Mount Sorrow — Local services in Cape Tribulation

The car park at the bottom of the trek is a little tricky to see, however it’s a few hundred metres beyond the Cape Trib car park and just before the road becomes gravel (only holds about 3-4 cars). My partner and I are both reasonably fit, however we underestimated the challenge of this climb! In late March on a dry day, we got to the top in about 1hr 50min, with few breaks and got down in about 2 hours. We only carried 1.5L of water each - I’d certainly suggest 2-3L if you can carry it! The first 2km have some ascending, however on the whole it’s a beautiful walk through the Daintree. With a large canopy, you can’t really see the sky but you get a great sense of the rainforest. Expect A LOT of cobwebs and a lot of prickly bushes/plants overhanging the path. The next 1.5km to the top is steep, rocky, slippery if wet and certainly challenging. (We didn’t have great footwear either). The 100m patch with a rope, is the steepest and more difficult aspect - especially on the descent. For this final 1.5km - also expect to have LEECHES galore. We sprayed runners with Aeroguard which did nothing - so if you can take runners, decent socks and spray properly, you won’t regret it! View from the top was amazing - we were lucky and hiked through clouds and had a clear view from the top. Certainly felt worthwhile and more rewarding than simply walking along Cape Trib beach. Just be prepared for it to take a decent amount of time, take plenty of water and snacks, cover your feet and ankles, and hope for a dry day - otherwise parts of the descent will be very challenging! Overall - highly recommended...

Extremely challenging hike totalling almost 8km return with 724m gain in elevation. The carpark is small, only enough room for 3-4 cars so we parked in the Cape Trib beach carpark. Trail begins by small sign on the left side of the road and is marked by orange triangles throughout. The entire trail is narrow and many parts are overgrown with spiky palms. Two fallen trees requiring re-route around. First 1km is almost entirely ascending. Short decent and flattened around at beginning of the second km then met with 50m rock scramble with rope to assist (actually my favourite bit). Last 1.8km is in the clouds, wet, steep and appears to go on forever. The 3km marker was hidden by a fallen tree for us. Saw leeches at the top but they kept away as we used 40% deet. We started the hike on a blue sunny day and were met with thick cloud at the top with no chance of any kind of view. We also didn’t carry enough water, recommend 2-3L per person, you will sweat all of it out. Overall I would only recommend this hike for those seeking the challenge and wanting a truly ‘authentic’ Daintree rainforest experience and not tourists who are expecting a...

The trail is a tough walk! I wouldn’t recommend doing it in the rain. But it’s legit the only decent hike in the Daintree (this is on purpose due to the heritage listing status). This track is 3.5km of entirely steep uphill, it’s a bit brutal. One section even has a rope to assist you because it’s around 60 degree incline (aka, climbing!). And because the top kilometre is up in the clouds, it gets incredibly foggy, wet, slippery (tree roots get so slippy !) and there are many leeches. But once you get to the top, it’s amazing. Definitely go around the metal viewing platform (which is very unremarkable by the way) and walk a further 300m to get to the giant rock at the end. It’s unmarked and a little scrambly but worth it for this rock. Here you can perch and have a picnic with an outlook of the coast. The views are out...