4WD Cape Tribulation
Do
you need a 4WD
in Cape Tribulation?
If you only visit Cape Tribulation and are not planning to go any further north, you don't need a 4WD.
Lots of people drive here from Cairns in their two wheel drives - the road is good and sealed all the way.
But if you want to continue up to Cooktown, (or if you want to venture into some small 4WD tracks around in the area), you will need a four wheel drive vehicle.
4WD Cape Tribulation
The coastal road to Cooktown is the famous Bloomfield Track, and there is also another one that goes from Daintree Village to Bloomfield, which is the even more famous CREB Track.
CREB Track is a steep and narrow four wheel drive track where you need both a four wheel drive vehicle and also use the four wheel drive gears, at least on the steep slopes.
Bloomfield Road is a reasonable gravel road, except that there are a few creek crossings (easy and almost dry most times but this depends on the recent weather); and the fact that you cross a few mountain ranges which indeed are quite steep.
It depends on your skills and your vehicle whether you want to use your four wheel drive gears to keep traction on the steep slopes, but you do need a four wheel drive vehicle because you need high clearance at least in creek crossings.
4WD Cape Tribulation
This is something to remember when you read about whether you need a *four wheel drive* on a particular road or not.
Are they talking about that you need a four wheel drive vehicle to get across or are they talking about that you need to engage your four wheel drive function? That's two different things!
They may say that you get through in two wheel drive - but this may mean that they got through without using the four wheel drive gears.
But you likely still need a four wheel drive vehicle because you need high clearance!
A lot of the times in Cape York you will get through, even most parts of the so-called real 4WD tracks, without engaging your 4WD gears (we have tried this just for more challenge on some of those tracks and it works), but it does not mean that you will get through in a two wheel drive vehicle!
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