Travel Info

Tjapukai is located at Caravonica, near Smithfield, 15 minutes north of Cairns along the Captain Cook Highway.

Shuttle Transfers:
Tjapukai offers a transfer shuttle service which can collect and return guests from their accommodation.

This service operates hourly, and guests are advised of the time of pick-up and departure when making their reservations. The region of operation of the shuttle service includes Cairns through to the Northern Beaches to Palm Cove.

Public Transport:
The main convenient public transport is either via taxi service direct to and from Tjapukai, or by the Marlin Coast Sunbus using Route 1 or 1A from the Cairns Central Business District City Place bus stop. Costs vary, depending on the bus zone travelled.

Self Drive:
Travelling from Cairns city in a northerly direction, continue following the Captain Cook Highway past the Airport. Some 15 minutes after leaving Cairns is the area known as Smithfield / Caravonica Lakes, easily identified by the Skyrail Rainforest Cableway and the Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park situated side by side, facing the main road.

Take the roundabout and turn left from it, and you will be on the approach road to Tjapukai.