Parking
No public car park or lawful approach is confirmed for the mapped start near −16.47086, 145.32344. This is separate from Mossman Gorge Cultural Centre; confirm access with QPWS before travelling.
Overview
About Mossman Bluff Walking Track
Why go
- A sheer cliff and rainforest valley make for a distinctive high-country destination.
Heads up
- A punishing ascent with public access, parking, and maintenance unconfirmed.
Map & elevation
The route
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Full mapElevation150–1,276 m
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Safety
1 active Daintree alert
- CautionCape Tribulation–Bloomfield Road: 4WD onlyThe Cape Tribulation–Bloomfield Road is open from Cape Tribulation through to Wujal Wujal, but restricted to four-wheel-drive vehicles because adverse driving conditions have left the surface…Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Daintree Tour Guide
Your drive to Mossman Bluff Walking Track, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Daintree National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
See the Daintree audio tourRecorded for this area
Mossman Gorge and Cultural Centre0:00 / 0:37
“Mossman Gorge Cultural Centre is coming up, the gateway to the river and its huge granite boulders. Park here and take the paid shuttle; the gorge walks start about two kilometres farther along.”
Plays on the road 3.2 km from the trailhead in the Parkwolf Daintree Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
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- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
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Trail guide
Hiking Mossman Bluff Walking Track
The mapped routeMossman Bluff Walking Track is a steep out-and-back from the Mossman Gorge hinterland toward…
Mossman Bluff Walking Track is a steep out-and-back from the Mossman Gorge hinterland toward The Bluff. The stored line is 6.7 km one way, so walking it back makes a 13.4 km (8.3 mi) trip. The route reaches about 1,276 m near the Bluff; that is close to, but does not prove access to, the separately described 1,330 m cliff top. This is a remote mountain climb, not one of the short walks around the Gorge day-use area.
Time and effortPlan for a very strenuous, all-day hike.
Plan for a very strenuous, all-day hike. The elevation profile rises 1,126 m from the mapped start to the endpoint; a separate map-based estimate gives about 1,467 m of total ascent, but none of the figures is ground-verified. Published time estimates range from 5 hours 20 minutes of steady walking before breaks to 7–10 hours return. I’d allow about 8½ hours and treat the distance and time as approximate.
Access and rulesQueensland Parks and Wildlife Service does not list this track or confirm its public access,…
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service does not list this track or confirm its public access, maintenance, or parking. That does not establish that it is closed, but the uncertainty matters: confirm lawful access before travelling. The mapped start is separate from Mossman Gorge Cultural Centre, so don’t assume that site’s parking or facilities serve this route. Domestic pets are prohibited in Queensland national parks; certified support dogs have separate rules.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Daintree
688 sightingsSouthern CassowaryMost seen around 5 PMSighting map
1,788 sightingsSaltwater CrocodileMost seen around 4 PMSighting map
242 sightingsSpectacled Flying-foxMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
332 sightingsBoyd's Forest DragonMost seen around 10 AMSighting map
46 sightingsVictoria's RiflebirdMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
188 sightingsLace MonitorMost seen around 10 AMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Daintree. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
