A full guided day from Cairns, the Northern Beaches or Port Douglas into the Daintree: a rainforest walk in Mossman Gorge, an hour on the Daintree River looking for crocodiles, lunch beside Cooper Creek, the beach at Cape Tribulation and tropical fruit ice cream, with every entry fee and meal included.
Days
- Full day, about 11.5 hours from Cairns
Age
- Not recommended under 4
Group size
- Shared coach tour with driver-guide
Start / finish
- Cairns / Mossman Gorge / Daintree / Cape Tribulation / Cairns
- Cairns, about 6:30pm
Return
- Cairns, about 6:30pm
Transport
- Coach with driver-guide; return transfers from Cairns, Northern Beaches or Port Douglas
Meals
- Morning tea, lunch and an ice cream tasting cup
Route
Included experiences
- Mossman Gorge — morning tea and a guided rainforest walk
- Daintree River — 1-hour cruise looking for estuarine crocodiles
- Heritage Lodge — tropical lunch beside Cooper Creek
- Cape Tribulation — walk on the beach where rainforest meets reef
- Daintree Ice Cream Company — tasting cup of orchard-fruit ice cream
- Alexandra Lookout — view over the Daintree River mouth to the Coral Sea
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Reviews
5.0
Based on 28 reviews
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AI summary of 28 reviews
Travellers consistently praise the guides' extensive knowledge of the region's history, wildlife and flora, along with their engaging, entertaining and enthusiastic approach to sharing information about the area. The quality of the included meals stands out most frequently, with numerous mentions of delicious scones, barramundi and other lunch options, and particularly the local fruit ice cream served at the end of the day, alongside the scenic highlights such as Cape Tribulation, the Daintree rainforest and the crocodile river cruises. The most common caveat is that the tour involves substantial road time between locations, and whilst some travellers felt this detracted slightly from time spent in the rainforest itself or noted the itinerary to be whistle-stop in nature, most accepted this as an inevitable consequence of covering a large area in a single day.
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Adrian H. was the best guide for our full day in Cape Tribulation and the Daintree. He was knowledgeable, a great storyteller and funny, and we loved the sights and making new friends.
Our guide Adrian Hazel made the long Cape Tribulation and Daintree day, with the river cruise, heaps of fun. He was knowledgeable and enthusiastic.
We did the full day to Cape Tribulation, the Daintree and Mossman. Our driver guide knew loads about the places, the history, especially of First Nations people, and the wildlife, and joining in Port Douglas saved us the trip from Cairns.
A great day to the Daintree and Cape Tribulation with a croc cruise. Reese was knowledgeable and engaging, the morning scones, lunch and ice cream were all delicious, and we loved the bushwalks and the small group.
We loved the day tour into the Daintree. Our guide Reece was enthusiastic, funny and flexible with good stories about the region, and a cuppa break, lunch and afternoon ice cream were included.
My wife and I did the Daintree and Cape Tribulation tour with Reese, a knowledgeable bloke who made sure everyone had a good time. It isn't a tour for gift-shop stops, but you see most of the area, the barramundi lunch is a winner and it finishes with local fruit ice cream.
