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Daintree & Cape Tribulation
Daintree day tours from Cairns and Port Douglas.
Mossman Gorge, a Daintree River croc cruise and Cape Tribulation in one big day. Compare small group, Indigenous led and private Daintree tours from Cairns and Port Douglas.
- Run by the Daintree tour pioneers, locally owned since 1983
- Small group of up to 20, never a packed coach
- Advanced Ecotourism and Respecting Our Culture certified
- Scan the riverbanks for saltwater crocodiles and rare birdlife
- Keep watch for the elusive southern cassowary
- Easy walking, so beginner fitness is all you need
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- Mossman Gorge, the Daintree and Cape Tribulation in one big day
- Swim where the Mossman River runs over granite boulders
- Scan the riverbanks for saltwater crocodiles
- Golden sand where the rainforest meets the reef
- Keep watch for a cassowary in the rainforest
- No minimum age, so the whole family can come along
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- Be welcomed onto Kuku Yalanji Country by the gorge's traditional custodians
- Swim in clear freshwater holes among the granite boulders of the Mossman River
- Look for wild estuarine crocodiles from the water on the Daintree River
- Get up close with Australian animals at Wildlife Habitat Port Douglas
- Take in the Coral Sea from Rex Lookout
- Travel climate positive on an electric coach
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- Go all the way to Cape Tribulation, where the rainforest meets the reef
- Walk and swim among the boulders at Mossman Gorge
- Spot crocodiles on the Daintree River
- Coral Sea views from Rex Lookout on the coast road
- Finish with a stop at the Daintree Ice Cream Company
- A clear freshwater river under the Daintree canopy
- Calm pools and faster water, on your own schedule
- A guided riverbed walk before you float
- One private booking for groups of up to 20
- Easy to pair with a trip north to Cape Tribulation
- The quieter upper reaches of Mossman Gorge, away from the main track
- Access to a private waterfall
- Wildlife watching with no shared boat
- Back at your accommodation by mid afternoon
- A day shaped around your interests, with custom changes on request
- Float through the rainforest on the Mossman River
- Welcome to country from a Kuku Yalanji guide
- Swim in the clear waterholes of Mossman Gorge
- Freshwater section that isn't known crocodile habitat
- Your own guide, your own pace
