present and emerging.

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