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It takes ten days to reach Cape York. And nine full days before it’s safe to go in the water. By the time we make it as far as Fruit Bat Falls, we’ve driven around 1,400 kilometres north from Cairns (Gimuy). Along the way, we’ve skirted palm-fringed beaches and cruised along jungled rivers. This entire peninsula is crocodile country, whether it’s coastal or riverine. The one exception is at Fruit Bat Falls, a place where everyone who’s travelling to or from The Tip, 130 kilometres north, stops to wash off the dust and sweat in the safest body of water on the peninsula. As for me, I’ve been looking forward to massaging my shoulders beneath the spring-fed cascades of Eliot Creek, while others prefer to soak in hollowed-out rock pools above the falls. You could hardly go wrong either way. Explore the Cape York Peninsula on the 13-day and all-inclusive Cape York Wilderness Adventure with Outback Spirit.