• Enjoy a guided overview of Australia’s first non-indigenous settlement, founded temporarily and by accident by Captain James Cook.
• Drive through town and up to the top of Grassy Hill, where Cook saw much the same views you will.
• Visit a museum brimming with artifacts from Cook’s ship, from journals to an anchor and cannon.
• Take a relaxed stroll through tropical botanic gardens es...

• Travel south from Cooktown by coach to where two iconic landmarks await you in the bush.
• Visit Black Mountain’s pile of huge granite boulders riddled with maze-like passageways and imagine how people and cattle could get lost and vanish inside.
• Stop in at the Lion’s Den Pub for a complimentary cold one, and to soak up the seriously quirky character – and characters – in this hole-in-the...

• Cruise Cooktown harbor and the Endeavour River aboard a vessel designed for comfortable touring.
• Learn about Captain Cook’s time spent along these same waters in 1770 and the unique designation this remote town holds in the history of Australia.
• Glide up the river, its mangrove banks alive with wildlife including crocs, sea eagles, storks and colorful lorikeets and sunbirds.
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To ensure that your shoreside experiences are as convenient and enjoyable as possible, we are delighted to offer a complimentary shuttle between your ship and the city center in every port where the ship is not docked within walking distance of the city center. This service runs continuously, aligning perfectly with your ship’s in-port schedule. Best of all, there’s no need to reserve your seat in advance. Simp...