As you take the Daintree River Ferry on your way to Cape Tribulation you’re disconnecting from the outside world and stepping back in time. It’s home to the world’s oldest rainforest and its largest coral reef. It’s a place of raw and wild beauty, where you can emerge from the dense rainforest onto the sun-bleached sands of an isolated beach. The Daintree Coast offers many activities, from the easy-going to the exciting. Nature lovers can experience first-hand a place that Sir David Attenborough described as “the most extraordinary place on Earth”. A guided tour will explain the intricacies of this ancient ecosystem and introduce you to strange creatures found nowhere else.

The Daintree River, winding through the oldest living rainforest in the world, is one of the longest rivers on the Australian east coast at 140 kilometres. It harbours 35 mangrove fish species and its lush swamp forest attracts rare and locally prolific bird life, frogs and insect species. Fishing the Daintree River is an outstanding experience. There’s a huge diversity of species from the saltwater ecosystem at the river mouth, to the brackish water in the middle reaches and the freshwater in the upper parts.

Cruise the Daintree River on a guided tour spotting wildlife while you get closer to nature. This is the best way of seeing and understanding the river’s ecosystem and wildlife.