Most bookedDaintree & Mossman Gorge Day Tour
The classic loop from Cairns: Mossman Gorge with a smoking ceremony, an hour on the river, lunch near Cape Tribulation.
On the road: About 5 hours return
Twelve ways into the Daintree, sorted by where they start and how long they take. Each one has its own page with the road time, the day, and what guests say.
A long day: about five hours of it on the coast road, the rest in the forest.
Most bookedThe classic loop from Cairns: Mossman Gorge with a smoking ceremony, an hour on the river, lunch near Cape Tribulation.
On the road: About 5 hours return
Small groupFourteen seats, a restaurant lunch and two lookouts: the most complete Daintree day from Cairns, and the longest.
On the road: About 5 to 6 hours return
By 4WDA 4WD day from Cairns or Port Douglas with a river cruise, lunch in the forest and a freshwater swim.
On the road: About 5 hours return from Cairns
The same forest with two hours less driving, and smaller groups.
Less drivingTwo hours less on the road than from Cairns: 14 seats, croc spotting, lunch at Heritage Lodge and fruit ice cream.
On the road: About 3 hours return
Max 10Ten guests at most, a personal guide, lunch at Heritage Lodge with a drink, and a swim in Cooper Creek.
On the road: About 3 hours return
Canopy ziplineAbout two hours on a canopy zipline, a guided beach walk at Cape Tribulation and an hour in the mangroves.
On the road: About 3 hours return
No transfer: drive yourself to the river, the falls or Cape Tribulation.
Self-driveOne hour on the river with a naturalist, two different routes, and a pass that stays valid for 14 days.
On the road: None, you drive yourself
Private fallsAn off-road ride across private land to a 21 m waterfall and its pool, with nobody else there.
On the road: None, you drive yourself
After darkNinety minutes in the forest after dark with a naturalist and your own torch, looking for frogs, owls and glowing fungi.
On the road: None, you drive yourself
Kuku Yalanji guides, the reef from Cape Tribulation, or both World Heritage areas in two days.
Kuku Yalanji guidesA full day led by Kuku Yalanji Traditional Custodians: ceremony, fish traps, bush foods, Mossman Gorge and the Daintree.
On the road: About 3 hours return
Reef from the beachA fast boat from Cape Tribulation beach to two sites at Mackay Reef, with about two hours in the water.
On the road: None, it leaves from the beach
Reef + forestAn outer reef snorkel day and the 4WD rainforest day, booked together from Cairns on dates you pick.
On the road: About 5 hours on the forest day