1-Hour Daintree River wildlife cruise
Description
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
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Bruce Belcher’s Daintree River Cruises offer a one-hour wild life cruise. We are enthusiastic, honest, exciting and informative. We are keen bird watchers and have a good eye for crocodiles and tree snakes, with crocodiles being spotted on 98% of trips, particularly in cooler months. We don't provide Daintree bird watching tours however the native bird life in the Daintree is abundant.
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Important Information
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Service animals allowed
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- 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.
Reviews(966)
We were welcomed & enjoyed the river tour very much. Chris was our guide & he was very informative & had a sense of humour.
A fabulous tour, Chris our guide was entertaining and informative.
Thank you for your great review. We are happy to read that you had a fabulous tour with Chris. We hope to welcome you back again soon.
This was a great tour and awesome value for money since we got the most delicious spinach and ricotta roll for lunch after the tour and it was really hot and superb, plus a can of drink. We saw lots of crocodiles and Chris answered everyone’s questions. He was very knowledgeable.
Thank you so much for your wonderful review! We're delighted to hear you enjoyed your wildlife cruise and found it to be great value for money. It's fantastic that you got to see plenty of crocodiles. We're also pleased you enjoyed your hot spinach and ricotta roll and drink after the cruise. It's great to know they were a welcome addition to your day. Thank you for choosing to cruise with us. We hope to welcome you back to the Daintree again in the future!
This was a fabulous trip It was a nice drive up from port Douglas to where you get on the boat. They had a well stocked souvenir shop and it was a lovely tropical walk down to catch the boat. The tour guide was very engaging and it was educational and fun and we saw a variety of crocodiles. Excellent value for money.
Thank you so much for your wonderful review. It’s fantastic that you found the commentary both educational and entertaining, and even better that you were able to see a variety of crocodiles in their natural habitat. Thank you for recommending us and for choosing to cruise with us. We hope to welcome you back on another Daintree River adventure in the future.
What an adventure- Ray our guide was entertaining and knew his stuff! He shared facts about crocs and knew where to find newly born ones through giant adults. Many have names (Scarface and charlotte) and stories to explain their size, activities, speed and territory coverage. Years on the river meant an array of stories from Ray to keep all entertained. The office had a nice gift shop, coffee and bar set up as well. Well worth the ticket for sure!
Thank you for your wonderful review! We're happy to read that you had such an enjoyable adventure on the river with Ray. His knowledge of the crocodiles, their behaviour, and the stories behind some of our famous locals like Scarface and Charlotte always helps bring the Daintree to life for our guests. We're also pleased you enjoyed our facilities, including the gift shop, coffee, and bar area. Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. We hope to welcome you back again in the future.
Very entertaining boat driver who found multiple crocs and other wildlife in various stages and ages. We thoroughly enjoyed it and the boat company is well organised.
Thank you for your wonderful review. We're happy to read that you enjoyed your cruise and that our skipper was able to find multiple crocodiles and other wildlife for you to see. It's also great to read that you found our operation well organised. We work hard to ensure our guests have an enjoyable and informative experience from check-in through to the cruise itself. Thank you for choosing to cruise with us, and we hope to welcome you back to the Daintree again in the future.
The Daintree River itself is beautiful and we were fortunate enough to see several crocodiles during the one-hour cruise, so the wildlife aspect of the tour was worthwhile. Unfortunately, the guide significantly detracted from the experience. His accent was very difficult to understand, particularly for the many international visitors on board. After the tour, a French tourist commented that she wasn't even sure he had been speaking English. The commentary was also filled with crude and unnecessary humour. One story involved graphic descriptions of a cow killed by a crocodile and left to decompose, including details about gases building up and being expelled from the carcass. It was unpleasant, unprofessional and added nothing to the tour. Overall, the wildlife was interesting, but the guide's delivery, attitude and choice of commentary made this a fairly mediocre experience. There are likely better river cruise operators in the area.
Excellent trip and we saw 6 crocs!! Guide was great and very informative about the river history and the local crocodiles.
Thank you for your excellent review. We are so happy that you enjoyed your river cruise and got to see 6 crocs. It's fantastic to read that you thought our guide was great and informative. Thank you so much for visiting and we hope to welcome you back soon.
It provides an amazing perspective of the Daintree with sightings of crocodiles and other wildlife. We were provided with great service and an excellent guide with extensive knowledge.
Thank you for your wonderful review. We’re happy to read you enjoyed your time exploring the Daintree and that you were able to see crocodiles and other wildlife in their natural habitat. It’s wonderful that you found our team to be knowledgeable and to provide excellent service, I will be sure to pass this on to the team. We appreciate your kind words and hope to welcome you back to the Daintree again in the future.
Service was excellent. The facilities were good.
Thank you for your great review. I'm glad to read that you found our facilities good and the service excellent. We hope you come visit us again.
