Mossman Gorge Adventure Day: Rainforest Immersion with River Snorkelling and Traditional Ceremonies
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80 Ratings
Port Douglas
Immerse yourself in a rainforest adventure like no other with our Mossman Gorge Adventure Day. Snorkel in the Mossman River, experience traditional ceremonies, and explore the Daintree National Park. A must-do Daintree adventure!
Duration:
10 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
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Mossman Gorge - Lunch
Traditional Kuku Yalanji smoking ceremony; you’ll be cleansed of bad spirits and have traditional rainforest body paint applied. Exploring the Daintree National Park at an easy pace, this interpretive 1.5hr walk, will leave you with a deeper understanding of this breath-taking rainforest -
Mossman - River Drift Snorkelling
If you love nature and the water, then this is the perfect tour for you! Within an ancient rainforest, step into the cool, crystal clear water and drift with the current as you explore life under the water’s surface. Watch fish dart in and around the river stones and keep your eyes out for the occasional turtle. This family friendly tour is a perfect way to stay cool in the hot tropics and is a great introduction to snorkelling before heading out to the reefs. Small children can journey down the river on large river sleds.
What's Included
- Bottled water
- Lunch
- Snacks
- Use of snorkeling equipment
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Port Dougals Transfers
What's Not Included
- Breakfast
- Towels
- Cairns & Palm Cove Transfers (Viator wont allow us to state the price) Paid to operator
Additional Information
We spend more time in the rainforest than any other tour!
Immerse yourself in a rainforest experience like no other. Beginning the day at a secret location on the Mossman River for our one of a kind River Drift Snorkelling tour; searching for turtles, water dragons and the elusive platypus.
After a well earned lunch, enjoy a traditional Kuku Yalanji smoking ceremony at the Mossman Gorge; you’ll be cleansed of bad spirits and have traditional rainforest body paint applied. Exploring the Daintree National Park at an easy pace, this interpretive 1.5hr walk, will leave you with a deeper understanding of this breath-taking rainforest.
A Daintree adventure not to be missed!
- Must be able to walk easily over uneven surfaces and through moving water
- You need to climb up steps (made from roots) to exit river: equivalent to 1.5m ladder
- Maximum weight limit is 120kg/264lb
- Not suitable if you have limited mobility (knees, ankles, hips, shoulders, neck)
- Adults are required to have a basic proficiency in swimming, specifically in freestyle
- You must be able to swim
Location
Wildlife Habitat
Port Douglas Road
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Jenny_j
Feb 7, 2024
Fantastic tour with multi exploring - Best river drift tour with multiple exploration
Tour guides are very professional knowledgeable and supportive
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I7646yqjamieh
Dec 11, 2023
Rainforest revealed - Great adventure for young and old. An introduction to Aboriginal culture, rafting down a rainforest rives and snorkelling to see small turtles and fish, and reallly instructive walk through the rainforest with a guide. That, plus pick-up and drop-off at the apartment, made for a brilliant day out.
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Drichardgreen
Oct 25, 2023
Floating Through a Cathedral of Trees - I did a float on the Mossman and a tour of the gorge in October 2023 and it was beyond anything I had hoped for (and I had some pretty high expectations).
Trent and Rene were AMAZING guides, and their love for and appreciation of the rainforest was evident from the moment we met. From horticulture to biology to just moments of quiet bordering on a near-spiritual experience, these two were exemplary guides whom I cannot laud enough. My thanks to them for a beautiful experience, one which I will carry with me for the rest of my days.
In addition, Joe from Oasis Transport who drove me up to Cairns was fantastic. He went above and beyond to explain the history of the Tropical North, taking detours for scenic overlooks and telling stories rich with local color. Oh, and we did that all and were still ahead of schedule!
Such a phenomenal experience. Make sure to go today!
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Melissa_g
Aug 25, 2023
Amazing - Floating down the river on the raft looking at the canopy was a bit of paradise! Our guides, Trent and Francisco were wonderful - very engaged and knowledgeable! Excellent day!
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Shannongreen2022
Jul 26, 2023
Incredible experience acknowledging the heritage and power of the Daintree rainforest - Incredible immersion with Daintree rainforest experience. Really knowledge and emotionally committed guides. Authentic indigenous representation through the natural habitation. Beautiful, peaceful, engaging tour.
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Andrewmurrayhbt
Jul 23, 2023
Family loved it..! - Will and Guy were both excellent - informative and welcoming. My wife, children and I all thoroughly enjoyed it. This was a great experience and I’d recommend it to everyone.
Andrew
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Julielovestravel
Jul 20, 2023
Must do Mossman Gorge Adventure Experience - Trent and Tamika are excellent hosts. We travelled in a small group. Scenery and experience is a definite bucket list TO DO! Excellent value for money. Cultural talk by Zayden was full of deep understanding. Fully recommend.
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Jmbbrown
Jun 11, 2023
‘Gorge’ous day. - We had the most awesome day seeing the beautiful Mossman gorge, floating down the river, snorkelling with turtles and learning about the ancient rainforest. Will was a fantastic guide, with so much knowledge and many interesting stories, and lovely Leo made our river trip a delight. Would highly recommend.
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Auntiemra
May 18, 2023
Adventure Tour is wonderful - Started early as I was coming from Cairns and had signed up for the full day Adventure tour. The ride there was about 90 minutes. Started with rafting on the Mossman Gorge. Our guides were Renee and Francisco. They both were attentive and fun. There is snorkeling as well as rafting. They provide a wetsuit. The rainforest is amazing and it was great to experience it this way — walking, snorkeling and rafting. Renee was very knowledgeable about the rainforest. We were sad when the rafting was done but then we had a lovely lunch in town followed by a hike through the rainforest. Along the way we stopped for a snack at a little waterfall where we could swim if we wanted. Truly a lovely day.
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Jcpw1992
Apr 18, 2023
Relaxing day spent in the rainforest - We had a really great day yesterday. Even though it was a full day tour, it was relaxing floating down the Mossman gorge listening to nature. We were lucky that it had rained the day before so we got to go down a different part of the river. Lunch provided was really yummy with lots of options. It was nice to include something cultural in the day with the smoking ceremony. Trent the tour guide was easy going and a good laugh! My only recommendation would be to pop a camping “toilet tent” or something at the start of the river float so the girls can easily get changed in/out of swimmers.
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