Daintree Wilderness Lodge
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Der tropische Norden & Cairns
19. - 25. Nov. 2010
Wiedersehen macht Freude. Cairns sieht für uns gleich aus wie vor fünf Jahren. Ziemlich ungewöhnlich für diese Jahreszeit waren allerdings die starken Regenfälle. Einerseits passen diese zum Regenwald, andererseits schränkte das unberechenbare Wetter unser Reiseprogramm ein.
Zuerst verbringen wir 2 Nächte in einem …
Daintree
We drove to Daintree from Cairns and had to use a car ferry to cross the river and enter Daintree Rainforest. The lodge we stayed in was incredible, all the rooms were cabins set within the rainforest connected by boardwalks. The place was very magical. We went on lots of boardwalks and a guided tour one day and was lucky enough to see 3 Cassowarys …
Living in the rainforest with the bugs!
We left the Mission Beach motel on Tuesday morning and began a 4 hour drive to Daintree / Cape Tribulation. This was an awesome drive on the Captain Cook Highway skirting the far north coast up to Cairns, Port Douglas then over on a ferry at Mossman.
Having seen many Cassorwary warning signs we were determined to see one so headed to a …
Singing in the rain . . . forest
Hey everyone Well, like we predicted there was no internet at our cabin in the rainforest, sorry about that. We took at taxi to our car rental place, Cairns Older Car Rentals, at 8:30am. This rental company is also a mechanic store so they rent out older cars, but they're still in great shape. This way they can charge less so it was only $30 a day …
Living in the rainforest...
We started quite early for our 6 hour drive past Cairns and up to Cape Tribulation - the drive was much more interesting than some of the others had been as you could tell we were getting into the rainforest.
True to its name there was a lot of rain on the drive up - it was absolutely hammering down!! When we got to Daintree River the lady …