Daintree Rainforest is a primitive (over one hundred and thirty-five million years old) tropical coastal rainforests located north of Mossman near Cairns in northern Australia. Daintree, spread over an area of 1,200 square kilometres, is the largest contiguous rainforest in mainland Australia. A section of the rainforest, which has been named after Richard Daintree, is protected by Daintree National Park, which was set up in 1981. Daintree rainforest is drained by the Daintree River. Daintree was added to the World Heritage Site list in 1988.

Fauna and flora:

Daintree Rainforest, which comprises a huge biological diversity ranging from frogs, marsupials, reptile, bats, birds, butterflies, endangered Cassowary and insects species. The primitive flowering plants of Austrobaileya scandens and Idiospermum australiense also grow in Daintree.

Climate:

The climate at Daintree is tropical in nature with the summer temperature touching 32 degree Celcius to maximum in summer and 25 degree Celcius in the winter. Rainshowers generally occur during summer season.

Activities/attractions at Daintree:

• Wilderness Adventure starting in the early morning
• Daintree River Cruise

• Cape Tribulation: a pocket in the Daintree rainforest
• Cape Tribulation and Daintree Eco Experience: Trip to Port Douglas via Captain Cook Highway, one of Australia’s most scenic drives.

• Visiting Rainforest Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary
• Daintree Rainforest Safari on landcruiser
• Visiting the entomological museum in the Daintree rainforest featuring collection of rare and exotic butterflies and insects of Australia.
• Daintree, Cape Tribulation and Bloomfield Track safaris: Billy Tea Bush Safaris is a well known day tour operator
• Outer Great Barrier Reef and Daintree Tours (2 day) featuring spending a day at Moore Reef, snorkeling, observing coral beauty from a semi-submersible craft or glass bottom boat and trails along the rainforest.
• Horse riding
• Visiting Daintree Rainforest Environmental Centre where one gets familiarized with the rainforest from a 23 metre high canopy tower
• Art Gallery housing arts and crafts made by the rainforest inhabitants.
• Dragonfly Gallery at Cape Tribulation
• Dubuji Boardwalk: A 1.8 km long interpretive boardwalk through forest and mangroves.
• Tasting exotic tropical fruits available at  the exotic fruit orchards at Cape Tribulation
• Marrdja Boardwalk (1.1 km long)
• The Great Dividing Range
• Mossman Gorge
• Golden beaches like Myall Beach, Coconut Beach, Cape Trib Beach, Emmagen Beach, Donovan’s Beach and Noah’s Beach
• The Great Barrier Reef is just 45 minutes offshore by boat
• Coral reef near cape Trib
• Bouncing stones Aboriginal site at Thornton Beach in the Daintree National Park

Reaching:

By air:
Cow Bay airstrip serves aeroplanes and helicopters

By road:
Daintree is 100 km northwest of Cairns. Rental cars and buses are available.

Accommodation:

• Cape Trib Beach House (is located where the rainforest meets the reef)
• Cape Tribulation Resort & Spa
• Daintree Cape Tribulation Heritage Lodge (adjoins Cape Tribulation National Park)
• Daintree Eco Lodge & Spa (luxury rainforest retreat, located 45 km from Port Douglas on Mossman River)
• Daintree Wilderness Lodge
• Ferntree Rainforest Lodges (close to Cape Tribulation Beach)
• Voyages Silky Oaks Lodge
• The Daintree Valley Haven Rainforest Bunglaws
• Daintree Wilderness Rainforest
• Tranquility Daintree Accommodation
• Red Mill House Daintree Bread and Breakfast
• Daintree Riverview Holiday Cabins
• Cockatoo Hill Daintree Rainforest Retreat, To the Beach Daintree Beachfront Hotel
• Wait – a – while Daintree Rainforest Retreat