Captain Cook Highway — Cairns to Port Douglas CoralCoast.
Distance
80 km
Duration
1 day
Climb
300 m
Captain Cook Highway — Cairns to Port Douglas Coral Coast.
One of Australia's most celebrated coastal rides, the Captain Cook Highway threads north from Cairns along the Coral Sea, where rainforest-clad ranges drop straight to palm-fringed beaches. Easy, sweeping curves with the reef on one side and the Great Dividing Range on the other, finishing at the resort town of Port Douglas and the sugar town of Mossman.
Quick facts
SurfacePaved
Distance80 km
Days1
Total climb300 m
DifficultyEasy
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The route.
CairnsStart · Start on the Cairns Esplanade. Fuel and coffee here, it's the last big town before the coast road.
Trinity BeachScenic Point · Quiet palm-lined beach in the northern suburbs. Calm bay, a good first stretch-the-legs stop.
Palm CoveRestaurant · Melaleuca-shaded esplanade and the best breakfast strip on the coast. Popular rider meet point.
Ellis BeachScenic Point · The highway runs right beside the sand here, the classic Coral Coast postcard. Last beach before the cliffs.
Port DouglasScenic Point · Turn off to Four Mile Beach and the marina. Gateway to the Low Isles and the Outer Reef.
MossmanEnd · Sugar-cane town and gateway to Mossman Gorge in the Daintree. End of the run.
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