Port Douglas road trips
Port Douglas is a popular resort town in far north Queensland, and one of the best gateways to the Great Barrier Reef.
9 Port Douglas experiences to boost your holiday
- Great Barrier Reef snorkelling tour – visiting three amazing snorkelling sites on the Outer Reef. This is the one for seeing the very best of the Reef.
- Visit Agincourt Reef – with a cruise, underwater observatory and coral viewing in a semi-submersible. This is the best Port Douglas Reef tour for less confident swimmers.
- Half-day Low Isles snorkelling tour – ideal for those with less time.
- Daintree River wildlife cruise combo – see lots of crocs, then visit the cascades of Mossman Gorge.
- Sunset sailing cruise – with welcome drinks and appetisers aboard a luxury catamaran.
- Scenic helicopter flight – see the Great Barrier Reef from above.
- Go fishing at a barramundi farm – with lunch included.
- Aboriginal cultural walk – including bush tucker tasting and traditional hunting techniques.
- Wildlife Habitat Port Douglas – meet all manner of native Australian animals.
Australia Travel Questions is busy putting together guides to road trip sections that either start or finish in Port Douglas. Those that have been researched and written up so far are listed below. Click through for more information.
The distances and driving times are approximate, put together using Google Maps. Obviously, if you build a few road trip stops into the drive, the journey will take longer.
Port Douglas distances and driving times
Adelaide to Port Douglas: Distance 2,995km, driving time 33h. (More road trips from Adelaide).
Airlie Beach to Port Douglas: Distance 684km, driving time 8h15m. (More Airlie Beach road trips).
Brisbane to Port Douglas: Distance 1,764km, driving time 20h30m. (More Brisbane road trips).
Cairns to Port Douglas: Distance 67km, driving time 1h02m. (More Cairns road trips).
Gold Coast to Port Douglas: Distance 1,839km, driving time 21h20m.
Innisfail to Port Douglas: Distance 115km, driving time 2h11m.
Melbourne to Port Douglas: Distance 2,843km, driving time 31h. (More road trips from Melbourne).
Mission Beach to Port Douglas: Distance 205km, driving time 2h41m.
Palm Cove to Port Douglas: Distance 42km, driving time 37m.
Perth to Port Douglas: Distance 5,275km, driving time 57h. (More road trips from Perth).
Port Douglas to Cape Tribulation: Distance 84km, driving time 1h47m.
Sydney to Port Douglas: Distance 2,479km, driving time 28h. (More road trips from Sydney).
Townsville to Port Douglas: Distance 412km, driving time 5h9m. (More Townsville road trips).
Trinity Beach to Port Douglas: Distance 51km, driving time 45m.
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