North of Cairns lies one of Australia's rainforest, and a must see place for visitors of the area. The Daintree Rainforest, that covers the areas north of Port Douglas up towards Cape York, through Cape Tribulation, is covered with mangroves and many varieties of Aussie wildlife, including crocodiles, and the dinosaur bird called the Casowary.
We visited this area of Australia before we had a car, and so we took a guided tour, or rather a BTDT tour (...been there done that). A rickety old bus with a crazy Aussie Sheila (the word for a girl in Australian) picked us up bright and early in the morning and headed up the winding road towards Port Douglas. This girl did it all. She drove (like a maniac), she guided (at 500 words per second) and she chatted with the people next to her. Somehow, we survived without crashing or puiking.
The trip took us to a river cruise to look for Crocodiles. We had an even nutsier Aussie guide on this trip, and we thought we were back at Disneyland on the jungle river adventure. But we did get to see four crocs - the first two were tiny, but the next was 2 meters long and the last was a 4.5 meter giant. We didn't go anywhere near it, as they are very dangerous and aggressive.
From there we headed up into the rainforest and took a guided walk, where Cindy (the guide) showed us how the aboriginals lick a green ant's ass as their candy (I'm not kidding!). Then we hopped up to Cape Tribulation, had lunch, saw the beach, and headed back down. There were a few more BTDT stops along the way and a couple nice viewpoints.
To summarize, if you're in Australia, don't miss Cape Trib, but do it on your own!
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