Billy Tea Safaris · Cairns or Port Douglas
Billy Tea Safaris picks you up in a 4WD in Cairns, the Northern Beaches or Port Douglas for a day of river cruise, boardwalk, lunch, a freshwater swim and the beach at Cape Tribulation. Choose it for the swim and the relaxed pace guests describe, not for off-road driving.
Billy Tea Safaris builds this day around a clear plan. After pickup, tea, coffee and biscuits are served at the Daintree Cruise Centre before an hour on the river. Then comes a guided boardwalk among ancient palms (the listing says around 900 years old), lunch with the group, an optional freshwater swim in the rainforest, Cape Tribulation beach and an ice creamery where a signature scoop is included.
The 4WD is the vehicle, not the route. The page name mentions the Bloomfield Track, but the current description does not, and the stops it lists are all on the sealed road to Cape Tribulation. Book it for the day it describes. If a real 4WD track matters to you, ask the operator before booking.
The listing gives eight hours of touring, but up to twelve door to door depending on where you are collected. Cairns guests spend about five hours on the road. Guests on the Cairns Southside go to the office on Draper Street rather than getting a hotel pickup, and everyone should confirm the pickup time 48 hours ahead. The swim is optional: go in only where the guide says it is safe, since crocodiles live in many Daintree waterways.
Your 4WD collects you, then tea, coffee and biscuits at the Daintree Cruise Centre.
An hour on the river with eyes on the banks for crocodiles, snakes and birds.
Across on the cable ferry for a guided boardwalk through the forest and its ancient palms.
Lunch with the group, then an optional freshwater swim in the rainforest.
Time on the beach and an optional short botanical boardwalk to a lookout.
A signature scoop at the ice creamery, the ferry back and drop-off at your hotel.
★★★★★Fantastic day with a brilliant guide, Rohan. Super informative, friendly, leaving no questions unanswered.
★★★★★Great meal plenty of time at each stop amazing scenery.
★★★★★Great time! loved the organization of trip. guide great. loved the food in the jungle!!!
★★★★★Amazing day tour and our guide, John, was great! We got to see alot of different places.
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The current listing does not mention it. The stops it describes are all on the sealed road to Cape Tribulation, so ask the operator if a 4WD track is the reason you are booking.
Yes, an optional freshwater swim in the rainforest after lunch. Swim only where the guide says it is safe.
The listing gives eight hours of touring, and up to twelve hours in total depending on your pickup point. Cairns pickups have the longest day.
Yes. The two-day reef and rainforest package pairs this same rainforest day with an outer reef cruise from Cairns.
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A 4WD day to Cape Tribulation with a river cruise, a guided boardwalk, lunch and a freshwater swim in the forest.
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