National Park "Daintree" - a World Natural Heritage Site, stretches across 1,200 square meters. km north of Cairns. It is a unique place, one of the last pristine rain forests of the world where you can find rare species of plants and animals, including endangered species. The heart of the park - River Daintree (Daintree River), which originates in the mountains of the Great Dividing Range (Great Dividing Range) and flows into the Coral Sea (Coral Sea). If you find yourself in the park during the rainy season, you will see the flow of warm water whipped through the trees on the ground.

The species richness of the park say the following figures: here lives a third of all species of frogs, marsupials and reptiles, 65% of the species of bats and butterflies and 20% of bird species in the country, although the area of ​​the park is just 0, 2% in Australia.

The park was founded in 1981, and in 1988 the oldest rain forest in the world (it has existed continuously for over 110 million years!) Has been listed as a World Natural Heritage by UNESCO as an important proof of evolution and a vivid example of ecological and biological processes. Scientists believe that such an incredible state of constancy of the rainforest is the result of separating Australia from other continents.

But the park "Daintree" - is not only a place to explore the unique flora and fauna. There are interesting geographical features - Gorge Mossman (Mossman Gorge) in the southern part of the park, the Cape of Misfortune (Cape Tribulation), the famous "jumping stones" on the beach Beach Thornton (Thornton Beach). This beach is considered sacred by the local Aboriginal tribe Cook Yalandzhi (Kuku yalanji), it held their mysterious rituals of the women of the tribe. And today is forbidden to carry away the stones from the beach - they say it can bring the curse of ancient spirits.

Here you can go on a walking tour, relax on the clean beaches or picnic. You can get here from Port Douglas or Cairns.