Activities
Palm Cove is simply the best location for your Tropical North Queensland holiday. Apart from relaxing massage, a lazy day on the beach or some fun shopping, you make Palm Cove your tropical holiday hub. There are hundreds of Palm Cove attractions nearby including the Great Barrier Reef, the Daintree Rainforest, Wildlife, Adventure, and Indigenous culture along with some of the best dining and cafes is Queensland. If you would like to extend your holiday experience we can help you book any tours, flights, or other holiday packages throughout Australia & beyond. Checkout tours page for bookings or more details.
Port Douglas
Port Douglas is best known for its beach resorts and as a base for visits to both the Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest reef system, and Daintree National Park, home to biodiverse rainforest. In town, Macrossan Street is lined with boutique shops and restaurants. Curving south is popular Four Mile Beach.
Try the Port Douglas markets – an absolute must do every Sunday from 8am on the waterfront!
Golf Anyone?
Fancy a round of golf in one of the regions many world class courses – then you are in luck! We have golf covered where you can choose from Paradise Palms, Half Moon Bay, Cairns Golf Course or Mirage Port Douglas.
Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures
Hartley’s is famous for its educational and entertaining wildlife shows many of which allow visitors to touch and feed the animals such as wetland wildlife. Learn about sustainable use and crocodile conservation on their farm tour.
Skyrail Rainforest Cableway
The Skyrail Rainforest Cableway takes you on an amazing experience over World Heritage listed Wet Tropics Rainforest in comfortable all weather gondolas. Enjoy birds-eye views as you glide just metres over the canopy, before exploring the forest floor and learning more about your surroundings at two rainforest stations. Take in the spectacular views of the Barron Falls from three lookout platforms, each offering a different vantage point.
Catch Dinner
Fishing from the beach or from the Palm Cove jetty can be a very rewarding past time or alternatively why not join a charter to chase a marlin or hook a Barra with the locals on the Palm Cove jetty.
Get wet!
With the perfect weather and temperature all year around Palm Cove is the perfect place to swim, kayak, sail or hop on a jet ski. Our beaches are patrolled and safe and year round.
Daintree Rainforest
The Daintree is the oldest tropical rainforest in the world. The World Heritage-listed Daintree Rainforest is so beautiful that its ancient ferns, emerald green vines and lush canopy of palms and vegetation.
Here you can trek through jungle and discover plants and animals found nowhere else on the planet. Fly through the trees on a zip-line for a bird’s-eye view. Cruise along the winding waterways of the Daintree River, looking for saltwater crocodiles. And head to Cape Tribulation, where the rainforest meets the Great Barrier Reef. When Sir David Attenborough calls something “the most extraordinary place on earth”, you know it must be good.
Great Barrier Reef
Swim, snorkel and dive one of the natural wonders of the world. All day tours depart daily from Port Douglas and Cairns and talk to us today to assist you with a day to remember! Book direct with your hosts when you arrive to receive a discount.