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A spectacular Aboriginal cultural journey on the traditional lands of the Kuku Yalanji people where you will discover both natural beauty and ancient culture. Included in Tourism Australia’s “Discover Aboriginal Experiences” collective, come and explore the lush tropical rainforest, mangrove & mudflats along with Aboriginal art and culture.
Aboriginal Coastal Adventure: Join a Kubirri Warra clan member on an authentic coastal adventure across the beach, mudflats, and mangroves of their ancestral fishing grounds. Learn about traditional bush medicines and foods and try your hand at throwing a traditional fishing spear!
Manjal Dimbi – Mossman Gorge: Stroll along trails and elevated boardwalks through the World Heritage Listed rainforest as your driver guide shares stories and insights. Afterwards enjoy a delicious lunch infused with bush flavours served in the Mayi Café at the Mossman Gorge Cultural Centre overlooking the tropical rainforest’s edge.
Aboriginal Art & Culture: Visit Janbal Gallery for an immersive art experience with renowned Aboriginal artist Brian ‘Binna’ Swindley. Explore how Dreamtime stories about animals, the environment, and language are expressed through cultural art. Binna will personally guide you through his painting techniques as you create your own small canvas to take home.
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That I should look back and not forward.
Although having good English skills is definitely helpful, the free Japanese audio guide allowed us to understand the explanations without any problem.
Every part of the itinerary was amazing. We were able to fully enjoy the beauty of the Daintree’s rainforest and the ocean. It was truly a memorable experience.
This was a FULL day tour! We were on the “big” van with Adrian H. He was full of information, facts, and least obliged to answer questions. We had 20 people in our group, and Adrian was able to connect and chat with everyone along the way. It’s evident he’s passionate about the Daintree, and by the end of the adventure, so were we.
You can see the layout of the tour in the description. There is a lot of road time in between each activity. From morning scones and tea, to the huge lunch (which has vegetarian and GF options), to the giant portions of locally sourced ice cream—you will NOT go hungry!
I do suggest bringing a hat and a bottle of water. This is a fully guided and fun-filled tour with memories I won’t soon forget. We did this and Kuranda, and to me, that was a bit too similar. I would pick one or the other.
I would highly recommend going with this company, bus was lovely,air-conditioned and very comfortable.
Well done you guys 👍
While the Down Under bus was great (I didn’t have a car), I would spend the whole day here (I love animals though). The shows and presentations are stellar & all part of a relatively low entry fee. I would have looked for public transport (cheap bus) & spent longer there.
Adrian H was our tour guide and patiently explain the history of cairns and dain tree all through the journey. He had a good sense of humour and the narrative was always engaging and kept the audience captive.
The tour started at 7:30 am until 6 pm and we had a stop at mossman, crocodile ferry, daintree beach etc. the tour bus was quote spacious and the tour package included morning tea, lunch and evening ice cream scoop.
On the whole, the tour was excellent and we would never hesitate to recommend to our friends. I should say the host Adrian H was the X factor which made the trip enjoyable.
Thanks Adrian H
The sights were great.
Adrian H, the tour guide is very knowledgeable and amiable.
He made the trip a wholesome experience
We had two tours with them. Firstly, we did Kuranda, and it was amazingly organised. Andrew was very friendly, professional, and super knowledgeable about Cairns. He kept engaging with everyone on the bus their and back it was a lovely day.
Secondly, we went on the cruise and dive tour. We snorkelled, this was also very well organised plenty of time to snorkel, lunch was great plenty of food for everyone beautiful local produce it was a fantastic day could not fault the crew at all.
Thank you all for the amazing experiences.
Afternoon at Hartley’s crocodile park felt a little rushed as we arrived on the bus later than planned. I had my five children including a 7week old baby so needed regular feed and change breaks that limited what tours we could join.
Take sky rail onward and return in train in gold class
You will have sometime to spend in Kuranda village
Barron Falls was an amazing sight. At the village we went to see the Koala Gardens though we felt it was a little bit of rip-off for the price (AUD 38 with the 10% discount for 2 tickets). We wanted to have lunch at the Frogs restaurant but they had closed at 2 pm!
Ended up having lunch at a family run place with very friendly youngsters. A new place that opened in 2023. The picture of the sign is from this restaurant.
The scenic train back was everything that it promises and the on-train audio is clear and understandable.
The coach was waiting for us at the station.
A very enjoyable day that. Highly recommend this.
Everything flowed, no waiting around. Plenty to do.
We went just for half day tour which we thought was enough for us
Thank you to the team for getting us to some epic spots, underwater photographer and good food!
We will certainly be back again!
Well worth doing for everyone.
Left us waiting for 45 minutes at the pick up spot before we reached out to our travel agent and found that the tour was cancelled! Zero effort or attempts were made by down under tours to tell us that the tour was not going ahead and we booked 4 days prior!
I’m also glad we reached out as I don’t think they would have contacted us and they still haven’t contacted us to apologise!
To leave customers waiting at a pick up spot and waste a day of their holiday is unforgivable when we have such limited time here.
So many better alternatives for tour groups, such as Cairns adventure group who prioritise the customer.
We saw a cassowary, crocodiles and the wait-a-while-lead that our awesome guide Scott told us about.
Scott was a blessing to have with us as he had many stories about the place, which gave us a deeper appreciation of the forrest roads when went on
However the train trip back was excellent with a great commentary for all English speaking visitors. A treat although expensive for families.
Thank you Daniel and Down Under Tours, a great day out and Daniel is a great ambassador for your company.
Was fascinating listening to the commentary on how the rail line was built, and one could not imagine how difficult that must have been.
The skyrail didn't give as much of a view as expected but worth doing.
The markets in Kuranda were over rated in our opinion.
We ascended by train and returned by skyrail.
The views on both parts were spectacular.
Cairns to Cape Tribluation.
So much beautiful scenery . Great food.
Lovely clean and comfortable transport.
Our tour guide Scott was fantastic.
Made the tour informative and fun.
If you are in Cairns make sure you do this tour.
Unforgettable experience.
Our guide Scott was excellent! He created a very friendly atmosphere, with a great sense of humour. And he really was amazing doing double job: as an exceptional driver and a brilliant guide.
There were couple of moments I would prefer in a different way. Instead of rushing at Cape tribulation and then spend 20 min on ice cream, I'd better skip ice cream, for example. Or the same story with mossman gorge: instead of morning tea I'd prefer to spend more time actually discovering it. Though all other participants were happy, and, as I mentioned before, it went exactly as it was planned. Probably, those type of excursions just not for me )

















































