Eat locally grown exotic tropical fruit from the Amazon, the Caribbean and Borneo

You will get some exotic fruit on your breakfast platter, but many rare fruit do not really lend themselves to eating for breakfast . If you are interested in learning more about the fruit, the tasting presentation and the orchard tour gives you an in-depth understanding.

Exotic Fruit Tasting and Orchard Walk

 

Watch a Daintree River sunset and then cruise the tributaries in the dark, looking for crocodiles and other wildlife from the boat.

Join Dan Irby on a night cruise with Mangrove Adventures to have a memorable experience, with lots of wildlife. Dan does not do this tour every night, so it is best to book early. Note that you need to be self drivers.

Dan Irby - Mangrove Adventures Sunset Tour

Find the Idiospermum trees in the Noah Creek and Cooper Creek valleys - living fossils thought to be extinct.

The Cooper Creek Wilderness has a guided 2 hour day walk which takes you into an Idiospermum forest, and the Maardja Boardwalk also identifies these trees.

Cooper Creek Wilderness CCW1 - 2 hour Guided Day Walk

 

Climb into the rainforest canopy, and see the rainforest from a different perspective.

You can do this in two different ways - by climbing the aerial tower at the Daintree Discovery Centre or if you are more adventurous, by going Jungle Surfing on a zipline.

Jungle Surfing Canopy Tours

 

Go snorkelling or diving on McKay and Undine Reefs.

The Great Barrier Reef is only a short distance offshore and we recommend that you do a reef trip while you are here, to fully appreciate the Daintree Coast ‘where the rainforest meets the reef’. Rumrunner offers a full day trip, and receives rave reviews from our guests.

Rumrunner Full Day Reef Trip

Spot a python or a dragon on a nightwalk.

There is no guarantee of what animals (if any) you will see on a night walk. It is mainly weather and moon dependent. The ideal conditions are wet day, dry night, no wind and no moon. The rainforest is a different place at night! There are several commercial tours available - with Cooper Creek Wilderness and Masons Tours.

Cooper Creek Wilderness CCW2 2 hr Guided Nocturnal Tour
Masons Croc Spotting Night Walk

 

See a cassowary in the wild.

Our guests have had many encounters with cassowaries over the years, usually when least expected. We have had a cassowary walk under the cottage balcony while the guests were having breakfast! A cassowary has chased our guests as they followed our self-guided rainforest trail. But they are elusive, and there are no guarantees.

This means that if you really want to see a cassowary, your best chance is to – do a guided walk with Cooper Creek Wilderness who have several resident cassowaries living in their forest which are sighted on a regular basis – or spend time at Jindalba Visitor Centre, a boardwalk near the Daintree Discovery Centre, which is a known hot spot - or walk up Emmagen Creek for a half day.

Cooper Creek Wilderness CCW1 - 2 hour guided day tour

Meet and interact with one of the traditional owners at the Bloomfield Falls

The Walker sisters take you for a half hour guided walk into the falls and you see the country from their perspective – it is a special experience – low key and genuine. Don’t expect a ‘performance’ – they are shy and if you ask questions and show your interest, they will respond. You can do this with Masons 4WD Tours – either with the half day tour or the full day Cooktown tour. (Unfortunately for the Cooktown tour, you need to have a minimum of 4 people to be able to book and confirm online).

Masons 1/2 day Waterfall 4WD Safari
Masons Full Day Cooktown 4WD Safari (Min 4)

Cruise the mangroves at Coopers Creek and see a crocodile up close.

We especially recommend this cruise in winter at low tide when you will see numerous large crocodiles. Cape Tribulation Cruises does at least 2 trips a day. Cooper Creek Wilderness offers a 6 hour rainforest package which includes this cruise, as well as their 2 hour guided walk, lunch at a local restaurant, and a swim in a private swimming hole on Coopers Creek. This is a great combination. We also recommend this package to guests who do not have their own transport, as transfers are available.

Cooper Creek Wilderness CCW3 6-Hr Rainforest Package

Paddle around the Cape Trib headland.

A great way to see Cape Tribulation from a new perspective, with the towering cliffs of the cape, making you feel very insignificant. The paddling is not difficult. There are two companies - Cape Trib Paddletrek - and Cape Tribulation Sea Kayaking, which also hires boats for you to do your own trip. You can book either of these tours with us when you arrive. We recommend the morning paddle as the wind can pick up in the afternoon.

Paddletrek Cape Tribulation Morning Adventure Paddle

 

Stand under the waterfall at Noah Valley

You can only have this experience if you join the half day quided walking tour with Noah Valley Trek, as it is on private property. The waterfall dries up by the end of October. You can book this with us when you arrive.

Watch the sunrise from the south headland of Cape Trib on Myall Beach, and enjoy an early morning walk, with nobody else around.

Sunrise is around 6 - 6.30am. If you take the shortcut through our orchard, you can be on the beach in 10 minutes walk from the cottage. Be back in time for a late breakfast ordered for 8.30 am.

Spend some time walking in the Cape Trib area.

You can walk along Myall Beach and do the Dubuji boardwalk to experience the lowland tropical rainforest just behind the beach. You can climb over the cape to Cape Tribulation Beach and 'do' the Look Out. Our beaches are usually deserted and have wide sandy expanses.

Swim in the Emmagen Creek swimming hole with the freshwater tortoises and the jungle perch.

It is worth spending a half day in the Emmagen area. You can drive a normal car to Emmagen Creek, but if you would prefer it, we are happy to drop you there, and you can find your own way back, either on foot or by bicycle.

Develop your depth of knowledge about the Daintree Coast while you are here.

Make time for a visit to the Daintree Discovery Centre, or The Bat House, as they both present lots of in-depth information about the area, and do this early in your stay, so that you can better appreciate what you see.

Explore the ‘real’ rainforest on your own – away from the boardwalks.

There are several options to do this – you can walk up a creek like Emmagen and just follow the river for a few kilometres. You won’t get lost, and you can go deep into the rainforest away from the roads and other people.

You can also take our self-guided walk into the World Heritage Rainforest on the hills above the cottage.

Climb Mt Sorrow and view the Daintree coastline stretching out before you.

On a good day, the view is fantastic, but you need to be fit. If you only have a few days at Cape Trib, there are better walks to do. This is for those who are fit and adventurous.