Daintree River Cruise: Wildlife and Ecosystem Tour
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328 Ratings
Lower Daintree

Embark on an immersive wildlife experience cruise in the Daintree Rainforest. Glide along the river, spot Estuarine Crocodiles, and learn from knowledgeable local guides. Book now!

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Daintree - Experience the Daintree Rainforest in the best way. Enjoy a scenic river cruise and learn all about the fascinating tropical ecosystem. Spot animals in their natural habitat; crocodiles, birds, snakes, butterflies, fish, and more.
What's Included
  • Tea and coffee
  • Free wifi available at the main centre
Additional Information

Immerse yourself deep into the rainforest by taking a trip on our world-renowned wildlife experience cruise. During your 60
90 minute journey, you will slowly glide along the Daintree River while one of our local guides shares their knowledge about the unique tropical ecosystem. Along the way, you will also have the chance to see native wildlife such as…

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Location
2914 Mossman Daintree Rd
Mossman Daintree Road
We are located just before the Daintree Village, just follow the main road North until you see our signs and then turn right when you spot our driveway. Travel Times Cairns - 1 hour and 30 minute drive Port Douglas - 45 minute drive Mossman - 30 minute drive
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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(328 Ratings)
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Beverleya15
Aug 15, 2025
Sit back and take it all in. - A leisurely afternoon cruise to finish off the day. My party of 4 enjoyed the afternoon cruise. We we shown 4 of the local crocodiles. We also saw some other wildlife, including a kingfisher and a heron. Stories of the Daintree were told and lots of localised information was also shared making it a wonderful afternoon.
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Leigh_g
Aug 14, 2025
Great cruise - A great cruise down the Daintree river for an hour. Saw three very large and iconic crocs of the area. Skipper was very knowledgeable. Highly recommended
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X3053kism
Aug 10, 2025
Brilliant tour - Simply put this is a must if you are in the area and would like to both see and learn about can’t water crocs. Love the guides knowledge and sense of humour.
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Happiness53663471812
Aug 10, 2025
Well worth it, we will recommend this - What an experience, Adam is the best tour director/river boat Captain I met yesterday. Absolutely FULL of knowledge, answered every question asked. My wife and I would highly recommend this tour, humour and knowledge goes together like “peas n carrots”. If only learnt one thing yesterday, it was “Crocodiles DO NOT eat smart people”. Thank you Adam, you added to our fantastic holiday
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Vicki
Aug 5, 2025
Great river cruise - Fantastic river cruise with Alan, the captain and guide. He was so knowledgeable about the wildlife and an excellent spotter. Highlight was seeing a grey heron catching and eating a baby croc! Highly recommend this trip.
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Wendy
Aug 5, 2025
Daintree River Cruise Centre is the best in the business. Look for the blue signs with the white birds as you drive. - Daintree River Cruise Centre provided a wonderful wildlife river cruise experience. We were greeted by the crew at the centre on arrival, provided with refreshments before the cruise and our tour guide Allan then gave us a great commentary on the wildlife we were seeing all along the river. Crocodiles (adults and babies), birds and plants. All of the amenities both on the boat and on land were clean and well maintained. I can highly recommend this trip to all, adults and children alike.
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595neeshas
Aug 3, 2025
Amazing - Amazing experience. We saw many crocodiles - male, females and young ones. The tour guide was entertaining and knowledgeable.
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Coastal691645
Jul 31, 2025
A must do - This was a lot of fun. We saw six adult crocs up close, and a baby about 20 cm long. The tour guide was friendly, helpful, and full of information. All of the rest of the staff were great, too.
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Murrayc708
Jul 30, 2025
Informative and entertaining - A very enjoyable cruise up and down the Daintree River. Saw crocodiles of many sizes and impressive stands of rainforest and mangroves. The experience was greatly enhanced by our very knowledgeable and friendly guide and captain Mick who excelled in explaining the flora and fauna of the river. Would thoroughly recommend this.
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H3570gzlizp
Jul 30, 2025
What a great time! Beautiful River, Lovely staff, Oh so Dramatic Croc love affairs! - Thankyou to the staff @ DRCC, That was a fantastic hour on the River - I have been traveling through QLD for some time now with the ever looming concern of 'what if there are Croc's here now?!' and FINALLY got to see them up close; incredibly close with this cruise! I saw crocodiles sleeping, crocodiles flirting, Scarface cruising and even got to take my dog with us (super rare to find pet friendly 'things to do', so thank-you DRCC.) Reception upon arrival knew exactly who we were, remembered our dogs name and was lovely to be around. Our guide/ captain was fantastic on the tour and took our relatively small group right up beside (<2m) a number of different crocodiles (4-5). We learnt about a number of historical events of the region and saw a small number of other species that live life on the river. Nature is a beautiful place and I am very happy with Daintree River Cruise Centre as our choice of river tour.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).