General News
6 June, 2025
Soar high above the beach and rainforests
TANDEM paragliding is coming back to the Tropical North.
A 10-week season opens at Wangetti Beach on June 6 to be operated by High Adventure Paragliding.
Operations manager Nikki Callan said, after a successful trial in June last year and a season in September, the company was returning to take advantage of the tradewinds.
“We launch from Wangetti Beach, which is an unusual take-off as it is normally off a cliff, such as the Rex Lookout,” she said.
“We take flight from Wangetti Beach, just a two-minute drive from the popular Rex Lookout, 30 minutes from Port Douglas and 40 minutes from Cairns.
“With the stunning backdrop of the Coral Sea, beautiful beaches and rainforest-clad mountains, our tropical coastal location is a paragliding paradise.
“Exhilarating aerobatics are optional.”
Miss Callan said the pilots used a winch method to take-off and customers were taken on a 15-20 joyflight up over the lookout, along the coastline and, if the winds were favourable, up to 1000 feet (333m) over the nearby mountain range.
Miss Callan said the flights were available to tourists, visitors and locals.
Jef Chui said he booked a flight for his wife’s birthday last year.
“What a great way to enjoy the scenery of the coast of Far North Queensland,” he said.
The flight is $295 or $345 with the video. A full day combination with a morning visit to Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures and a flight in the afternoon is $379.
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