Daintree Rainforest / Cape Tribulation

Woke up at 6:30 :-( and started our tour at 7:30 when being picked up by Shane in his "joungle tours" van. Our guide introduced us and himself (I'm Shane, from Australia) to the others of the group who've already been at the van. Our first stop was in Cairns - we had to pay the rest of the amount which we did not pay while we booked the day before. After finishing the paying, we went to the "2nd most beautiful ocean road in Australia" which took us along Ellis Beach to our first lookout (the first time we could see Snapper Island).

Afterwards we went on to Mosman Gorge and started our Rainforest Walk where Shane showed us some dangerous leafes and other stuff in a manner that would even have made Steve Irwin look like a school kid. (For example the "Gimpy Gimpy" leaf - "gimpy means very bad in aboriginal. What do you think gimpy gimpy means??" ;-) ). While walking through the forest we also had the chance to take a swim in a crystal clear river which was "100 % croc free" ;-) Then we went back to the van where we had to wait for 2 german girls which seperated themselves from the group a few minutes earlier. bloody germans...;-) (usually we had to wait for the spanish - but that's "normal").

After continuing our journey we arrived at our next stop where we entered a small boat and made a Daintree River cruise with an eagle eyed guide. He saw really everything....amazing! Whil sitting in the boat we saw our first crocs live outside a zoo. That was really awesome...and they grew bigger with each seeing.

But besides crocs we also saw some interesting birds (kingfisher for example) and a lot of mangroves ;-) But, obviously, the crocs where the most interesting animals at this moment. Even after one of the biggest frogs in this area entered our boat and refused to leave ;-)

Then we hopped on the bus again, continued our journey to the Koala Beach Resort where we stopped for lunch and for a group pic and a cool view.


Afterwards we went to world famous "Cape Tribulation" where we had some time, took some photos (Rainforest meets Ocean), relaxed and prepared for our return trip home.

After crossing the Daintree River once more (the river where we saw the crocs!), Shane gave us a lift to the city and we went for dinner at a chinese take away at the local food court where we finished off the day.

A perfect 1st trip on a perfect day!