This park protects endangered mabi forest and a large green fig tree Ficus virens. The formation of this fig tree is unique; its extensive aerial roots drop 15m to the forest floor and form a ‘curtain’.
Location
Just outside Yungaburra on the Atherton Tableland.
Welcome
The Aboriginal Traditional Owners of the Curtain Fig National Park welcome you to their country and ask that you respect their special place.
Park facilities
- No camping
- Walking
- World Heritage
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![Photo of an elevated boardwalk which allows you to take in the curtain fig tree from all angles.]()
An elevated boardwalk allows you to take in the curtain fig tree from all angles.
Photo credit: Michael Petersen © Queensland Government
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![Photo of the unique fig tree with information on how it was formed.]()
Read about how this unique fig tree formed.
Photo credit: Michael Peterson © Queensland Government
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![Photo of the extensive aerial root system of the curtain fig tree.]()
The extensive aerial root system of the curtain fig tree.
Photo credit: Mandy Heales © Queensland Government
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![Photo of the curtain fig tree which is estimated to be over 500 years old.]()
The curtain fig tree is estimated to be over 500 years old.
Photo credit: © Danora Buschkens
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![Photo of well camouflaged Boyd’s forest dragons cling, immobile, to tree trunks in the mabi forest.]()
Well camouflaged Boyd’s forest dragons cling, immobile, to tree trunks in the mabi forest.
Photo credit: © Queensland Government
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![Photo of the fig tree’s extensive aerial roots which form a ‘curtain’.]()
The fig tree’s extensive aerial roots form a ‘curtain’.
Photo credit: © Queensland Government
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