Skyrail Rainforest Cableway

17th August 2023. The day started at 6.50am. We got up, showered and had breakfast (which every morning has been cereal and milk bought from the supermarket).

We left the resort at 7.55am to drive to the Skyrail at Smithfield, arriving at 8.15am. We were a bit early so we wandered around the gift shop until it was time to board the gondolas at 9am.

We boarded the first gondola which took us on a 15 minute journey high above the Barron Gorge National Park.

Skyrail Rainforest cableway is a 7.5km scenic cableway running above the Barron Gorge National Park in the wet Tropics of Queensland's World Heritage area. It operates from the Smithfield terminal in Cairns to the Kuranda terminal on the Atherton Tableland. Offering stunning views of the rainforest, coral sea and the Cairns Highlands.

We disembarked at Barron Gorge where we followed a short track through the rainforest where the views were spectacular.

Rainforest discovery zone.

We then boarded the 2nd gondola lift which took 12 minutes to Barron falls where there was a lookout.

We boarded the 3rd and last gondola at 9.52am which took us to the last leg of the skyrail journey, Kuranda, a small mountain village near Cairns.

On the previous 2 gondolas, we had to share with other passengers, but we had the last one to ourselves so we could move from front and back enjoying the views.

The skyrail has won more than 25 awards, and it's not hard to see why, it was a really enjoyable experience, and the rainforest was fabulous to see.

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