A desperate search for a two-year-old boy missing in remote Far North Queensland has been suspended until Thursday morning.

Key points: Police, SES, Indigenous rangers and local workers have all joined the search for Ruben

Police, SES, Indigenous rangers and local workers have all joined the search for Ruben The local SES director says it is remote landscape, which made the search more challenging

The local SES director says it is remote landscape, which made the search more challenging The property has a large number of swamps and waterways and the area is known crocodile habitat

Toddler Ruben Scott was last seen late on Tuesday afternoon near the homestead of Koolatah Station, about 100 kilometres east of Kowanyama in Cape York.

SES crews and police were flown into the area from Cairns while neighbouring cattle properties use mustering helicopters to search for the boy.

SES regional director Wayne Coutts said they were also using drones with technology capable of detecting body heat.

"This is absolutely urgent, a young child like this," Mr Coutts said.

"All resources are being poured into this."

Inspector Mark Henderson said police, SES crews, Indigenous rangers and construction workers from Kowanyama had been taking part in the search.

Ruben Scott, 2, is missing from Koolatah Station in Far North Queensland. ( Supplied: Natasha Scott )

"It is a bit cool out here but it is north Queensland," Inspector Henderson said.

"We can only thank the community at large for the assistance … they are giving to the people here on this property.

"It is challenging in such remote country."

Mr Coutts said they hoped Ruben had not strayed too far from home.

SES crews and police are being flown into the area from Cairns. ( ABC News: Jesse Thompson )

"We have lots of area to cover but statistics tell us that someone under three years old should be found within 2 kilometres of the last area from where they were last seen," he said.

"That's the focus at the moment."

It is understood the family has been living at the property since January.

Koolatah Station is described as having a large number of waterways and swamps.

The area is a known crocodile habitat.