Curtain Fig Tree
A giant strangler fig on the Atherton Tableland whose aerial roots hang like a 15-meter curtain, viewed from a boardwalk loop.
The Curtain Fig Tree lies near the village of Yungaburra on the Atherton Tableland, about 70 kilometers from Cairns. The drive takes roughly 1 hour 15 minutes, climbing over the Gillies Range by a road with hundreds of bends. This strangler fig germinated on a host tree; its aerial roots wrapped around the host, which eventually toppled toward a neighbouring tree, and the aerial roots then hung from the tilted trunk to the ground, forming a ‘curtain’ about 15 meters high. The tree is estimated to be several hundred years old. A boardwalk loop around the tree takes about 5 minutes and is free. It is often combined with Lake Eacham, Lake Barrine and Millaa Millaa Falls for a tableland day trip, and platypuses can be spotted in the streams in the evening.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Lake Eacham (Yidyam)
- Lake Barrine
- Millaa Millaa Falls
- Babinda Boulders
- Josephine Falls
- Granite Gorge Nature Park
- Crystal Cascades
- Rusty's Markets