Over the Top: Darwin to Cairns
Thirteen nights on True North II across the top of Australia, from Darwin to Cairns. The sample itinerary opens with an airboat run up the Finniss River, a welcome to country on the Tiwi Islands, the ruins of the Victoria Settlement on the Cobourg Peninsula, the Arafura wetlands by helicopter and two days in the Wessel Islands shooting the Gugari Rip, then crosses the Gulf of Carpentaria to Thursday and Horn islands and a sunset landing at Cape York, the northern tip of the continent, before snorkelling Forbes Island and Davie Reef, the Cod Hole and Lizard Island, and the Ribbon Reefs and Cooktown.
- Operated by: True North Adventure Cruises
- Ship: True North II
- Length: 13 nights
- Regions: Australia
- Wildlife: Crocodiles, birds and wildlife on the Finniss River, sharks, eagle rays, dugong, turtles and crocodiles at Frenzy Creek and banteng cattle on the Cobourg Peninsula, buffalo, magpie geese in their thou
- From: est. $15,130 (A$ 22,995) per person
- Season: October in the line's 2026 and 2027 schedules.
- Next departures: 2027-10-30
- Route: Darwin → Tiwi Islands → Cobourg Peninsula → Arafura Swamp → Wessel Islands → Thursday Island → Cape York → Forbes Island → Davie Reef → Lizard Island → Cooktown → Cairns
The ship
- True North II: 22 guests, built 1999
Departures
- 2027-10-30 to 2027-11-12: $15,130
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