DAINTREE VILLAGE

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Daintree birdwatching is mostly around the Daintree Village, Jindalba Boardwalk and Wonga Beach. The reputation Daintree has for birdwatching is largely due to the dawn river cruises.

Keen photographer and bird man Ian "Sauce" Worcester lives in Daintree Village and his Daintree River Wild Watch boat tours are carried out at dawn and dusk.

Tourism pioneer and birdwatcher Chris Dahlberg no longer lives in Daintree Village and has moved to Port Douglas.

Overnight accommodation is available at the Daintree Riverview Lodges and camping ground, Daintree Village B&B, Red Mill House B&B (birdwatchers favourite), Daintree Village Hideaway B&B and Daintree Eco Lodge & Spa.
Daintree Wild B&B at Wonga Beach.
Silky Oaks at Mossman experimented with birdwatching holidays back in 1994. They were called "Holidays with a difference."

The map above shows just how small the Daintree Village is and how close the Daintree River is to it. There are spectacular views of the river from Daintree Riverview Lodges and Daintree Village B&B. It is not impossible to see the likes of a Great-billed Heron from either of these places.

Jindalba Boardwalk.
This walk and other rainforest walks north of the Daintree River are where Southern Cassowaries are sometimes found. See Daintree walks.

Wonga Beach.
This beach forms part of the Daintree Valley and is accessed from the Mossman Daintree Road. It is a reliable place for Beach Stone-curlews to be found.

 I have a long association with Daintree:
Chris Dahlberg - "I have seen many people come and I have seen many people go since 1989. That was the year of the infamous pilot's dispute that sent many tourism businesses into a tail spin, It brought Denise and myself to the Daintree River Cruise Centre to do a part time job showing people crocodiles in the wild. It was in November and the southern hemisphere summer was in full swing with many weeks of hot weather to go before the wet season.  There wasn't a crocodile to be seen. The bird life however was extraordinary and  it was about then that I became interested in birds and the seeds of an idea were planted. In July 1992 we put on a dawn river trip in a fast roofless boat and the rest is what they say, history."
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