Overview

About the Wangetti Trail

The Wangetti Trail will be one of Australia’s leading adventure based ecotourism experiences, attracting visitors on an international scale.

Approximately 94-kilometres in length, the dual-use walking and mountain biking track travels through Tropical North Queensland’s coast and hinterland from Port Douglas to Palm Cove.

Local and international visitors will enjoy one-of-a-kind cultural and nature-based experiences, winding through the stunning coastal and hinterland scenery of the World Heritage-listed Wet Tropics and Great Barrier Reef.

Highlights

The Wangetti Trail will be a one-of-a-kind experience of the region’s Aboriginal cultural history and stunning coastal and hinterland scenery of the World Heritage-listed Wet Tropics and Great Barrier Reef.

With internationally recognisable scenery and iconic lookouts, the Wangetti Trail may include guided tours, beach connections, unique flora and fauna and public campsites or privately-operated low-impact eco-accommodation.

Visitors will be able to walk the trail from Port Douglas to Wangetti Beach over six days and five nights or bike from Wangetti Beach to Palm Cove in two days and one night, or up to three days for the full trail.

In close collaboration with the Traditional Owners and subject to approvals, the Tourism Operator may also provide a range of additional tourism experiences such as guided tours.

Trail Route

The detailed alignment for the Wangetti Trail alignment was released on 8 April 2019. On completion, the Wangetti Trail will stretch approximately 94 kilometres and is expected to be ‘Grade 3’ (medium difficulty) for walkers and ‘More Difficult’ for mountain bikers, providing an accessible but challenging offering for visitors.

The Trail may feature public campsites or privately-operated low-impact eco-accommodation at five locations. All facilities along the trail must be delivered in accordance with the Department of Environment and Science’s Implementation Framework: Ecotourism Facilities on National Parks and in line with Best Practice Ecotourism Development Guidelines.

Proposed Wangetti Trail Alignment map identifying park boundaries (PDF, 538.5KB)