The Captain Cook Highway is a short highway in Far North Queensland which starts at Cairns and ends in Mossman, 75 km to the north. From Mossman the Highway continues via the Mossman-Daintree Road to the Daintree and Cape Tribulation, tamed fringes of the Cape York Peninsula 

The Cook Highway is a vital link between the two tourist locations of Cairns and Port Douglas, 70 km to the north. The highway travels through flat cane fields and tropical seaside rainforest, some 20 km of it tightly hugging the rugged coastline, providing spectacular ocean views. This beautiful drive past isolated beaches where hang-gliders patrol the headlands attracts the greatest interest from tourists and perhaps some of the greatest distractions for the motorist!  

This a route you don't even need a car for, as tours from Cairns will show you the sights. If you want to take longer to take in the rich scenery and atmosphere,  Coral Coaches runs frequent buses through the day to Port Douglas and Mossman, and at least two daily services between Cairns and Cape Tribulation, all of which allow multiple stopovers. The smaller and faster Airport Shuttle also run to Port Douglas and Cape Tribulation three times a day.

>> SEE CAIRNS - START POINT - PLACE OF INTEREST

Drive: 67.2 km – about 1 hour 14 mins

1. Head southwest on Spence St toward Sheridan St 8 m 
2. Turn right at Sheridan St 4.4 km 
3. Continue on Captain Cook Hwy 57.2 km

Optional detour: It is worth taking the gentle drive up the Kuranda Range, with views of the Coral Sea's tropical coastline on one side and World Heritage Rainforest on the other, to the picturesque "Village in the Rainforest", Kuranda. Continue on Captain Cook Hwy 9.3 km, at the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Kennedy Hwy for 14 km to Kuranda

>> VISIT KURANDA - OPTIONAL WAYPOINT - PLACE OF INTEREST

>> SEE PORT DOUGLAS - DESTINATION POINT - PLACE OF INTEREST