Chillagoe Caves and Outback Tour
Billy Tea Safaris 
- Cairns
Chillagoe Outback tour
Cost: |
A$0 (2 Passengers) |
Duration:
12 hours.
Departure Days:
Tuesday and Friday except 25DEC and 01JAN.
Departure Time:
06:50am
Departure Point:
Cairns.
Pickup:
Cairns city accommodation (from 6:50am)
Dropoff:
Cairns city accommodation (6:30pm)
Meals:
- Outback pub lunch.
- Morning tea.
Not Included:
- Transfers from Ellis Beach, Thala Beach and Port Douglas accommodation.
- Afternoon tea.
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Cost: |
A$0 (2 Passengers) |
Inclusions:
- Return Cairns city accommodation transfers.
- Touring in air-conditioned 4WD with naturalist guide.
- Chillaoe Caves tour.
- Chillagoe smelters.
- Aboriginal Rock Art.
- Skybury Coffee Plantation.
What to Bring:
- Money for afternoon tea.
- Enclosed footwear.
- Comfortable clothing (a light coat for winter months, June-August).
- Hat.
- Sunscreen.
- Camera.
- Water bottle.
- Insect repellent.
Itinerary:
Valid for 01APR23-31MAR25:
Your naturalist guide will meet you at your accommodation and after introductions all round, you will ascend the McAllister Ranges and head west through Mareeba embarking on a remarkable journey back to prehistoric times, when dinosaurs ruled the Earth. Your first stop is for morning tea (Coffee and Cake). From here travel through the back blocks of this wetland area viewing wallabies, emus, and other wildlife and then along the irrigated agricultural paddocks of this fertile area, eventually crossing over the Great Divide and into the Western watershed. Travel through historical towns and rolling hills rich in minerals eventually giving way to towering limestone karsts scattered around Chillagoe. Your first stop is the National Parks Cave tour. The fossilised remains of the ancient coral reefs with hidden limestone labyrinths give a portal to a lost world just like your own Great Barrier Reef. Millions of years in the making, the limestone formations are nothing short of spectacular. You then delve into the history of the copper smelters; whose old chimneys dominate the western horizon. You visit the remains of the once mighty smelters to ponder what it was like working there, visit Aboriginal Rock Art and then it’s time for an Aussie pub lunch. After lunch and a visit to the local souvenir shop, You head back towards the east coast, stopping at Granite Gorge where you can feed wallabies and hold other indigenous animals. The tour then returns down the range to Cairns.
Child Policy:
Valid for 01APR23-31MAR25:
Infant: 0-3 years inclusive - free of charge
Child: 4-16 years inclusive - child rates apply.
Important Information:
Valid for 01APR23-31MAR25:
Transfers:
- Return transfers are included from Cairns City accommodation.
- Transfers from the Northern Beaches and Port Douglas are available at additional cost with clients picked up by International Coaches and transferred to the Canopy's Edge bus stop to meet the Billy Tea Vehicle. Reverse in the afternoon.
General:
- Department of Transport Regulations state seat belts are compulsory for all passengers and infants and must be worn at all times.
- Billy Tea Safaris reserves the right to alter or cancel itineraries due to weather conditions, flooding or other factors beyond the control of the operator, no refund will be given in these circumstances or in the event of any delay.
- Billy Tea Safaris is not liable for any failure to make connections with any other service or guarantee the vehicle type used or operation of any particular service.
- Billy Tea Safaris will not be held responsible for any personal injury or loss due to events beyond their control.
- A reasonable level of fitness is required for this tour as there are steps into the caves, uneven ground.
Booking Conditions:
- Please advise hotel pick up/drop off information at time of booking.
- The tour may be closed, or itinerary changed due to the wet season where conditions may close roads and access to the caves.
- Billy Tea Safaris reserves the right to alter or cancel itineraries due to weather conditions, flooding or other factors beyond the control of the operator, no refund will be given in these circumstances or in the event of any delay.
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