1-Hour Daintree River Wildlife Cruise: Experience Local Aussie Family-Operated Ecotour
4.8
805 Ratings
Lower Daintree
Embark on a 1-hour wildlife cruise along the stunning Daintree River. Experience the best of local Australian ecotourism with an Aussie family-operated business.
Duration:
1 hour
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Bruce Belcher’s Daintree River Cruises - Bruce Belcher’s Daintree River Cruises provide a sixty-minute wildlife excursion. We are passionate, sincere, thrilling, and knowledgeable. As avid ornithologists, we possess a sharp ability to spot crocodiles and arboreal serpents, with a 98% success rate in sighting crocodiles, especially during the colder seasons. While we do not offer specific bird watching tours, the indigenous avian population in the Daintree is plentiful.
What's Included
- Complimentary local Daintree tea, coffee, or slushies
What's Not Included
- Raincoats
Additional Information
WHY OUR CRUISE IS THE BEST IN THE DAINTREE:
• A local Aussie family business that live a great lifestyle in the Daintree and want to share our Daintree river tours with you!
• Experienced Local Guides.
• Located at a private boutique location
• Nature walk to private jetty in a Conservation Park.
We operate Daintree tours from our home on the banks of the Daintree River in a secluded wildlife boutique facility. Come and relax in our garden room, listen to the surrounding wildlife and enjoy a complimentary Daintree Tea or coffee before or after your Daintree river tours experience. Peruse our tropical souvenir collection. Meander through our lush tropical garden to our private jetty
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Guests must be capable to walk 200-250 meters to the boat
- Refunds will not be issued if tour/activity is missed due to late or non-arrival of cruise ship
- Notice is required if you are bringing a service animal
- Guests must be capable to walk 200-250 Mtrs to boat on a gravel path that has slight inclines, declines & steps.
Location
2856 Mossman Daintree Rd
Mossman Daintree Road
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(805 Ratings)
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Kimity1691
Apr 23, 2024
Crocodile Cruise on the Daintree - Fantastic trip and the free lunch for the 12.00 midday tour served the freshest sausage rolls and spinach and fetta rolls!’
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Edlambourn
Apr 10, 2024
Great! - Saw a great croc! Our guide (Bruce) was knowledgable and funny. Far out!
Best times to see crocs are when tide is low (certain times of day) and temperature is cool (not summer).
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Jessparish11
Apr 3, 2024
Definitely recommend whilst exploring this area - Lovely family run business, comfortable boat trip, saw 4 crocodiles, the guy on the boat was really informative and it was very enjoyable. Free slushie at the end too!
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U8646hbbarbarab
Apr 2, 2024
informative - The views were amazing saw crocs informative heaps of photos taken.We just happen to come upon this when we missed the daintree turn so glad we did though
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Nigel
Mar 9, 2024
Daintree river cruise - Great time on the Daintree river following the cyclone and subsequent flooding in January shows how nature can be devastating. Saw quite a bit of wildlife and heard some interesting stories.
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Jaljoto
Nov 24, 2023
Great tour - Would highly recommend Bruce’s tour. Gave us a great Daintree river experience. Only saw 2 crocs being the time of year but very informative guide who shared his knowledge of the river itself, the crocs and birds.
He searched the whole time looking for more crocs.
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Ashleigh_e
Nov 14, 2023
Amazing, informative and one of a kind! - The whole tour was flawless. The tour guide was extremely informative not only on the crocs and wildlife but the mangroves and conservation of the rainforest. Was very interesting and fun! One of a kind experience and loved seeing wild crocs! Would definitely recommend
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Krista_k
Oct 28, 2023
Enjoyed it! - Really enjoyed the tour even though we only saw one croc. Nice boat ride around the Daintree, knowledgeable guide
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Nogawakame
Apr 18, 2024
Egret Summit, late autumn - Usually they fly in groups of just a few, but on this particular day, hundreds of them were flapping about. A flock of them seemed to gather from nowhere, dance wildly, and then scatter a few hours later.
It was a clear, chilly day in late autumn, and you could feel winter approaching.
They could also be seen facing each other and striking a courtship pose. It's a mysterious habit, and I wonder if it's the birds' instinct, or if it's some kind of means of communication.
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Diannew78
Oct 30, 2023
Croc sighting was disappointing. - Only rated it 3 stars because it was a disappointment that we only saw the middle back of only one crocodile, could not see it's head or tail, and from a distance amongst reeds in the last 5 minutes of the cruise, might as well been a rock to the layman. We pretty much were conditioned the minute we all stepped on the boat that more than likely we wouldn't see any because of tide, water temp, time of day etc.etc. I know you can't predict nature but perhaps on their website they could suggest the best time of day or time of year etc. The river cruise itself was enjoyable and peaceful but don't pin your hopes on seeing crocs if that's your aim.
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