Daintree River and Mossman Gorge: Half-Day Wildlife Tour

Embark on a half-day adventure with Daintree Discovery Tours, exploring the Daintree River and Mossman Gorge. Spot wildlife, enjoy a cruise, and immerse yourself in the healing rainforest. Limited time? No problem!

Duration: 4 hours, 45 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Daintree River - You will board a cruise along the Daintree River, looking out for all manner of creatures, including the estuarine crocodile, snakes, birds, frogs, and more.
  • Mossman Gorge - We arrive at Mossman Gorge, which is the southern part of the Daintree Rainforest. Your guide will take you on a walk and share their knowledge of the local flora and fauna and answer any questions you may have. This is an easy 500m return walk mostly along boardwalks.

You can enjoy a swim in the crystal-clear rainforest stream, which can be quite refreshing, whilst being surrounded by the beautiful and healing Mossman Gorge rainforest. What a great way to spend a morning!

What's Included
  • Tea and coffee
Additional Information

This is a great tour for those who only want to spend a half-day out or are short on time. We visit two areas on this trip, Daintree River and Mossman Gorge.

We begin with a drive along the Captain Cook Highway, on the way to the Daintree River, and share a little history along the way.

Here, we board a cruise along the Daintree River, looking out for local wildlife, including the estuarine crocodile, snakes, birds, frogs, and more.

After the Wildlife Cruise, we enjoy morning tea with Lamingtons and tea/coffee.

Once in Mossman Gorge National Park, we conduct an interpretive walk along an elevated boardwalk. Weather dependent, we can enjoy a dip in the crystal-clear rainforest stream, whilst being surrounded by the beautiful and healing Mossman Gorge rainforest.

What a memorable way to spend your morning!

Location
Wildlife Habitat
Port Douglas Road
If you are not staying in Port Douglas, we welcome you to meet us at the Wildlife Habitat. There is free and safe parking to leave your car.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Christine
Sep 19, 2024
Great Tour - Had a great time on my tour learning more about the region than I had expected. Mel was fabulous she was welcoming, informative and friendly during the whole trip. I would highly recommend this tour. Thanks again Mel!
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B1735gssueb
Sep 12, 2024
The Daintree - Had a wonderful trip with our guide Mel who was excellent, very efficient and great sense of humour, she even made the delicious muffins for our morning tea!
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Robert
Aug 19, 2024
One for your bucket list - An amazing half day tour which was really informative, ran like clockwork and Mick was a fantastic guide giving plenty of information
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804marniel
Aug 13, 2024
A must half day experience - An amazing half day experience with Mick. He was extremely knowledgeable and made our trip an adventure. We saw 4 crocs on the boat ride and the swim in Mossman Gorge was a must!
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Ness10101
Aug 9, 2024
Wonderful! - We did this half day tour as we didn’t want a tour that took up all our day. Mel picked us up on time and we were greeted with a big smile and bigger welcome as was everyone else on out mini bus. We were given lots entertaining history facts and local knowledge on the trip to the Crocodile River Cruise. On the cruise we saw 5 crocs, around 5 snakes, birds and ducks. The morning tea muffins were the BEST I’ve ever had anywhere.. accompanied with local tea and coffee Next was Mossman Gorge. Mel was informative and showed us many things on the walk we would have normally walked right by and not noticed. We had an opportunity to have a dip in the the beautiful river which my husband did and loved it. The time we had at the Mossman Gorge was enough to whet our appetite and we came back the next day and did the full walk. She dropped us back at our resort on time and with big smiles still on our face ☺️
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236sarr
Jul 30, 2024
Rainforest and crocs - Mel was a fun, friendly and informative guide. We had a great morning and were chuffed to see some crocs and maybe relieved not to see any snakes. Would recommend, although the morning tea was a bit meagre (nice cakes though)
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Trail29741343322
Jul 23, 2024
Great trip - Great half day out. Well worth it. The time at each location was enough and the tour guide was very friendly and informative
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Narfwilk
Jul 21, 2024
Great day out! - An excellent experience guided by ‘Kim’. Very friendly and informative! Saw quite a few crocs with ‘Brad’ and all in all very good day out. Thank you!!!
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Joannehe2517up
Jul 21, 2024
Great 1/2 day trip - We had a great morning with Mel on a 1/2 day Daintree & Mosman Gorge and would highly recommend. Mel was good fun and knowledgeable. Just the right amount of time in each place. Swimming in Mosman Gorge is definitely a plus, beautiful! Shout out to Mel tho!
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Leewn8787mn
Jul 26, 2024
Great introduction to local area - Well organised trip that hit all our expectations. Informative and friendly driver/guide Peer, with timely pick up from our accomodation. While weather wasn’t perfect umbrellas and ponchos were provided. Saw a few crocodiles and rare birds during the morning river cruise and the visit to Mossman Gorge was just enough to whet the appetite for future visits. Fabulous morning tea from local bakery and delivered back to our accomodation on time. A great tour if you are short on time and want an introduction to the history of the local area.
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